The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-24
SALE BY STATE.
Military Supplies to Be Disposed
Of at Auction.
Includes Trousers, BlOuses, Hats
and Leggins.
INCLUDES MANYT THINGS
Even Sets Of Harness Are to Be
Disposed Of.
Transfer Of Supplies to Be Made
in Few Days.
INCLUDES MANY THINGS

Want to buy a blouse? Or a pair
Of khaki trousers? Or a drum
majors chevrons? You can get any
of these things, or most anything else
in the line of goods used in Quitting
a soldier when the state has its auc-
ton sale Of condemned military sup
plies a few weeks hence.
This big auction sale is getting to
be sort of a regular annual bargain
sale for the benefit of farmers and
others who are willing to wear soldier
clothes while going about their daily
occupations. This year the state will
offer the following clothing for sale:
SCI blue blouses.
591 blue trousers.
I blue shirt.
504 blue caps
100 Khaki trousers.
1872 khaki trousers.
$50 campaign hats.
7O2 pairs of leggins.
% DOnchos.
This is only a starter There will
be trumpets, tent stoves 246 blanket
bags, 800 haversacks, 912 canteens, a
few camp kettles, axes, axe helves,
eight sets of harness, seven brides,
seven horse collars, and other minor
trappings TOO numerous to mention.
Invoicing of the military supplies in
the state arsenal has just been com
pleted by the quartermaster depart
ment of the Kansas National Guard
and everything is now in shape so that
Quartermaster w. W. DenisOn can
receipt to X-Quartermaster General
James Smith for the immense supplies
of war material on hand in the base
ment Of the state house. The trans
Ter OF this material into the hands of
Quartermaster DenisOn viii be made
within a few days.
Over a Powder Magazine.
1t may be a consoIing fact, calcu-
lated to steady the nerves of the peo-
pie in State superintendent Dayhoff' s
once to know that in the basem ent
of the state house, directly under
their Office, is the magazine where the
state ammunition is stored. At the
present time there are the following
quantities of fixed ammunition on
hand:
108,0S5 rounds 45-cal ball cartridges.
81, 700 rounds 45-cal. blank CARTRIDGES
$3.50 rounds 30-cal- ball cartridges.
1850 rounds 30-Cal. blank cartridges.
$4,000 rounds S0-cal, gallery cartridges.
10000 rounds multi-ball cartridges.
foot rounds pistol ball, cal. So
552 rounds dummies, cal 90
In addition to this grand collection of
924,SzS rounds OF fixed ammunition,
there are p boxes Of friction primers
q for cannon.
This would be quite a respectable lot
OF ammunition. even for the Japs to
Se-Et1-AG DNG4 III AldQEuurld- II the state
house should catch afire some time, this
ammunition would make business pick
up in several Of the state departments.
There would be more reports issued
from the state house than has been
customary, even in that much reported
building.
Many Old Rifles
There is not much in the way of
modern shooting equipment stored in
the state house. All the Krag rifles
which have been sent here by the gov
eminent have been transferred to the
various companies throughout the
state OF course a large quantity of
the other equipment is scattered in the
same manner.
There will be transferred to the new
quartermaster general however 500
Springfield rifles, 1880 Springfield bav-
onets, a few revolversr and the two old
Napoleon" muzzle loading cannon
which decorate the state house lawn.
There are only three Krag rifles in the
arsenal, and one OF those has a broken
stock The state has on hand 374 Krag
gun Wrenches, 1,092 Krag cleaning rods
and 1902 Krag breech covers. There
are only IS swords and sabers in the
collection
When 1t comes to cooking utensils.
however, that's the states long sIit
FOR example, it has 307 meat pans. 459
tin cups, A dozen iron knives. AZ dozen
iron forks, 1919 dozen iron spoons. In
silver plated ware it has 27 dozen
knives, 80 dozen forks, % dozen table
spoons, and % dozen table spoons.
There is also a large amount of cloth
ing Of all kinds on hand, and enough
tentage, camp stools, tent equipment
and harness to tangle up a large sized
army