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Colonel Veale's total losses were 24 killed, 20 wounded and 68 taken prisoners. He also lost 100 horses and his only piece of artillery. In all the official reports the fidelity and courage of the Second Regiment were highly commended by the commanding officers. A record of the casualties follows :
Killed-J. B. Alverson, Samuel Allen, Nicholas Brown, Moses Banks, C. H. Budd, Robert Bolls, H. C. Coville, Robert Campbell, Albert Chapman, James Eagle, David Fultz, George Ginnold, Daniel Handley, Ben Hughes, McClure Martin, Robert McNoun, Dennis Ray, David Rake, D. M. Race, Elias Roberts, W. P. Roberts, Lear Selkin, William Mann and Harvey G. Young.
Wounded-Lieut .- Col. H. M. Greene, Capt. Ross Burns, Capt. H. E. Bush, Capt. S. B. Miles, Lieut. W. H. Delong, Isaac Bickel, Allen Blandon, John S. Branner, Brock Crawford, Martin Dreck, Peter Flick, John P. Greer, H. M. Howard, John Keiser, Dr. A. F. Neeley, James Norris, T. F. Prather, John Thompson, William P. Thompson and John A. Ward.
Prisoners-James Anderson, Lieut .- Col. John W. Brown, Isaac Bickel, Samuel Blandon, J. J. W. Clark, L. T. Cook, H. Cunningham, Frank Daw-
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son, H. M. Deming, George Duncan, R. Fitzgerald, George Fix, Henry Fix, William Flanders, Perry Fleshman, F. M. Fletcher, J. B. Follansbee, Lient. H. P. Gilland, Guilford G. Gage, J. T. Gage, J. H. Glenn, James R. Greer, WV. S. Hibbard, R. W. Hoback, J. Holman, C. G. Howard, James Huggins, Dr. A. J. Huntoon, Baxter Ingrund, Ephraim Johnson, John Keiser, John Kemp, Robert Kemp, Jacob Kline, Samuel Kosier, J. A. Link, Horace Linn, F. K. Mackey, John P. Majors, J. S. Markham, William Marx, Oscar McCon- nell, G. B. McKee, A. G. Miller, Osburn Naylor, Willard S. Nichols, Edward Pape, J. A. Polley, Alfred Quiett, S. J. Reader, John Reed, John Robinson, James Russell, Simon Schaffer, Eli Snyder, Jerome Stahl, J. S. Stanfield, David Stevens, J. B. Taylor, Wallace True, David Vaughn, Lieut. Hiram Ward, James Warren, E. B. Williams, Levi Williams, Granger Wood, G. H. Wood and Nelson Young.
SECOND MILITIA REGIMENT.
At the time the Second Kansas Regiment of militia was called into service, the city of Topeka had less than 1,000 population, and in the entire county the population was not more than 3,500. For this reason the roster of the regiment is a fairly good index to the families then residing in the county. The original muster-roll was not preserved, but the following is a nearly com- plete roster of the regiment :
Field and Staff-George W. Veale, colonel; H. M. Greene, lieutenant- colonel; Andrew Stark, major; S. E. Martin, surgeon; S. J. Reader, A. Q. M .; E. P. Kellam, adjutant ; F. R. Foster, sergeant major; Dan Thompson, Q. M. sergeant; Jacob Smith, commissary sergeant.
Company A (Topeka)-Daniel H. Horne, captain; S. R. Remington and George O. Wilmarth, lieutenants; John Martin, Ist sergeant; G. Y. Arnold, F. P. Baker, H. T. Beman, Edward Bodwell, W. E. Bowker, James Brewer, W. R. Brown, Enoch Chase, E. E. Chesney, John F. Cole, James Conwell, David Edwards, Peter Fisher, S. H. Fletcher, M. Gabriel, Asbury Gordon, Louis Grasmuck, J. H. Holman, W. Marshall, L. H. McArthur, Robert McGinnis, S. H. McGowan, Peter MacVicar, A. B. Perine, D. W. Ross, W. W. Ross, I. W. Shipley, M. K. Smith, Z. D. Smith, D. Thompson, Charles Thresher, J. B. Whitaker, A. L. Williams, and D. Zimmerman.
