Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-18
THE YOUNG SOLDIER.
ottumwa Soldiers in the Spanish
American War.
THIS CITY WAS WELL REPRESENTED

Four Died in the servce--Record Of
the Officers From This Place, Ac.
cording to the Adjutant Generals
Report, Which Has Been Issued.
The report of the adjutant general
of Iowa, for the years 1898 and 1899
has just been issued ard it contains
many items of interest to Ottumwa
people. The military records of the
late Spanish-American war are includ-
ed and it shows that Wapello county
| did her share towards furnishing the
quota of soldiers called for by the
president for that history-making af-
fair. The report also gives some in
teresting statistics concerning the
membership of the national guard of
Iowa, and also calls attention to the
squabble that took place when only
three regiments were called upon for
the Spanish-American war from Iowa,
wheL she had four in the field and all
fighting to get to the front.
The Guard squabbIe.
Upon the breaking out of the Span
ism American war the National Guard
of Iowa consisted of four regiments
with Il total membership of FILA. The
first call for troops made Iowa's quota
2,S2S or three regiments on a peace
| footing. The second call for volun-
teers however increased this proper
ton to 1904, or four regiments Of
1926.
ottunwa in Fiftieth.
| ~
Fiftieth regiment by Company &C"
This regiment, in general with the 9th
er three, was rendezvoused at Des
Meines, and was ordered to Cuba, but
got no further than Jacksonville, Fla,
where it remained in camp all sum
mer, finally being sent back to Des
Moines and mustered out of the ser
vice November 80.
lowas Signal Company.
Captain Frank E. Lyman, of Des
Moines, organized signal company,
which was recruited at Des Moines,
June %, 1898, and which was sent to
Washington and other points east and
south, finally being sent to Cuba.
where it was mustered out of the SER
vice April 10, 1899.
The Artillery.
Two batteries of artillery known as
the Fifth and Sixth batteries light ar
Itillery, were organized in Iowa, but
they did not see active service, being
mustered in at Des Moines, July g.,
Uses, and mustered out at the same
place September 5, without being
moved Iowa was also represented by
a colored company, known as Compa-
my M" which was attached to the
Seventh Infantry Volunteer immunes.
Company M was mustered into the
service July % 1898, and was sent to
Macon, Ga, where it was mustered
out of the service, February rs, 1899.
Company "G's" Membership.
I Company &c" had total of 1913 men
assigned to, it during the time it was
in the United States service and it
4 lost four by death-Joseph Hays and
Oscar H. CRUDE, of Ottumwa died of
typhoid fever, Jesse Kennedy, Bloom
field, hemorrhages, and Cora N. Ben
nett, Bonaparte, typhoid fever. IA
total of IS men were enlisted in Com
pany CT from Ottumwa, and besides
the officers are as follows: Captain,
Frank w. Eckers, first lieutenant
Theodore A. Stoessel second lieu
tenant, Charles S. Tindell; first SER
geant, VIM. r. Armstrong; quarter
master sergeants, Maurice G.Holt and
Grant Emery; sergeants. Alexander
T Kasperson, Leroy Christie, William
d. Sumner, Roy ]. Cook, Alvin j.
Grail, Albert " Lindell; corporals,
Roscoe Emery, L. Elliot Langford,
Mernie S. Ballagh, Eugene B. Hill,
Charles Brown, George H. Elliott,
William F. Buckley, Samuel N Manro,
Edward Steller, John H. Wright; mu-
sicians, Joseph Hays and Otto Arm
strong; artificer, William T. Smith;
WAGNER, Ivory HI. Cook; privates,
Emerson q. Barnum, John H. Bitters,
| Charles S. Boughner, Dean K. Church,
Frank Cullen Harvey A. Davis, Albert
Devalt Macy M. Ellis, Raymond F. FL
lis, George H. Elliott, Robert Frost,
Chauncey A. Graves, George W. Har-
wood, Bert D. Higgins, William A.
Hobbs, William P. Hobbs, Robert w.
Lowe, Mark w. H. Mitchell, Thomas
Mungovern, Alva A. Parker, Charley
S. Pickett, Merit v. Rollison, Charles
u. Scott, Harry NJ Simmons, Edward
o. Smith, Robert Stribling, Edward A.
Trowbridge, Herbert X. Wheelock,
John H. Wright, John w. Bowser,
John Curran, Oscar H. CRUDE, Eugene
F. Hedrick, Frederick w. Parker, j ohm
G. Snyder and Nate L. Smiley
First Glass Sergeant w. l.. Lane
was the only 0ttumwa member of the
Signal Corps, while there was no rep
resentative of this city in the battery
nor the company of immunes.
Has Four Regiments.
The Iowa National Guard at pres
ent comprises four regiments, on a
full peace standing, which are equip
ped about The same as they were be-
fore the Spanish war, altho efforts are
being made toprocure Krag-Jorgensen
rifles (which effort will probably
be successful during the next year,
and kha-khi uniforms will also be fur
nished.