Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Should be Returned Home in a
Special Train.
LIEUT.. KENNEDY'S VIEWS.
The Boys Will Need Quite a Long Rest
Before They will be Able to
Again 60 to Work.

The return of the volunteers from San
Francisco to Montana. which was first
suggested by Lieutenant J.. NJ. Kennedy
Of this city, seems to have struck a pop
ular chord among the people. who are
anxious to see the brave boys honored.
Such a plan would do honor to the re-
turning soldiers who did credit to the
name of Montana. Many of them are i'll
and others fatigued from hard fighting
in the trenches. and the trip across the
ocean will cause more or less illness.
They have proven themselves real hero rs
under the burning rays of a sun in a
tropical climate. Few of them can ex-
pect positions open for them, and the
greater lumber will not be in condition
to accept positions until they have Sc
cured a few months rest. Their salary
in the army was only s13 per month.
therefore not one out of a hundred will
have any money except their last pay
which will be received when they are
mustered out, which is likely to b. at
San Francisco. The return of the volun-
teers on a special train would save them
their last pay amounting to all the way
from $40 up to SIS. an amount large
enough to keep them upon their return
home until they become rested and Sc
cure a position or are able to look for
one.
Yes" said Lieutenant Kennedy. 'the
volunteers from Montana are entitled to
this much recognition from the people at
home. The Pennsylvania people have
made arrangements to have a special
train in readiness at San Francisco On
the arrival Of the Tenth Pennsylvania
there on transport. The soldiers will i'm
medlately board the train and start for
home. On the way. the government has
arranged, the soldiers will be paid off,
receiving the same amount they would
IT they had been turned loose in San
Francisco. They knew if their volun-
teers We're paid off and mustered out at
San Francisco they would come stray
Cling home by many routes and large
number of them, intoxicated b. the re-
turn to civilization, would probably re-
main on the coast unit they were penni-
less. There will be probably 400 Butte
and Anaconda men in the five companies
from these two cities-three from Butte
and two from here. The original strength
OF the companies, of course. would be
more than 500, but the number has bee
decreased by mortality in battle. disease
and re-enlistment in the new regiments
now being formed
Colonel 7. O'Leary is also an ardent
worker for the return of the volunteers
on a special train. No man in Anaconda
has watched the movements of the SOL
diers of the late war closer than he has
He says Montana canno do too much
for the volunteers. The bows have fought
a hard battle. having lived for DAYS and
weeks in the trenches in a country where
the heat was something terrible for a man
from this northern country. No danger
was too great for them to face. Upon
their return they will nave to be accli-
mated at home. They will have little
money. positions gone and many unable
to find them right away. The boys war Mt
rest. They have earned it and the people
OF Montana should see to it that the BOYS
are returned on a special train to honor
the volunteers. save as much money for
the Individual volunteer as can be done
until such time as they can go out into
the world again and earn a living a.
different pursuits.