Company B (Topeka)-Dr. A. J. Huntoon, captain; J. R. Parker and S. W. Higbee, lieutenants ; J. A. Polley, Ist sergeant ; A. B. Alverson, W. T. Berryman, E. Bradshaw, A. H. Case, J. S. Cook, H. C. Coville, M. B. Craw- ford, B. F. Dawson, William Dawson, John Elliott, William Flanders, F. M. Fletcher, John Fletcher, G. S. Freeland, J. R. Greer, John P. Greer, John Harriott, G. W. Herron, A. S. Hollenberg, C. G. Howard, Paul Hubbard,
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Fred Huntoon, George M. Kellam, Hugo Kullak, R. M. Luce, Oscar Mc- Connell, William McElhaney, J. M. McQuiston, Dr. A. F. Neeley, Willard S. Nichols, James O'Neal, John Oyster, L. Palmer, N. Ritchey, S. B. Schaffer, H. Stagg, J. S. Stanfield, G. H. Taylor, J. A. Ward, J. A. Warren, E. L. Wheeler, C. C. Whiting, George Wolf, G. H. Wood, Harvey G. Young, John Young and Nelson Young ..
Company C (Tecumseh)-J. B. Hannum, captain ; Ishiel Tyler and Hi- ram Ward, lieutenants ; J. M. Vaughn, Ist sergeant ; J. A. Adams, J. K. Bar- tleson, F. M. Coppage, A. Chapman, C. B. Chapman, Lewis Clogston, J. J. Driver, J. Fletcher, T. H. Gage, J. T. Gage, R. W. Hoback, Joseph F. Hop- kins, S. A. Hopkins, William M. Jordan, John Keiser, S. Keiser, William Marx, William Massey, G. B. McKee, Albert G. Miller, Osburn Naylor, Mar- tin Norris, Alfred Quiett, R. Quiett, Jacob Rankin, John M. Reed, W. T. Reynolds, Harvey D. Rice, Elias Roberts, C. H. Sharp, George W. Sharp, Henry M. Sharp, Jaques Sheedy, George L. Smith, Jesse W. Stevenson, B. F. Stillwell, Hiram J. Strickler, Elias Taylor, James Taylor, C. T. Ward, Luther Woodford and Perry T. Woodward.
Company D (Indianola)-Sterling B. Miles, captain; W. H. Morgan and T. H. Miller, lieutenants; John G. Irwin, Ist sergeant; O. T. Angel, Moses Banks, J. F. Bell, Isaac Bickel, J. H. Brown, A. R. Button, M. A. E. J. Campdoras, J. M. Clark, J. J. W. Clark, J. O. A. Cope, Timothy Downey, Everett Eaton, W. K. Elliott, G. P. Fied- erling, F. W. Flesher, Perry Fleshman, John Griffith, James Hug- gins,. J. F. Jenner, Ephraim Johnson, Moses Kellis, John Kemp, Robert Kemp, Thomas Kemp, B. F. Kestler, C. M. Kestler, George W. Kestler, J. J. Kopp, J. M. Kuykendall, J. P. Majors, Ezekiel Marple, Thomas Marple, Robert McNoun, David Mitchell, Isaiah A. Pasley, Austin W. Pliley, William Pliley, Edward Plumer, William Prusait, Dennis Ray, Roswell Rose, John Stamp, Charles B. Steward, David Vaughn, Thomas J. Wallis and S. T. Woodard.
