ABSTRACT
In 1899 the State of Kansas published the eleventh in a series of State Adjutant General reports on the state militia, or National Guard, which was limited to publishing run of 1,000 copies, and contained a complete roster listing those Kansas citizens mustered into federal service for the Spanish-American War. Later, anticipating statewide interest in the roster of troops furnished by Kansas to the SpanishAmerican War in response to a call for troops issued by President McKinley on April 23, 1898, a comprehensive list of all of the officers and men who were mustered into federal service was published with a run of 5,000 copies. This Roster of Volunteer Troops-cited above-provides a comprehensive list of the name, rank, and place of residence of all the officers and men in the 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd (Colored) Volunteer Infantry Regiments. The 20th Kansas, under the command of Colonel Frederick Funston, who had previously fought with Cuban Revolutionary forces against the Spanish on that island, would see extensive action in the Philippine Insurrection throughout 1899. Funston would go on to become a General in the Regular Army and achieve fame as the commander of the detail which captured Aguinaldo. The other three Kansas Regiments would remain in the United States during the Spanish-American War.
