Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-28
TWO BATTALIONS OF KANSANS
SAILED YESTERDAY.
ONE BATTALION LEFT BEHIND
1T WILL SAIL on TIE NEWPORT IN
A WEEK R TWO.
Colonel Funston in Command of the
Troops Which Saied Yesterday,
and Lieutenant Colonel Lit
tie Commands Those
Left Behind.

SAN FRANCISCO, OF 27.-The United
| States transport steamT Indiana sailed
| this afternoon for ManiA. having on board
| the Second and Third battalions OF the
| Kansas regiments, unde' command of Colo
mel Funston.
| The Twentieth kansls came to San
| Francisco five months ;go. 1t was the eS-
| pectation that they wolld be Immediately
sent to the Philippines. They were disap-
| pointed then, they were seven times
| afterward when assigIed to transports.
! When this last order WIS published 1t was
received with joy by tie troops.
The reveille this moning was attended
with much enthusiasm and the soldiers
were astir before dayli:ht. busy with the
| inspection of their equipments and with
the final policing of thdr camp.
| The signal for breakin; camp was sound
| ed at o'clock and the white tents were
soon upon the ground AID ready for pack
| ing away. The regiment marched out
| through the Preside gae. led by Colonel
| Funston and Adjutant Walker and the
| Iowa and Kansas bands down to the Bat
| terry street dock. where the Indiana await
| ed them. The men mdphed aboard under
| the direction of Quarternaster Hull to their
| quarters below decks.
Five of the officers wives will accom-
pany the expedition t. Manila Special
| permission was received from the war de-
| partment for the wOnrn to go; but the
| matter was kept a profound secret. The
| ladies are Mrs. Funstol, a young woman
! who only few days aao became the wife
| of the colonel of the rgiment: Mrs. Bu-
chan, formerly Miss Smith, of Lawrence
who was married TO C,p:ain Buchan this
last summer; Mrs. Whitman. Mrs. Hauser-
mann and Mrs. schliman, wife OF the
chaplain.
Headquarters and the Second and Third
battalons of the Twegtieth Kansas are
| included in the IndianI's passenger list.
| The headquarters offers are: Colonel
| Frederick Funston, Majr Frank H; Whit
man. Major Wilder S. Metcalf Surgeon
| D. Smith, Chaplain JohnG. Sch4ieman, Ad-
jutant Charles b. Waller. Quartermasier
Walter P. Hull, LieUenant Showalter,
! commissary officer anC the regimental
The Second battalion major Whitman)
| includes Company X recruited from
| ed by Captain boltwool, Lieutenant Hall
| and Lieutenant Parker Company NJ, Of
| ticered by Captain Hshop, Lieutenant
Glasgow and Lieutenant Hamilton, COM
posed of residents of Saina and Minneapo-
lis; Company G, mustend in from Wilson
| and Montgomery and ELK counties, with
| Captain Elliot and Lieutenant Scott and
| Lieutenant McTagGart n command; Conn
pany Z, recruited III Artlerson. Coffey and
| Woodson counties and otfiCered by Cap
| tain Christy, Lieutenant Craig and Lieu
| tenant Ball
| The Third battalion eIajor MetcalD in
| cludes Company II, reEuited from Law
| renee, officered by Caitain- Clarke end
| Lieutenant Krause and Lieutenant Hardy;
Company D, from -rswlord county, Of
ticered by Captain Orwi;. Lieutenant Wat
son and Lieutenant Brton; Company l..
| and Usage counties, Cficered by Captain
| Flanders, Lieutenant ANEW and Lieuten-
| ant Dodge: Company c. from Leaven-
| worth. Cfficered by Capain Albrigh-. Lieu-
| tenant Seeker and Li!utenant Hauser-
| mann.
The First battalion, composed of Com
! pdnies B, f, 4 and l.. lrder command OF
| Lieutenant Colonel Little, was left be-
hind, and will probably sail on the New
| port
The Twentieth Will vde while en- route
| to the Philippines and TIE returns will he
sent back from either Honolulu OF their
| final landing place at Manila Colonel Ed.
| c. Little, who was left in charge of one
| battalion was CCmTellG to divide with
| the departing battalions the ballots which
| was, however, only one set of poll books
| state departments a Tojeka had supposed
| that when the regiment left San Fran
| cisco it would go in a body and for that
| raSon had sent supplies for only one cleo
tiOn. Colonel Little has notified the state
| department at Topeka and in reply was in
| formed that new set Of books would he
| sent to him. The returns from the two
| detachments will thus lie sent back sepa-
| rately.