Company E (Topeka)-John H. Banks, captain; William P. Douthitt and S. C. Herriott, lieutenants; E. A. Goodell, Ist sergeant ; E. A. Alward, G. F. Boyd, Hugh Campbell, W. W. Climenson, Lester M. Crawford, Thomas J. Crawford, George Doane, S. Dunham, Charles Engler, Charles Farnsworth, W. H. Fitzpatrick, H. Kline, Albert Knowles, S. D. McDonald, Joseph C. Miller, J. H. Mills, Theodore Milis, John Murray, John Nichols, John G. Otis, James Samuels, Charles A. Sexton, John Sharrai, A. H. Slay- ton, Geo. W. Spencer, Nathan Warner, John Weir and William H. Wey- mouth.
Company F (Big Springs)-James Thompson, captain; Dennis Mo- riarty and H. P. Gilland, lieutenants; John Banning, Ist sergeant; Frank
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Brown, Robert Campbell, D. A. Cardwell, T. H. Clark, J. A. Davidson, Henry Drummers, George Duncan, William Duncan, James Eagle, George Fix, Henry Fix, J. H. Glenn, J. H. Hall, L. H. Hilligoss, J. J. Howell, Thomas Johnson, Theo. Kreipe, D. H. Lawrence, J. D. Lemschule, William Lemschule, J. B. Miller, T. S. Murray, J. C. Niccum, T. F. Prather, A. S. Roberts, J. W. Roberts, Oliver Spencer, W. A. Thompson and Wallace True.
Company G (Auburn)-H. E. Bush, captain ; H. L. Shumway and W. H. Delong, lieutenants ; P. I. Bonebrake, Ist sergeant ; Samuel Allen, George Barker, Isaac Baxter, John Baxter, Allen Blandon, S. Blandon, J. W. Brown, W. H. Combs, L. T. Cook, H. Cunningham, H. M. Deming, W. A. Engle, Peter Flick, Charles Garrison, Robert Gault, J. M. Hastings, M. C. Hendrick, WV. S. Hibbard, W. A. Hogaboom, Ira Hyde, Bartholomew Ingrund, Baxter Ingrund, George Johnson, C. C. Lewis, J. S. Markham, F. D. Mills, C. C. Moore, W. H. Penfield, W. W. Phillips, Henry Pifer, W. P. Roberts, F. Richerhauser, John Robinson, James Russell, B. P. Seymour, Eli Snyder, Peter Snyder, Peter Spangler, Jerome Stahl, F. M. Stahl, R. Stees, D. Stevens, J. Thompson, W. Walker and Granger Wood.
Company H (Williamsport)-Perry Tice, captain; J. L. Young and H. K. Winans, lieutenants; Oliver Selover, Ist sergeant; James W. Brown, James Carroll, Leviston Clay, William Coker, E. W. Hungerford, J. W. Lacey, T. Lawler, T. H. Lescher, H. Matney, J. Matney, J. McDowd, David McMaster, J. R. Nelson, Charles Owen, John Porter, D. Randell, Thomas Reynolds, E. W. Rudolph, Isaac Seamans, J. C. Thomas, W. Wellhouse, J. B. Whitlock, S. H. Wilson, E. W. Winans, M. S. Yarrington, Jesse Yocum and W. G. Yocum.
Company I (Monmouth )-William Disney, captain; John Helton and William Reed, lieutenants; Samuel Kosier, Ist sergeant ; J. P. Allen, Robert Allen, R. J. Bales, Robert Bolls, Adam Bowers, C. D. Bush, J. W. Coberly, Edward Davis, A. A. Disney, Richard Disney, Martin Dreck, David Fultz, H. D. Healy, J. A. Heberling, E. J. Heil, F. Helton, D. Hopper, S. Hopper, William Hotze, H. M. Howard, G. W. Johnson, H. Linn, J. W. Little, S. J. Livingston, H. G. Lyons, Silas Lyons, James Norris, J. A. Oliver, S. W. Stowall, T. E. Strode, A. M. Thornton, W. G. Toney, William Wann, E. B. Williams, S. E. Williams and Harrison Wright.
