The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-10
CAMP MERRITT.
Items of Interest from the 2oth Kan
sas-All Have Their Uniforms
at Last-Short Notes.

who has charge OF the Philippine ex-
pedi'rn.
have not written anything to any
one tue past few days, owing to scare
ity of writing material-ant time.
No one knows how much trou Dle aud
time Is consumed in tue equipping of
an amy who has not been through
some ming of the kind.
The twentieth Kansas now has
nearly ali their clothing To give you
an idea ct Our luggage | will say each
man has t. carry two suits of cloth
ing, two pairs of shoes, four pairs of
SOCKS, two suits of underwear, two
blue shirts, pair leggings, knapsack,
haversack, dishes, aud tNo days ra-
tions, besides his gun, belt and fifty
rounds of ammunition; also his bed
ding, consisting of one wool and one
rubber blanket. Tue total weight of
this baggage amounts to about sew
enty-tive pounds IN the morning and
about 300 pounds by noon. BY night
it is utterly impossible to carry it,
Instead of the Kraig- orgenson we
will be given the modern L. :. single
shot Springfield with which we are
expected to wing all aggressive or OPP
pr6ssive Spaniards who seek to go
within or without our gates
The Twentieth Kansas band is at
last reality. They are doing very
nicely and will soon he equal to any
on the ground.
The meanest thing said of us was to
designate US as the Ragged Kan
sans, - but now we have our uniforms
and can soon be able to show up with
any of them. Major Metcalf is I'M
questionably the best drillmaster in
the west and he will certainly make
his mark in the military world, at
least He personally experiments
his drill work and gives his officers
all the pointers possible,
Nothing as yet can be Learn q as to
when we shall move. We snail not
go until the second section of troops
moves, at least that is the report.
Then again understood this morning
that Col. Little was quoted as saying
that by July 3 we would be off the
harbor at Cavite. Whether this will
be true or not remains TO be seen.
NOTES.
The "Ragget Kansans" are no
more.
Horace Hobart will be promoted to
the hospital corps, having the rank
of a sergeant.
Company lost three men on the
guard lines last night, but fortunately
none were from lola.
Judge Walters received letter
from Arthur Thompson yesterday,
He enjoys good health, he wrote, and
says he hopes to be "widus" ere long.
The pawn shops made a rich haul
off the soldiers by buying old suits.
Many good clothes sold for soc suit.
The "boys in brown" resemble a
lot of farm hands going out to feed
stock more than they do soldiers.
Merrill Winchester is special detail
to pail the company cow.
Ord Christian and Lew Coffield feed
the hogs.
Fuller Swearingen is assistant co k
much to the satisfaction of Fuller's
inner man as well as the entire COM
pauy.
Norris Ball says he might see fit to
tender his resignation to Uncle Sam
if he could get the old boy to accept
it. 1t is the private opinion of some
OF the boys that there is a sweet little
girl in Colorado who has captured
him, though the rumor has not yet
been verified.
One of our uninitiated comrades
put up a story to a commissioned Off
Ger last evening that the boys in tent
No. had received some onions but he
did not know whether they were a
gift, had been drawn or stolen but
strongly insinuated the latter. The
boys proceeded to salt the fresh COM
rade in such a manner that it is now
conceded that there is no danger of
his spelling at the next station.
had often been told that the hor-.
rors of war was hi, but company l
seems to be getting its share before
the war begins.
Two of the latest and most popular
Cartoons of the war are: A handsome
field of grass at early morn with large
drops of dew upon the storms, and
sign with the famous inscription
"Keap Off the Grass" The other:
Sampson with the jaw bone lombard
ing the Spanish at Santiago de Cuba,
representing Schley (slay.)
JORDAN.
IMpllRE al NOD IN SpRINH