The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-27

camped over on the Geary county side
of the river, and is not allowed to
come into camp. The horses are af-
fiicted with CHAMBERS.
The camp ground swarms with
photographers, and nearly every one
puts on a lot of airs and claims to be
Official" The .ofiicial" phOtogra-
pliers have cameras about the size of
a good sized shanty. They take pic
lures of parades and of official head
quarters. Such photographers are
plenty. Real pictures are hard to
md Official photographers wouldn't
know real picture If they should see
it. They are hunting for pictures of
things the officers want to buy, and Of
ficers want to buy the pictures in
which the camera is well focused on
themselves.
A man with camera of moderate
size, which can be transported about
without the aid of a lumber wagon.
and which can be adjusted without too
much hocus-pocus, could get some
very interesting pictures at Fort Riley,
but the "officiaI' photograph will
never find anything of this sort.
We asked one photographer If he
could give us a picture of the redoubt
which the engineering corps is build
ing off among the hills. He put on an
important air. and said
Il make pictures of that sort, but
they are for washington only"
in half an hour telling about his ten at
General Wint's headquarters. and now
important he was to the existence of
| General Whit, but he didn't have any
pictures worth buying
These ofIcial photographers all
claim to be from New York, Washing
ton, Philadelphia, or some other
foreign port. The best pictures. how
ever, are being made by some Junction
| City photographers
Regular army officers say that the
! Kansas troops made a better showing
than any other state troops which have
thus far visited the camp. The Kan
most of the state troops, and they
knew the manual of arms. OF course
/ they were not toughened to hard
marching in the blazing sun, but they
stood Up we'll to this racking expert
ence.
General Drew and Colonies Metcalf
and Hoisington all stand well with the
ergulars. The regulars know that these
officers know their business, and re-
spect them accordingly. Adjutant
/ General Hughes is the executive officer
of the governor, and did not partici-
pate directly in the management of
/ the camp He was busy looking out
for railway transportation and such
things.
Thursday and Friday mornings the
I Kansas troops Unanswered in the field
/ with the regulars III the SOlutlOn OF
4 war problems. Thursday the Kansas
and South Dakota troops. assisted by
a couple of field batteries and two
squadrons of cavalry, took a train of
/ 20 wagons five miles into a hostile"
country. and brought the wagons back,
without suffering material loss. Ac-
eording to the umpires, it was de-
cisive victory for the Kansas troops
over the regulars, who constituted
the attacking force. But the attack
ing force was not nearly so large as the
force guarding the wagon train. Fri
day morning there was smaller
maneuver in the hills back of the Kan
sas, which according to the umpires
was a draw. The Kansas troops were
divided between the brown and blue
armies in this engagemen t-
Every night at the officers school.
the urnnires tell the officers their opin-
ion of the work of the day
This article MIGHT be continued to
an indefinite length telling of the in
terestfng things to be seen in camp
But this is plenty long enough-
P A. L.