Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-09-27

n little longer. Five coaches, stuff
y cient to seat 166 men, are on tn
u tracks at the Rock Island and til
u engine is there ready to pull out {
q any time, but Captain Browne is no
b waiting for orders.
A telegram from Chicago at 1911
today, authorized Captain Browne t
keep the company here until an arm
hysician arrived to examine the men
Three of the soldiers in the compan,
Lave light case of measles, so ligh
in fact, that they are not even sick
However if they were taken to TT
Sill the disease might spread. 1t i:
not known when the physician will
arrive nor from where he is coming
nor how long he will stay.
The soldiers are moving all their
equipment that has not been packed,
to the agricultural hall at the fair
grounds. 1t won't be very oomforta-
bic quarters but they will have to STAY
there until the danger of any disease
is over
The boys worked just one day to
lSet everything together and packed
on the train. One baggage car is
packed with fruits and all the larg-
er articles but the personal effects
and equipment are carried in the
coaches with the soldiers.
The coaches that the boys will
travel in to FIT. Sill were used by the
Texas drafted men in going to Fun
ston. Down With the Kaiser and
many worse expressions are written
Gu the sides of the cars.
When Company H gets to TT. Sill
it will be issued more equipment. In
fact they will be literally armed to
the teeth when they go into the
ranches. In addition to the usual
rifles, bayonets and pistols there will
be added to the fighting equipment
of each regiment $50 trench knives,
40 to each company; 1872 machine
guns, 16 to each company, and three
one-pound cannon. Each infantry
regiment will have strength of 103 l
Officers and 1852 men. There will be {
one headquarters, and a headquarters
company of 313 three battalions of
tour rifle companies, each totalling c
3,078; one supply company of 40, q
one machine gun company and one I
medical detachment OF Sc.
Protest a Change. :.
Reports from Washington say that 4
n order has been given to consoli- 9,
late the Missouri and Kansas regi- f,
nents Company II is a part of the
Third regiment of Kansas and would
re combined with the Fourth of Mis- II
ouri. The effect would be that as y,
he Missouri Fourth is an older regi-
lent than the Kansas Third, the Off
ers in that division could be placed :,
n head command. The captain Of =
company H of the Fourth Missouri /,
egiment would be at the head of =,
ne consolidated company and Cap -
lin Browne second in command. :!
lieutenant McManigal would be re-
owed from the company as first -;
eutenant, as the company can only
ave one officer of this rank. Lieut..
ucier would be given a secondary
,sition and Sergeant Smith re- ~
owed. INK
~, .ho a. - ~ . 49, - by
ompany II of the Fourth Missouri
is no money in It's mess fund, Com
ny H of the Third Kansas will have
"divvy up" not only its money
It its fruit and other supplies.
Protests were sent to Congressman ="
lthony of the military committee,
ngressman delivering and Cover =
r Capper today by Abilene citizens -.
S"prN' 'p''eu s"a' nc "Tt
'uld send protest to the president
d Secretary Baker and endeavor to
ep theNKansas regiment intact.
N y p 10
Motored TO Camp Funston. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Taylor and ~ 10
nily, Miss Edith Worley, Miss Ed .iie
Worley, DR.. F. NJ. Worley and po9,
ally, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Cans, Miss :,
ry Meuli. Miss Maude Scripter, 80. !,
and Mrs. c. L. Brown, Mr.. and 80,
J. Mart Whitney, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Verkler, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Verk- -,
Emmett Waring. George L. Jones, -
eph Nelson. Clarence Nelson and
Irles Akers motored to Camp Fun -
/ to spend Sunday. Several of the
lene persons visited with the six
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