Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-11-08
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER g. 1899

posed of battalion of the Fourth Mis-
souri, volunteers: Twenty-frst, Twenty
second ands.Twenty-third Kansas vol
unteers.
The third division was commanded
by Col. r. s. Stoy6r and consisted of
Wamego girl cadets. Boyd's Topeka
girl cadets, cadets from st. John s
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 so bands in the parade,
the performers numbering nearly 1000
musicians. The entire parade line,
over two miles, wasa mass of cheering
humanity. Gen. funston, with his
wife, rode in the carriage of honor.
while Col. Metcalf, on a white charger,
and Lieut.. Col. Little, on a 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 difident; probably the re-
suit of surfeit of honors, but had
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tudes without flinching.
| 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 white shield, of 3
| 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
| and around the statehouse steps, burst
out into the song. my Country. 'Tis
of Thee. Sweet Land of Liberty
MarshalPs 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 il
marched away to war. Gov. w. e.
Stanley received the colors on behalf
of the state. These colors will be put
in 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 a 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
soldiers were waited on by $50 young
| women of Topeka. The little school
girls of Topeka, all in white dresses
gave each soldier bouquet as he sa,
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 anG
united in one monster band under the
leadership of the band of the Twen
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 ''ho
time," indeed, given by the fiambea,
clubs of Topeka. First, the circle O.
the grand electric illumination of tn,
statehouse was turned on. Then ther,
was salute of 13 bombs that shot fal
up into the air and exploded with lout
reports in the darkness. Men marched
under and around the circular balcony
near the summit Of the capitol dom,
and shot off rockets, Roman candle
and other fireworks continuously. Ret
fire burned from each of the window
OF the dome between the balcony ant
the capitol roof, and from the base o
the dome myriads of rockets ascended
From the capitol square bombs, mines
rockets and fireworks went up.
Following the fireworks display wa
a reception in the statehouse to the of
ficers and men of the Twentieth repi
ment.
The Volunteers Leaving for Their Homes
All through the night the differen
companies of the Twentieth regimen
were leaving Topeka on trains TO
their homes throughout the state.
1t seemed from the crowds that cam,
pouring into the four railroad depot
this morning not only that ..all Kansa
honors the Twentieth" but that it ha,
turned out to see the regiment COM
home. And each party brought it
hand or drum coy-r,c ~ ,n,r,l,r.,;xl !: