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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12

concerts would be highly appreciated
by the musie-loving troops of Kansas.
The seventy-five members of the
orchestra are all artists of the musical
world. This organization is composed
of famous soloists such as Steindahl
and Vundke. Also the renowned Ital-
ian harpist, Madame Isabel Delle-
dome. Max Zach, the director of the
famous orchestra, was formerly with
the Boston Symphony orchestra, the
supreme musical organization of the
country
Negotiations are in progress to have
Madame Schumann-Heink, who has a
son at Camp Funston, to return and
sing with the orchestra Madame
Schumann-Heink was here last fall
and her singing made such an i'm
preston on the soldier boys that it
has been the talk of the cantonment
ever since.
Musical programs which will touch
the sympathetic chord of every music
lover are being arranged by Director
Zach. He promises to give will. his
orchestra programs comprising some
Of the greatest numbers of the mas
ters, together with a number of the
more modern and less heavy orchestral
compositions. He plans, If possible,
to give the famous productions of
John Carpenter, the young Chicago
composer.
Ifft can be arranged, Percy Granger
the Australian pianist, will be on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12
IT'S HARD TO GET UP
Oh, So Hard to Arise for Days Duty
in the Morning.

To the average person. the clear
notes of the bugles sounding from one
end of the camp of the seth division
to the other mean nothing in partic-
ular, but to the soldiers they mean
much. Each call has its little song,
which the soldiers soon learn. besides
the other meanings suggested, for in
stance by the .tmess'' call.
Probably the most unpopular call is
"reveille" At least it has been
"cussed" the most.
The early mornings cali, be it sum-
mer or winter, sings this tune in sharp
and piercing tones:
1 can't get 'em up, can't get 'em up,
/ can't get EN- up in the morning;
/ can't get em mp, can't get 'em up at all.
Corp'rals worse than p rlvafes
LieItenants worst than sergeants.
An the capt'ns worst of all.
There is no argument; the mess"
call is the most popular call ever
anytime. The choppy melody always
brings yells of delight-and SIAM
pede. A soldier is always hungry. 1t
goes like this. put to words:
soPPy without . spss Of lean
Coffee, coffee, coffee. the strongest ever
seen.
But the men never hear the last
part, usually-they are at their tables
ready for Chow"
the army '"medico'S' favorite medi-
cine everything from a sore finger
to Bright's disease, according to the
soldier, and this is its song:
Come and r, Ees your auinins' come and get
oh some sa ana a, Est your quinins' come and
Not everyone has to heed the
stable" call, which, in-words, means
the following:
Come all who are able and go to the stable,
And water your horses and give 'em some
For If you don't do it, the col'nel will know
And then you will rue, sure as you're
Taps" that sweet and rather sad
call, the last on the schedule, is
blown slowly, and it seems the trum-
peters always put their best efforts on
it. the last notes dying out softly as
the camp is enveloped in darkness.
Some one put these verses to it:
Fading light
Dims the sight,
| And a star gems the sky,
Cleaning bright
From afar drawing nigh
Falls the night.
Dear one, rest.
- In the west
Sable night
Lulls the day on her breast
Sweet goodnight!
: Now away to thy rest
Love, sweet dreams,
Lo, the beams
! OF the light
Fairy moon kiss the streams.
/ Love, good night!
oh, so soon!
! Peaceful dreams
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NO QUARTER GIVEN
A ''Shave Tail' Quarantine Has Been
Declared. ~


One of the fiercest and most holly
contested battles the men at Camp
Funston will ever wage is being
fought atsManhattan every night. It's
a peculiar battle for on one side there
is an army of officers without en-
listed men, and on the other side
there is an army of privates without
an officer.
It's a battle for the hearts of the
maidens of Manhattan, a battle with
out truce, no quarters asked and no
quarters given. Long ago the spirit
of friendly rivalry died and no longer
can a maiden play on both ends of
the string counting a private one
night and an officer the next night.
Privates and officers, mostly
"shavetails," have met too often on
the same front porch and have seen
each other too often sitting with the
same girl in a "bevo" parlor, arm in
arm coming out of a movie show
and strolling along the tree darkened
walks of Manhattan.
Steadily the privates are putting
into effect what they call a shave
taif' quarantine. By the terms of the
quarantine restrictions any girl who
associates with the second lieutenants
will be "cut dead" by the privates
and, thanks to the spirit of democ-
racy in the girls, the privates are max
ing their quarantine stick. At least
they have the "shavetails" thinking
so, and in unguarded moments the Of
ficers admit as much.
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SHOE TEST AT FUNSTON
An Orthopedic Examination Is on for
Sfanda rds.

