The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-08
ENTERED SERVICE AS 1T STOOD
FC RTY-NINTH IOWA REGIMENTS
REMARKABLE RECORD.

ttOmai Guard without an Ofucer or
Man Having Failed TO Volunteer.
Organization 1t Had in the Nation
al Guard Has Been Maintained.
Col. DOws the Originator OF the
Two-StOry Tent Idea-A Disciple
marian Who Has Preserved Great
order in His Regiment-OnIy b
Cases Have Been Tried by Court
Martial.
The Forty-ninth Iowa is one Of the most
remarkable regiments an the volunteer ser
vice. 1t stands to-day as it stood before
/ the caI was made on Iowa for its quota
of troops. There are more members of the
| regiment now than there were then, as re-
cruits have been taken in to bring the
companies up to their complement, and
| there We're some in the National Guard
| Regiment who could not pass the physi-
cal examination. But there were none, the
officers say, who did not volunteer. Every
man of the Iowa Regiment spoke up to
go when the can was made, and not sin
] gle one backed down. The call was adj
/ dressed directly 10 the four regiments of
the National Guard of Iowa, and every
one of them responded, thus making up
I the quota that was asked for by the war
department at the breaking out of the
war.
For the other regiments the officers can
not speak, but of their own men they
know of not a single instance, one of them
said last night, in which an officer or en-
listed man of the regiment failed to volun-
teer
The Iowa Regiment comes from the
eastern section of Iowa. From no place
/ are there more than one company The
! twelve were taken from as many cities
and towns 1t was the First Regiment of
+ the National Guard of Iowa before the
call came, and on being received into the
. service, became the Forty-ninth, The Sec
ond, Third and Fourth Regiments of the
I Guard becoming the Fiftieth, Fifty-first
and Fifty-second respectively.
The Forty-ninth and the Fifty-hrst are
the Iowa regiments still in the service.
The other two have been mustered out.
The Fifty-frst has just sailed for Manila
from San Francisco.
Col William d. BOWS of Cedar Rapids
is in command of the regiment He is one
of the youngest colonies in the service
having been only So when he was mustered
national guard of his native state. Officers
speak of him as one of the best military
men they know, and his regiment is re-
garded as one Of the finest in point of dis
cipline and general efficiency in the corps
With his strict discipline Col. Bows shows
kindness to his men, and something phe-
nomenal, one of the general officers of the
( corps has said has resulted from his meth
DDS of mana cement. The summary of the
ri hNrfi et,a
thirty-five, a record that, 1t is believed
stands unequaied for the length of time
the command has been in the service
Other regiments have had many more,
some of them having had as many cases
In day as are comprised in the entire
summary of the court of the Forty-ninth
A matter in which Col BOWS has ex-
celled in his management of his regiment
! Is the precautionary measures he has tax
I EN- to preserve the health of his men. 1t
was he who conceived and executed the
plan of elevating the tents of the men on
piling, thus making a sort of two-story
affair Necessity was the mother that
3 bore the invention, as the camp of the
Forty-ninth was in such a wet, swampy
place near Jacksonville that it would have
been impossible for the tents to have been
pitched right on the ground in the ordi-
nary way without great risk to the men.
The present camp the officers say is an
admirable one, and there was no occasion
to resort to the two-story plan in putting
up tents.
All the officers, without single excep-
ton, of the regiment were in the state
service. There has been a promotion
since the command was mustered in. but
there was only one officer who was not
received, and this failure was due to his
inability to pass the physical examination
With the exception of one or two changes
in their positions, the officers are in the
same companies and have the same rank
as when the regiment was in the national
guard.
There are but few regiments that have
a colonel, & lieutenant colonel and three
majors. The Forty-ninth is one of them.
This was the Iowa National Guard organ
ization, and the regiment was received as
il stood. The lieutenant colonel is Cliff
ford d. Ham of Dubuque In civil life
he is editor of the Dubuque Herald His
military experience has made him a splen-
did soldier. Maj. Samuel f. Clapp of To-
ledo is in command of the First Battalion:
Maj b. f. Biocklinger a banker Of Du-
buque, is in command of the Second; and
Mai. F. r. Fisher a manufacturer of
Waterloo, is in command of the Third
Each of the battalions has an adjutant.
that having also been the organization as
it existed i'm the national guard.
Oapl- A. VI. JdeSSl OF Dubuque, who Is
! a merchant of that city is regimental ad-
jutant That difficult and responsible po-
sition be admirably fills. The regimental
quartermaster is Capt. f. W. Woodring.
who is from Waverly, Ia. He is now act
ing as assistant depot quartermaster The
chaplain is Capt. o. H. l.. Mason, a
Presbyterian minister of Green Mountain,
/ la.
Maj. j. Fred Clark is at the head of the
! m ri Of ha
is regimental surgeon and is from WASH
| ington, Ia. Both he and the assistant sur
geons. Lieut.. T.. l.. Martindale of Clinton
and Lieut.. John H. Hamilton, were sur
geons in the regiment in the national
guard. Capt. c. C. McCollom of Company
l. is the senior line officer. He Is now act
ing as major on account of the illness of
Mai. Clapp.
The regiment was mustered into the
service at DesMoines on June Q Cant !
+. Olmstead of the Second Cavalry was
the mastering officer. Nine davs after the