White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-08-03
Kansas Seventh.

Kansas Seventh.
This celebrated regiment, on its WAY
up the river, arrived here on Friday las:
The steamer Omaha, having on board I
large portion of the regiment. lay at on
landing all night. giving the boys an op
portunity to range about and stretch theil
limbs. Knowing the noisy proclivitieI
of soldiers generally. and having heard
so many stories of the riproarious Kan
sss 9Th. we were prepared to witness I
lively, and boisterous time. But every
one wss compelled to pronounce the I'll
a model regiment. Although severs
hundred of them were about our street.
until after midnight. there was but littl.
il any noise to distinguish that from the
general routine of nights in our town
Among all that number of men. we dc
not remember that we heard Q single
oath or vulgar word used there were nc
quarrelling nor angry words; no yelling
nor screaming; no incivility nor rowdy-
, ism; and all looked trim and cleanly.
There was not q drunken man in the
crowd, and many of them would not SO
much as taste liquor. They appeared to
be under perfect discipline. and were the
admiration of everybody. Another cir.
cumstance we noticed, which deserves es.
pecial mention: Not one of them had g
revolver or other weapon strapped tc
him, with which to swagger and show
off in the streets. In fact, the men havs
established their reputation for shooting;
when there are enemies to shoot at and
it is not necessary for them to load them.
selves down with revolvers on the streets,
in order to impress upon the public mind
the fact that they are terrible fellows, and
"the shooting kind" We have conclu.
ded that the 7th boys are q terror only
to rebels and that the brsvest and best
fighting men in the enemy's country,
know best how to act like gentlemen
when among friends, in civilized COM
munity. The visit of such set of men
is Q pleasure instead of q terror to a
neighborhood and our people would re-
joice to be assured that they would visit
Us again.
The 7tb is the pride Of Kansas. Il
has q bad name only with rebels and
their sympaahizers, who until their dying
day will swear that the boys were gang
of outlaws, thieves and rufians. They
are Radical regiment-they were fsr
ahead of the Emancipation Proclamation,
and were carrying its principles into
practical effect long before it was issued
The regiment gained the ill-will of every
regular army officer who believed thai
niger driving was the life of the Union,
or who wanted to fight the rebels upon
the rose-water plan. Gen. Rosecrans
once deprived them of their pay for O
long time. for helping themselves to pro-
visions belonging to the rebels, when they
were out on duty. without ratious. But
when Rosecrans got his eyes open, he
Acknowledged his error; and afterwards.
whenever he had an important piece Of
work in hand, requiring the services Of
cavalry. he always selected the Kansas
"Jayhswkcrs" to do it.
The regiment is at present under com.
mand of Major L. H. UT, and is on its
way to the plains. to fight the Indians.
The boys say they mean to kill every In
dian they can get q pop at and if Con-
gress intends to make . business of in.
vestigating the killing Of every Indian.
that august body had better travel along
with the regiment. and hold its sessions
in tent. that it may be on hand to act
promptly whenever a red devil bites the
dust. -l