Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
Returned Troops Entertained by
Relatives and Friends i'm
Kansas City, Kan.
WELCOMED HOME BY MAYOR
Governor capper Also Made An Ad-
dress compIimenting the States
Soidiers-capt. Rupert Talks

oiAly-tWO young men VINO nave DSe4
living on bacon and. fried potatoes
served on tin plates from a camp mess
kitchen since July sat down at Kan
sas City recently to a turkey dinner,
home cooked, with oysters, cranber-
riess pie, ice cream, flowers on the
: table and an orchestra playing opery
attic and patriotic airs They were the
members of Company A, Kansas Ma
tionaI Guard. The dinner was given
by friends as welcome home
Besides the boys, their mothers, ia
theirs. sweethearts and friends to the
number of four hundred gathered
around the tables in the banquet hall
of the Scottish Rite Temple, while the
members of Mendias Chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star, served the BAN
Quet. The boys were all in uniform
and answered from various parts of
the ball as P. S. Hoyt, sergeant, called
the company roll just as he had in the
sand hills at Eagle Pass.
Mayor Green welcomed the troops
home and Governor Capper told how
proud Kansas was of it's soldiers. John
Howard Payne, POSTMASTER, intro
ducea Capt. A. K. Rupert of the COM
pany.
After telling of their adventures on
the 186-mile hike from San Antonio to
Austin and return, in which the Kan
sas troops won the name of grass
hoppers" because they kept the SEIZED
ule set for them. he commented on
the expedition as lesson in prepared
ness.
when we went to Texas, we
thought we were soldiers he said.
I'VE soon found we were not. We
Of
few days in the sandy cactus covered
country. We know now the need of
military training. We know how bad
ly an-untrained army would be at the
mercy of trained one.
There is not boy who went out
with us who does not know that every
Dung man should have at least a year
of military training. To send an army
OF unframed men out to meet a force
of trained ones means that the I'M
trained will be wiped out"
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Troop Train Wrecked.-A troop
train carrying members of the First
Kansas Infantry was wrecked near
Emporia recently and four were hurt.
Fireman A. NJ. Burge of Garnett suf-
fered a wrenched back; Sergeant w.
d. Thompson of Garrett, ankle brok-
en-; Private Omar Diilman, Yates Cen
ter, broken leg; Private Robert Adams,
Garnett. broken leg. The soldiers
were il. q baggage car where they had
been detailed to watch machine guns
and ammunition.
Find Body on Tracks.-The body of
r. Bassett, mine foreman. was. found
under an interurban car north of
rTvr~-
GERS believe that Bassett was muir
: His shoes were found some distance
away.
Woman Injured by Train.-Mrs.
Frank Philamalee was struck by
burlington work train near Atchison
the other morning. One arm was
crushed and her head severely in
jured. She has chance for recovery
but her arm probably will be perma-
nentiy crippled.
Welcomes Its SoIdiers.-Company
Z, First Kansas Regiment, X. N. G.,
returned to Fredonia recently and re,
ceived a hearty welcome The city
was decorated with banners and bunt-
ing and the company met at the de-
pot, headed by a brass band, marched
to the court house park, where an ad-
dress of welcome was made.
Kansas Attorney Dead.-A. c. Dyer,
a widely known attorney of Kinsley,
died recently at Battle Creek, Mich,
where he. had gone for medical. treat
ment.
Greeted r. U. extraordinarily
of Kansas students and faculty mobi-
lized at Lawrence to greet Company
M. First Kansas Infantry. mustered
out of the federal service at Fort Ri
ley. Company NJ is composed of Uni
versity of Kansas students. Chancel-
Tor Frank Strong issued orders that all
classes be dismissed at the sound of
the WHISTLE The university band led
a long procession of K u. men, goods
and .-profs" to the train to greet the
student soldier boys.
Mother OF Furteen Dies Mrs.
Sarah Arthur. 50 years old, a resident
OF Atchison county for forty-five years,
IS dead at her home near there Mrs.
rr1nfher