The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-15
THE PLANS
Arrangements for the Reception
to the Volunteers.
RAILROADS VERY LIBERAL
Low Rates Made From Ogden and Port
land-Medals for Rough Riders.
Badges Nearly Ready
for Distribution.

A meeting of those who expect to go
to San Francisco to welcome the Mon
tana soldiers is called for this evening
at the office of Lee Mantle in West
Broadway. The meeting is called Tor
the purpose of making arrangements
for the trip, deciding on the time of
going, and arranging for a special
sleeping car if enough go at the same
time. Undoubtedly the railroads will
allow a special car through to san
| Francisco If enough go at the same
time. 1t is hoped that there will be
general attendance this evening of all
who can go. The meeting will be held
| at 7:30 o'clock 1t is likely that Sunday
| will be selected as the time for starting.
| Some prefer leaving Saturday and
| others will start Monday. Those leav-
| ing Sunday will arrive in San Fran
| cisco on Tuesday evening. Those who
| leave Monday will doubtless also be in
| ample time to welcome the soldiers
when they arrive, for they will doubt
| less be detained a full day in quarau-
tine after they reach the harbor.
The railroads have been very liberal
| in matter of rates. Both the Oregon
| Short Line and the Northern Pacific
offer rate of $4S.55 from Butte to San
| Francisco and return, tickets good for
| 80 days on continuous passage. The
| oregon Short Line will be in connec-
ton with the Southern Pacific via Og-
den. The Northern Pacific will be by
way of Portland.
1t has been decided by the committee
| to also present medals of honor to the
rough riders, who, while they did not
| get chance to fight enlisted in the
| service of their country. The medals
| will be identical with those to be pre-
sented to the infantry, but the inscrip-
ton will vary and will be as follows:
| Medal of honor, presented by the
| state of Montana to Montana Rough
| Riders, Third U. S. V. Cavalry First
| Army Corps, Spanish American wa",
| 1898"
There will be $50 of the rough rider
| badges.
The badges to be sold for the rails
| ing of funds to bring the troops back
to Montana have been ordered and will
| be ready for sale about Sept. %. They
will be exceedingly handsome and will
| be fac SMILES of the badges to be pre-
sented to the soldiers They will be
| sold for 81 and will be placed on sale in
all parts of the state. The committee
| is relying on this fund to help out
| largely in the bringing of the Montana
| troops nome and it is expected that the
| people of the entire state will respond
! generously and buy the badges. They
| will be state badges, while those now
| being sold in some of the cities are
| merely company badges. the proceeds
| to be used for taking the companies
| from Butte to their native towns.
Some who have been solicited to sub
scribe towards the welcome fund have
| objected on account of a misconception.
| They apparently thought that the
money subscribed was to be used in
| sending a committee to San Francisco
| to blow in on champagne and have a
good time generally. Such is by no
means the case. Every one going to
| San Francisco to meet the soldiers must
| pay his own expenses and blow in his
| own stuff The money obtained by pub
| lie subscription will be used solely in
| bringing the soldiers here and in TAX
| ing care of them on their arrival. There
are so wounded soldiers who must be
| cared for for some time and there will
doubtless be a number sick who will
need considerable attention.
No better rate for bringing the SOL
| diers to Butte has yet been obtained
| than the one offered by the Northern
! Pacific. There are 663 men and 40 Off
| GERS of the Montana regiment on board
| the Valencia and Zealandia. There are
| Is sick in the hospital at San Fran
| cisco, who will be brought on to Butte
| with the balance of the regiment That
| makes 721 men all told who must be
| transported. OF the balance of the regi-
| ment some are already back in Mon
tana, some took their discharge at Ma
Mia, others have re-enlisted, some are
| in the hospitals and some are dead. The
| rate obtained for the soldiers Is $11 to
Portland by the Southern Pacific and
| $S.25 to Butte by the Northern Pacific,
| making $19.25 through to Butte. For
| 72l men the total would be $13, ,S72. o.
| About $4,000 additional would be need
| ed for meals and care of the troops en-
| route, making $17,500 required to land
| the Montana regiment in Butte.
The governor and his staff will leave
Saturday morning over the Northern
Pacific for San Francisco. Governor
Richards will leave over the same road
Sunday morning. Mrs. George w. Reiff,
wife of Captain Reiff, has arrived from
Virginia City and will leave for San
Francisco Sunday afternoon over the
oregon Short Line. Senator Carter and
others from Helena left for the coast
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Corby, wife of Lieutenant Joseph
Corby of the list Montana, left yester-
day for San Francisco to meet her hus-
| band.
Senator Mantle, chairman of the SOL
| diers' welcome committee, has sent let
| ters similar to the following to the
| mayors of Montana's cities:
MY Dear Sir-As you are no doubt
aware, the citizens of Butte have de-
termined to arrange a fitting reception
and welcome to the Montana volunteers
on their return home. and as a part
of the programme we are very anxious
that as large a delegation as possible
shall go to San Francisco to welcome
the boys at the water front on their
arrival.
Some 30 or 40 citizens of Butte and
other localities have already signified
their intention of going, but the COM
mittee of arrangements feel that there
ought to be many more, and that every
section of the state should be repre-
sented.
I'VE therefore most earnestly request
that you will at once appoint as many
of the citizens of your town as will con-
sent to go, and that you will forward
their names to our secretary, George w.
Irvine, to be added to the others of the
committee.
1T is expected that the volunteers
will land a bout the ODD or 23d so that