Company K (Topeka Battery)-Ross Burns*, captain; Tobias Billings and Charles H. Wyckoff,* lieutenants; Charles H. Gibson, Ist sergeant ; James Anderson*, John Armstrong*, John S. Branner*, Justus Brockway, Nicholas Brown*, Charles H. Budd*, Daniel Copson, J. F. Cummings, Dan- iel Dawson, John Devine, William Farren, R. Fitzgerald, J. E. Follansbee*, Guilford G. Gage*, C. K. Gilchrist, George Ginnold*, Daniel Handley*, Nathan Harvey, A. Herboldsheimer, J. H. Holman*, Ben Hughes*, A.
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Kingsley, Jacob Kline*, John A. Link*, Jeremiah Logan, Fred K. Mackey*, Henry Mackey, Martin McClure*, Thomas McGuire, D. L. Morse, Philip Moeser, William Moeser*, Edward Pape*, Lorenzo Pauley, Morris Pickett, Meric D. Race*, John Ryan, Lear Selkin*, John A. Shaffer, William P. Thompson*, G. B. Wade, William B. Wade, Levi Williams*, Samuel Wilson and John Worth.
It should be explained that companies A and E of the Second Regiment, being unmounted, were attached to an infantry regiment on duty at another point on the Missouri border, and did not participate in the battle of the Blue. In the list of men in the Topeka Battery only those designated by stars were with Captain Burns in the same battle, the others remaining in Topeka to guard the city.
THE GAGE MONUMENT.
On the 30th of May, 1895, in connection with the memorial exercises of the day, a beautiful and imposing monument of granite was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers who fell in the battle of the Blue. The monument was erected in the cemetery at Topeka, and was the gift of Guilford G. Gage, one of the survivors of the historic encounter. He lived to witness the dedi- cation, and to recount the story of the event which it so eloquently perpetuates, but he has since passed away, as have most of his comrades. Col. George W. Veale, who is still living, presided at the dedication, and made an address covering the main incidents of the battle. Other addresses were made by Gen. John C. Caldwell and Howel Jones, that of the latter being devoted to a review of the character and services of Capt. Ross Burns. Prayer was offered by Rev. Francis S. McCabe. D. D., and the unveiling of the monu- ment was gracefully performed by Katie Ost, a little girl whose grandfather was killed in the battle. An invitation was extended to Gen. Joseph Shelby, whose advance force opposed the Kansas men in the Mockabee lane, to attend the dedication of the monument, but he sent a courteous letter or regret filled with warm praise for the valor of the Second Regiment and the conspicu- ous bravery of Captain Burns and his skillful gunners.
Upon the suggestion of Mr. Gage, a detailed history of the battle of The Blue was written by James W. Steele, and published in 1899. The memorial volume is dedicated "To the survivors of the Second Regiment, K. S. M., and to the memory of those who died; to their descendants wher- ever scattered, and to all who honor the courage that is without glory, and the devotion which hopes for no reward."
CHAPTER VIII.
Shawnee County and the War with Spain-The Famous 20th Kansas Regi- ment-Its Battles and Glory-List of Dead and Wounded-Enlistments and Service in Other Regiments-Their Record in Cuba and Elsewhere -Praise from President Mckinley and Secretary of War-The Colored Troops.