The orthopedic tests are on at Funs-
ton. In other words, 5000 men of
the division are. having their feet
measured and fitted to shoes that a
new scale may be compiled to be used
in ordering shoes for the men OF Inc
seth division
The shoes received for the men here
several months ago were ordered on
the old regular army scale or sizes.
! and as result, there are thousands
of pairs of baby sizes" here that the
huskies from Missouri. Colorado,
Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Ne
braska and South Dakota couldn't be-
gin to wear.
The new national army, quarter
master officers have found, differs
greatly from the regular army-most
especially in sizes of clothing and
shoes needed. The kscale of sizes used
for years and years in ordering shoes
for the regulars, won't do at all, hence
the making of a new-one-
The 5000 men who will be fitted to
form the basis of the new size tabu-
lation are being picked hit or miss"
A company is taken here and one
there.
Specialists measure the length of
a mans foot, the width, around the
heel and around the instep and esti-
mate the probable size. If the shoe
seems to be a fit. 40-pound pack
is put on the mans back. Then ne
is put thru stunts.
He raises and lowers himself on
his toes, the shoefitting specialist
feeling about to see that the shoe fits
snugly at the heel and if there is
plenty, too much or too little room in
the toe No part is overlooked.
After the 5000 men have been fit
ted, the table will be compiled, and
the sizes for the most part will be
much larger than Uncle Sam has been
ordering for his soldier nephews for
many a day.
The army didn't, for the most part
at least. used to get the kind of men
it is getting under the selective draft
big, husky, energetic fellows. not a
few of them from the farm. And,
naturally, Dig men have big feet. And
if there is anything that a soldier
must have fit well. it is shoes. He
may wear overalls and blouses four
sizes too large, or a hat that rests
on his ears-as he has done at Camp
Funston-but his shoes must fit, or he
can't do the duties of a. soldier.
Hence, the orthopedic test
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training ID that they want to see the
kennels well filled with thorobred
dogs. Two German shepherd pedi-
greed dogs have been received by
quarters company, from his Kentucky
kennels. Tl.ey are highly priced dogs
and are being carefully trained for the
7 olice service.
Prof. C. G. Young. professor of
water and sewerage laboratory of the
state board of health, Lawrence. Kan,
has donated ar English bull terrier
from lbs famous Quivera kennels.
Professor Young is the best known
dog fancier in Kansas, and has sold
of the United States. He has been
training dogs of the English bull ter
Irier and Airedale breeds for the last
ten years.
Miss Eloise Young. of Ann Arbor,
Mich, has sent a registered Scotch
collie to Battalion Sergt. Maj. James
B. Mcknight, of the AI-Kansas 353d
infantry This type of dog is used in
first aid and Red Cross work Miss
the University of Michigan. During
the last few years she has become
quite famous as dog fancier, and
spends considerable of her time in the
selection of the best type of dogs.
Altho she has visited Kansas only
oiiCc, Siit Hco VI the lame Oh Its
All-Kansas 353d infantry, and wrote
this organization for permission to
send this dog for training in the ken
nels of the Kansas infantry.
| The dogs are being trained under
the careful supervision of an expert
enced trainer and will b in the fittest
condition when the time arrives for
them to perform their duties on the
battlefield.
| Kansas City firms who showed their
| interest in the Kansas boys by making
large contributions toward the fund
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THAT LITTLE GIRL BACK HOME"

