Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-11


There Eocs the American soldier,
and all he'll can't stop him." said Gen.
King during the charge that February
day Vt santa Ana In the Philippine.
and the mist In his eyes me- be turned to
his stan was not caused b. grief Then
there IL that dispatch from the division
commander. Gen. Macarthur, 10 Con.
OTIS on February 10!
"caioocan taken. Kanuann one mile
IN advance Of the lines. and going on,
will stop them " I can"
The above tolls the story N the goth
Kansas regiment. volunteer infantry
better than paggs q Illuminated d..
tory. says ~ y iipwlea in san Fran
ViaCo letter 10 the Globe Democrat -
tht beginning of hoatilitlcs with Spain
in the latter part ~ April. iWs there
was no such regiment na tho goth Kan
fna." but that hulwark % American lus
dependence. the volunteer suldior ul-
llrd on the cuiorH from farm, store.
Office, Workshop, miun end little ful
Voh0ol house. and on May 10. lees thar
three weeks after the definite dcclnru-
tiOn Of war. the 20th Kansas was mus.
tered into the service OF the United
states at Topeka. The State of Kan.
tAN NAN iufNliu|N uluHiNNu ffHIAlNNN.
during The civil war. ana the quota ~
the State Tor tine recent volunteer SER
vice took the consecutive number ~
wua not o. National Guard regiment
Tow % tho mon had had any CKpericuro
IN the manual ~ arms or Held move
moutH, but twenty of the officers had
been lu tho National Guards. and. uH
the regiment modified in Topeka, the
school % the soldier" was opened but
the torn thfru was short. fur, three
days after lts muster iu. the regiment
tntralnci Tor san Francisco, arriving
herr On May a.
II IL with humble and coutrite heart
that San Francisco now acknowledge
Va error IN making thofo Kansas boys
the butt % % atarliinF joke on their arr
rival a joke that stood until their de-
parture Tor the Philippine. Rushed 10
the front with no time for preparation.
Il was o notified and incunEruuuHly
clothed body ~ men that dlHHmburkcd
in this city o. year ago last May fow
had guns. n less number had uniforms,
some IN half uniforms, and a majority
IN the oldest Of their citizen clothing
that they expected 20 throw away on
drawing their complete equipment in
truth. they dld present h sorry appear
anco aonF1idc the spruce and natty
uniforms OF lucd regiments frcrultci
from the National Guard and the tailor.
made uniforms Of the New York men.
They realized their appearance and
could not help but note that the thou
sands ai0nr tho STREETS saw laugh ia
them. but at the head ~ the column
was the rcElmohtal nar. embroidered
by wives and uwcothearta goth kan
rna Volunteer Infantry aud. nNing
their eyes on that. they marched stead
lly on without show % resentment
Hut there were many that ala not
laugh. aisi among the many were an
ALI al 81 HIaH
buttons IN the lnpcla of their coats.
hut the Issue uf uniforms made the
term "picbald kanHnna" only morn pro-
nounced. There was no touch OF Hcorn
or dofiliun IN the tcrmi q was only "a
Food.naturcd "iOsh." yet the subject %
uniforms was "a raw spot on the cutlclH
Of the regiment and u WINGED when Il
was touched. In tho rush and hurry
CONTRACTORS were compelled 10 uHn uuul-
tiles orcloth that would not be- accept
ID by the quartcrmnHter'a department
at other times. a few days sun and FOX
AMI the new uniforms showed AN the
changes u blue from pca.Erccu 10 IL
dirty yellow. Many OF the men. with
the pride u boys at school. would not
come down town wearing "a green
blouse AMI "a pair 81 yolluwlnh trousers.
and to this day the s0th Kansas. from
u colonel down, grita ~ tcgth and says
things every time u thinks u those
uniforms. buf th0no trying days from
June 20 November were the making ~
the regiment. The men stayed away
from the city and under Col. Funston
drilled i've hours each day ana studied
tactics and the manual N arms while
they wcru resting, There were no scan
dais IN the regiment. ind no drunk and
diHorderly Kansas boys on the police
court register. They took up thoif new
calling an they would any business in
clyil life. and made nH serious q mat.
ter o. II. AMI they learned IT,. learned
Il thoroughly AMI we'll
Week after week. month after month.
the regiment trampcd through tha
brush and over the hills aud sand
dunes Of the reservation On nu ouilrrI
round d drills ana marches 400 "CHn
and kit" nEhtiuF sham battles and
perfecunr Themselves in the business
u wur. Week after week they saw ttui-
nient aft'i regiment Hnll away amid
the cheers ~ thousands. uuNIluTly and
iunvtngly awaiting their orders, patleui-
~ bearing the auna Of tho moro fore
tunntn regiments Never mind, huYH.
We viii ovcrtnko you on the Hiring lino"
replied gopii-nnturod knnanu, but BE-
looked Wiatful na De- said o. hut the
Others only laughed nH they turned
their faces towards tho west. yct facing
the east. where Cousin George" had
Just planted the has uti was waiting
for the boys 10 be- brought 90 H.
Hut "hv also serves who only stands
and waits" and 20 HIN who does that
all things come. There was cheering
nll down the company streets % the
Kansas regiment when, in the latter
part % October orders came 20 en-.
bark. on october "a the second nud
Third battaliunH sailed ON the transport
Indiana and were followed on Novom-
her by the First blttallon on the
transport Newport, leaving pirht graves
on The hlllHlupo OF The national camr-