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A little snapshot - so to speak - of Will on his way to the Philippines.
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ARMY ENGINEERS GO THROUGH.
With Two Companies of the Corps They Are Bound for the Philippines.
Companies I and K of the Third battalion of the United States army engineering corps passed through Kansas City last night on the way from Washington, D. C., to San Francisco, where the two companies will take transports for the Philippine Islands. Including the officers, there were about two hundred men in the detail. They are going into active service. They are to work in the Philippine Islands as miners, sappers, pontooners and bridge builders. They are men who were carefully selected for this service, and are paid higher wages than that received by the rank of the army.
The two companies are detailed for two years' service and are in command of Major C. McD. Townsend. The other commissioned officers are Captain Kellogg and Captain Cosby, and Lieutenants Adams, Stokey, Poole, and Jewett. The two companies arrived in Kansas City over the 'Frisco. The train was in charge of W. L. Evans of the passenger department of that railway. The soldiers left over the Missouri Pacific for the West. They were given about an hour to stretch their legs about the Union depot, where the blue uniformed men attracted much attention. In the saloons on Union avenue the officers asked particularly if the water they drank with their whisky was pure; while dozens of the privates purchased big bottles of mineral waters in the saloons. All seemed to consider the question of pure water very important. Though dressed in blue now, on July the American soldiers in the tropics will don uniforms of olive green, under order of the War department.
With Two Companies of the Corps They Are Bound for the Philippines.
Companies I and K of the Third battalion of the United States army engineering corps passed through Kansas City last night on the way from Washington, D. C., to San Francisco, where the two companies will take transports for the Philippine Islands. Including the officers, there were about two hundred men in the detail. They are going into active service. They are to work in the Philippine Islands as miners, sappers, pontooners and bridge builders. They are men who were carefully selected for this service, and are paid higher wages than that received by the rank of the army.
The two companies are detailed for two years' service and are in command of Major C. McD. Townsend. The other commissioned officers are Captain Kellogg and Captain Cosby, and Lieutenants Adams, Stokey, Poole, and Jewett. The two companies arrived in Kansas City over the 'Frisco. The train was in charge of W. L. Evans of the passenger department of that railway. The soldiers left over the Missouri Pacific for the West. They were given about an hour to stretch their legs about the Union depot, where the blue uniformed men attracted much attention. In the saloons on Union avenue the officers asked particularly if the water they drank with their whisky was pure; while dozens of the privates purchased big bottles of mineral waters in the saloons. All seemed to consider the question of pure water very important. Though dressed in blue now, on July the American soldiers in the tropics will don uniforms of olive green, under order of the War department.
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This is one of a series of published items over the years about Will's work for the Army Corps of Engineers.
You can find the whole list here:
2.
The two companies are detailed for two years' service and are in command of Major C. McD. Townsend. The other commissioned officers are Captain Kellogg and Captain Cosby, and Lieutenants Adams, Stokey, Poole, and Jewett.
You can compare this to the list of officers sent home from the Philippines two years later: Capt. Charles Keller, Capt. Spencer Cosby, First Lieutenant E. M. Adams, First Lieutenant H. L. Wigore, First Lieutenant William P. Stokey, First Lieutenant John H. Poole, First Lieutenant Henry C. Jewett.
I'm betting Captain Kellogg and Captain Charles Keller are the same person.
3.
I figure Will must have mailed his April 17 letter to Alma here in Kansas City. Lockwood, Kans. to Kansas City, Mo.,
April 17, 1903
This is one of a series of published items over the years about Will's work for the Army Corps of Engineers.
- The previous document in the series is: 1899-07-01 U.S. EMPLOYEE LIST INCLUDING WILL, ALMA, AND PAPA CHARLES
- The next document in the series is: 1903-10-08 NEWSPAPER ITEM ABOUT WILL
You can find the whole list here:
2.
The two companies are detailed for two years' service and are in command of Major C. McD. Townsend. The other commissioned officers are Captain Kellogg and Captain Cosby, and Lieutenants Adams, Stokey, Poole, and Jewett.
You can compare this to the list of officers sent home from the Philippines two years later: Capt. Charles Keller, Capt. Spencer Cosby, First Lieutenant E. M. Adams, First Lieutenant H. L. Wigore, First Lieutenant William P. Stokey, First Lieutenant John H. Poole, First Lieutenant Henry C. Jewett.
I'm betting Captain Kellogg and Captain Charles Keller are the same person.
3.
I figure Will must have mailed his April 17 letter to Alma here in Kansas City. Lockwood, Kans. to Kansas City, Mo.,
April 17, 1903
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