When you're sittin' in the evenin'
At the front OF your old tent,
Jus a-smokin' and a-thinkin
OF past times and money spent,
There comes to you o feelin'
That again you'll never roam,
For you JUS can't help a'thinkin'
OF that little girl back home.
You wonder what she's dom
And If she thinks of you;
II you wasn't in the army
You'd be right with her, too.
You think of what's ahead of you
And you hate to be alone,
For it always starts you thinkin'
OF that little girl back home.
But. it's nice there In the evenin'
When the daily GRIND is past,
A-smokin' and a-dreamin,
How long this war will last:
But fellow can't help tbinkiE'
And 1t cuts right to the bone,
If he stops a while to ponder
When he'll see that girl back home.
We're glad to do our duty,
And we'll stand it like a man
For dutys duty, plain as day
Well do 1t IL We can.
But there always comes a-feelin'
When we're sittin' there alone
JUS a-smokin and a-dreamin'
OF that little girl back home.
Corporal J. J. Harris.
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for the comfort and recreation of the
353rd infantry are the Alternately Fur
niture company, the William Vo1ker
company. who thru their Topeka
agent, the Connors Furniture COM
pany, furnished the furniture for the
recreation hall at a price much below
cost. The Prichard Furniture COM
the firms to show its patriotism and
loyalty to the Kansas boys.
c. K Sourbier. well known music
dealer at Meade, Kan, has sent to the
boys of the All-Kansas 353rd infantry,
as New Years gift, a Victpola and
fifty records. This gift will be placed
in the new recreational hall, where it
will be used for the entertainment,
regiment
Mr.. Sourbier writes that a1tho it is
impossible for him to do his bit for the
defense of the country, he is highly
pleased that he is given the oppor-
tunity to furnish a little amusement in
the way of music for the fighting Kan
sas boys. Mr.. Sourbier is known in
Meade, Kan, as the Man in the
Wheeled Chair"
The recreational hall is almost COM
p1eted. The electrical fixtures have
been installed and the building was
illuminated for the first time last
night. 1t was a very picturesque Sight
and could be seen for a great distance,
it reminding the Kansas boys that it
vas their home for their comfort and
recreation and also for the comfort
and recreation of successive Kansas
boys that would occupy these quarters
after the 353rd infantry had gone
across
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! CAMP FUNSTON NEWS
From State Journals A. Weekly Camp
Taft viii Make Speeches
To Soldiers In Many Camps
FORMER PRESIDENT SCHEDULED TO TOUR COUNTRY
AND ADDRESS SELECTfVE SERVICE MEN IN
y M C.. A. AUDTTORFUAHS

men will win the the war to make the
world safe for democracy.
Ex-President Taft has already
spoken to the soldiers at Camp Up
ton, Yaphank, n. Y, Camp Grant,
Rockford, H., and Camp Dodge. Des
Moines, Iowa.
Tentative Itinerary
His tentative schedule for appear
ing at the other National Army
camps is as follows:
January "A. Camp Devens. Aver.
January rs, Camp Dix. Wrights-
town, n. J, =
January rs. Camp Lee. Peters
burg, Va.
january 2s-2s. Camp jackson.
Columbia, s. G.
January sO-s1. Camp Gordon,
Atlanta, Ga.
February I-2. Camp Pike. Little
Rock, Ark.
February 3-4-5, Camp Travis,
San Antonio, Texas.
February 6-7-8, Camp Funston,
February 9-1o, Camp Zachary
Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
February 1914. Camp Meade.
Admiral, Md.
February 1916, Camp Sherman,
Chillicothe, Ohio.
February 1913. Camp Custer.
Battle Greek, Mich.
Mr.. Taft will also deliver addresses
at Hampton, Va, Baltimore, the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
Chicago, Bowling Green. KY. and
New Haven. Conn.
In the instances in which he IL to
speak on more than one day in q
cantonment, Mr.. Taft will spend the
night or nights in camp as the guest
of the commanding officer.
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MUST BE SANITARY

