The Ordway new era., 1913-11-07
0rdway Militia Is
Making A Record
Local Company Receives High
Praise at Camp Trinidad
Interesting Letter From
Captain Downey

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Captain Downey
We have certaiuly been busy since
we left home. IL hardly seems posi-
BILE that week has passed since we
got the .'call."
We left Ordway on the early morn
Ing train Tuesday, arrived at Pueblo
at I o'clock, left there at 8, marched
the boys into the depot while we
waited for the train and we were GER
tainly proud of them aud have been
ever since. We received several COM
pliments there, and are getting them
here every day.
There is only one company In either
camp here or at Walseuburg that is
a. large as ours, and that is the Fowler
company. and have been told by
head officers that Company was the
best 10 the National Guard. The Ad.
jutapt General, the man who has all
the book marks for the whole camp,
told me that he never knew OF q
company getting as many compli.
ments as ours, and that he Thought IL
marvel that could organize u body
OF men like that In as short a time.
He also said that wc had the neatest
street In camp and that we had
started something that the others
would have to follow. We graded our
street up the first morning we were
in camp until II looked like city
boulevard. More Of my men have
been detailed to do extra work-jobs
Of i'm mporLance-than any other COM
.pany, on account Of the way they do
1t and the ability they have. I have
the men detailed as drivers, two as
farriers, one as carpenter. These will
all draw extra pa1,
The secnud day we were 10 camp
Sdhsssssspsay swasS Spfdeed ID eGafa of
the camp with myself as officer of the
day and Lieut.. Griffin as ofIicer OF the
guard and in all OF my military expert.
ence never went through as strenu-
Gus a twenty four hours, and to add to
conditions I had the sick headache,
and then to clap the climax. at $3.50 l
heard the officers call and on going to
headquarters learned from General
Chase that we were all going out to
Ludlow the next day at. 8 O'Clock to
disarm the miners and that we should
90 prepared to fight, taking every.
thing, blanket rolls. entrenching tools.
forty rounds OF ammunition per man,
rations, etc.
Well, I thought 1t would be an i'm
poslLinn on the men to have to stand
guard all day and all night, leaving at
once on hike, aud knowing that the
regulations allowed at least twelve
hours rest, 80 l went to Col. Davis
aud asked II we were to go on that
march. He said we were entitled to
rest, and could have IL, and told me
TO put 1t up TO the men that We could
go or stay as we wished. Well did,
and they said, "lets go." and in
little while IL was all over camp that
Company was all right. They were
going out when they did not have to.
We were relieved at 1880 and left at 8
o'clock. We all marched to the train
except the cavalry and battery which
left at 8 o'clock. and when we were
within two miles of the tent colony
we stopped the train and marched In
to camp. General Chase In command
There we're about 400 Infantry be.
sides the calvalry and battery, which
had already stationed themselves on
each side OF the camp, and to our
great surprise we found the miners
with their wives and children lined
up on each side of the road with flags
and a brass band. We halted and
orders we're given to march through
the line At attention and to keep eyes
straight tn the front and not to utter
one word; same was oheyed to the
letter. AS we approached the line the
little children began to sing "Hurrah
for the Union; Hurrah for the Boys;
Hurrah for the Boys; Down With the
Baldwins, Up With the Laws, ETC."
Believe me, it made the tears come to
my eyes as they sang and the band
began to play, for as we found on ar
riving here, these miners hate these
deputies and the baldwin detectives
like a rsttlesnake. and am not so
sure but they have some grounds for
it. We marched on by the tent colony
and swung around facing them. Then
the General. with Major Williams
and one company went back to the
colony to get the arms. They turned