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Discharged and remaining in Manila: Sergeant Rufo A. Hazen, Cook Frank W. Siler, Privates Ernest L. Ozias, James E. Northrup.
Discharged and returned with the regiment: Private John M. Steele.
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RAPID TRANSIT IN THE PHILLIPINES.
NIPA HOUSE AND RICE FIELD.
Killed in action: Private Joseph A. Wahl, Marilao, March 27, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 163; Private Merton A. Wilcox, Santo Tomas, May 4, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 245.
Wounded in action: Private Larrance Page, foot, Guiginto, March 27, 1899, returned to duty April 1, 1899; Corporal Ernest Criss, Marilao, shoulder, March 29, 1899, returned to duty April 13, 1899.
Slightly wounded, not reported: Private Charles E. Cook, February 27, 1899; Captain Albert H. Krause, March 29, 1899.
On sick report: Lieutenant Philip Fox, August 31, 1899, gastritis, convalescent; Private Frank Martin, June 4, 1899, gastritis, serious, entered general hospital, San Francisco; Private Joseph S. Ozias, June 4, 1899, gastritis, convalescent.
Company I.
Captain Charles S. Flanders; First Lieutenant Aaron B. Conley, promoted to second lieutenant May 21, 1899, to first lieutenant August 19, 1899; Second Lieutenant Charles B. Barsfield, promoted August 20, 1899.
Resigned: Second Lieutenant Arden W. Flanders, Septem- ber 24, 1898.
Discharged to reënlist: First Lieutenant Ernest H. Agnew, promoted to first lieutenant July 9, 1898, discharged August 11, 1898, captain Eleventh United States cavalry ; Second Lieu- tenant Frederick R. Dodge, promoted September 24, 1898, dis- charged August 1, 1899, captain Thirty-sixth United States volunteer infantry.
Enlisted men with company: First Sergeant Edward W. Smith; Quartermaster Sergeant Order Christian; Sergeants Richard Seaver, Nathaniel J. Foster, Sidney B. Sublette, Ira N. Bryan; Corporals Cyrus B. Ricketts, Scott Gard, Roe Wright, Alfred R. Thorne, William A. Thompson, John M. Webber,
Samuel J. Shively ; Artificer Charles Minick ; Wagoner James R. Cree; Musician Charles Fields; Privates Fred. K. Barrett, George H. Billings, William H. Bradbury, Hayes Ball, W. T. Breckinridge, Fred. Beckley, John B. Carpenter, Frank S. Crane, Roy G. Dever, Thomas A. Dunn, George W. Flack, Er- nest Fretz, Frank A. Forner, Fred. H. Hand, Ed. L. Herriman, Edward L. Long, David B. Kiser, John A. Mills, George W. Mills, James E. Marshall, Clifford R. McCarley, Bert E. Miller, William B. McCord, Samuel O'Hara, Martin Overmeyer, Will- iam H. Putnam, Charles E. Robinson, Walter E. Rainey, Theo. E. Shaffer, Hiram Snyder, Fuller H. Swearengen, William C. Shaw, James H. Shaw, James W. Seaver, Charles E. Smelt- zer, Albert Vanderveer, Dell Waters, Carl M. West, Merrill Winchester, Edwin H. Weed, Edward J. Young.
Wounded, sent home on Relief: Private William T. McGrew, body, February 7, 1899; Private William Tull, leg, Tulijan river, March 25, 1899; Private John E. Ballou, arm, Bigaa, March 29, 1899. On Morgan City : Corporal William M. Rum- bley, hand, Caloocan, March 12, 1899; Private Lyle L. Knox, back, Rio Grande river, April 26, 1899; Private Joseph Scott, body, Rio Grande river, April 26, 1899; Private Chris W. Clapp, stomach, May 6, 1899, Santo Tomas river.
Sick, sent home: Musician Jackson A. Shively, Privates Er- nest Jordan, Charles L. Werner, Relief; Corporal John M. Webber, Privates Louis E. Coffield, John W. Meek, Morgan City.
