The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-26

terest, I hope. In regard to the Twenty
camp, but, save the services held by the
chaplainS on a grass plat under the oaks,
routine Of camp life The Work went en- on on
just the same; 1 suppose it is needless to
to criticise spring hats or lawn dresses
it was a congregation built after the plan
and fashion of Adam that listened 10 Rev.
Mr.. WoodWorth, who opened with the
ever new, America"
Our conditions and surroundings are inn
only be settled favorably we will have a
drew drew four mule teams teams some ere Of them M
were wild and woody, whose breaking to
They to be worked four to wagon,
and when they dash out Of the corral
nothing but a streak of red dust can be
seen until they tire down. One team is
kept hauling water in barrels and the
The weather here reminds one of the
days when the heat cooks the corn. 1t is
be APPRECIATED: The boys. are dndine
Among them are -ramrods, bullets, bayo-
nets and cartridge belts, some marked U.
pany with Colonel Fitch, we rode down
to Chickamauga creek for a bath We
rock found in abundance here. 1t was in
a deep pit in which we're known an un-
the battle of ChicRamauga. Some wore
the the blue, others the gray; some were from
Tennessee, some from the Keystone state,
but they rest in the same grave.
But, while we are surrounded by these
cheer and as I write this laughter comes
from over the camp ground and every
body is in good spirits.
By the way, we have two ladies in camp
the wives of Major Armstrong, our chief
Great Bend company. The former is a
great favorite among the boys, never COM
word for an Wa naI 5s ante tende
ed his resignation today, much to the re-
greet of all The work Of adjutant was
too hard, and quite likely he will enlist
No game can be killed in the park. but
tail yesterday. It got inside the lines,
and it e al tuR 1e see the
Inside of three days we will have new
Springfield IF rifles camp equipage and two
the other of brown canvas. They begin
to need them badly and are anxious to get
Right here 1 wish to protest emphatical-
" in the name of the regiment against
ting off about the Twentieth having better
drilled officers and more members OF the
it is a libel: Colonel Fitch was for years
an officer in the Illinois national guard:
commissions in the national guard, COM
ing out as major general. Major smith:
West Point. Major Armstrong. chief
surgeon, was also chief surgeon of the Sec
Major Parker and ti0 Frank Wilson are both
regulars. Captain Snow of company K,
Douglass of company +, were captains II, in
the late war. Captain Smith, company Il;
Captain Newton, company A; Captain van
Way, company F; Captain Everett, COM
pany c, and Captain Thompson, company
E, were all officers in the K. n g. over
half the lieutenant were regulars or mem
bers of the K. N. G. We have at least
300 privates who were members or the
K. n. c..
We have none but the best wishes for
the Twentieth and believe they VIII make
a record of which the loyal people of Kan
sas will be proud. Yet are inclined
to the opinion that the. Twenty-frst
should have been given a fair show. es-
peciaIly so when regular army offlcers
have complimented the regiment upon IT'S
appearance and hard work, and placed US
in the First army corps, which means the
front of the battle when Cuba is invaded
If politicians at home have nothing IN
stock to fight over but the personnei or
the officers and men who are trying to De
sas the great soldier State, at the head
of the procession, then they had better go
to Canada like their prototypes OF 6l-5,
or shut up. All we ask is fair treatment
and a fair show, and we believe the loyal
people of Kansas will see that We We nave IT:
But lights must be out with pest
wishes to friends at home. the candle goes
OUT anu we Say w L BROWN.