The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-01

not Captain Clarke got IN the way or
Mauser bullet he would have been
major sure His bravery and cheering
presence were the common talk of the
regiment and he was dearly loved by
his mep
Some of US were a little leary of
Captain Clarke before any of the fight
ing began" said Piffin- He was al
ways talking to the men and trying to
get them to be more religious. The boys
didn't think religion and soldering
went we'll together, and some of them
predicted that the captain would show
cold feet when an engagement came.
But no one talks that way now. We've
seen him under fire, and I tell you he's
true blue. He always kept we'll to the
front and called on his men to folio
him We would have died for him. We
fought like fiends the day he was
wounded.
1T was Captain Clarke who origina-
ted the yell that came to be used by the
whole regiment-'Rock chalk, jayhawk.
K. U.'-an adaptation of the university
veil. How he used to shout it and call
to US to give it to 'emi Whenever we
would fire vOlley, the captain would
up with his glass and say, That's
good one, boys, put another in the same
spot.
Captain Clarke was in charge of the
Kansas outpost the night the trouble
began. He took what men he had, nine,
I think, and hastened down the road
where the trouble was. There with
those nine guards he held the entire
army of the insurgents in check until
the regiment arrived There were thou
sands of these black devils, but oud ten
Kansas boys kept up such a fusillade
that the insurgents were held back for
an hour till the regiment came up and
routed them.
This was considered one of the most
gallant feats of the war. Captain
Clarke received the cOmmendation of
everyone, including General MacAr-
thur.
Captain Clarke led his men in the
battle of CalOOcan and in all the scrim-
images up to that of the TOholian river,
where he was wounded March 25. Not
only was the captain brave in the field,
but he looked after his men well and
had a personal interest in them.
Through his management no company
had better fare than company H
OFFICERS WE'RE ALL LIKED.
In fact, all our officers were popular
with the men. Lieutenant krause. was
known as the fighting DUtchman.' and
was cool and daring as you ever saw.
He was always yelling, That's giggin'
EN-; keep it up, boys
During the disability of Lieutenant
Krause, Lieutenant Guy Simpson has
charge of the company. He is certainly
a dandy. He's religious, too, but that
doesn't hurt him any. He's a hard
fighter and can stand anything"
Piffin says that Nate Foster, the big
tackle on the Kansas varsity foot ball
team, makes one of the handsomest SOL
dierS he ever saw. He is sergeant of the
LeaVenWOrth company and very pOpu-
lar. Piffin says that hard service is tell
ing on the Lawrence company. Out of
ninety-seven members, only twenty-five
are now doing duty. The company was
pretty badly shot up, and sickness has
done the rest
Corporal Edward D. Willing and John
Gillian of the Kansas iCty. Kan. COM
pany are as warm in praise of Lieuten-
ant Colonel Little as is Trumpeter Pif-
fin.
L want to say that Little is no cow
ard said Willing. Those who have
him down as a cold-foot are badly mis-
taken. The boys all admire and respect
him, and while everybody likes Net
calf, they think Little did not get his
deserts. After he recovered from his
unfortunate wound he was out on the
firing line all the time and was always
cool and brave. He used TO warn US,
Keep your heads below the trenches,
boy; I'm paid for lookin'.' He was al
ways regardless of danger to himself.
Little did more for the Twentieth
Kansas than any other man." said Gill
Hlan. He looked out for the interests
of the boys He always saw that the
commissary department was properly
equipped. For that he was beloved by
all, as well as for his bravery"
The general OpfniOn of the Kansas
men here regarding Little comedies
with that quoted. All seem to have the
highest respect and regard for him.