The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-25
T0PEkANSI NCAMP
Four Local Newspaper Men to
Fort Riley Training.
They Are Wingart, Powell.
Heath and StrattOn.
STRATT0N is TO MARRY SOON
Engagement Announced Just
Before ''Signing Up"
Son of Justice BuFch Applies
From the Hospital.
STRATTON is TO MARRY SOON

Topekans rallied Loyalty to the col
ors today when Captain Kenneth r.
Williams. L. s. A, opened headquart-
ers at 626 New England building and
began enrolling recruits for the three
months military training camp at Fort
Riley beginning May Eighteen
Topeka young men had filled out their
application blanks by 8 o'clock this
morning and by 10 o clock had made
arrangements for letters of recon-
meudation from influential friends in
the state. Three letters recommending
the applicants as young men of in
teIHgence. honesty and so briety are
necessary with the applications which
are sent to the commanding general
of the central department at Chicago,
Ill
w P Montgomery assistant attor-
ney general. and a married man was
one of the first to apply for applica-
ton blanks. Four Topeka newspa-
permen were only a few minutes later
in applying. E. Wayne Wingart, As
pelxa, Cliff J. Stratton of the Daily Cap
itaI. Percy c. Powell of the State Jour
nal and Don Heath
STATIONS enga cement to Miss Lee
more Monroe was announced FEW
hours before the young man volun-
teer to attend the camp. The wedding
is scheduled for the latter part Of
August
A. T. Burch Goes In.
A. T. Burch. son of Justice Burch Of
the supreme court, is another april
cant. Burch is in a hospital now and
was obliged to send his application
by a third person. Others who ex-
| pressed a Willingness to give UP good
| Jobs and run the risk of congress max
/ ing an appropriation to pay them
something besides their expenses while
in camp are:
Ks H. J. Sullivan, 1875 Garfield av-
/ enue: H. o. Benton, 1900 West Tenth
street: Clyde P. Cowgirl, 12T3 College
avenue J. Frank CLANCY. 601 New
England building; Francis S. Christ
ian engineers department. Santa Fe
! r. ilroad: George 5. Chandler, 204 Ty-
! Ter street; A. z. Ferguson, 402 Com
/ merce building; 5. NJ Hosington, SUI
preme court. c c. Jackson, United
States marshaFs office, Charles Iu-
/ das 1884 West Seventeenth street;
John s. Raster, GIG Madison street;
! Ray Swarner, Coldwater; H J. Sulli-
van, 1135 Garfield avenue; J "
Wood United States narshaFs office.
From reports Topeka's young men
are enIisting faster than those in other
| cities Senator Charles E Snyder,
who has charge of recruits for the
military training camp at Leaven-
worth, stated that so far he had re-
ceived nothing but inquiries Senator
Snyder, who is a married man and A
busy bank cashier intends to attend
the camp for three or four weeks He
/ is a major in the officers reserve corps
now. volunteering to join while the
/ legislature was in session this winter
| The summer to be spent by the To-
Dekans will not be a picnic by any
means. According to information Civ
| en- out the government will feed the
men on regular army rations, so cents
a day, and it is safe to say visions of
| the Chocolate Shop, Pelletier's tea
room. the Cremerie and Harvey house
will be many a midsummer night's
/ dream ended abruptly by the harsh
sounds of reveille and the smell OF
/ coffee boiling over a camp fire
Have. Hard Training.
/ The drill will be exacting There will
4 be much studying and some military
tactics are difficult to grasp. Captain
| Williams went to Lawrence today To
interest university youths in the train
ing camp plan
The government is up against it in
! obtaining sufficient uniforms for the
men at the training camps Uniforms
will be supplied ultimately by the gov
eminent but those going to camp are
asked to provide themselves with one
service hat, one service coat two
shirts. two breeches. one pair Ieggins.
! one pair marching shoes. The govern
ment hopes to De able to reimburse
them.
Upon reporting at the camp, the
reserve students will make a deposit OF
$40 to cover loss of or damage 70
eIuipr1ent proper refund being made
now before congress providing for pay
for the young men while they are TAX
ing the three months of training. The
friends Of the young men who intend
to go to Fort Riley are urged to write
friends in congress to back this bill