Discharged, San Francisco, disability: Private Oscar Schmidlin, August, 1898; Private Arthur L. Ashley, Septem- ber, 1898; Sergeant Elmer Gray, Corporal Elias Brandebery, Private Alex. Demarr, October, 1898; Private Augustus Long, November, 1898; Private Herbert E. Whitaker, December, 1898; Private Lee Gamber, January, 1899; Private Charles Yazell, March, 1899.
Discharged to reënlist: Thirty-sixth United States volunteer infantry, Corporal Norris Ball, Privates Roy Griswold, John N.
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Capt. A. G. Clarke.
Capt. Geo. N. Watson.
Edwards, Alfred N. Penninger; Eleventh United States vol- unteer cavalry, Private Samuel C. Bell.
Discharged and returning with regiment: Private James M. Branum.
Left in hospital in Manila: Corporal Charles Rossman, Au- gust 15, 1899, first reserve hospital, malarial fever, convales- cent. .
Died of disease: Private Harris Pepper, June 26, 1898, con- sumption, buried San Francisco; Private Dallas Day, Novem- ber 2, 1898, spinal meningitis, buried San Francisco; Private William Vancil, December 7, 1898, Manila bay, typhoid fever,
buried Paco, No. 106; Private Guy Nebergall, May 3, 1899, bowel complaint, buried Battery Knoll, No. 243.
Killed in action: Sergeant Jay Sheldon, Caloocan, Febru- ary 7, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 23; Private Alonzo Rick- etts, Caloocan, February 10. 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 20; Private Adrian E. Hatfield, Marilao, March 27, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 146; Private William Keeney, Marilao, March 27, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 130.
Wounded in action: Private Ernest Fretz, leg, Caloocan, February 5, returned to duty March 7, 1899; Corporal John M. Webber, hand, February 22, 1899, not off duty.
Slightly wounded, not reported: Sergeant Order Christian, February 5, 1899; Captain C. S. Flanders, February 10, 1899; Private Frank A. Forner, March 29, 1899; Corporal Charles Rossman, May 4, 1899.
Now on sick report: Private David V. Kiser, June 5, 1899, dysentery, convalescent; Private Samuel O'Hara, June 25, 1899, rheumatism ; Private Martin Overmeyer, August 15, 1899, gastritis, convalescent: Private William Breckenridge. Septem- ber 3, 1899, gastritis, convalescent; Private George W. Mills, September 3, 1899, gastritis, very serious, entered general hos- pital, San Francisco.
Company K.
Captain Edmund Boltwood, First Lieutenant John F. Hall, Second Lieutenant Colin H. Ball.
Wounded in action: Second Lieutenant Robert S. Parker, leg, Bacolor, May 24, 1899, returned to duty August 1, 1899.
Enlisted men with company : First Sergeant Joseph Dewald; Quartermaster Sergeant Harold B. Reed; Sergeants John O. Morse, Walter P. Smith, George B. Dailey : Corporals William W. Schoffner, Lorillard Wickham, Ernest Kincaid, Fred Black, Francis M. Crane, Jesse D. Eggleston, Harry Keckler, Frank McQuaid, James Powers, Charles E. Steale, Ralph Weaver;
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Cook William E. Sullivan ; Wagoner George Bolton ; Musicians Aaron Jones, John E. White; Privates John O. Alderman, Oscar Barney, Ray F. Beeler, Albert L. Baur, James W. Byrd, Elia Basel, Grant A. Crumley, Harold Chambers, Walter L. Ellis, Julius B. Gott, Roy Hawkins, Richard D. D. Holland, John F. Hopkins, George H. Hudson, Jacob Hartley, Milton W. Hogaboom, Alexander Halbrook, Harry F. Heck, Leslie J. Kincaid, Frank E. Lucas, Lee A. Limes, George Myer, James S. Nesbitt, Oscar Nesbitt, W. Walton, John W. White, Ernest Wagoner, Albert V. Whitejer, I. Rusk, Dwight L. Rainey, George M. Sponsler, Isaac L. Table.
