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r.tjii.ii: kdwakd rvvsoN wkst-ONS STOP IN Vim KNt TODAY.NEWPORT TO FRISCODTli«*) Will Writ** a Hook liter They llav«? Completed Their Journey.Ire Curbed in tli** Regalia of Vinerieun Soldier.Traveling by toot from coast to coast across the American continent* in** task being performed bv threettCiiIa iit1Vvii 11young men attired in I'nited ^States I soldier garb. and fully accoutred in 11 army equipment, who arrived in Abi- |' - J leue Sunday night. Tlie three are ‘ e Sergt. Karl Rittmann, Sergt. lxmis A.1 d j Mohr and Charles F. Saunders, LL.H. ( i atuJ they are constantly taking off lt;1 1 miles of the distance interposing be- ( n j tween Newport. It. I., and San Fran-* | cislt; ^ Cal.-I They ire the first men to cross the »| continent with the full army pack.* On their hat bands they carry the sj legend, Coast to Const. They carry j* army Colts .45 revolvers, canteens. (1 | haversacks, blankets, and other para* j ^phemalia commonly lt;arried by an . American soldier on active duty. This i h I full field equipment allows of their ’ camping out at night at any place, i 1,* j Tlu y cook their own meals, sleep in ; p j their own portable beds of blankets i hunder the canopy of the heavens, drinking in the pure ozone of life.I '1 hey departed from Newport, R. I..' I.June if-. Ib13. From there they hiked ’! to Providence and from there on ,‘;thru tin* following places: Hartforu.Springfield. Albany, New York, Philadelphia. Harrisburg, Oil City, Youngstown. Akron. Columbus. Cincinnati! Newport, Kv, Covington, Frankfort! j '‘Louisville, New Albany, Ind., Vin-j lennes. ;)cross Illinois to Bast St , Louis, St. Louis, down the Frisco 1 j through Missouri to Seneca, on the . border; across into Oklahoma to Tul- i Jsa. Sapulpa, and many other points.I Then the Frisco railroad was trav- y1 If i ersed to the lied River into Denison. | Sherman into Dallas and Fort Worth. |! The Texas and Pacific w as traversed , | Into Abilene. After resting here a . ! day the party goes by Texas and Pa-1I ; nfic roadbed to K1 Paso, Tucson over lt;: ihe Southern Pacific to Redlands, Cal , I J ! over the Mojave valley to Sacramento | and thence into San Francisco. They j ”II expect to reach San Francisco about ; may 1, and not later than June 15.i } The purpose of taking the trip is I to see the country and to write a book J pI ; when through w ith it. They have av-■ | '-raged 22 miles per day since they■ , 1. ft. a total of 2.05U miles having been I I traversed, in all there is a distance Lot' 4,500 miles to walk. They havebeen through 17 states and tire carry I ’ing eight letters from the governor of h: Rhode Island to as many governors | in other stat«*6 through whose capitals they pass-They have had little dangerous ad- j K ventures since their departure. The,'' 1 ■ first week or two were fatiguing on [ * thy men. Rig blisters came on their j* j feet- Since then they have gotten ,P 1 (inured to the fatigues of the journey ' I and tire little They wear tolerably* j lOOBC shoes and heavy socks. Theyseldom make a stop to visit a city.* | They are walking for no wager.1 The\ stop occasionally and give lee- jr | turns in order to secure sufficient ‘ j funds to maintain them en route |' They also carry postcard pictures of ju ' themselves which they sell to real-J “ I ue funds for subsistence They will ' j tie in Abilene all of today, and are ‘ trying to arrange to give their lectur* |on their road experiences at one ol j the local movie show s 1 While here they were with their j y I army equipment at the police station i One of them was w riting a letter^while tithe other two were busy in the city j They are in the best of health, and I while they w ill he glad when their journey ends, they explain that the j t | adventure they are having is supply- v | ing them with numerous data which]I they will thresh out for the hook they contemplate publishing. I jii ' The greatest distance they have jmade in one day on the journey was 41 miles, hut there was no attempt aiIII making a record, for this is not the j ~* ; intention of the men. They merely n j want to take things easy and give 1_} sufficient time at each place to so*II what is necessary for the contents of ‘•i their proposed book. They are ahua:1*1P•1fibPhtly Ii 1Pltiit1I vIpleasant set of fellows, and very in-1 foresting in their conversation and) narration of experiences.
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Abilene Daily Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Mon, Jan 05, 1914
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