The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-03

Heads erect, their smiles radiating
the victory that they helped win, and
with throngs of humanity to the right
and left of them, opening in front of
them and closing behind them, the
10th ammunition train, probably the
most cosmopolitan Kansas regiment in
the Fighting Thirty-fifth" division,
marched up Topeka's glory trail this
afternoon.
After marching up Kansas avenue,
the soldier boys grOured on the state
house grounds where they were met
by Il bevy of pretty Topeka girls, will
ing and glad to dance with them de-
spite hob-nail shoes and wooden socks.
Music for the dance was furnished by
the Ninth Battalion band. Dancing
was ON the east side of the state house
grounds.
Altho between so and 80 per cent of
the 700 men and 23 Officers are Kan
cas men, numerous Topekans includ-
ed. this is the first time Kansas and
Topeka has ever seen the organiza-
ton as unit. The men left their
homes with other guard organizations
and in small contingents for Funston,
and were drawn from units at Doni-
phan and Funston to supply their IA
nous division with an ammunition
train, before the Kansas and Missouri
guardsmen left Doniphan for France.
And it was a glorious, if initial.
baptism of honor bestowed upon the
regime mt today
Tumult of Cheers.
And all the while Topeka cheered.
As the train started from the Union
Pacific station. and marched up KAN
sas avenue, murmured words that it
was coming preceded it like wildfire.
The murmur grew to d rolling, NUT
tering swelling sound that broke into
a tumult of cheers as the khaki clad.
ribbon bedecked men came in sight
over the Melan bridge.
For once Topeka didn't forget to
uncover" for the colors. That is, the
most of it didn't.
The scene was all very much the
same as that of Wednesday night
when the 10th engineers marched up
the avenue, altho the crowd was not
as large. Topeka felt close to the 10th
ammunition train and those of its pop
ulation o the avenue wanted to get
as close to it - possible. Strain Fl ON
the martial band which preceded the
heroes were a signal for suspension Lf
all other interests. Shop girls forgot
their counters, doctors their patients
lawyers their clients. and the great
Saturday afternoon shopping crowds
their bargains and the grocery orders
for Sundays dinner and rushed onto
the street And they cheered for
these men-the men who during the
bloody ArEonne stood Just back OF
the men that manned the guns and
sweat and toiled and worked until il
seemed that their very soul would
break to keep the division supplied
with ammunition.
Worked on Near Death.
1t was not their business to pay at
tention to dense gas clouds that
seemed to cut their life away. Under
the showers of Hun air-bombs and
shell-fire from beyond they worked in
grim determination. When horse
was killed they cut the animal from
the harness and substituted another
one, and when one of their own num-
Der fell they CLOSED up" and worked
on.
This was the glory with which the
orphan" unit of the Thirtyfifth COW
cred itself. But the 10th ammunition
train is not longer an orphan-Topeka
adopted it today Tho it was organ
lied at Doniphan. and as unit, miss
ed a lot of the honor and glory af-
forded the other companies and regi-
ments in theiG leave-t king for the
training camp. the men were of the
same splendid manhood, the same