Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-22
TWENTIETH KANSAS.
Glorious valor of the Brave Sun.
flower Bows.

flower Boys.
The American paper Freedom
published at Manila and from which
the REFLECTOR has frequently copied,
contained in a recent issue the fol-
lowing eulogistic account Of the brave
Kansas boys:
The highest tribute that can be
paid to q soldier or a body Of soldiers
is that he or they did their duty.
Such can be said about the officers and
men OF the Twentieth Kansas. \ \ \
Follow the route that the Kansans
took from La Iona to Malolos and
you will find the last resting place Of
many an insurrecto. Inquire about
the position Of the regiment in the
various engagements and you will in.
variahly receive the same reply,
"they we're on the firing line" \ y
Say, stranger, have you heard Of the
volleysi. the Kansans fredP You
should have seen them as volley after
volley was poured into the insur-
rectos' lines. You should have seen.
too, Col. Funston riding up and down
the lines, cool, calculating, brave.
Then there is our Lieut.. Colonel Lit.
tie, whom a tenderfoot, in speaking
Of his conspicuous bravery not know
ing his name, called "The blue.shirt.
ed and profane," with such officers
there is no wonder that the Kansas
boys are such fighters and with such
officers and men the colonel has such
confidence. *** All day long
through swamp and jungles, the line
advanced without meeting much re-
sistance until about 8 o'clock in the
evening. The insurgents had laid
trap for "our boys" and the Kansans
went into it. The intentions Of the
insurgents were evidently to permit
a few men to cross the bridge and
then to surround them, but the brave
boys from the Sunfower state were
not to be trapped, and sent too many
leaden messengers Of death into their |
midst. \The third battalion crossed
the bridge and under a heavy fire
took up their position in the rear Of
the firing lile. This was one Of the
hardest fought battles of the cam.
paign. Twenty'seven Of our brave
Kansans were killed and wounded,
among the latter being Capt. Watson,
of Co. +. On Thursday and Friday
the full regiment was in the firing
line and advanced with the rest of
the line but they met with but slight
resistance. Col. Funston with II
men Of the regiment, were the first
American troops in Malolos. ~
This short sketch does not begin to
tell what the Kansas regiment has
done since their arrival nor what they
did in this campaign. The loss was l2
killed and about 60 wounded during
The week. A few men, a few off,
ers, and not all the companies are
mentioned, not because they did
more, bu. because the events men.
Toned happened to come under the
observation OF the writer. Every
,fiicer and man did his duty. Over
'wamps, Though jungles, wading
streams, over dikes and intrench.
nents. They advanced when the air
eemed surcharged' with lead; the
'rave boys of the Fighting Twentiv-
h" steadily pushed forward.
Kansas can be proud Of her Twen.
ieth, OF Col. Funston, she can be
,roud Of every officer, Of every man.
;he need not await the news, but
now that wherever there is fighting I
Ter boys are on the lines and that
here is no retreat. They will up
Iold the honor, the trust reposed in
hem, OF Kansas.
They Can't Shoot. =