Wounded, sent home on Relief: First Sergeant Albert C. Hanson, shoulder, Caloocan, February 10, 1899. Morgan City : Corporal Elvie Allison, foot, May 4, 1899, Santa Tomas; Pri- vate Frank A. Huling, knee, Caloocan, February 10, 1899; Private Walter A. Hubbard, ankle, Bagbag river, April 26, 1899; Private Edward E. Harris, leg, Calumpit, April 26, 1899.
Sick, sent home: Artificer William H. Scheer, Morgan City.
Discharged, San Francisco, disability: Privates Raymond Bowman, Rolla A. Wagstaff, July, 1898; Corporals Raymond E. Elder, Allen M. Hoover, Privates Ernest Banhea, Robert S. Brooks, Newell R. Kirkham, Jacob Townsley, Leroy G. Taylor, September, 1898; Privates George Brinker, William Cline, Charles L. Willey, October, 1898; Privates Charles D. Prather, John H. Williams, December, 1898; Private M. Hartshorn, January 11, 1899; Sergeant John W. Engle, Pri- vates Edgar Fultz, Walter B. M. Jones, Allen B. Simmons, November, 1898.
Discharged to reënlist: Thirty-sixth United States volunteer infantry-Privates Will Cooper, Elijah Simpson, Arthur C. Snow; Thirty-seventh United States infantry, Private Joseph A. Johnston; Eleventh United States volunteer cavalry, First Sergeant Raymond S. Enslow, first lieutenant; Quartermaster Sergeant Irvin V. Todd, Sergeant Frank Gaskill, Corporal Charles C. Crane, Privates Pearl E. Hampton, Christian
Grossman, Harris O. Hiskin, Fountain M. Wilson, Donald Thorne, Lisle McElhinney.
Discharged and remaining in Manila: Private Harry D. Cessna.
Transferred to United States signal corps: Corporal Ernest L. Moore.
Died of disease: Private Fred Maxfield, February 2, 1899, smallpox, buried Paco, No. 223.
Killed in action: Corporal Oscar Mallicott, Caloocan, Feb- ruary 24, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 60.
Wounded in action; First Sergeant Joseph Dewald, arm, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, returned to duty April 13, 1899, neck, Bagbag river, April 25, not off duty ; Sergeant John O. Morse, head, Caloocan, February 10, 1899, returned to duty April 27, 1899, not off duty ; Private Harry Keckler, leg, San Fernando, June 16, 1899, not off duty; Private George Myer, stomach, Tulijan river, March 25, 1899, not off duty; Private Oscar Nesbitt, wrist, April 27, 1899, not off duty ; Private Arthur C. Snow, arm, Bagbag river, April 25, 1899, returned to duty May 9,1899.
Slightly wounded, not reported: Captain Edmund Boltwood, February 10, 1899: First Sergeant Raymond S. Enslow, March 29, 1899; Private William W. Schoffner, March 29, 1899; Pri- vate Jesse D. Eggleston, February 4, 1899; Private Ralph Weaver, March 26, 1899; Private Harold V. Chambers, April 27,1899.
Now on sick report: Private George Myer, August 1, 1899, hernia ; Corporal W. W. Schoffner, September 1, 1899, malarial fever, convalescent; Private Harold V. Chambers, September 3, 1899, gastritis, serious; Wagoner George L. Bolton, Sep- tember 11, 1899, gastritis, convalescent, entered general hos- pital, San Francisco; Corporal Frank McQuaid, September 17, 1899, diarrhea, convalescent, entered general hospital, San Francisco.
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NIPA HUT AND BANANA TREES NEAR MANILA.
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WOUNDED KANSANS IN THE HOSPITAL.
Company L.
Captain George N. Watson; First Lieutenant Ervin B. Sho- walter, promoted to first lieutenant February 19, 1899; Second Lieutenant John C. Murphy, promoted May 9, 1899.
