Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-09

souri, volunteers; Twenty-frst, Twenty
second and Twenty-third Kansas vol
unteers.
The third division was commanded
by Col. T. S. Slower and consisted of
Wamego girl cadets. Boyd's Topeka
girl cadets, cadets from st. Johns
military academy, Salina; cadets from
Kansas state agricultural college; all
other uniformed and equipped or
CARNATIONS.
The fourth division was commanded
by Col. P. M. Hoisington and consisted
of the First and Second regiments and
batteries A and b of the Kansas ma
tional guard.
There were 80 bands in the parade,
the performers numbering nearly 1000
musicians. The entire parade line,
over two miles. was mass of cheering
humanity. Gen. Funston, with his
wife, rode in the carriage of honor,
while Col. Metcalf, on white charger,
and Lieut.. Col. Little, on prancing
black, took their appointed stations at
the head of the regiment. All received
ovations at every point on the line.
Gen. FunstOn's carriage was drawn
by four black horses, the leaders being
led by Filipinos in native costume and
the swings were led by Manila negroes.
Mrs Funston attracted fully as much,
If not more, attention as her husband,
and she was seemingly proud of the
honors paid the little hero. Gen. Fun
ston seemed diffident; probably the re-
suit of surfeit of honors, but had
courage enough to face the new multi
tudes without finching.
AS the regiment marched up Kansas
avenue it passed reviewing stand at
almost every corner. The electric
trolley poles in the center of the street
were entwined with colored bunting
and surmounted with stands of colors,
and beneath the colors at the top of
each pole was the name, printed in
large letters on a white shield, of a
battlefield made famous by this regi-
ment's deeds of valor. These shields
bore the names of Manila, Caloocan,
Polo, Guiguinto, Morillo, Malolos, Bag
bag and Apolite.
School Children Sing.
When the regiment reached the state
capitol it halted before all the school
children of the city, who, standing on
and around the statehouse steps, burst
out into the song. my Country, IT'S
of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty"
Marshall's band accompanied the voices
of the children. Then. Gen. Wilder S.
Metcalf took from the hands of the
regimental standard bearer the regi-
mental cOlors, torn and shredded by
Filipino bullets, and returned the flags
to the state. These flags were paid for
by popular subscription and were given
to the regiment by the women of the
Grand Army of the Republic when it
marched away to war. Gov. w. E.
Stanley received the colors on behalf
of the state. These colors will be put
in a permanent resting place of honor
in the state capitol.
A Sword Presented to Gen. Funston.
After the ceremony of returning the
colors, Gen. j. K. Hudson presented to
Gen. Frederick Funston the sword,
raised through the Topeka Capital by
popular subscription, and Gen. Funston
responded. Then the regiment marched
by companies into the library hall of
the statehouse to banquet given by
the Grocers' & Butchers association of
Topeka. Covers were laid for 900 at
this banquet.
The Banquet to the Soldiers.
Frank Doster, chief justice of Kan
sas, was master of ceremonies. The
women of Topeka. The little school
girls of Topeka, all in white dresses,
gave each soldier bouquet as he sat
down to the banquet. The high school
orchestra furnished music. While the
soldiers were eating the bands from
different parts of the state came to-
gether in the statehouse grounds and
united in one monster band under the
An1.S Of he Of
tieth Kansas regiment and played "A
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
In this big orchestra were bands from
Wamego, Alta Vista, Eskridge, Girard,
Horton, Reading, Wabaunsee, Abilene,
Junction City, Mound City, Marion,
Garnett, Marshall's band of Topeka,
Dispatch band, Modern Woodmen band,
Pryor's band of st. Joseph, Mo-, and
bands from Kansas City, Mo-, and Kan
sas City, Kan.
The Fireworks Display.
After the banquet there was shot
time" indeed, given by the fambeau
clubs of Topeka. First, the circle of
the grand electric illumination of the
statehouse was turned on. Then there
was salute of Is bombs that shot far
up into the air and exploded with loud
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under and around the circular balcony
near the summit of the capitol dome
and shot off rockets, Roman candles
and other fireworks continuously. Red
fire burned from each of the windows
of the dome between the balcony and
the capitol roof, and from the base of
the dome myriads of rockets assembled.
From the capitol square bombs, mines,
Following the fireworks display was
a reception in the statehouse to the Of
fcers and men of the Twentieth regi-
ment.
The Volunteers Leaving for Their Homes.
All through the night the different
companies of the Twentieth regiment
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