The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-15
Made in the goth Kansas Cause
Disappointment.
California Climate Still Claims
Victims Among Kansans.
ED LITTLE is BETTER.
Cause of the Calls UnWarranted
Attack ON Him.
Company A Has Pancakes For
Breakfas
(From the State Journals Special Core
SpOndent.)

(From the State Journals Special Core
Spondent.)
San Francisco. Cal, July TO-
Several promotions were made in the
Twentieth Kansas yesterday. The ap-
pointment of Lieutenant Walter P. Hull
of company I as quartermaster to succeed
L. c. Smith. resigned, was the principal
cause of the ''move-up."
Second Lieutenant Agnew company NJ
was promoted to be first lieutenant and
assigned to company to fill the vacancy
caused by HulIs resignation Lieuten-
ant Walker was promoted to acting cap
tain of company B. vice Captain Buchan,
acting as adjutant. w A. Deford was
assigned to company B as first lieutenant.
Gao haInllton Was promoted from IlIsI
sergeant OF company = 70 second 1leqten-
ant, Sergeant J. r. Whisner to fill HAM
tlton's place and Corporal Auswald, for
merIy of the Tenth regulars at Fort Reno
to first duty sergeant, The men are all
faithful workers and deserving of promo
ton, but naturally enough there is some
feeling OF bitterness among those left be-
first sergeant
Another death occurred last night and
Vate McAIester OF company M, enrolled
from Dickinson county, Miltonvale, died
at the brigade hospital Measles with a
cold on the lungs afterwards is the as
The sick list fell off 80 today. Yesterday
was the first bright sunny day We have
had this July and it seemed to brighten
up the troops and Danish some of the
cold and dependency. But today (Sun-
day. it is cold and cloudy, like a Novem-
Der day. and stoves are in order.
Mrs Captain Fred Buchan has been
sick for several days. but is improving It
Company H has taken the initiative in
sand. Each man contributed 50 cents cents
and-out of the fund canvas was purchas-
convenient and to some extent keeps out
the sand from blankets and meals.
There has been much strife lately among
the troops by companies to show the best
drill inspection. Hard work has been
done. but it is generally conceded that
CAPTAIN BOltWOOd'S cOmDanV leads.
This is the work of severe discipline. for
Captain BOltwoOd is considered a severe
taskma ster at drill work.
Lieutenant colonel Little is still absent
is in reality a private hospital, where he
be back in camp. Some of the newspa-
pers here in the city. notably the Call,
have taken occasion to publish scurrilous
articles about Colonel Little since he has
been sick. There is absolutely no founda-
made, notably that Colonel Little was in
competent and would be relieved by the
The Cans animosity arises possibly in
part from the fact that when Kansas first
arrived here the Call sent out a, case of
surgical instruments to Kansas. They
T Ts5 d4d f HeFg n5ce the hnrry and
tie overlooked the acknowledgment of
the matter was called to the coloneFs at
tent1on again and he wrote very nice let
with poetry, etc, and the managing ed
itors wife was 50 pleased that she called
him to dinner. But the editor refused to
publish the letter after what they con-
sidered a tardy apology. The iron en-
tered their souls then and there.
The Tennessee troops are the happiest
merry o-lucky soldiers in camp It is
told for a fact-one of them said so-that
they had still in camp and were making
of white rye. Many of them are from the
Great Smoky Mountain country and
have little respect for title or anything else |
save their own personal comfort. As an
instance of this, an orderly was sent yes
terday to brigade headquarters of General
Charles King The general was out at
the time. and when he returned he found
the long Tennessee mOuntaineer stretched |
General King passed on through for a
moment and Kings orderly exclaimed:
King . ''Of course 1 do, sab But what
do I care for King, sab? am an Ameri- |
of the whole regiment. But they are ex-
ceIlently drilled and will make the best of
Company A of Topeka had an amusing
affair this morning. that nearly caused a
have pancakes for breakfast Two vol
unteers, Percy McCoOl and Herbert Miller
with five assistants sailed in to supply
the 1O6 men in the company while the
regular cook lay in bed and snoozed. 1t |
took the larger portion of a sack of flour
and sack of sugar to accomplish the
feat And such a clamOr and scrap for |
cakes, and how the cooks perspired and |
back two or three times, while others got
none. It resembled a Donnybrook fair
riot more than anything else, this struggle |
for cakes. 1t is safe to say that there |
will be no more pancakes in company A.
Delbert Metsker, formerly of Meriden,
came into camp from Denver yesterday |
with party of engineers attached to the |
The report sent from here that Captains
nor will they be. asked to.
Lieutenant Colonel Little today receiv- |
ed an invitation to attend the celebration
of the fall of the BastilIe by a local French |
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