Wounded in action : Lieutenant William A. Callahan, Caloo- can, February 24, 1899; returned to duty March 26, 1899.
Discharged to reënlist: Captain Edgar A. Fry, promoted to captain July 22, 1899, discharged August 14, 1899; captain Thirty-sixth United States volunteer infantry.
Enlisted men with company: First Sergeant Charles I. Dodge; Quartermaster Sergeant Patrick J. Kelly: Sergeants George C. Seilhammer, Charles W. Tozier, Joseph W. Mur- ray, David W. Lozier; Corporals James F. Cooper, Harvey G. Kuhns, D. Frederick Degitz, Frederick M. Vanmeter, Coe Gibson, Harry G. Lightner, William J. Rumolden, Carey O. Amsbaugh, Charles A. Sherwood, Carl McRull, Walter A. Wyatt; Lance Corporal Gustavus Gallup: Cook Edwin H. Miller; Artificer Josiah Fitts; Wagoner J. F. Barnardo; Musi- cians Trolando Blesh, Earl Smith; Privates Adolph Abrams, Alpheus A. Bigelow, Orrin O. Blesh, Earl Bohannon, Benja- min P. Burton, Lucien A. Chase, John Dunlap, Henry Dunn, George E. Gamble, Charles L. Grogon, Wyatt Hagen, Charles A. Hurd, Simon Urvine, F. G. Breen, William A. Kerns, Al- bert Kurtze, Charles O. Lambing, Homer L. Limbird, Gilbert Mayor, Fred H. Myer, Charles Milam, George W. Pfrehm, Robert E. Price, Charles F. Rambo, Will M. Raynor, Charles Schindler, Frank O. Schopp, William C. Seaton, Edward T. Simmons, Edwin Smith, Joseph Stephens, Albert R. Stute- ville, Guy Tate, Simpson Taylor, George Troost, Noble B. Urie, Fred Ziegler.
Wounded, sent home, Morgan City: Private Michael Gar- rity, legs, Guiginto, March 29, 1899; Private Leslie G. Selzer, arm, Marilao, March 27, 1899; Private William Wolf, leg, Ca- loocan, February 23, 1899.
Sick, sent home: Privates Fred Arkell, George S. Beckner, Morgan City; Privates Lambert P. Steinmetz, James W. Wil- ton, Relief.
Discharged, San Francisco, disability: Privates Robert Rich- ardson, Samuel Utterback, September, 1898; First Sergeant William C. Foley, Corporal Farrar Field, October, 1899; Pri- vates Robert Phiffer, Harry E. Kuhns, Arthur Wolf, Decem- ber, 1898; Privates Fred H. Kane, Grant Schoop, March, 1899.
Discharged to reënlist: Thirty-sixth United States volun- teer infantry- Privates Peter A. Griffin, Henry M. Parr, George A. Peters, Bert M. Hart, William F. Maxey ; Eleventh United States volunteer cavalry -First Sergeant Joseph Schule.
Discharged and remaining in Manila: Sergeant Harry S. Hooper, Private Francis Marsh.
Discharged and returning with regiment: Sergeant Thomas W. Fritts, Corporal Charles Johnson, Private Orlando F. Baldwin.
Discharged and returning on Coptic: Corporal Frank Boss- heimer, Corporal John W. Terry.
Transferred to United States signal corps: Private Carl Myers.
Dishonorably discharged: Private Henry L. Neidert, return- ing to serve out unexpired term of imprisonment in Alcatraz prison.
Died of disease : Private Clifford Greenough, June 24, 1898, spinal meningitis, buried San Francisco; Private Cecil Flow- ers, July 24, 1898, pneumonia, buried San Francisco; Private Benjamin W. Squires, January 14, 1899, smallpox, buried Paco, No. 130; Private Norman E. Hand, January 18, 1899, smallpox, buried Paco, No. 133 ; Private David Campbell, January 29, 1899, smallpox, buried Paco, No. 134; Private Sim Barber, February 27, 1899, smallpox, buried Paco, No. 180; Private John M. Ingenthron, dysentery, September 21, 1899, on board Tartar.