Proprietors of restaurants and lunch
rooms, barber shops and soda foun-
tains in Manhattan, Junction CITY,
Army City and other towns surround
ing Camu Funston must make use of
the soapsuds and the scrubbing brush,
and use dislnfected garbage cans or
they will get none of the soldiers pa
tronage Under the direction of camp
medical officers, inspection is being
made of all these places and where
conditions are not what they should
be, a military policeman is stationed
at the door and no soldiers are al
lowed to enter.
Most of the proprietors of these
places however are cleaning up, and
the ban is lifted as soon a. the medi-
cal officer passes favorably.
In their haste to grab the soldiers
quarters. many boom shops" have
opened in the towns and until the
medical officers got busy but scant
attention was paid to cleanliness.
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Under the auspices of the Y. NJ O.
A, William Howard Taft, former
President of the United States, will
visit practically all of the National
Army. cantonments and make one or
more addresses to the soldiers quar-
tered in them.
The addresses will be delivered in
the Y. NJ. C. A. auditoriums in the
various cantonments, which will &C
commodate about $500 officers and
men. In many instances the former
chief executive of the Nation will
make two speeches, while in some OF
the larger camps he will deliver three
addresses.
The Y. M. C. A. considers itself
fortunate in obtaining the consent OF
a man of Mr.. Taft's prominence to
make a series of addresses to the Sc
lective men. Mr.. Taft Is not only a
former ruler of the Nation but 4
man who enjoys an immense popular
fty. More than this, however, he Is
an eloquent and forceful speaker, he
has an intense admiration for the
soldiers now In training and he
knows how to deliver message to
them. II goes without saying that
he will be accorded warm recep-
ton by the soldiers.
Mr.. Taft has no set program OF
speeches to deliver. He will choose
his topics at will, but, judging from
the addresses he has already made to
soldiers, he probably will devote mos.
of his time explaining how the United
States was forced into war with Ger
many. He draws q most scathing in
dictment against Germany for vfolat.
ing practically every principle of in
tsTnational law. and he is supremacy
confident that the American f1ghtins
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was secured, which accounts for the
interest taken in the Kansas troops
by this famous orchestra. The out
come of the meetings was the contri-
button on the part of the society and
members of the orchestra of $1,000.
Captain Masseck is now devising a
plan to raise $500 aside from the reg
mental fund to fully cover the Incl
dental expense of bringing the orches-
ira to Camp Funston.
Arrangements are being made to
have one concert free to the members
of the All-Kansas 353rd infantry. A
nominal charge of rs cents will be
made to all other enlisted men of the
89th division. The officers of the
Camp Funston cantonment will be adj
H1itted for SO cents. To civilians if
arrangements can be made to permit
them to enter the cantonrfient for the
concerts. an admission of 81 will be
charged.
The All-Kansas $3.50 infantry has
added four police and liasion dogs te
its famous kennels during the last
week. The dogs have been donated
to the Ali-Kansas regiment by it's ad-
nirers who wanted to do their bit to-
ward the equipment of the organiza-
ton in the most modern means of
warfare. They write that they have
read in the newspapers of the splen-
did progress the Kansas regiment is
making in its various methods of
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HE'S NOT A STACKER
How Obregon Became an Efficient
Army Man at Funston.

A man who came here a month ago
in handouts, an alleged Stacker
Felix Obregon, a nephew of General
Obregon of the Mexican army-today
is one of the most efficient members
of the cantonment guard of the
Eighty-ninth division of the national
army at Camp Funston. And in every
way, shape and manner the young
man from New Mexico has proved he
is anything but Stacker.
Young Obregon has served five
years in the New Mexico national
guard, and was in that organization
when the draft came, being discharged
because OF flat-feet. A sheriff bent on
receiving $50, arrested Obregon, and
because the young man had no regis
tration card, put him in jail and later,
after arming himself with at least
four revolvers, and Handwriting Obre-
gon, brought the nephew of the MeM-
can general to Camp Funston
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st. Louis Symphony Orchestra
at Funston Soon.
Biggest Musical Organization
Booked for Kansas.
Eminent TALENT Is ENGAGED
Plans for the Opening of Big
Recreation Hall.
A Grand Piano Is Donated by
John W. Jenkins.
BY sERGT. r.. e. LEWIS.

Tho All-Kansas 353rd infantry has
the honor of bringing into an army
camp for the first time a symphony
orchestra. The ST. Louis Symphony
orchestra of seventy-five pieces, the
greatest musical organization ever
booked in Kansas. and the. fourth best
orchestra in the United States, will
play four concerts on January 80 and
81 as a headliner attraction at the
opening of the recreation nall built by
the people of Kansas for the comfort
ard enjoyment of their soldiers.
The services of this orchestra were
secured only after VISIT to the ALL
Kansas regiment by Director Max
Zach, who was assured by Colonel
Reeves, commanding officer, and
Capt. G. ]. Masseck, adjutant, that the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12
SOLDIERS OF LIBERTY.
(Tune America.)

