The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-06
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THURSDAY MORN
130th Field Artillery Parade a
Real Topeka Event.
City Plans Greatest DemOnstra-
tiOn in History.
18TH INFANTRY HERE, ALSO
More Than 2,144 Soldiers in
March on Avenue.
Meanwhile Keep Up Your Pep
for Good Old S9th!
18TH INFANTRY HERE, ALSO
More Than 2,144 Soldiers in
March on Avenue.

The 13Oth field artillery and the
18th infantry will parade in Topeka
Thursday morning. according to the
latest dope" received in Topeka. Ac-
cording to wires received by the mill
tary committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and by Claude Frain, pas
senger agent for the Union Pacific
railroad, the troop trains bearing
these units will arrive in Topeka
Wednesday evening, will lay over in
the Union Pacific yards here all night.
and the men will parade Thursday
morning.
The biggest reception ever planned
in Topeka for any body Of returning
troops is on the bill for the coming
heroes of the big guns and of the bay
onetS.
Real Chicken Dinner.
chicken dinner Ia box lunch is
planned for the noon meal for the
men of both regiments Thursday. A
general call is issued today thru the
Red Cross canteen for the citizens of
Topeka to see that a chicken prepared
for serving in box lunch is delivered
at the Red Cross canteen at the east
end of the Union Pacific depot be-
tween o'clock and 10 o'clock Thurs
dav morning.
Thousands of drop cakes-with
and are to be delivered at the same
time. 1t is hoped that the mothers of
Topeka, whether they have any one in
thes eregiments or not-will feel the
call is to her in particular and see to
it that the chickens and drop cakes
are at the Red Cross canteen in suf-
ft"ient numbers to assure every one of
the ..179 men expected a generous
servine.
r. X Baer. chairman f the mill
fnt ,f Il, I,av,
Commerce, today issued a general call
to every uniformed organization in
the city to participate in the recep-
tion for the men of the both field
artillery and of the 137th infantry.
Iaer issued a special call to the MEM
bcrS of the Kansas State Guard to
turn out in full force Thursday morn
in@. and thru permission granted him
by Major Hamlin. commandant of the
Ninth battalion, he has issued an or
Grard are to report at the Union Pa
cific depot at a time to be specified
lator.
The Kansas national guard will do
its accustomed patrol duty at the
state house. and the city police will
KEEP the streets clear of traffic as
usual
F,vsrv band in the city is asked to
participate in the parade. and the
leaders of these bands are asked to
call the Chamber of Commerce and
make ARRANGEMENTS. 1t is thought
that the military committee of the
Chamber of Commerce is not asking
much when the bands are asked tC
give their services for the purpose OF
welcoming home the soldiers who
have made the maintenance of bands
possible. 1t is expected that every
band il the city will report itself ready
for action for the parade Thursday.
S9th Is Next.
The famous S9th division which
distinguished itself in an equal degree
with the 35th division is to come. And
Topeka and Shawnee county have
even more sons in this fighting divi-
sion than in the S5th.
After the S9th has been properly re-
ceived, the 92nd, a Funston trained
negro division, is still to come MOI
must the negro troops be forgotten
Use black Americans fought Just a.
good a fight as their white comrade:
in arms, and they should receive the
plaudits of the citizens who remained
a home.
The seth division is a draft divi.
sion. 1t was trained at Camp Fun.
ston during the first six months of the
war. Topeka sent four or five squad.
of draftees to join this unit. and man,
of the squads were volunteers just al
much as the men of the 35th or an,
other national guard or regular ARM
division
seth in Big Drives.
The seth division left Camp Fun
ston for the front in June and July
1918, set sail from Camp Mills, LANDED
overseas, and were rapidly put thru
the finishing mill' and sent to tn,
front. The division participated II
the big drives which stopped ant
broke the Hun. They fought tn,
good fight-and they paid just a
great a price in casualties sustaine,
and in hardships undergone as die
any of the other combat divisions
Topeka and Shawnee county can
not and will not and absolutely mus
not forget the hundreds of sons in tn