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Capt. Edward J. Hardy.
Capt. Edgar A. Fry. Formerly of company L; dis- charged to reenlist.
Killed in action: Private James Kline, Caloocan, March 13, 1899, buried Paco, No. 71; Private Albert II. Terry, Rio Grande, April 27, 1899, buried Paco, No. 237: Private Ernest Ryan, Bacalor, May 24, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 13.
Wounded in action: Sergeant Charles W. Tozier, head, Ba- calor, May 24, 1899, returned to duty June 17, 1899; Sergeant Joseph W. Murray, knee, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, returned to duty June 11, 1899; Corporal Harvey G. Kuhns, shoulder, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, returned to duty April 1, 1899; Mu- sician Trolando Blesh, leg, Caloocan, February 23, 1899, re- turned to duty April 21, 1899; Private Walter A. Wyatt, arm, Marilao, March 29, 1899, returned to duty April 1, 1899; Cor-
poral Carey O. Amsbaugh, head, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, not off duty. Slightly wounded, not reported: Captain Edgar A. Fry, February 23, 1899.
Now on sick report: Sergeant Charles Seilhammer, Septem- ber 13, 1899, diarrhea, convalescent; Sergeant Joseph Murray, entered general hospital, San Francisco.
Company M.
Captain Edward .J. Hardy, promoted second lieutenant Sep- tember 3, 1898, to first lieutenant May 9, 1899, to captain Au- gust 12, 1899. First Lieutenant E. A. Huddleston, promoted to first lieutenant July 24, 1899. Second Lieutenant Charles L. Sampson, promoted August 20, 1899.
Wounded in action : Captain W. H. Bishop, leg, Rio Grande river, April 26, 1899, returned to duty May 24, 1899.
Enlisted men with company: First Sergeant John L. King, Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur M. Falconer, Sergeants Clyde G. Wilson, Elmer Brick. William E. George, Nels M. Nelson ; Corporals W. Elmer Kelley, Ernest B. Taylor, Henry C. Rupp, Charles Bishop, Lawrence L. Bradley, Harry L. Neff, Noah R. Prible, Emery Adams, F. Briggs, Frank Carlson, Gayfree Ellison; Cook Samuel R. Clark, Artificer Frank D. Moshe, Wagoner Horace A. Stahl, Musicians Harry T. Todd, Ira D. Shepperd: Privates Adolph Anderson, George M. Battershy, Charles H. Benner, Warren J. Bradley, Charles W. Bennett, Iferman C. Colgrove, Henry C. Clark, Palmer W. Cook, Fred A. Cunningham, Charles E. Crosson, Harvey O. Davis, Will- iam Eickworth, Arthur F. Ford, John W. Frantz, Charles B. Halderman, John Hanson, Walter A. Hooper, Francis C. Harrington, Loring Hammond, Fred W. Huston, James Jear- doe, Harry J. Kaufman, Clarence E. Kent. James W. King, Oliver Kissling, John M. Lander, John I. Laird, Emra Lar- kin, Willard M. Lundhwer, Ralph Loofbourrow, John C. Mar- tin, William 11. Miller, Sidney M. Morrison, Nels C. Nelson, Jay Owen, Perry A. Powell, Willard H. Prush, Albert C. Sha-
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fer, Herman W. Schumaker, George F. Smith, Jesse Snead, Edgar Stribling, George L. Swartz, George D. Tipton, Orville W. Wood, Edward C. Ziebell, Edwin Laird, Daniel R. Rhodes.
Wounded, sent home: Corporal Albert Dooley, leg, Balcor, May 24, 1899, Relief.
Sick, sent home: Private John F. Quick, Relief; Privates Lamont Hubble, William J. Hall, Richard Lundquist, Morgan City; Private George W. Smith, Sheridan.