During the progress of the Spanish-American War, in 1897-98, two full companies and parts of other companies were organized in Shawnee County for service in Cuba and the Philippine Islands. Company A of the 20th Kan- sas Volunteer Infantry was almost wholly recruited in Topeka. Its officers were: John E. Towers, captain ; succeeded by Capt. Clad Hamilton, who enlisted as a private and was promoted first to corporal, then sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, Ist lieutenant and captain in succession; Everett E. Huddlerton and John J. Deeming, lieutenants; Joseph W. Morris and Charles A. Wool- worth Ist sergeants; Orville S. Taylor and Emory A. Bailey, quartermaster sergeants ; J. W. Kershner, Butler J. Haskins, Harry Jones, Fred A. Recob, Samuel J. White, Robert D. Maxwell, Irenaeus Wisner, Joseph H. Sea- graves and Francis M. Pribble, sergeants; Joseph C. Spendlove, Frank A. Smith, Charles D. Rouner, Charles Ramsey, Clarence Sharon, John J. Haisch, Milo L. Lamont, Terence Montgomery, John J. Johnston, Charles A. Waters, Steve S. Kirby, Walter E. French, Edwin Barrett, Ellis G. Davis, George W. Lewis, J. H. Redinger, Edwin W. Sheard, Percy McCoole, Albert Cotton, Walter C. Swartz and Edward L. Pinkerton, corporals; Seth A. Hemmel, Coryell Faulkner, William E. Hungerford and John A. Buchanan, hospital stewards; H. E. Wagner and Mitchell Bundy, wagoners. Privates-Harry J. Adams, William F. Ayers, Edward E. Banks, Frank J. Beaghen, Edward H. Brennan, Harry H. Banks, Etcyl P. Blair, John R. Boyd, Harvey Chandler, Walter J. Coleman, James C. Coleman, Walter C. Campbell, Chase Cole, Fred Fox, Fred Graft, W. L. Garretson, John J. Humbert, Fred Humphries, George H. Helwig, D. S. Hewitt, Charles Hetrick, Lester C. Jennings, Earnest E. Kirk, Lewis G. Laws, James D. Leahey, Arthur W. Long, Thomas E. Lawrence, George W. Lemley, Guy
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Ludington, Clarence R. McDowell, Frank M. McFadden, Isaac K. McKin- ney, Herbert T. Miller, Henry D. Mckinney, Edwin A. Myers, Clark W. Marsh, Reseil Manahan, Charles Peters, Ira M. Payne, Charles H. Reasoner, E. A. Rethemeyer, John A. Stevens, Margus J. P. Smith, William R. Smith, Walter L. Sherburne, Raymond Slater, Arthur W. Snapp, Theo. H. Sutton, Fred Shaufele, Frank Steward, Jerry C. Springstead, William L. Sullivan, Roy Timmons, Herbert W. Turner, George W. Turner, Losson B. Whitaker, Elmo L. Wilkinson, Henry N. Wingfield, Eugene Willett, Theodore Q. Whitted, Wilbur Wilson and John D. Young.
The Shawnee County men in other companies of the 20th Kansas were: Company B-Jacob Guffey, Elmer E. Urie, George Rethemeyer, Edward Barrett, William F. Duensing, Edward W. Ellis and Claud S. Phillips; Com- pany C-Clare A. Coe; Company E-James J. Corkill, Norman F. Ramsey and Walter D. Vance; Company F-George F. Hedenberg and William E. True; Company H-Charles F. Rice; Company I-George W. Mills, Harry Pepper and George H. Billings; Company K-Milton W. Hogaboom, Arthur E. Ellison, Frank A. Huling and Arthur C. Snow; Company L-Charles A. Hurd, Carl Myers and Noble B. Urie; Company M-Charles Kleinhans and Albert Dooley; Regimental Band-Charles E. Gormly, Erve C. Strick- land, Carl H. Dreyer, George E. Ellison, James L. Wilcox, Edward A. Rethemeyer and Owen McIntosh.
A NOTED REGIMENT.
The 20th Kansas was the most noted regiment that participated in the Philippine campaign. Its first colonel was Frederick Funston, who led his men in many venturesome engagements and was the captor of General Agui- naldo. Upon his promotion to be brigadier-general, Major Wilder S. Metcalf was made colonel. Edward C. Little served through the entire campaign as lieutenant-colonel and was in command of the regiment at San Francisco. In a letter written September 30, 1899, President William McKinley paid this tribute to the Kansas soldiers: "The American nation appreciates the devotion and valor of its soldiers and sailors. Among its hosts of brave de- fenders, the 20th Kansas was fortunate in opportunity and heroic in action, and has won a permanent place in the hearts of a grateful people."
