The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
Commander Stubs viii Smash
Military Laws.
Governor to Allow Women 10
Camp at Riley.
PROGRAM PREPARED.
Kansas Forces Out in All Their
Glory.
Many Prizes and Cups to the
Soldiers.
PROGRAM PREPARED.


Soldiers.
With one mighty swoop of his pen
Governor Stubs proposes to smash INTO
a hundred pieces the rules and reguIa-
ttons of the land and naval forces OF
This great commonwealth Of Kansas.
He is planning to have Dig Soclai
time at Fort Riley next week ana III
order to do that it viii OF course De
necessary to take with his party blS
delegation of the fair sex. The Kansas
army laws do not allow women TO stay
in camp over night and here IS Where
the governor will have to apply some
Of his executive power.
Next week will be a big week at the
Kansas militia and regular army ma
neuvers. Ella borate plans are belng
made for the event The Dig Gay OF
the week will be Governor Day ana
Adjutant General Charles Martin has
prepared a program that Will make the
governor and his party think they nave
been attending college held meet
Marathon race and real war all com
bined
a party OF about 20 men and women
with him and they viii have special
quarters in camI-riSht where trey can
see everything that is going on from
the flaps of their tents. Special tents
ana DIX eats nav BECAi pa 49, -
the officers in charge ana promises for
one of the fiashiest military meets In
the history of the state are made.
Not only will the military land and
water forces of the state be there ~
the cleanest and finest of uniforms but
the communicated ef-GOvernOr-Wa al
ter-Roscoe- Stubbs Will be there in all
his shadow of the dress parade
Adjutant General Martin has issued a
little program of the events of the
Kansas National Guard for Governors
Day" and the list of events Is as fol-
lows:
Governors Day.
Annual field meet, Saturday, August
q, at p. m.
COMPANY EVENTS.
100 yard dash.
2-220 yard dash.
$40 yard dash.
$50 yard run.
Running high jump
6-Running broad jump.
COMPANY dispatch race tteam).
S-Shelter tent pitching contest
(team).
9-Obstacle race
IO-Cartridge race.
l1-COOking race.
REGIMENTAL EVENTS.
Relay race (team).
2-ConIcal wall tent pitching contest
Geam)-
Tug of-war Ceam).
1
100 yard dash. tOpen to any members
of the Kansas National Guard of
three months service.
Signal Corps Notwithstanding wire
and delivering message.
Battery Observation-Disclosures firing
three shots. and limbering up.
Hospital Corpse Exhibition-Rescuin
wounded men and affixiug bandages.
GENERAL INFORMATION.
First call at 1:45 p. m. and games to
start promptly at 2 p m.
Circular track, six laps to the mile,
with running paths separated by string.
Where possible field events will be
held inside circular track.
SPECIAL INFORMATION, COMPANY
EVENTS.
Company events limited to one entry
from each company. except in events
marked team"
Event No. will be started at the
COmmandantS office at Fort Riley viii
not be over a prescribed course, and
will finish at the judges stand--a dis
lance of about two miles; no restric-
tons as to distance each man shall run
but each team to be composed of MOI
more than twenty-five men.
Event No. s. Company team, -four
men) Make fastest time pitching
double shelter-tents, each team starting
in heavy marching order and race fin
ishing with each team entirely inside
of tent; disqualifiCatiOns for insecure
or careless work.
Event No 9. Full instructions re-
garding the obstacles to be given at the
track; entry should be rather small and
fair runner.
Event No 10. Same information as
on No. g
Event No. IL Run twenty yards toI
Wood-plle with cup half filled with Wa
ter; start fire with only pocket knife
and three matches, and boil water
SPECIAL INFORMATION REGT-
MENTAL EVENTS
Ieam relay race, for two miles
twelve men from each COMPANY for
trophy valued at one hundred dollars.
Pitching conical wall tent contest. be
tween squads in each regiment Tor sill
Yer cup to the fastest SQUAD
Iug-of-wur. teams of twelve me-,
from each regiment, each member Of
winning team to receive a gold medal
The special events are:
One hundred yard dash. oper to ary
member of the guard
signal corps exhibition SQUADS
stringing wire and delivering messages
over it.
Battery exhibition squads unltmber-
uls. hrlhg three shots and lmberu.g I'D
Hospital corps exhibition. rescuing
wounded men and affixing bandaCes
PRIZES.
company Events: Gold. silver and
bronze medals to winners of first. sec-
ond and third places in Fvents T %er
I. .. 3. 4. .. 6. 9, 10 and II. silver
cups TO be given to teams winning
Ilrst' second aud third place in Events
Nos Z and s.
kegimental Events: Gold medal to
each member of winning team in
Events Nos. l and 3. A silver c,in
TO winning team in Event No. ..
special Events: Inspector Generals
cup (Circular No. s. to winner Of
special l0O-yard dash; silver medal
bronze
third place in special 1OO-vard dash.
silver cup to winning team in signal
corps exhibition; silver cup to win
nlhg team in Battery exhibition: sill