Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12
WILSON. FRANK Raymond
WALKER, NEWTON Lacrosse
WATSON. ARCHIBALD
Rice
Rush

Adjustant w. L. Brown. Kingman.
Recruiting Officer
| E. e. Hunter. Kipgman, Clerk
DIR. Biddell, Emporia, Medical Ex-
aminer.
After the company was recruited in
the court room an adjournment was
| taken to the park and a company meet
] ing held for the purpose OF elscting Of
icers. at 4:30 p. m
! at least two thousand warm hearted
citiZehs gathered to witness the cleo
| ton. Adjustant Brown was chosen
to act as chairman and by an unanmi,
GUS. rising vote of the company the Of
ficers were elected, as above noted.
Each officer made short address, pied
ging his loyalty to the stars and stripes
and asking united and loyal support
of the company.
Mr.. Rochester. of Scott City, whose
son is one of the volunteers. presented
the company with two handsome flags,
an American flag and Cuban flag,
which had been made by the loyal
ladies of Scott City and by them pre-
sented to Ernest 2. Rochester for the
company.
In the evening the members of Pap
Thomas Post, G. A. r and old soldiers
not members of the post, the Sons Of
Veterans and Ladies Of the G.. A. r..
escorted the volunteers from the Grand
Army hall to the court house and ten,
dered them short reception. Short
addresses were made by G. w. MINI
ocks, Adjt, W. l.. Brown, w. W. Sow.
ards, Mayor Geo. n. Moses, B. E. Ogle,
Rev. A. j. Bixler, Geo. W. Thatcher,
Hon. Thos. Mosely OF st. John (who
accompanied the boys to Topeka and
will receive an appointment as COM
missioned officer) and Post Command
er of the s. of V. w. P. Feder. who we
also hope will ''get into the game"
through the appointive channel. The
speecheswere intersperced with singing
by the glee club, and music by the
drum corps.
On Sunday morning, at 9:l5 the
brave young volunteers departed over
the Santa Fe for Topeka, and on Mon-
day were sworn into the regular SER
vice, there to do their best to maintain
the honor of our country, the glory OF
our flag and the reputation of Kansas.
At least 5000 people were at the depot
to bid them Godspeed. There were
eyes full of tears; there were aching
hearts of fathers, mothers, sisters and
brothers; there were sad farewells and
through it all there was that spirit of
patriotism, of loyalty to home and
country, of love right and justice to be
found only on the free soil of America;
and the boys departed to their new
duties with the feeling that the people
of the nation aud of Great Bond espec-
tally were behind them at all times.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
AL our citizens express the belief
that Capt. Newton will take the best
Of care of his men, and will always be
found in the thickest of the fight.
-Four men were recruited Saturday
evening and Sunday morning, whose
names we could not get.
The number of men enrolled from
each county is as follows: From Bar
ton "a. Rice %, Rush II, Stafford 4,
Harvey Reno 8, Edwards /, Ness 2,
Scott L and l from Oklahoma.
OF the Barton boys, II are from
Great Bend. from Hoisington, from
Eilinwood. 3 from Clafiin, from Paw
nee Rock, from Albert and one from
Dundee.
Recruiting officer Brown says out
that the boys taken In here are as fine
lot, metally and physically, as have
been recruited in the state. The ma.
iority of them are farmer boys and
those insured 60 rough work the kind
of stuff the best soldiers are made of.
There was great spread of bunting
all over the town, and the DEMOCRAT
| is indeed proud of citizenship which
has shown such a unanimity of thought
and action IN giving encouragement to
| the grand cause which we all KNOW is
right.
TO the boys we say, Be brave, be
sober, be obedient, be KANsANs. and
REMEMBER THE MAINE.
FL. j. RoetZel was up from EIiiG wood
Saturday.
D. L. Moore has gone on the road to
sell cigars for II. Schridde & Co.. of