Casualities sustained by Topeka members of the regiment were the fol- lowing : Killed in action-Reseil Manahan and William Sullivan; died of disease-Etcyl P. Blair, Harry Pepper, Frank M. McFadden, George W. Mills and Edward A. Rethemeyer; Wounded-Charles A. Woolworth, Fred A. Recob, Charles A. Waters, J. W. Kershner, Ira M. Payne, Frank Steward, Losson B. Whitaker, Elmer E. Urie, Daniel S. Hewitt, Frank A. Huling,
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Arthur C. Snow and Albert Dooley. A bronze tablet to the memory of Reseil Manahan has been placed in the Topeka High School by his fellow pupils.
The 20th Kansas Regiment was in camp at Topeka from May Ist to May 16th, and was then ordered to San Francisco, where it remained for five months, before embarking for the scene of war. Many of the soldiers were young men just out of school, farmer boys, mechanics and laborers, and when mustered into the government service all of them were able to sign their names without the use of a crossmark. During the time of their enlistment there were only four desertions. They participated in the following engage- ments: Advance on the enemy, February 4, 1899; independent skirmish, February 7; Caloocan, February 10; Tulijan, March 25; Malinta, March 26; Poli, March 27; Marilao, March 28; Bigoa, March 29; Guiginto, March 29; advance on Malolos, March 30 and 31 ; defense of Malolos, three weeks; Bag- bag River, April 25; Calumpit, April 26; Grand River, April 27; Santo Tomas, May 4; San Fernando, May 6; Bacolor, May 13; Santa Rita, May 15; defense of San Fernando, May 25
THE WELCOME HOME.
Governor W. E. Stanley and representative citizens of Kansas met the regiment at San Francisco when it returned on the transport "Tartar," Octo- ber 10, 1899, and the home-coming at Topeka on November 2nd was in the nature of a general reception by the people of the entire State. In response to an invitation to attend this reception, Secretary of War Elihu Root sent the following letter :
"The records of the War Department show that the Twentieth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers sailed from San Francisco on the steamship 'Indiana' on the 27th of October, 1898, and on the steamship 'Newport' on the 9th of November, 1898, arriving at Manila on the Ist and the 6th days of December following; that the regiment was engaged in actual battle sustaining losses by death or wounds, on each of the following days, viz: The 4th, 5th, 7th, Ioth, IIth, 12th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 26th and 28th of February, 1899; the 11th, 12th, 13th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th and 31st of March; the 25th and 26th of April; the 4th and 24th of May, and the 16th and 22d of June. Their participation in engagements is specially mentioned in cablegrams from Gen- eral Otis on the 8th of February, the 28th of April, and the 25th of May, 1899. The regiment left the Philippines for home on the 3rd of September, 1899, just six months after it was entitled to be discharged from service under the act of Congress.
"The greater part of the engagements above mentioned were fought, and most of the losses of life were incurred, at a time when there was no obli-
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gation for further service resting upon the members of the regiment, except that which was self-imposed upon them by their own love of country and their determination to maintain the rightful sovereignty of the United States and the honor of its flag. The character of the regiment's services in the field is well indicated by the following recommendations for brevet promo- tions made by Major-General Arthur MacArthur, commanding the second division of the Eighth Army Corps, and approved by Major-General Elwell S. Otis, commanding the Corps. I quote from the official document :
"·Frederick Funston, Brigadier-General, U. S. Vols., to be Major-Gen- eral, U. S. Vols., by brevet. (For) Gallant and meritorious services through- out the campaign against Filipino insurgents from February 4th to July I, 1899; particularly for daring courage at the passage of the Rio Grande de la Pampanga, May 27, 1899, while Colonel 20th Kansas Vols.'
"'Wilder S. Metcalf, Colonel, 20th Kansas Vols., to be Brigadier-Gen- eral, by brevet. (For) Gallant and meritorious services throughout the cam- paign against Filipino insurgents, from February 4th to July 1, 1899, during which period he was wounded on two separate occasions.'
