The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-01
HOW IT WILL CO.. BY THE ROADSIDE.
Managers Make Many Soldiers on Long Hike
Their GIuesses. Suffer From Heat.
Senator Doey Says Stubs Fifty Per Cent Drop
Will Win by $4,000. Day.
STUART SAYS LELAND, ROUTED A JOINTIST
Figures the LeavenwOrth SaOonkeeper
Result Lively Time.
Both Say Vote Will Elk Will Camp at the Reform
coed 100000. Over Sunday.
Many Soldiers on Long Hike
Suffer From Heat.
Fifty Per Cent Drop Out First
Day.
ROUTED A JOINTIST.
LeavenwOrth SalOonkeeper Has
Lively Time.
Will Camp at the Reform School
Over Sunday.

The 18th regiment of u. S. infan-
try, on the 200 mile hike" from Fort
Leavenworth to Fort Riley, will arrive
IN Topeka tonight at about IL o'clock
1900 strong and go into camp at the
grounds near the Reform school over
Sunday. Col. w. F. Loughborough is
divided into three battalions
The troops left Leavenworth We'd
hesday. July 20, and marched to
Eaton that day, distance of thirteen
miles. The next stop was at Win
chester, after nine mile march. Fri
day they marched fourteen miles to
Osawkie and Saturday they reached
Meriden and will march from that
place to Topeka, distance of twelve
miles tonight.
W. G. McClurg, a reporter for the
Leavenworth Times, who had been as
signed to the trip with the troops, and
who equipped himself with a suit of
khaki and camp kit and started out
in the column just like a private SOL
der, was overcome by the heat after
Thursdays march in the hot sun, and
came on to Topeka today by rail to
await the arrival of the troops tonight.
The young man will go into camp
with the regiment and resume the
march Monday. He spoke of many
from Leavenworth to Meriden.
After the regiment had passed be-
yond the suburbs of Leavenworth a
jointist from that town named Jim
Casey, made his appearance with a
wagon load of bottled beer. The day
was hot and Casey did rushing bust
ness with the khaki boys. The jointist
kept his portable saloon abreast of the
column until they reached Winchester
where he made the mistake of casting
anchor in the public highway. A
Winchester druggist made complaint
vileges to the colonel, who had war
rant issued for Casey. The latter was
apprised by the soldiers of the coming
of the sheriff of Jefferson county, and
took to the hills. The sheriff seized the
beer and leaving two men on guard,
went for a wagon to haul the stuff
to the county court house. In his alb
sence the soldiers rushed the guards
and captured all the beer and took 1t
to camp with them.
The first two days of the march
Wednesday and Thursday, were thd
hottest of the summer. and extreme
humidity prevailed. A large number
of men fell out of ranks on these two
days. The weather was cooer Friday
and the men suffered but little on the
tramp to Osawkie. The rations provid
ed are of the best. The men get 7beee-
STEAK TOT dinner anu mix anu sugar All
their coffee. The boys are in good
spirits and speak in terms of warm
praise of the treatment and quarters
provided so far on the "'hike. They
have made better time every day than
the schedule called for. Company M,
commanded by Capt. A. r. Kerwin,
made the trip from the fort to Meriden
without losing man from the ranks,
a remarkable record for a 46 mile
march under a blazing July sun.
Col. Loughborough is a popular and
efficient officer, and from the start made
on the first week out of the fort is
sure to make fine record for his regi-
ment on the march to Fort RILEY.
One of the most amusing incidents
of the march is the presence in the
heat and dust of the roads of rs garr1-
son prisoners under guard day and
purpose. These prisoners were SEN
fenced for petty offenses committed
with a view to being confined at the
fort and thus escaping the 200 mile
tramp. But they are marching along,
just the same.
The official record for the march, as
made up to this time, is as follows:
Left Leavenworth at a. m. and
marched II miles to Eaton. reaching
there at p. m. Camped all night at
Eaton and left there at $3.50 a. m, and
reached Winchester. a distance OF 10
miles, at noon. The regiment reached
Osawkie, the next stop, 15 miles dis
tant, at noon the next day. They LETT
Osawkie at 6 p. M, Friday. and march
ed on the double quick all of the 70
miles to Meriden, a large number OF
the soldiers dropping by the way un-
der the strain of a steady trot for that
distance Private Thos. Smith of COM
pany d was taken seriously ill on the
march and is very low at this time.
The regiment will leave Topeka be-
fore daylight Monday morning and
march to Silver Lake. the next stop, a
distance of about ten. miles, where
they will receive rations for three days.
Young McClung, the Leavenworth re-
porter, states that he has had hne
time on the trip, even IL he did sur
fer with the heat and the unsual Ia
tigue of the march. 1T was the UNI
usually hot weather that knocked me,
he said today. IF the weather is at all
cool l will march the rest of the way
with the column" The reporter spoke
in warm praise of the care of the men
on the trip and the efficiency of the
officers. The discipline on the trip has
been of the best and he speaks hlghly
of the general personnel of Uncle Sans
boys in the Thirteenth regiment No
mishap beyond the temporary prostra-
lions from the unusual heat on the first
two days out of the fort have been re-
ported on the first four days OF the
march.
ST. Marys is the next stop beyond
Silver Lake. Then Belvue. st. George
Manhattan, Pawnee Flats and Riley.