tTune Amefica.9
Soldiers of Liberty,
We now would plead with thee:
Do well thy part
Raise high our aFmy's fame,
Proud of your countrys name.
Meier give offense or blame.a
Let fears depart.
3 Let courage rule your life
While in this awful strife,
Be always true.
Be sure to rule yourself,
Store minds with wisdom's wealth;
Mind well the laws of health,
Be noble, too.
Young men, we beg, be strong,
Never endure a wrongj
Always be just.
Let mercy rule your heart,
When for the front you start
Ne'er from this rule depart,
You'll then be bleet.
Forget not mothers prayer,
Think of your sweetheart's care.
Soldiers, be brave.
Fight freedoms battle fight,
Knowing our cause 10 right,
d. Lift up our banner bright
Over the wave
The God of battle trust,
Knowing our cause liz just;
And wen not fail.
Glory to God on high,
Let Mills and valleys cry,
While soldiers charge and die,
But never quail.
No more the cannon's blast
Destroy the earth;
Then we will shout for joy,
Crown. too, our soldier boy,
Freedom without alloy
Shall have its birth.
C Fl Sternberg.
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program for two concerts. He will
give his famous interpretations of
Australian folk songs and the won
derful La Papillon" of Grieg. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Granger is
private in the United States army and
is on a six-months' furlough for, the
purpose of giving concerts, the pro-
ceeds of which go to the American
Red Cross society
For the first time, the magnificent
Chickering grand piano, the largest
grand piano in America, will be used.
This instrument was donated to the
Arkansas regiment by ]. w. Jenkins
of Kansas City. 1t has been pro
nounced by musical experts to be enc
of the finest concert instruments ever
turned out by this famous piano house.
The closing numbers on the pro-
grams of these concerts will be the
singing of the Star Spangled Ban
ner," blending the music of this ia
nous symphony orchestra with the
voices of 1000 Kansas soldiers, stand
ing at Attention"
Not only did the orchestra donate its
services to the Kansas regiment, but
in addition the St. Louis Symphony
society raised $1,000 to help defray the
expense of bringing this wonderful
musical organization to Kansas. Thee
hundred dollars of this sum was con-
tributed by the musicians themselves.
The usual fee charged by the organ
ization is $4,000 per concert. When
the orchestra comes here on January
80 and 81, it will be the first time it
has visited the Sunflower state.
In addition to the visit of Director
Zach to Camp Funston to arrange for
the concerts, Capt. c. j. Masseck. ad-
jutant of the Arkansas regiment, Wis
tied the st Louis Symphony society
and in an impressive speech told of
the wonderful progress being made by
the Kansas troops; also of the plan by
which the fund for the Recreation hall
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Jim Qualities As 4 Soldier-Actor
BY OUR OWN RING w. LARDNER

we'll al Of had my chants of bean akter and
from wat have saw of akting the stage & in the
moshun pickchures after wat pulld the other mite
at our cumpanny show their shoodent be no doubt
of my be coming good digless hairbanx or jno
Barimorne or charley chaplins any of the others
that supposed to be good.
befoar tell you al how broke into the akting
will say that this army is the greatest akting
singing and jazzng banding army that has ever been
got twogether sents the days of gideon wen every
sodger was both a soldger and a trumpiter. every
member of this army IL both a soldger & akter or
singer azzer in addshun of beeng abdul to carry
a gum he is abdul to carry tune leading part
in sum cumpanny show sumthing. cumpanny
is until it has had cumpanny show Feed with
printit menyous and a cumpany fund witch means
both Feed and show becaus the show gets the
fund then the fund gets the Feed
well al cumpanny wanting moar OF q
fund SO as that Good have Feeds the only weigh
out of it seemd to be show & that's wear cum in
hoi.
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MY WAR CREED

bee in the United States of america and in the Amer-
leans eompdtrIots.
beieae heyI Ideals Institutions and her Destiny
Founded Equality, Liberty and Tolerance, Amertcd
MUST endure among the Nations.
But threatened The ooorld Gods Foot
stool yebles biadgeon of the Beast Nations reel
and Freedom
Therefore, strong the Faith pledge the defense of Lib
eyty evyqceye and the preservation of Aneried her special
Te,nble-and mine
4nd acifhoat surrender uTtoaf condt
ons nv heart my oil possess my Country, that
A.uerieo World Freedom beat doun Germany ard
the World Last
For if YOU fail the Beast shall surely triumph He
shall burn his brand upon Every shall bear of
SERF Freedom made the image of the Creator shall
perish forever from the earth MS
Wrien Trench and Camp BY Charles Wayland Toqcne
Evening star., 1918-01-20

CAPT. THEODORE BARNES. Jr,
Sth United States Cavalry, son Of Mr..
and Mr.. Theodore Barnes Of 243S Wis
esnstn avenue, this city. who has been
Transferred to Fort Sam Houston. nj
San Antonlo. Tex, A. aid to Gen. John
W. RuekMan. commander Of the South
erA Division. Capt. Barnes won his dis
tfnCtl0n because Of the excellent han
aling Of the Presidio-OjinaGa situation
at the time OF tie Ojinaga battle. when
Villas forces captured the city, Novem-
her II. Isolated at Presidio. seventy
miles from the Array headquarters and
the railroad ut Marie, Capt. Barnes
hanAle1 the situation like . veteran.