Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-20
LIEUT.. FRY A CAPTAIN
PROMOTION CONES TO AN ABI.
LENE SOLDIER.
He Will Have Charge Of Company F,
Succeeding Capt. Martin Who Be-
comes 4 Major Company L Al
Fighters.

Colonel W. S. Metcalf has Just
cabled Governor Stanley recommend
ing the following promotions in the
Twentieth Kansas: Captain Charles
L. Martin, Fort Scott, to be a major
Lieutenant E. A. Fry, Abilene, to be
captain; Second Lieutenant H. W.
Shideler, Fort Scott, to be first lieu.
tenant; Second Lieutenant R. S. Par.
ker, Ottawa, to be first lieutenant; Il.
E. Huddleston, Topeka, J. J. Deming,
Topeka, J. J. Haisch, Topeka, and 0.
B. Woolley, Girard, to be second lieu.
tenants. These promotions are due
to the transfer Of officers TO the new
regiment for service in the Philip.
pines.
Lieut.. Fry will have command Of
Co. F and his host Of friends in abb
lene and Dickinson county will heart
lily congratulate him on his promo
ton. 1t comes as recognition q
his excellent service and fighting
record.
The following storyof the closing
days Of the goth Kansas on the firing
line, written to the X. G. Star by j..
M. Steele will be Of interest because
Of the important part taken by Co. l.:
MANILA, p. l., June 2.-Whlle vol
unteer regiment after regiment is be.
ing relieved from active duty at the
front and while every volunteer on
the island is anxiously waitingfor the
news that the first Of the volunteer
regiments has embarked for home
the Twentieth Kansas regiment still
remains on the firing line, where it
has been since the memorable begin
ming Of the war, February 4.
44S FIT FOR DUTY.
And this despite the fact that the
arduous service Of the regiment, with
its exhausting campaign, has put
more than half Of the command in
the hospital or on sick report. Only
443 men of the 1000 that left San
Francisco are now fit for duty, 40 are
buried in heroes graves, 26 are slated
for passage to San Francisco for
treatment in government hospitals,
and several hundred are suffering
from various maladies consequent to
to the severe and trying days in
trenches and on the battlefield, and
all longing for the summons home
which seems SO slow in coming.
From the best information obtain.
able it is not likely that the Kansas
regiment will leave the island for the
homeward trip before the last OF Sep.
tember and the chances are that the
date Of departure will be postponed
rather than advanced.
ENGAGEMENT OF MAY "a.
1t is dull week for the Kansas
regiment when an engagement or two
does not occur. The morning OF
May "a was the date Of the most clev.
erly executed movement Of the entire
campaign-n notable because Of its be-
ing the first general movement since
General Funston assumed com mand
Of the brigade.
About two miles in front OF San
Fernando the insurgents occupied
strongly fortified entertainments and
the movement was intended to sur
prise the natives in these trenches in
which respect it was an entire sue
cess. Early in the morning the Kan
sas and Montana regiments took the
field under the leadership Of General
Funston, the Kansas regiment under
orders to flank the trenches on the
right and the Montana regiment to 60
around the left end Of the insurgent
stronghold. Colonel Metcalf is still
suffering from the effects Of the
wound received at Marilao and Lieu.