The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-21
SERVICE MEN

Continued from Page Onel
of Pvt. Raymond c. Dugan. who came
to camp with Troop, c of the cavalry
arrived at Fort Riley he had never
fired a government rifle, yet his first
shot on the target range was scored
a "bullseye." Call it an accident If
you want to. but the next four shots
fired by Private Dugan were "fours;"
that is to say. they missed the bulls
eye by an average of six inches.
III Company in Lead.
One of the smoothest working in
fantry companies in the regiment is
Company II, from Topeka, under
command of Capt. Clifton Stratton. 1t
is also one of the largest in point of
membership, having total of sever
ty-two men in attendance. That this
company can shoot is we'll shown by
the fact that five men are not in the
camp this year, being with the all
Kansas rifle team at the national tar
get matches held at Camp Perry. Ohio.
The first day on the range by Com
pany H resulted in five of its new men
qualifying as ''marksmen." This means
they scored Sc out OF a possible so
and also that their pay Will be in
creased for the next year.
But the Kansas troops are eating
better than the regulars The service
men are seeing to that, too. They
have seen to it that the outfits have
the best cooks Obtain BILE in their diff
ferent localities. They also have seen
to it that their outfits have accumu-
! lated mess funds" Out of these
funds the company commanders are
buying extras for their mems fare. or
course it is the machine gunners who
excel in this respect Their cook has
been a member of the Kansas guard
! for sixteen years. Their fund has sew
eral hundred dollars in it. Can you
think of a better combination? The
men are eating bacon and eggs for
their breakfasts and fruit of all kinds
is on the table every day. Tomorrow
their dinner will include fried chick
en-. ice cream and few other such
little trifles. 1t will be a privation
when those men return to their homes
and everyday fare.
| Perhaps the busiest man In the
camp is Col. Perry NJ. Hoisington of
| Newton. commandant of the camp. He
| is proud of his thirty-five years as a
guardsman and prouder still of his
new regiment and what it has
achieved in the two short years of its
existence. He is bending every effort
to make the organization still better
and he'll succeed if energy and per-
sistence have anything to do with it,
and they generally do. One of the in
| novations for this camp instituted by
I
and troop commanders, as to just
what every man in the regiment has
I done to perfect his military education.
He is enforcing this rule and check
| ing up on it to see that every man is
getting Just what he is supposed to
| get out of the course of instruction
| The program for this years camp
does not include any of the old time
| sham battle stuff. The men are learn
ing how to take care of themselves in
| the open; how to conceal themselves
| from the enemy. how to take advan-
| tage of the ground to protect them
! selves, and above all to shoot. 1t is
/ hardly proba BILE that there will be
| even one of those tactical problems
which in former years called for lot
! a lot of worry for the officers over the
\ condition of the men when they ar
rived back in camp Everything is pc
| ing done to keep the health of the
! men at its highest and best. There
are hot and cold water baths. There
are board floors i'm each of the tents
The kitchens are furnished with the
latest and best of sanitary attachments
and are screened in so as to prevent
| flies getting in their deadly work
Garbage is hauled away daily and
there is a sewer system in use
The cavaIrymen arc issued their
| food from Fort Riley while the infan-
| try regiment gets its supplies from
| camp r funston. ne tO1t1je-IASS anu
| troops are on a straight money basis
with the camp quartcrmasters. Each
man is allowed 81 cents per day for
his food by the Camp Funston quar-
terrnaster while the Fort Riley quar-
ternnaster allows 4S cents. Neither
figure looks large but when one re-
members that all food is bought and
sold by the uuartermaster at way less
than wholesale prices 10 civilians. 1t
means a whole lot. The Fort Riley
man was able to cut his alton figure
| because a contractor made mistake
! in his figures, hence the ascent ration
I to the cavalrymen means Just as much
, food for the troopers as does the 81
/ cents allowed the foot soldiers
Eat Better Than Regulars.
| Another feature of this camp.
hitherto unknown. IS the organization
| of the new personnel section" This
| is another thing the service men
brought to the guard. From now on
1.-THE regiment will have two adjutants
! instead of one. The regular adjutant,
Capt Robert McKinnies Of Wichita,
/ is doing the work of organizing the
new section. which is to have charge
of all the paper work" of the regi-
ment He has as his assista nts, the
battal Ion sergeantsz5najor and the
company clerks Of the regiment.
While the camp is in progress all the
records of the organization will be put
in just the same compact shape as
were the records of the regiments in
the war This will in the future leave