"The officers and enlisted men of the regiment exhibited the same high quality of bravery and efficiency which characterized their commanders. I beg to join with the people of Kansas in welcoming to their homes these citi- zen-soldiers, so worthy of the heroic origin and patriotic history of their State."
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Topeka and Shawnee County enlistments in the 21st Kansas Regiment were : Company A-Dolie M. Metcalf ; Company C-Harry C. Davis, James G. Dick, Edward A. Evans, Albert Goode, Frederick Lane, Walter M. Spear, Henry Supple, M. I. Wagner and Edward Wilkinson; Company D-Clar- ence Bush, Charles Boyles and W. B. Heinecke; Company F-Frank P. Bab- bett and John E. McBrian; Company G-Elmer Bratton, Thomas Clark, WV. W. Gaines, Isett D. Myers, R. S. Montgomery, Albert Morrison, W. F. Mclaughlin, Louis J. Reed and Henry Schaefer; Company I-George E. Boardman ; Company K-Clinton A. McFadden; Company L-Isaac R. Cur- tis, John F. Doane, Joseph W. Godfrey, John W. Jenkins, William Nash, Henry Pyetzki and Bert Powers.
The 21st Regiment was mustered into service May 12, 1898, and on May 17th started for Lyle, Georgia, where it went into training at Camp George H. Thomas, remaining there until August 25th, when it was trans- ferred to Camp Hamilton, Kentucky. It remained there until September 25th, and was then ordered to Fort Leavenworth. The regiment was fur-
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loughed for 60 days, and mustered out Dec. 10, 1898, its services being no longer required. While in camp at Lysle, Georgia, the regiment lost 20 men by death from typhoid fever.
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
In the 22nd Kansas Regiment were the following officers and soldiers from Topeka: Col. Henry C. Lindsey, Majors Alexander M. Harvey and Chase Doster; Assistant Surgeon Frank H. Martin, Quartermaster Sergeant Herbert C. Streeter and Hospital Steward Fred J. Gordon; Company B- Edward Boyer, Fred M. Stevenson and Henry T. Shultz; Company C- Henry Anderson, Frederick Buechner, Clarence Dudney, Paul Herman, Wil- liam McKirahan, William H. Rouner and Frederick Smith; Company D- Joseph Anderson, Laban Davis, F. H. Nuzman; Company E-Floyd Mc- Pherson; Company G-Danford B. Thrapp, John F. Vandervoort, James W. Bennett, Josiah B. Clarke, William B. Heller George F. Hill, Herbert L. Stratton and John W. Thomas; Company H-Frank R. Ritchie, James M. Todd, Samuel Adams, Loren G. Disney, Otto B. Ireland, Frederick T. Ly- man, Ralph E. Skinner, Clarence W. Stahl and Lloyd L. Stahl; Company I-John L. Benefiel, Charles F. Clark, Clarence Evans, Adolph Gougal, Caleb M. C. Holt, William G. Kelly, George H. McGee, Jack A. Mercer, J. C. Wat- terson and William B. Wetherholt; Company L-Roland C. Medlicott, George A. Elliott, Reuben M. Spivey, Jr., Horace G. Swayze and Louis P. Wikidal; Company M-James Kimes, Stirling A. Kimes and Robert B. Stewart.
This regiment saw no field service. It was mustered in at Topeka early in May, 1898, and was ordered to Camp Alger, Virginia, where it arrived May 28th. After two months' drill and instruction, the regiment marched from Camp Alger to Thoroughfare, Virginia, a distance of 50 miles, camping en route at Burke's Station, Bull Run, and Bristow, arriving at Thorough- fare August 9th. On August 27th it was transferred to Camp Meade, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, and on September 9th from thence to Fort Leav- enworth, Kansas, where it was mustered out November 3, 1898.
