The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-29
NOTE OF SADNESS
Strikes ON TOpeka's Week of
Festivities.
A Trainload of Sick Volunteers
Brought to Town.
LAID LOW WITH FEVER
Eighty-Six Young Men of the
TWenty-First Kansas
Brought Into the City Last
Evening.
LAID LOW WITH FEVER

44lOFGQ from THEIR D6TLnS III the Eul1=
mans was the sad spectacle of the re-
turning Twenty-hrst regiment from the
FEVER campaign at Chtckamauga as
they appeared at the Santa Fe depot
last evening.
The train came to Topeka at 9 O'Clock
last evening as special in charge OF
Major Armstrong. The men had been
given nothing to eat since noon at Leav-
enworth and were weak and hungry.
The time made by the special was a
record breaker. At many points mile
a minute was made and the average run
was over hfty-fve miles an hour.
The reason that supper was not given
the men before was that it was expect
ed that the coaches would be attached
to the plug at Holiday and reach Tope-
ka at $40 where supper had been or
dered- But owing to a misunderstand-
ing of orders and some stubbornneSS
on the part Of both the train officials
done.
The train men had orders to attach
the five Pullmans to the plug at Holt
day and bring them to Topeka. With
ing the rations, clothing and effects of
the SICK soldiers; that the trainmen
claimed they had no orders to pull and
refused to haul it. Major Armstrong
fatty refused to allow the PuIImans to
| be moved unless this car was brought
along and as a result the plug came
away and left the men and train at
Holiday.
A special engine was secured at Ar
gent1ne, however, and brought the train
through on double quick time.
Major Armstrong explained that the
reason of the men being sent away from
LeavenWOrth in such a rush in their fee
BILE condition was that the hospitals of
that city were crowded beyond their
capacity and that it was deemed best
to send them to their various homes for
treatment. Fifteen of the invalids were
sent over the Rock Island and Union
Pacific today, the rest except three,
were sent west over the Santa F'e, one
train stopping at Hutchinson and the
other going south to Arkansas City.
entirely from the west and southwest
portions of the state but the war de-
partment had provided transportation
only as far as Topeka.
Governor Leedy seeing the necessity
of the occasion drew on his contingent
fund for an amount sufficient to trans
port them to their homes.
All of the soldiers spoke kindly Of
their treatment by Major Brown. Their
sole complaint was of the fever strick-
en- camp grounds at Chickamauga-
The scene at the depot when the
train arrived was one calculated to
cause the most hardened heart to throb
with pity Men that four short months
ago marched away from Kansas with
step firm and head erect, full of en-
thusiasm, were lying in their berths a
total wreck of their former selves
Others crept feebly around and their
efforts to get off or on the train was
pitiful indeed. It would have seemed
that interest and enthusiasm would
have been depicted on their faces but a
duh picture of despair was rather por-
trayed.
When the three soldiers were carried
on stretchers to the ambulance, two for
transportation to Christ hospital and
one to his home, there was not dry
eye among the women present.
Major Brown was in immediate charge
of the train after its arrival in Topeka
and proved host in caring for the
sick, and getting the situation straight
ened out.
His first care was securing supper
and seeing that the men were fed.
This required some diplomacy as the
men were raVenOusly hungry and
many Of them were ready to eat much
more than their condition would war
rant.
Whatever the men may have
OF their officers in the past
there was certainly no cause for
complaint last night. Nothing was left
undone that could be thought of for
their welfare.
Three of the most aggravated cases
were those of Fred Lane, Ed. Cook and
Sam ConeIly. Young Lane was once
given up for dead. He is a resident of
Topeka and was last night taken to
mis- home at Second and Jefferson. Lane
is a mere boy and should never have
been enlisted. He is under IS years of
age. Cook and Conelly were sent to
Christ hospital. Cook is suffering with
rheumatism and Conelly has the
typhoid fever
A partial list of the sick and their
homes are given:
TOpeka-Fred Lane, company G: W. E.
Heinsiclker, company d; Ed Cook, COM
Valley Cente-G. F. Tulbert company
Pollard. Kelly Crozier, company G.
Winf5eld1IAlex J. Niles; company +PsIsaoI "a
". NJ. Brown brow and Carl Rear, company F.
Wellington-C. f. Remon, company L.
A Kansas 6 81 8i M. metcalf COM
Barciay@Ct. ". Bundy,- company G.
Caldwell-J- A King, band.
Danby-GeOrge a. Cornell. company G.
Marion-Hugh Hoch, company NJ.
Mound City-Sam R. Mann company 9;
Usage City-DocBolyard, Ed Whalen and
oakiey@WiIIiam NJ, Parr. company L
Pittsburgh H. Brooks. company H
Pawnee Rock, Neb.-Ed G. Smith, COM
Pisdmont-Ed AIcNeal company H.
Ell Dorado-S. Parscal, Charles Hurlburt |
and Norman Thompson. company H.
Ellis-Lyle Thomas and c. L. Hamilton, /
Fail iIi'i River-sam Alder company A.
Eureka-CarI WaIefieid. company H.
Emporia@E E pulley; company M /
F'urley-G. H Baker, company H.
Harper-John Locksee, company K
HutchinsoTI7H Barton, P C. Brown,
Hays CITY,. w Teller, company ].
Iola-R. J. Donoway, band.
Lyndon-Bert Zimmerman, Frank Wer, /
I Lyons G. CoIard, company E
McPherson-G. NJ. Lehman, D. L. Will /
helm. company NJ.
Sterling-Frank Kennedy, company A.
Salina-F. L. Hartman. company I.
Staford-F. Gordon, company Il
Russell-W. w. Howard, W. A Wander
Der. company I.
Rochester,. L. Kenny. company K
Smith Center. J. Galusha, Charles ,
Brady, Sam Thackery. company D. /