Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1913 — Rat Army Invests Troops. [ARTICLE]

Rat Army Invests Troops.

Leavenworth, Kan. —Plagued by hordes of rots that daily grow more bold, invading the bunks of the soldiers. Fort Leavenworth’ practically has reached its wits’ end. All doge and cats were driven from the reservation a year ago by General Frederick Funston, following an outbreak of rabies, and since then the rat population has steadily Increased. Efforts to have the banishment order rescinded have failed.