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Officers and soldiers of the 23d Kansas Regiment (colored) enlisting from Topeka and Shawnee County were the following: John M. Brown, major ; Charles S. Sunday, assistant surgeon ; Theophilus T. Jones, sergeant major ; James F. White, hospital steward; George W. Jackson, leader of regi- mental band; Charles A. Brown, William A. Brooks, Benjamin Burton, Vir-
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gil Chatman, Thomas Jackson, Simeon McCarroll, Leander Northington, Robert Parks, Hollie E. Searcie and William Vaughn, members of band; Company A-Captain William Reynolds, Ist Lieuts. Thomas McAdoo and Henry Taylor; 2nd Lieutenant Oscar Overr; Quartermaster Sergeants Ar- thur C. Harris and Robert Maddox; Sergeants Charles Birdwhistle, M. W. J. Brown, Paul L. Caldwell, Benjamin H. Bailey, Benjamin F. Perkins and James Harper ; Corporals James E. Turner, James Harris, Alfred Lewis, Charles W. Ford, William Ellis, Robert H. Todd, Marcus J. Owens, Clar- ence Bradshaw, D. L. Wadlington, Thomas Tyler, Henry C. Horton, Presley Reynolds, Fred Collins, Robert J. Rector and John W. Johnson. Privates- Bert Bell, Isaiah Brown, James Buford, Lewis Butts, James Carvey, Grant Crosswy, Abe Ellis, Albert Etherly, Walter Ewing, Zeroha Ewing, Robert Garvin, Edward Gentry, Franc D. Glenn, George W. Gayden, William Goff, Charles H. Hedge, John M. Hightower, Edgar Holloway, Oscar W. Horton, Bedford B. Hunter, James Hooper, Edward I. Henderson, W. W. Jackson, George Jones, Thomas Jackson, Charles A. Jackson, Bert King, John Lawson, Virdell Link, Isaac A. Long, Robert Marshall, J. R. Martin, Lee A. Martin, Lemuel Martin, John McCrow, Allen A. Miller, Sidney Miller, John Moore, Robert C. Morgan, Sandy Mothell, Benjamin McCowan, William D. Nixon, William G. Northington, John A. Overr, Ellison Owens, Colonel Parker, Thomas Parker, Samuel Patten, Alfred J. Payne, Benjamin F. Payne, Mitchell Pennington, Edward Pillow, Charles Pillow, Robert Ransom, John Rider, Walter Rosson, John B. Radford, Charles Slaughter, John Small, Charles Sneed, William Solomon, H. M. Spradley, H. S. Taborn, Frank Thomas, J. W. Thompson, Arthur Todd, George Trice, Henry Walker, Rob- ert Walters, William Wheatman, William Williams, Edward D. Wilson, James C. Wilson, George W. Wheeler, George W. Weddington, Henry Young and Manning Youngman. Company B-James King, lieutenant ; John Banks and Charles Gooden, sergeants; John A. Gregg, quartermaster sergeant ; Pearl J. Porter and J. W. Thomas, corporals ; Fred D. Kuykendall, musician ; Prdivates-Abraham Thomas, Charles Alexander, Arthur Albriton, George Batty, J. G. Bowers, Luther Bryant, William Buchanan, Spotwood Ellis, Noah E. Freeman, Bert Hester, Edward Parks, A. W. Porter, Jr., Robert Reed and William Thornton. Company D-Van Boyd, William Ewing, Ernest Jordan and William Shaw. Company E-John Medina, Joseph Mil- ford, George Murphy and Frank West. Company F-Sergeant George E. Payne and Charles F. Seals. Company G-Corporal Joseph Crump and Addi- son Parker. Company H-Sergeants David E. Overr, Albert W. Link and Albert Martin; Corporals David Pierre and William E. Thompson; George Anderson, James Brown, O. D. Dupree, William Finley, James Grant, An- drew Jamison, George Jordan, Albert Jordan, Albert E. Hordan, Thomas
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