The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS
The Uncertainty Causes Friends
Great Anxiety.
MANY CABLEGRAMS SENT
Sketches of the Men Who Will Bring
Home Honorable Scars From the
Field OF Battle in the
Philippines.

Private Fred Hall of the list Montana
who was killed in the battle of Calico
can was at first supposed to be from
Butte, but Lieutenant Calkins said last
evening that he was not. Hall was a
member of the regiment band and is
believed to have enlisted at Great Falls
or Helena. Lieutenant Colonel Bruce
Wallace, who was wounded at the bat
tie of Caloocan, is well known in Butte
and is one of the most popular officers
of the regiment. For several years be-
fore going to the Philippines he was on
special duty in the state as instruc-
tor for the national guard, having been
assigned from the I'd United States cav
airy. Owing to the annual encamp-
ments he met and won the esteem of
every officer and member of the guard.
lie is every inch a soldier, and his
friends here predicted that he would
prove 1t when he was appointed lieu
tenant colonel and accompanied the
Montana regiment to the Philippines.
Captain w. L. Hill of F company
from Butte has for years been one of
the most untiring workers in the ma
tional guard. He took pride in his
company and the regiment, and.is one
of the most efficient officers in the
guard. He is native of England and
for years has been a we'll known and
respected citizen of Butte. For two
terms he was chief deputy county
treasurer under Harry C. Kessler. col
onel of the Montana regiment, and sue
ceeded him for two terms as treas
urer, retiring from the office two years
ago.
He is married man and the father
Of several children. Mrs. Hill is a
daughter of Charles NJ. Palmer and
with her children is residing with her
father in this city.
Everett L. Metcalf. sergeant of COM
pany B, who was reported among the
wounded, is from Butte and a brother
of Elmer FL. Metcalf. Before going to
Manila he was employed as fireman at
the Parrot smelter.
Karl ]. Peterson, another of the
wounded, is member of G company
from Butte, Captain Walter Wynne
He is a son of Harry f. Peterson, re-
siding on Diamond street in Butte. He
is a graduate of the Butte high school,
about q years of age and strapping
big boy. For year before leaving for
the war, he was employed as clerk
in Evans book store.
William ]. Borthwick, wounded, Of
company G, was a blacksmith in Butte,
diiu Tie elueSl son OI the late j. j.
Borthwick. He had shop at No. 33S
South Arizona street. He is 20 years
old and unmarried. He has a mother
and brother residing in this city
Second Lieutenant William Garden
heire of company F, who is reported
among the wounded, is a native CT
Chattanooga, Tenn. where his parents
resides He has lived in Butte for
number of years and for some time be-
fore enlisting for the war was in the
employ of Walsh & Craft of this city
as travelling salesman. He enlisted as
private and was but recently promot-
ed to lieutenant.
William Kennedy of G company and
Harry Slack of B are also from Butte.
Both are among the wounded.
1t was reported yesterday that
Charles Gardner, who had been reliev-
ed as captain of company B, is in San
Francisco, and is expected in Butte in
a few days. He has been succeeded
as captain of the company by Louis
Sanders Of Helena.
The friends and relatives of the
wounded men are much worried
through fear and uncertainty as to
the seriousness of the wounds. Several
cablegrams We're sent to Colonel Kess-
Ter yesterday for information.