The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-15
FROM COMPANY |.
Notes and Comments Which Show What the
Boys at Camp Merritt Are Saying
and Doing.
San Francisco, July 2.

San Francisco, July 2
Walter p. Hull has taken charge of
the quarter masters department and
1 have no doubt that he will give us
better service than we have had and
as good as we can get or would want.
Our new Lieutenant has reported
for duty.
Camp has changed considerably
since was out the other day. Gen.
Merritt sailed with the third expedi-
tion Wednesday. This leaves the
lots near US nearly vacant, but there
are few guards kept around them to
keep the fieas from getting away.
NOTES.
The new recruits have been uni
formed and they are fine looking lot
of fellows now.
The next thing to impossible is to
try to make Bert Mitchell believe the
Goth Kansas is not going to the
Philippines,
Col. Funston can deliver more kinds
of lectures than one, at least all can
testify to this who heard him lecture
TO the civilian who was arrested and
brought before him for selling peaches
to the soldiers the other day
Fullea Sweareuger can rank with
Pompey, at least in advertising now,
having gotten in on hepatent side of
the Kansas newspapers last week
If lola doesn't get advertised, it will
not be The fault of the boys.
Real estate Is said to be couple of
shades higher here.
The reports received here from the
grand jury are about as few and as
reliable as our sailing some where
next month
Hayes Ball is as happy as a clam
again, having recovered from his at
tack of cold.
Theo. Shafier's license has been re-
voked by the anhanias club as he was
caught telling the truth the other
night, but he didn't do it on purpose.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-This il
Sunday according to our calendar,
and the boys ale nearly all out trying
to make themselves sick, 20 they can
make safe "get away" from the big
march in tomorrow's review parade.
Under ordinary circumstances this
march would not be 80 bad, hut the
major portion of the streets are paved
with cobble stones instead of asphalt
and the fifteen miles over such
streets is much more tiresome than
If 1t were on the ground. And then.
too, the city is similar to Kansas
City, except there are no shade trees
until the parks are reached. pre-
sumo it is because of the salt water
that no large shade trees grow here,
che city being entirely surrounded by
salt water, as is Galveston, Tex.
But tomorrow is the day of all days.
The celebration began yesterday, and
1 do not know how much longer II
will continue. There will he big
time, however.
NOTES.
A lengthy epistle from "Bao" Gull
bertson TO the boys states that lola is
mighty lonesome now, ami that he
hopes all will return as soon AS the
grand jury excitement Is over.
The Tennessee boys are great peo-
pie in some ways $50 are WEI The
sentinel nearest the guard house must
call: "Turn out the guard for officer
of the day, or general" as the case
may be; but they substituted Turn
out the push for the main guy" or
'"Turn out the maggots for the big
cheese This was lots of fun for
awhile, but our boys ARE inclined to
be tonguetied or something, because
one of them nearly got into trou BILE
the other day as Col. Funston ap.
preached. He had forgotten the prop
err call, 81 he said: Turn out the
push, the main guy is coming" To
say that this same sentinel was scared
when he realized that his tongue had
run away with him, thus causing
Mai. Metcalf to score him a few,
would be very mild way of telling
it. 1t is needless to say that this
sentinel will never make this mistake
again.
San Francisco, July 6, 1913.
A few days after Col. Funston's ar