The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-01
MANY TROOPS IN
PARADE HERE IN
NEXT five DAYS
Artillery and Ammunition
Train YankS Tomorrow.
Battery A Expected TO Arrive
Next Monday or Tuesday.
5000 THIRTY-FIFTH men HERE
Ammunition Train Will Leave
for Kansas on Sunday.
c. +. Frain of U. p. Gets ROut-
ing Schedules Today.
Battery A Expected TO Arrive
Next Monday or Tuesday.
5000 THIRTY-FIFTH men HERE

Kansas towns will see 5000 men
! from the 35th division on parade in
the next five days. Official and un-
official reports received today by C.
F. Train, city passenger agent for the
! Union Pacific, indicate 5.776 officers
and men will be on review in Topeka
during the five-day period. A total of
! 2,155 men-enlisted from southeastern
Kansas towns-will pass in review in
Parsons, Pittsburg, lola, Emporia and
other towns on their way to Fort Riley
over the Katy.
A total of 1881 from the 35th d.
vision are now being moved to Camp
Funston and Fort Riley. Practically
all of these men are from Kansas and
Missouri towns Almost the entire or
ganization will be reviewed in Kansas
City. The 139th infantry-a total of
1895 men and As officers-will pa
rade in ST Joseph and Topeka Sunday
or Monday; The regiment left New
port News today on four special trains
and will enter Kansas City over the
Chicago Great Western. This regi-
ment will come to Topeka over the
Union Pacific and will stop for three
hours before proceeding to Camp
Funston.
1853 Expected Tomorrow.
Unofficial reports this afternoon In
dicated Topeka would have an oppor-
tunity to see 1,753 returning fighting
men on review some time Friday. All
of the men have been scheduled for
paradeS in Kansas City and it is prob
able that the men will stop here two
or three hours These organizations
include 1,019 men from the 129th field
artillery and 734 men from the 10th
ammunition train detached.
In the two-day period of May SIS To-
peka will see 1850 soldiers in parade
on Kansas avenue. This announce
ment is official and is now listed in
the official schedule of the troops en-
route.
Included in the troops arriving here
some time in the two-day period will
be Topekas own beloved Battery A of
the 130th field artillery of the Thirty
fifth division. A total of S51 men are
in the detachment from the field artil-,
lery which will be here Monday or
Tuesday. Parades have been arranged
for Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas
City. The same towns will also be
hosts to 497 men from the 137th in
fantry Two additional movements
of men from the 137th infantry in
clude 1872 men. They are travelling
| under orders to parade in Kansas City
and Topeka. All of these organiZa-
tions will spend two or three hours
here.
Southeastern Kansas Troops.
Southeastern Kansas troops from
the 35th division will enter Kansas
over the Katy and will go to Fort
| Riley via Junction City. These move
ments include 1.193 men from the
12Sth, 129th and both machine gune
! battalions They will go to Junction
! City from Kansas City over the Katy,
! stopping in important Katy towns en-
route A detachment of 451 men from
| the both field artillery includes men
enlisted in Parsons. Emporia and 9TH
er towns. They will stop for home
coming receptions in places of enlist
ment.
Companies E. G. I and X of the
/ 18th infantry will make the trip to
Fort Riley over the Katy via juno
ton City. This detachment includes
| 511 men.
In a special dispatch to the State
Journal from Newport News today. it
was announced that all units of the
35th division will be on their way to
rehabilitation camps not later than
! Sunday. The 140th infantry leaves
Newport News Sunday. Machine gun
battalions entrained Wednesday night
and are now well on their way home.
| 10th Is ParadinG.
! The 10th infantry. including the
band. is entraining today and the first
section has already started toward
! Kansas. Friday the 10th sanitary
train and the 10th field signal bat
talon leave for Kansas land.
1t is probable that the 117th field
signal battalion of the Rainbow di-
| vision-a strictly Kansas unit-Will
| leave for home Sunday This organ
! ization is due to parade in Topeka.
No official announcement of such
plans have been announced from
| Washington.
In Topeka for Parade.
| Colonel Fred Fitzpatrick of the am
munition train wired that his unit is on
its way to Funston from Camp Mills,
! Long Island. The 10th ammunition
train includes % officers and 704 men.
His orders are to stop in Topeka for.
a parade.
In his wire Colonel Fitzpatrick says.
| please publish place. where relatives
and friends of the men in this COM
mand may meet the soldiers after the
parade as this arrangement will allow
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