Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-27
TRIO Of WALKERS
ARRIVE IN TULSA
HEADED FOR The PACIFIC
Members of IHrtN Combine Versatile
1aicnts-nrc-~ in Nrml lni-
forms; Camp in Open.

Three young men marched into
Tulsa yesterday noon, after a hike of
. zoe miles This point completes
just one half Of their journey on foot.
They left Newport r.. /. on June 10,
of this year, 10 walk 10 san Francisco,
a distance Of approximately 4,S0O
miles They have covered eleven
states in that time and will enter
seventeen during the journey. They
american soldier olive drab wooden
shirts, breeches legginEs, shoes and
campaign hat, which bears the legend
IN red silk letters on white band,
Coast to Coast"
The men carry the full field equip
ment or army pack on their back, con
sisting of poncho puptent. blanket
haNersack, hatchct, compass, cook Kit
and Colts 45 calihre automatic
pistols, an averaging 40 pounds. They
are equipped to prepare their own
meals and have enjoyed many a sue
culent feast before the camp fire.
They pitched tent I'm the open at night
when left alone, but stated that the
hospitality Of the people Of our own
and adjoining states was so insistent
that they have lately been forced TO
slumber o. nights in feather beds in
stead Of In the stubble fields.
EX-Sergeant Louis A Mohr, the
leader Of the expedition, conceived
the idea while in the army 1t was a
feat never before attempted by sol
dier or civilian. He was joined by
Sergeant Karl Iittmam Of the Rhode
Island National Guards, and Charles
f. Saunders an attorney, Of Albany,
y. Y. Mohrs home is i'm Oil city,
Pa, and during the day he held a
levee, meeting acquaintances and
citizens who have migrated TO this oil
region.
The object Of the long tramp is
to see the country, invite hardships
and meet adventures, all three of
which are hding accomplished salts
factorily. The secretary Of the party
keeps "A daily record which they pro-
pose to use in making book at the
conclusion of the trek. They carry
letters to the governors of eight states
from the governor Of Rhode Island,
one letter to the executive Of this
state. They buy grub and shoe
leather by selling a post card pic
turing them at attention in military
equipment. They deliver lectures be-
fore conventions of school teachers on
the geography of this country and in
moving pictures shows on "A Soldiers
Life" taking up a collection for the
cause Rittmann, who is an artist,
graduate Of an eastern school, por-
trays character on a blackboard or
with charcoal after the style Of Bud
Fisher and Goldberg. Mohr gives the
army recitations and the attorney
combines oratory with coon songs.
Their peculiar talents while lost when
exercised alone, when performed In
unison have Been an open sesame to
the door of hospitality and favor.
They have overcome the physical
such as hlistered feet and
sudden cramp and pronounce the end
an accomplished fact except for the
time intervening They expect to be
in Frisco June Is, 1914, just one year
from the date Of starting. As they
are some 200 miles ahead Of sched-
ule, it may be finished some weeks
before that date.
They leave for Sapulpa today
thence south to Denison, sherman and
Fort Worth, thence west to El Paso
on the Mexican border TO see what
that fuss is all about. From El Paso,
following the Southern Pacific rail-
road northwest through New Mexico
to Tucson. across Arizona, over the
Mojave desert into southern Califor-
MIA. Thence up the Sacramento val
ley to Los Angeles and Frisco.
Last night they gave talks before
the members of the local Moose lodge.