The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-23
RECEPTION PROGRAMME.
Local Committee to Receive Twen-
tieth Kansas Holds It's First
Meeting

The offices of the state house will be
turned into reception rooms, the cOrr1-
doris into banquet hall and the
grounds into a barbecue ground when
the Twentieth comes home.
Everything will be free to the re-
turning heroes If they wish to stay all
night they will have plenty of oppor-
tunities and what is more they Will
have supper and breakfast and dinner
and breakfast again if they wish to
stay. At the meeting of the reception
committee last night those present ex-
pressed themselves as eager to enter
tain the soldiers at their homes if the
boys wish to remain overnight.
The banquet tables will be in the
basement of the state house. The i'm
mense table will be in the shape of a
cross, the center being under the dome
and the arms extending through the
wings. It will seat 1000 people and
only those who wear souvenir badges
of the Kansas regiment will be allowed
to eat there.
A committee will meet the soldiers
before they enter the city and present
each member with a badge to show
that he is a member of the regiment.
That badge will give him anything he
wants in the city. The challenge viii
be did you fight with Funston" and
if the reply is right the soldier can have
anything he wants.
The following is the rough outline of
the day programme as submitted:
10 a. m.--ArrivaI of the regiment at
the Santa Fe depot.
10 to II a. m.-An hour for the meet
ing OF the soldiers with their friends
and relatives at the Santa Fe depot
II a. m.-Parade to the state capitol
building.
1880 a. m.-speeches and return of
flags at the steps of the capitol.
I p m.-Dinner and barbecue. served
in the corridors of the state house, fol-
lowed by the presentation of the sword
to General Frederick Funston.
Afternoon-Programm to be ar
ranged.
7:30 p. m.-Display of fireworks from
the roof and dome of the state house,
followed by a carnival on Kansas ave
nue. under the direction of the Karnival
knights.
General Hudson. as chairman of the
committee having charge of the re-
ception, will appoint members for the
following committees: Finance music,
military organizations, transportatio
speakers, auditing, decoration, print g.
headquarters, parade, flowers, reception,
badges and banquet. The membership
of the committee will not be confined
to those serving on the general commit
tee but outsiders will be drafted into
the service.
The sentiment of the meeting was to
make everything grand. The parade to
be for the military alone. A fireworks
display costing thousands of dollars.
The presentation of the sword to Gen
eraI Funston and the returning of the
regimenta1 flags to Governor Stanley
by Colonel Metcalf to be the features of
the exercises.
The committee talked of issuing a
100-page souvenir with pictures of the
companies of the regiment, the officers.
history and all of interest connected
with the organization
The committee adjourned to meet
with the state committee at the state
house Wednesday afternoon at 4:sO
O'Clock.
D. J. Greenwald was elected treas
urer Of the committee and Arthur Cap
per and +. p MacLennan were added
to the committee.