Left in hospital, Manila: Private George J. Conrad, first reserve, malarial fever; Private Wilber F. Hutchinson, Cor- regidor island, fever.
Discharged, San Francisco, disability: Privates John Schlotz, Charles Carlson, William Hunt, September, 1898; Sergeant Charles Kleinhaus, Private Joe E. Brottom, October, 1898; Private James P. Cummins, November, 1898.
Discharged, Manila, disability: Private A. M. Cummins, January, 1899.
Discharged to reënlist: Thirty-sixth United States volun- teer infantry, Private Olaf Larson; Thirty-seventh United States volunteer infantry, Privates Rollo E. Kent, George F. Gaskill; Eleventh United States volunteer cavalry, Sergeants William Saindon, H. Richard Kent, Privates William A. Bell, Parry M. Prouse, William A. Whitman.
Discharged and returned with regiment: Privates Claude V. Kinter, John M. Padgett.
Discharged and returning via New York: Sergeant Albert S. Brockway.
Died of disease: Corporal Wilson H. McAlister, fever, July 9, 1899, buried in Cloud county, Kansas.
Killed in action: Private Charles Pratt, February 5, 1899, buried Paco, No. 25; Private Samuel M. Wilson, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 235.
Wounded in action: Private Edward C. Ziebel, head, Feb- ruary 5, 1899, returned to duty March 1, 1899; Private George -
M. Battersby, arm, February 5, 1899, returned to duty March 1, 1899; Private Charles B. Bennett, thigh, February 10, 1899, not off duty ; Private Sidney M. Morrison, leg, Caloocan, Feb- ruary 10, 1899, returned to duty May 20, 1899.
Slightly wounded, not reported: Sergeant Charles L. Samp- son, February 5, 1899; Private Charles E. Crosson, February 4, 1899; Private Gayfree Ellison, February 10, 1899; Sergeant John L. King, February 10, 1899; Corporal Elmer Brick, Feb- ruary 10, 1899; Private John Padgett, March 29, 1899; Private Fred W. Huson, May 24, 1899.
On sick report : · Private Charles Benner, September 4, 1899, diarrhea, convalescent; Private Arthur Ford, diarrhea, Sep- tember 4, 1899, convalescent; Private Edward C. Ziebell, Sep- tember 10, 1899, malarial fever, convalescent.
Summary.
The following is the report of the regimental adjutant made on the day the regiment landed:
Aggregate strength of regiment, original muster, officers and men, 1011; number of recruits added, 312; maximum strength, 1322.
Officers: Killed in action, 3; resigned, 7; removed, 1; dis- charged to reënlist, 11; wounded, sent home, 3.
Enlisted men: Transferred to other organizations, 3; killed in action, 30; died of disease, 33; discharged for disability, 188; discharged by favor, 9; discharged to remain in Manila, 40; discharged and returning with regiment, 15; discharged and returning by way of New York, 7; dishonorably discharged, 4; deserted, 3; wounded, sent home, 44; sick, sent home, 52.
Officers wounded in action, 11; officers slightly wounded, not reported, 5; officers on sick report, 1.
Enlisted men wounded in actiou, 108; enlisted men slightly wounded, not reported, 31; left in hospital, Manila, 3; on sick report, 41.
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SANBORY VAILLCO WHOL ANGRIFF DIXON ZLI WEAR
TWENTIETH KANSAS MARCHING ON MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, AFTER ITS RETURN FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
From the Man who Organized the Twentieth. Ex-Governor Leedy says the Regiment's Achievements have Justified his Course.
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EX-GOVERNOR JOHN W. LEEDY.
In the organization of the Kansas volunteers two things were sought to be accom- plished. First, to show that volunteers were superior to regulars as an actual fighting force in time of war. That while regulars, who largely consist of men who would rather fight a little than to work for a living, may be best to police the country and put down the small disturbances which may occur, yet the motives that induce them to enlist and the material of which they are composed make it impossible that they should be the equal of volunteers, who would not serve in the army in time of peace on any condition, and who serve in time of war from higher motives. Second, that Kansas could not only furnish volunteers that were better than regulars, but that she could furnish volunteers better than any other state would furnish.
