Story by Otto P. Higgins - October 6
Transcript
[m. s. illegible 3 wds] Higgins. Camp Funston, [Kansas, October] 6. The big Knights of Columbus building was filled to overflowing. Boys in olive drab and overalls pressed as closely to the windows as possible, and the entrance in front was crowded so it was impossible to get within two hundred feet. Inside, Everything was quiet, and not even a whisper was heard. A short heavy set woman, with gray hair and ruddy complexion, her face wreathed in smiles, walked out to the platform.
Transcript
[page 2] Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. It
Details
| Title | Story by Otto P. Higgins - October 6 |
| Creator | Higgins, Otto P. |
| Source | Higgins, Otto P. Story. 06 October. Higgins, Otto P. Collection. 2010.145. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Otto P. Higgins did not serve in the United States military, but he spent the entire span of the war in training camps and overseas with the army as a staff correspondent for the Kansas City Star. He wrote about soldiers from the Mid-West, especially Missouri and Kansas. Higgin's began his service with the old Third Regiment, and was with regiments at Camp Nichols, Fort Riley, Camp Funston, Camp Doniphan, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sheridan, and finally in France. In this story, Otto P. Higgins of the Kansas City Star described a performance by Mrs. Schumann-Heink at the Knights of Columbus building at Camp Funston, Kansas. She sang the famous Song O Danny Boy, an old forgotton Irish Ballad, to the soldiers accompanied by pianist Edith Evans. |
| Site Accession Number | 2010.145 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Language | English |