The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-09
4 BATTLE WILL RAGE
All Over the Fairgrounds on
Friday of Fall Festival Week.
Arrangements Made For the Big
Sham Battle
In Which Regulars and Militia Will
Take Part-Committee of Fiji
teen Gets Through With
Vast Quantities of
Work.

The special meeting of the Commit
tee of Fifteen last night was called at
the request of Major Anderson to dis
cuss some means whereby the commit
tee can secure the attendance during
the week Of the Fail Festival Of the
Kansas militia. or q part Of it.
Major Anderson began by making his
report to the committee regarding the
stopping and encampment here of the
United States regulars from Fort Leav-
enworth, who had already arranged a
march to Fort Riley as a practice
march and who would arrange it TO be
IN Topeka during Reunion week
Now, said the major, we have
arranged and advertised a sham battle
70 take place at the fair grounds on
Friday afternoon of the week and we
viii need the militia to take part in it,
heretofore 1t has been the custom
of the state militia to have an encamp-
ment once year as a matter of prac-
tee and experience, but this year one
Cole, who pretends to be state auditor
says he will refuse to audit the bills:
that 1t would be a crime. He admits
that he committed the crime once, but
says he VIII not do it again. have
mighty little use for such a man. and
DeneVe We ought to make IL a point
TO see Mr.. Cole again in November.
While the matter stands this way,
1 have secured the assurance from the
adjutant general that he will call out
part OF the militia for encampnnent
here provided that it is arranged with
out any expense to the state
Now, I have made an estimate in
regard to four companies that we can
probably get with an aggregate Of 100
men, paying their expenses, for 1929.
What do you think Of it?''
Captain Phillips-I had a talk recent
~ with Colonel McCruun, who told me
that he believed all of the First regi-
ment could be secured. In fact it is
anxious to come.
Mr. Doran read a letter from Captain
Ed Clark of Cottonwood Falls, who
wants to bring his company here
Mr.. Doran-I object to this arrange
ment as too expensive. We have al
ready obligated ourselves to pay 81, IA
and have in sight but Sc, 200 to pay It
with.
Major Anderson-That's Just what
we are trying to do. We will make a
little something out of this sham battle
1t will be the very greatest sham battle
ever given in the west and will be the
only feature during the entire week
that the public will be charged for. OF
course no old soldier viii be charged
for anything. If you are afraid it
won't go, let me have the sham battle
and I'll give this committee 81, 900 for 1t
and make a years salary.
Captain Titus-We won't let you have
it.
Mr. Phillips-I move that this entire
matter be referred to Major Anderson
and that he be instructed to correspond
with several of the companies Of the
guards and find out which of them
can be secured at the best terms, and
that we can then consider the four or
five best propositions
This was carried and means that the
big sham battle and surrender Of Gen
eral Lee, or somebody, will be grand
enough to make the old soldiers feel
young again.