The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28
A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
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years and dentists are in every com
pany.
But to secure so many representa-
tives of the highest type of the race
much safrifice has been necessary.
Most of these men have given up we'll
established professional and business
careers as well as home and family.
Doctor Ward Trains Here.
A typical example is that of DIR.
Joseph H. Ward of indianapolis, Ind.
who left his wife and two children,
a profitable medical practice, and his
private surgical sanitarium, from
patriotic reasons alone. Doctor Ward,
who is "A years of age, has practiced
surgery for IS years, has been city
school inspector in Indianapolis for
eight years, and is chairman of the
finance committee of the indianapolis
branch of the Y. NJ. c. A., the fore
most organization of it's kind in the
world.
This is a history making period,
and l want to be connected with it"
was the simple explanation offered
by Doctor Ward for giving III a fife
of comparative ease to toll with pick
and shovel on the rifle range and take
long hikes under a boiling July sun.
We might add that Prof. Beckett has
just been appointed doctor of physical
training at Howard University and has
been delegated to outline and have
printed a Teachers Course for Phys
ical Training. We met many promi-
nent men here whom space will not
permit us to name, but among inter-
esting characters we met we're Ser
geants Walter c. Lyons, H. D. Queen
and H. c. Huston, who were with
General Pershing at the Massacre of
Carrizal, and who assisted in carrying
Captain Morey after he had been Sc
verely wounded to a place of safety,
and then made their escape over 80
miles of sandy desert to their main
camp. We also met Mr.. j. D. Heslip,
from Mississippi, who is the brilliant
editor of the University Journal of
Howard University, who informed us
that there were nearly 500 Howard
men in the camp. We also met our
brilliant and eloquent friend, Jose H..
Sherwood of Minnesota, who is gem
eralissimo of the United Grand Com
mandery of Missouri and who keenly
regrets his inability to be in attend
ance al the Grand Session this year
but the Editor believes it would be a
high tribute and a token of appreci-
alton on the part of the Grand Com
during his absence, while he is help
ing make history for the race. We
also met Grand Master S. Joe Brown
of the Iowa Jurisdiction, one of the
most brilliant attorneys of the race,
who is working like a farm, hand, day
in and day out, to make history for
our people. From Omaha we met the
irrepressible DR.. j. S. Peoples, who
is always full of life and joIlity, and
Lawyer Will N. Johnson, who was a
recent candidate for public defender
in that city. Among the Kansas boys
we met Young Hamilton, the under
taker, and Attorney Jamison of To
peka; also DR.. Hayden of Kansas City,
Kansas who were all making good,
and from our own Imperial Missouri
we met Col. Bolivar Watkins, who is
every inch a'soldier, of st. Louis; and
Railway Mail Clerk Thomas, also of
st. Louis; DR.. D. V. Tymony of Col
umbia, the two son of Principal ]. R.
E. Lee, one a physician, the other a
pharmacist; Will Mallory, ]. c. Banks,
Edward Fladger, l. H. Horton, Blyden
Yates, ]. R. Farley, who is one of
the most capable and best liked Off
GERS at the fort, who is fortified by
airy; also u old friend, the pho
tographer, c. Bruce Santee, who has
opened an elegant studio at 1856 West
9th street in the city and who is doing
a land office business out at the train
ing camp and turning out splendid
work. We also met Mr.. G.. H. Purnell,
who has charge of the Commissary De-
partment and is giving splendid salts
faction; also Mr.. Robert c. Long, the
head baker, and his assistant, Clar-
ence Banks, and Charles Blanton,
while among the numerous chefs we
found u old friend, Horace Burk,
presiding over the kitchen of Company
No. 3, while Company No, 2 is fortu-
nate in having for its chefs the Hen
derson boys, Fritz and Jess, brothers
Mrs. B. M. Weaver of the Weaver
Floral Co. We forgot to mention that
among its students from This citv I'VE
saw Edward Baker, l. F. Bradley, Jr.;
Arthur Hardy, the capable physical d.
doctor of Kansas Y. NJ. C. A. Gym;
Percy Lyle, Jeff Hudgens of the 10th
Cavalry, son of one of our best citi-
zens, who is sure to succeed, and a
large number of others whom we wish
had space to name.
The camp vas still bubbling over
With enthusiasm engendered by the