The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-22
LIONS OF THE DAY.
Governor Bailey and Party Givsn
Courteous Treatment.

Fort Riley, Kas., Oct. 22.-All the vol
unteers had the opportunity of brush
with the regulars Wednesday. and the
rattle of small arms, occasionally pune
tuated by the boom of artillery. came
from the hills in all directions. The
guardsmen were shown how to distrib-
ute a force about to be attacked. and
the regulars did the attacking
The two Kansas regiments, with two
guns from a regular battery, left camp
at o'clock for position across the
Kaw river and about three miles from
camp. Under command of General
Hughes, of Topeka, they were to be the
blue" army of the exercise in which
they would take part. The men were
leggings. Not far behind came Gov
ernor Bailey, his staff and his guests
All of the men were mounted, but the
women rode in carryalls. In the gov
ernors' party were Col. D. r. Anthony,
Frank P. MacLennan, Judge Pollock,
Judge Johnson and the staff consist
ing of General Kelsey, Colonel Brandt,
Colonel Loomis, Colonel O'Donnell.
Colonel Elliott, Colonel S. S. Willard,
Colonel Frederick Bergen and Colonel
Frank q. Travis.
All of the staff were in uniform of
either blue or the new olive drab That's
a fine lot of young men l have as staff
officers said the governor proudly.
The governor wore military hat with
gold and black cord When he was
received by General Bates Tuesday, he
Il believe that's the uniform of a gov
ernor," he said. lin the field, however,
I'm for the SLOUGH hat even if I have to
borrow it,
Mrs. Hughes. wife of the Kansas gen.
eral, was with the party and rode a
black horse. She wore a military hat
and her black riding coat was fastened
with small brass buttons. All of the
men wore yellow sleeve bands to mark
them as observers. 1t was after 10
] ~ 1aTfx aaI1
ed Grant Cliff. On knoll above could
be seen a group of horsemen belonging
to the Kansas forces which were being
deployed on the other side. out of sight
| of the observers.
The minutes slipped by and the grass
was lined with staff officers lying down
| to rest after the three mile effort in the
saddle. The women were beginning TO
grow anxious in their hope of seeing
mimic battle. when someone saw
small squad of horsemen coming across
the plan hundreds of feet below A
\ strange blue flag was carried by one
of the riders, and somebody recognized
| it as General Bates headquarters flag.
/ In few minutes the hOrsemen had dis
appeared under the bluff and the Kan
sans were wondering where the general
was bound for. Then the flag came to
view again. winding UP the side of the
hill. General Bates. with his aides
Captain Wright, Lieutenant Wills and
Lieutenant Elliot. had come to visit the
| governor in the field. It was an uneX-
pected compliment, and one the Kan
sans appreciated.
For an hour the 0artY waited in the
warm sun. An orderly came from over
the hill and General Bates said he had
| learned the best place from which to
view the battle. A mile over the hill.
a turn and. into a pasture. the officers
/ led the governors party Here the
| Kansas soldiers could be seen in little
! groups, never of more than eight or ten
men each. scattered along in an irreg-
ular line mile or more long. On top
| of a hill were two pieces of artillery.
! Another wait of half an hour and there
We're references to the leave for lunch
con, which gave Colonel Anthony cause
| to expound his theory that more men
are killed by too much food than by
too much whisky. Several officers
agreed with him. 1t was left to one
| quiet young colonel to go to a farm
milk, the milk being served just in time
for the observers to hear the first shot
of a cannon from the hill top. The ar
tillery had sighted the brown enemy"
lodging along hedges and in ravines
more than q mile away. A few loads
made the enemy less careless. Then
came the rafting" splitting .'piffing''
| or ripping" according to the wishes of
the reader, of the Krag-Jorgensens as
the first line of the Kansas and the
first of the browns came into sight
and range of each other
In shaded farmyard ee-fourths
mile from the observers. there was 2
! fight particularly hot. judging from the
| firing, between Colonel Metcalf's OUT
posts and the advancing browns AS
the Kansas outer lines fell back to their
main bodies some OF the observers