Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-09-30
SOLDIER BOYS At ROME.
Only a Few of the Iowa Troops Now
Remain at Camp Mckinley,
in Des Moines.
THE FIF1Y-FlRs1 GOING TO MANILA.
Facts Concerning the War Appro.
priation-Re gimental Losses from
Disease-yisit from Admiral Dew
ey's Broth erin Institutional Plan of
Church Work to BE Tried.
Especial Correspondence

ey's Brother-Institution Plan of
Church Work to BE Tried.
Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 26.-All but
few sick soldiers and those who are
detailed to care for sick and guard
stores at Camp Mckinley have left the
city and are enjoying the comforts
and honors of their homes. In the
small towns they are the center of in
terest and some of them may be seen
walking the streets wearing their uni
forms, thus attracting still more at
tention. In one instance soldier on
his way to his residence from the train
passed through a school yard just as
several hundred children were dis
missed at noon. He found himself a
stronger attraction than brass band,
and he hurried home and took off his
uniform, so the children would not
chase after him as after a curiosity.
Others, with less military discipline,
wear their uniforms on all occasions.
The people everywhere in the state
where there are soldiers are deeply in
terested in their stories about how
they were treated in the camps,
though these stories differ greatly.
Going to Manila.
The Fifty-frst regiment, now in
camp in San Francisco, is assured of
being sent to Manila, though it is I'M
certain when it will start. The health
of the regiment is much improved
since it was removed from Camp Mer-
rift and a large majority of the men
are glad they are to go abroad. Miss
Della Weeks, the Des Moines trained
nurse who has been supported by pri-
vate subscription to help care for the
boys of the Fifty-first, has concluded
to accept the appointment as army
nurse and will go with the division in
which the Fifty-frst is, and will have
them under her immediate care.
The War Appropriation.
The war emergency appropriation Of
100000 made by the last legislature
is not, as some people suppose, lying
in the state treasury waiting to be
spent. The appropriation was made
on the last day of the session, after
the biennial revenue act had been
passed, and no provision was made
for raising the money appropriated.
The money was placed at the disposal
of the governor, to be used in case of
war with Spain, and the members all
hoped there would be no occasion to
spend 1t. The warrants drawn under
this act, or an amount equivalent
thereto, must draw interest and add
that much to the state debt. The gov
eminent will reimburse the state for
most of these expenditures, and ac-
counts are now being prepared to be
sent to Washington, showing Just what
the state has paid for. The original
bills and pay rolls are sent. These ae-
counts will probably be filed this week.
The state has spent probably $4,000,
or will have done SO before long, for
which there is no provision for refund
by the government-such as the pay
of rejected volunteers, pay of nurses,
cost of transportation of furloughed
men, delicacies and necessaries fur
nished to sick soldiers, etc.
RegimentaI Losses.
The four Iowa regiments have sus-
tained the following losses from dis
ease during the time they have been in
the service, about four months: For
ty-ninth, IS; Fftieth, 10; Fifty-frst,
10; Ffty-second, %; total, rs.
These losses, compared to the
losses suffered by the union army
in the civil war from the same
causes, are very light. The Twelfth
Iowa, in barracks at st. Louis
from November 1861, to March, 1862,
lost 70 men. The Thirty-fourth Iowa,
which went to Burlington in septem-
Der, 1862, and remained there nearly
three months before it went south,
lost 152 men from disease during the
first four months of its service. The
regiments in the civil war were of ten
companies each, and they averaged
about 80 men to company while now
the Iowa regiments are of 10 com
panies each, and regiment has 1926
men.
The Political Campaign.
Arrangements have been made for
opening the speaking campaign by the
republicans in nearly all the congress
sional districts October 8. The demo-
Gratis will commence few days ear
Her, though they have not planned
such an extensive campaign. A. W. C.
Weeks, chairman of the state commit
tee of the middle-of-the-road popu-
lists, will open headquarters in Des
Moines this week, and says he will
make very active campaign. Inter
est in politics is not great, and the par
ty managers agree that their principal
business this year is to get their vote
out.
Dewey's Brother Honored.
Mr.. Charles Dewey, of Montpelier,
VT, brother of the hero of Manila,
paid visit to Des Moines last week,
accompanied by his wife. He came on
business, bat was showered with at
tentions and was obliged by the cir
cumstances to give reception to ac-
commodate the people who desired to
pay their respects. In reply to ques-
tions, Mr. Dewey, who is ten years old
er than his brother, the rear admiral,
who is 60, said that the latter had been
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