The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-04
TO FIGHT FOR DOM PAUL
Montana Men Go to South Africa
to Stay English.
MANY WERE RECRUITED
Barney Riley, Formerly a Sergeant OF
the Wolf Tone Guards, an Officer
in the Boer Army-R sturned
Volunteers Join.

Battling under the Transvaal flag
against the British. bearing Dom
Paufs commission as an officer, is Bar
ney Riley of Anaconda All old tim
ers in Butte and Anaconda remember
Riley. He was employed for several
years at the works in Anaconda. La
ter he went to Butte in the employ
of the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany.
year or more ago Riley went to
South Africa and landed there in time
to see the chance of fight ahead and
get into the army. Word now comes
from him that he is an officer in the
Boer. forces.
This may be his fist experience in
actual warfare, but 1t is not his first
in military matters. for Barney was
prominent member of the Wolf Tone
guards, the Anaconda company that
went into the Spanish war as Com
pany K, 1st Montana. Barney held
the rank of sergeant in the guards
during his residence in Anaconda.
There are more Montana men than
Riley fighting under Dom Paul's flag,
and soon there will be a considerable
addition to their ranks The story Of
their going has never been told in
print, for it was deemed best not to
have any publicity concerning what
might be termed an infraction of the
neutrality laws.
Patsy A. Trygg is responsible for the
recruiting of a number of Montana
and ether western men to fight against
the English. Trygg is a Kansas City
man, brilliant young fellow, keen,
active, energetic, Whole-souled and
sincere Irishman, who possesses ali
the hatred of his race for the English.
For number of years he lived in the
Rocky mountain states-Colorado and
Montana among them-mining Elev-
en- years ago he went to South Africa,
where he was successful in his mining
enterprises and where he became very
friendly with a number of influential
Beers. He joined the Boer fighting
forces and took an active part in the
capture of Jameson's expedition when
that wild young Englishman set off On
his famous raid.
About the time the Montana volun
teers reached Butte on their return
from the Philippines, Trygg appeared
in Butte and became guest at the
McDermott hotel. He talked freely
only under the seal of confidence, but
it has leaked out that he was sent
to the West as recruiting agent for
piled abundantly with funds and. I'M
like some of the agents of an Cypress
ed country fighting for liberty, asked
no subscriptions.
One day Trygg came to Anaconda
and had few confidential talks with
men in whom he had confidence.
All the men with whom Trygg talked
were Irishmen. The burden Of his talk
was to enlist sympathy for the Beers
and to point out the opportunity pre-
scented to the Irish to strike a blow at
their traditional enemy. Especially did
Trygg seek out the returned volun-
teers of Irish ancestry or Irish birth.
To all he made it plain that men, not
money, were wanted. To those who
would enlist he offered free transport
tation, abundant funds for expenses
and excellent soldier pay.
There were several quiet little meet
ings held. Then Trygg went on to the
coast, securing recruits in the Wash
ington cities and sending them to New
York. He visited San Francisco,
where, he reported on his return, he
secured a large draft and sent them
westward to reach South Africa from
the Asiatic coast
On his return Trygg stopped in
Butte. where eight or 1O--the exact
number is not known-sturdy young
Irishmen Joined him and went with
him to New York. Among them was
John Tierney, who has relatives in
this city. and Pat T. Maloney, a Butte
man, well known here. Indeed, in the
party were several returned volun-
teers.
The party left New York safely and
it is thought by now all are in South
Africa and have received the arms
and equipment promised them.
In addition to the Montana contin
t..
those familiar with Tryggs operations
while here, that other western states
have each contributed a number of
recruits for the Boer army.
Recent dispatches would indicate
that England is realizing the magni
tude of the Boer sympathy that pre-
walls in this country and the fact that
material aid is being sent from the
United States to the South African re-
public. The recent demands made by
the British ambassador at Washing
ton that the United States government
prevent the departure of filibustering
parties for the Transvaal, and. more
recently, the British admission that
state of war--not rebellion-eXists in
South Africa, an admission that means
the abandonment Of the former posi-
ton of the British government. go to
show that the queens ministers are
becoming alarmed. The admission that
a state of war exists in the Transvaal
will require that other governments
strictly inforce the neutrality laws; it
was made for no other purpose, though
in it's making the British government
necessarily abandons the position
which, if she is successful in the war,
would mean the absorption of the
Transvaal into the British empire. A
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