To accomplish this it was found necessary to disorganize the militia, in order to throw out the poor material and replace it with good. This brought a storm of criti- cism from military men, as well as civilians, and whether it was justifiable or not I leave others to judge. But that it brought the result sought to be obtained I believe will not be disputed in any quarter. The Twentieth Kansas outshone all others, whether volunteer or regular, and their bearing to-day is a sufficient answer to all the vilification and abuse heaped upon them by the people who are to-day shouting their praises with the hope of obtaining a little reflected glory. They also heaped coals of fire on the heads of the national administration for the studied neglect with which they were treated at San Francisco, by the unfaltering manner in which they took the lead the day they landed at Manila and held it until they were ordered from the firing line. JOHN W. LEEDY.
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CARL ONG HOGE K.C.
GENERAL FUNSTON, GOVERNOR STANLEY, COLONEL METCALF.
ON BOARD THE TRANSPORT TARTAR, AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Tributes from Prominent Kansans. Congressmen, State Officers and Others Join in Praising the Twentieth Regiment.
FROM LUCIEN BAKER, UNITED STATES SENATOR.
The "Fighting Twentieth" has made every citizen of our state prouder to call himself a Kansan. It has added new glory to the flag and won a lasting place in history for itself. Patriots are the best fighters in the world, and every officer and private in the Twentieth Kansas regiment is a patriot. Hence they were invincible.
FROM W. J. BAILEY, CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE.
Raised in the Kansas atmosphere, surcharged with the elements which make men great, and inheriting in perfection the dauntless courage, the brilliant dash and pure patriotism of a fearless aod heroic ancestry, the Twentieth Kansas regiment has made for itself a record marvelous and surprising to all but Kansans; a record of such surpassing glory that, in the annals of brave deeds done, it will receive most conspicuous mention; a record that has merited for it every testimonial of love and esteem and appreciation which grateful citizens can bestow.
FROM CONGRESSMAN CHARLES CURTIS.
When I visited President Mckinley in August, 1898, and requested that the Twentieth Kansas be sent to Manila, I told him all the members of the regiment needed was an opportunity; they were given that opportunity. By their endurance, hard fight- ing at the front, and bravery, they have challenged the admiration and won the applause of the civilized world. They left Kansas a little over a year ago, fresh from the plow, shop, store, college, and various walks of life; they return a regiment of veterans, and we are all proud of them. No braver hoys ever shouldered their muskets; and while regiments of other states fought to uphold the honor of our country in a war for humanity, no regiment attracted the attention in that war that the Twentieth Kansas did. Kansas had reason to be proud of her soldiers from '61 to '65, and Kansas has reason to be proud of the triumphs of General Fun- ston and the gallant Twentieth Kansas.
FROM CONGRESSMAN J. D. BOWERSOCK.
It has been truly said that our victory over Spain was largely due to the character of "the men behind the guns." In char- acter, capacity and attainments it is doubtful if any volunteer regiment was ever in the field which could justly take precedence
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over the Twentieth Kansas. The skimmed milk of Europe settles largely in the East. The unskimmed milk of the East comes west, and the generations which rise in the West are the cream of the nation. From this cream, when the call to arms was made, came the Twentieth Kansas. Comparisons are usually odious, but no regiment which went from the United States to the Spanish war would object to being compared with the Twentieth Kansas. Pennsylvania sent a regiment of favored sons; Minnesota con- tributed brave men; Nebraska's best blood was freely offered; other states voluntarily laid on the altar of the nation the flower of their youth and manhood; but it remained for Kansas to place in the field a regiment whose colonel won a star, and whose record from first officer to last man on the roll deservedly is one of the brightest and best on the pages of the glorious history of the greatest nation on earth.
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