The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
COOL NIGHTS ON THE BORDER
Kansas Troops Experience Hot Days,
But Are Not Suffering at Eagle
Pass Camp.

Camp Shafter-the Second Kansas
Infantry, twenty-four hours after il
encamped here, virtually was on
war basis. Had the camp been at
tackled every man in the regiment
would have known just what to do
and how to do it.
Every man would have been at his
post at the first alarm and in twenty
minutes the regiment would have
been in fighting formation. The daily
drills are so ordered as to effect a
rapid and continuous increase in field
efficiency and to accustom the men
to meet every emergency that may
arise.
The Second heard lot about the
climate at Eagle Pass that was not
so. The nights always are cool and
breezy and the days hot and dry and
are no more uncomfortable than at
Fort Riley. The Second soon is go
ing to be amply provided with con-
veniences and recreation. Instead of
the big tent which has been planned
for evening diversions, a wooden
building 24x124 feet, to seat five hun
dred persons, will be erected and
equipped with stage, reading and
writing material and games. 1t will
be built by Corporal Edward G. Click
ner of the machine gun company, who
left a $4,000 school building con-
tract in Hutchinson to come with the
regiment.
The cost of building will be met,
| Colonel Hoisington announced, by
| committees in each of the cities rep
resented in the Second Kansas. Lieut..
| Col. James A. Kimball of Salina is di-
recting the work of obtaining the sub
scriptions. There also will be boxing
and wrestling and baseball.
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| Assistant Santa Fe Treasurer Dead
| A. o. Wellman, assistant treasurer
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad is dead at his home here. He
was stricken with apoplexy at his Of
| fee and died three hours later. He
was 81 years old.
Kansas Corn Needs Rain.
| Kansas must have rain within the
next week to insure a big corn crop.
Just now the corn is growing rapidly,
| but the ground is dry and stalks will
begin to fire" if moisture doesn't
| come soon.
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Living in dap of Luxury"
To the folks back home, sweltering
all of them and some lacking such
matter of course facilities as motor
cars. electric fans, electrically lighted
streets and rooms, shower baths, CO.
operative stores, daily band music,
free medical attention, cool night
breezes, f1reless cookers and similar
| trivialities, the Second Kansas offers
its condolences. All such are COM
monplaces in the camp of the Second
and there soon will be added free
reading and writing rooms, motion
picture exhibitions, baseball, boxing
and wrestling.
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Kansas Troops May Vote.
The Kansas troops will not be de-
prived of their votes either at the
August primary or the November
presidential election. Under a spe-
cial law state troops in the field have
right to vote.
Soldier Risk Rates Go Up.
Insurance companies have the right
to advance rates on policies which are
held by men compelled to enter serv-
| ice in the national guard. This was
the opinion given here by S. NJ. Brew
ster, attorney general.
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To Retain Girls School Head.
Members of the committee appoint
ed by Governor Camper to investigate
the state Industrial school for girls
at Beloit have announced that the
committee will not ask for the re-
moTaI of Miss frankie Wilson, super
intendent.
No Kansas "tVsr Sufferers"
Not a war family" is suffering in
Kansas, according to reports to Gov
ernor Capper from the committees In
/ every town where there was a IA