The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-11
LIEUTENANT WHIsNER
Writes From Manila EXPIRES
sing Desire Of Twentieth
Kansas Regiment.


Kansas city. Aug. i0.-rhe J0urd2l says
Attorney S. II. Wbisner OF Kansas CITY,
| ltaus, yesterday recevel letter from
his brother Second Lieutenant }. r.
| Wh,sner. OF Company B. Twentieth kan
sas, In which the writer takes a few
ahots at tho people OF Kansas who are
insisting on the regiment 0oiii brought toI
tho Sunnower state Co Doe mustered ont.
Tho letter was Written o. Juiy 3. ana ac-
| cordng to I there was a runor In err
culation among the boys TO The effect
| that they were to be mustered out IN
| Kansas.
Tho nghtlng Twentieth Is desirous OF
being mustered out in san Francisco, and
the boys want to be brought home in
special train from the coast. Lieutenant
! Whisper says ho Is willing to contribute
S50 Of his own money. ana pay his fare
home bes des. 10 order TO have the entire
regiment to come home together with
every man armed with his discharge. Ho
states that the Twentletn IS resting IA the
city OF Mania. and he is of the opinion
that the lighting days OF the regiment are
over. Lieutenant Wh.sner's letter. Inn
part. follows:
This IS sunday afternoon and !. s
ra ming as usual. mcst Of the officers are
sleeping and 1t IS as quiet as grave
q yard
"Our duty here In the city Is not very
T. hard and It Is much better than tho nr-
2 ing line. ] think our nght.ng days are ov-
err. We arc quartered IN tho walled city
; and our quarters are considered tho dnesi
'u tho city Lieutenant showalter ant
have lares Don ana W have Il d.
} nishcd ln grand style I wish you coui
step On and see us. II IS nice 10 live IN
style. COR 1 might say a house ovem
lgaiuit seems almost like home after our
> nyo months In the field.
, "All Of our battalion officers mess to-
- gcther we have a large dining room and
, "a cook that can't be beaten. SO you see
q We are living fine. I can't see what the
' people OF Kansas are thinking aoout II
n Is &C. shame for them 90 deprive tho msm
3 bera OF the regiment 10 travel pay from
{ Frisco simply Co draw crowd TO some
4 town. that they may make some roncy
4 by the operation OF else TO boom some slds
Z show that Is going ON "a some to~n.
70 Let me ask what did KansaB % f1l
Ono roglmeutY When We loft the state
4 probably two hundred people turned ou
Z 10 see us.off, but now that We have mad,
Z a. fairly good recori and the eyes OF thi
n whole world are upon uB. every person 90
a Kansas ls wiling to entertain as. The pa
r. pafs come out ana say. What Is so q
4 the men of the Twentieth Kansas, whef
~ d. i3 question OF whore they are 10 Do,
:, mustered outg Permit me 20 say wba'
~ Q means. Hero are 1909 men who hay,
a fought through many battle. slept Ga
II five months with their clothes 0n. ln al
/, kinds of weather using IL rice dixie f1r
. pillow, banana leaves for a blanket. eat
ug hardtack and canned beef. to saJ
. n0uhIns OF the mon who have died aut
:, those who have been wounded n action
- drawing u5 per mOnyh, while the peopl,
~ Kauas are doing an they can ro deprv
= olCh man Of about 80. which the war de
Dartment sees nt 10 giy M.
~ "rhese men VIII be landed in the state
ln the middle OF winter without mono
u and without ths necessary clothes 20 keel
them warm. sun tho people say 'com
home. we viii give you a grand roceptlol
and one square meal only t1 lct y0l
starye ana freeze after the excitement
over(which prr5ably VIII be the next day
II the les.sIat-re has passed that BIN CIV
NC each man - per month, I would hiv
been willing 20 have gone back ana q
anything the peofle wanted. But no, INA
l- was too much. the state could not al
s- ford So. Yet they want ua 90 give up .t
Do money mo government alows US an
pc come back without money or cl0thes.
NJ for one, say no. n tho people OF Kansa
10 want TO DO the right thing, let them sen
X a train % Frisco for the boys. ana q
l- them take them home without eostI
10 them a cent then give them a banouet
he they want b.. / for one will give 80
m ward getting the train and pay any hI
ld | home rather than deprive tho mer
r. what little thoy may be able @ s'
travel pay Your brother.
a. - j.. WH8EEh