The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
TENTH DIVISION In IS
REVIEW SATURDAY
Celebration of General Woods First
Anniversary Tomorrow.
Troops of Seven States To Perform
Eyes Right" for Leader.
AFTERNOON FOR VISITORS
Officers and Enlisted Men VIII Have
Rest of the Day on.
Review May Be Watched by Admirers
From Middle West.

Camp Funston, Kan, Aug. "a
When the newly formed tenth division
passes in review before its commander,
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. on the
reservation here Saturday morning.
the story of a years achievement of
one of the nations greatest manpower
factories will be told in the most i'm
pressive of all ceremonies.
Just a year ago, on August ~. 1917,
General Wood came to Camp Funston
as commandant of the camp and COM
handing officer of the Eighty ninth
division.
In the year that has passed tens of
thousands of men have come, fresh
from the middle western states, to be
merged into the armed forces of the
United States. Tens of thousands
have passed on after undergoing the
transition of their training period, to
take their places in the ranks oppos-
ing the Hun on the fields of France.
There have been 10000 of them, in
round numbers: that many men have
entered Camp Funston since its erec-
ton. Not all of them have finished
their period of preparation. and it is
this remainder. forged in a few weeks
into an efficient divisional organiza-
ton, that will pass before its COM
mander Saturday.
General Wood put all the years of
military wisdom and experience at his
command into the training of the
Eighty ninth division. 1t left Funston
an efficient fighting force. The drafted
men in its ranks thirsted for the strug-
gle in France, because they were
patriotic Americans. and above all. be-
cause their commander had insti1led
into them the resolution to measure
up to the high standard set by the
officers at Funston. Relieved of his
General Wood came back here to take
up his work anew. In the Tenth
division. the same wholesome ma
terial is to be found that character
lied the Eighty-ninth. 1t has been re-
ported that the Tenth even will sur
pass the Eighty-nfnth in the high
average of its manhood.
Review at 10 O'Clock.
Final arrangements for the review
Saturday morning were announced to-
day. 1t has been decided the review
will take place promptly at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning. General Wood
and his staff will inspect the division
of Morris hill. Accompanying him
will be all the governors OF the seven
states in the Funston Jurisdiction who
possibly can attend. Two governors.
| those of Kansas and Wyoming, al
ready have accepted the invitation to
| spection, the division will pass in re-
| view and will return to the canton
| ment in time for the noon mess.
1t was decided to hold the review
| in the morning in order that officers
| and enlisted men might have the af-
| ternoon off to visit with relatives and
| friends who will come to Funston for
| the occasion. Visitors will be doubly
| welcome Saturday, and every oppoT-
| tunity afforded them for finding
| friends and kinsmen in the camp. The
| ground on which the review will be
| held Is reached from Fort Riley. Per-
sons coming by motor will find mill
| tary policemen at the crossroads to
direct them to the field. There will
| be- parking places for motor cars, oc-
| cupants of which may sit at ease on
| leather cushions under sheltering tops
| to watch the division pass by.
| To those who never have seen a
| large body of troops pass in review,
a special invitation is extended. There
! Is no painting with word or brush the
| picture of thousands of feet tramping
| as one; thousands of arms swinging
| in unison: thousands of sun-browned
| faces executing "(1) Eyes co RIGHT"
| as a single countenance: thousands of
| pieces at the same angle across the
brawny shoulders; band after band,
rank after rank. color after color. sup
ply train after supply train. In short,
a divisional review of the kind to he
staged here Saturday Is a sight not
surpassed in grandeur by anything
within the conception of an magma
! tive man.
AS a last injunction, Camp Funston
cautions everyone to remember that
| the hour is 10 o'clock in the morning,
! Saturday, August "a. And that, in the
| army, means 10 o'clock and not one
second later.