Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-28
pointmcnt of McCrum Governor Leedy vir-
tually serves notice that he will not lead
a regiment himself.


Major ]. K. Hudson will not accept a po-
sition major. He says that he applied
for u commission to organize regiment,
and that If he had been given it he would
have esteemed it a great honor and would
have tried to get up regiment that would
be the pride of Kansas. He believed he
could have organized such regiment. But
| he does not care to go as major under
some fellow as colonel who never had any
military experience. He has notified the
governor to scratch his name Off the slate
for a majorship.
The governor this afternoon gave out the
following additional information about re-
cruiting stations: 1T has been decided that
of the company assigned to Southwestern
Kansas one-third shall be recruited at
Dodge City, one-third at Garden City and
one-third at Larned. Recruiting officers
will be at Larned on Friday, May 6; at
Dodge City Friday. May G. and at Garden
City Saturday, May T. Citizens of Edwards
Hodgeman and Pawnee counties must re-
port at Larned. Citizens of Ford county
can report only at Dodge City. and of Fin
ney, kearny and Hamilton only at Garden
City. The others will use their pleasure"
Supreme Court Reporter c. c. Clemens,
one Pop who is opposed to war on general
principles. says he believes this war will
be a good thing for Kansas after all. II
was opposed to 1t for awhile" said he,
but since 1 have learned whom the gov
, ernor proposes to send to the front have
countermanded my original opinion. Kan
sas cannot help but be benefited if Gov
ernor Leedy sends w. L. Brown, Greeley
Jumper. Ed Little and H. B. Fleharty to
Cuba. He should add George McGrath to
the list
All of the men named have been holding
official positions under the administration.
McGrath is state mine inspector.
w. L. Brown, of Kingman, was the first
kansan to receive his commission as an
officer of the volunteer army from the
goveror. He was sworn in as adjutant to-
| day. Billy Deford. of Ottawa. and Clay
Allen of Erie, will be the other adju:ants.
Deford was commissioned this afternoon.
He will resign as county attorney of
Franklin county and as private secretary
to Congressman Peters.
The regimental quartermaSters to be ap-
pointed by Governor Leedy will be as much
| disappointed after they get into the serv-
ice as the disappointed applicants will be
in the first place. There is a general belief
that a regimental quartermaster can steal
| himself rich in about three weeks. The
| fact is that, however much he may desire
| to- carry off every thing loose he will not
get rich, by long way. for the reason
| that he will have nothing in his charge
| to steal. The national laws have been mod
| flied so that a regimental quartermaster
| has charge of practically no property
| whatever.
/ In his original proclamation, Governor
Leedy left Marion and Mcpherson counties
| out of the list altogether. To-day he desig-
mated a recruiting station for those two
counties at Marion and ordered the re-
cruiting officer to be at Marion May Z.
James Morphy. local editor of the To-
| peka Advocate, to-day received the 1oiioW-
| ing telegram from Chino, Cal:
Have Governor Leedy accept Hamilton,
Chandler Parker and me as privates in the
| First Kansas regiment.
"ELLwooD PETER"
The sender is a son of ex-senator Pef-
fer and is now employed in one of the
large sugar refineries in California. He got
| that job about the time the sugar trust
wanted Senator PETERS vote when the Will
son bill was up for consideration in con-
| gress. The other three named In the mes
| sage are the sons of wealthy sugar plant
+! ers in California. They can't get into the
! army from that state because the national
| guard take up more than the quota.
Morphy laid the matter before the governor.
| but has had no response yet.
| Within thirty minutes after being COM
missioned, Adjutant w. l.. Brown made out
a voucher for $50 for services as temporary
recruiting officer and presented it to the
assistant auditor for payment. The vouch-
| er read: Due w. l.. Brown for services
rendered as recruiting officer the sum OF
$50" AT the bottom was blank statement
| which declared that ''the work had been
performed and the claim was unpaid"
Just sign this blank statement" said the
assistant auditor. Brown took the vouch-
er back, and after reading it carefully, re.
| marked:
| Il can't swear to that because the work
| has not yet been performed
You can't get any money on 1t until you
| do sign it," said the assistant auditor
L would like to have the money in ad.
vance to pay my expenses for recruiting
| said Brown.
I'VE don't pay in advance here" re.
sponded the auditor 1T is about all ws
can do to liquidate after the debt is due. ;
We'll. l won't swear TO d le,' Brown
remarked. ''I'll pay my own expenses ant
then get reimbursed and he filed out OF
the recruiting officers will have to go dowr
in their own pockets to meet their nx
| penses. The state will pay them bach
| after they are in position to swear thai
the claim is due and remains unpaid.
Governor Leedy this afternoon appointed
Dr. c. w. England, of Meriden, and DIR
/ +. c. Armstrong. of Eldorado as reg;
mental surgeons. DR.. ]. A. Rafter, o.
Holton, and DIR. W. +. de Wiedman, o
Pttsburg, were appointed assistant sur
geons. The quota of surgeons is filed
but there are four assistant surgeon
places yet to fill.
Major A. p. Shrieve, a clerk in the gov
| ernorS office, stands Il fair show of bein,
appointed paymaster in the federal army
He was paymaster in the civil war ant
in the regular army for twelve years
Senator Baker is trying to land him tn
place. He feels almost certain of get
ting the job, as the war department TO
day wired him for his military record
Congressman Charles Curtis wired Gener
al Hughes to-day that there was posi-
bility of his being appointed brigadier gen
eral. The president had been approache
and had given some encouragement. Up
on request, General Hughes sent his militia
ry record to the war department by teIe
graph this evening.
Late this evening Assistant Adiutan
General Boyd wired each captain of tn
state militia TO forward. post haste all tn
tentage in his care. This equipment
needed in establishing the rendezvous cam
here. a...