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Second Regiment Companies Have Left Fort Riley.ARE GOING TO EAQLE PASSSoldiers on Trains Via Topeka, Florence and Then Down Through Texas.PASSED THROUGH TOPEKA, Topeka, Kan., July 1.—Ffr*t section, Second Infantry regiment national guard, arrived hero at 11:30, loft at 2t45 p. m.depart from hero today In four sections. It wft# routed through Topeka over the Union Pacific and thanca over tho Atchison, Topeka Hmia l'O to Wftli Antonio, Tox.. from where It will bo to Euglo Pass, Tex,, the harder, station to which tho Kuntm brigade has keen assigned.Machine Gun Company.Tho liQAdnuarters and supply com* pfcutos aro from Newton.and tho Mo* china Gun company is from Hutch In-son,Information here was to the cffeot that the First infantry reghnciut would not leavo until Monday, ah though tho censorship' prevents troopmovements being given out officially. The exact strength of the Second rogi-immt is 1,070 men...and firtydliroc. officers. Three officers and one hundred and sixty-two inch wero left bo* hind because of physical disability.The Second Section.The^ second section entrained at 9:25 o'clock, ft comprised A company, Wichita; U company, Holton; C. cmm punyt Great Hoad; u. company, McPherson.Tho troops of the first section wore commanded by Colonel Percy M. Hois* ington, of Newton, and tho section section by Major A. A. Sharp, of Topeka.E on the Way.. Tho second faction left at 10 o'clock and the third section entrained at once. It was composed of Company IS, HulcMnson; Cmuuauy F, . Lanina; Company G, Minneapolis, and Com* pahy Hr Winfield, under tho .command of Major John. If, O’Connor. *' .: Tho th Ird. aeellon..IbEI.,at..m-and.tho laBl seotlou-followed-it fifty minutes lator. It comprised Companies I, Wichita, K, Independence, Li, Emporia and M, Salhta, with Major Vrml J. Fitzpatrick In charge. No other Kantian U-oop.H will depart for tho border today, it was anitmmcod at brigade h cud quarter s.A NEW KIND OF FREIGHT SHIP BUILT BT ITALIANSIt was in New York This'Morning: and Attracts Much Attention.IIPort ftfley, Kans., July l—The Second Kansas infantry, commanded by Colonel P. M. Holaingloti, Is on its way to tho Mexioau border toduy In response to President Wilson’# cull for national guunhjjnmi to uid General runs ion and the. regular army in maintaining .order .on the internationalboundary- 'JtJ deyUnatfen and exact route la shrouded U\ Uuj mystery of lh« censorship the war department clamped down on tho military resorvadon here but orders earlier in tho wook wore transmitted to officers of the post to transport tlio Kansas troops lo Eagle I ans, rex., one. oi the chief towns ut\ entry between th« two countries, umli it is there tho regiment probably la, Now York, July. 1.—New .York welcomed an unusual marine voyagar today, Tho MHuaao, a . now. type of freight stoamahip, tho first of Us kind to bo built, equipped with an automatic system of elevators and railroad tracks for facilitating the loading and discharge of cargoes, eamo hero After grain. a wns hor fimt trip. to tltoUnited Stutos. Tho. Mlluzm belongs Ui‘the General Italian Navigation company and sailed from Genoa on Juno 8, Thero Are Tunnels,Tunnels thread.tho holds of On? Mil-u«zo and through thcso aro operated cars. Elevators lift tho cars to a platform located higher than tho lopn of tlio ship's fennels and cargo itt discharge is shot down chiltOH from the platform.Tho Milflzzo. of 11,477 tons gross ami 7-537 tons rug Is torod,’ wua built at 3ie*/;lo. Hbe has a largo cnpadly of 14,000 fens and when loaded has a dfspJpcomcnt oi 2Q,‘iOO touts, % Tho vessel Is 512 feet long, sixty'fl^o foot eight Inches of bourn and has u hold depth of thirty-throe feet eight inches.. Bho carries quadruple expansion enginesohatiOSiViluillHft ISItv.WnrFnF,SihimKCGlt;M
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Sat, Jul 01, 1916
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