Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
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Company & Boys Explain Their.
Side Of the Iowa Guard
Reorganization.
Declare They Never Had Any En-.
couragement From the Ad.
jutant General.
Governor Shaw Asked to Arrange q
Conference-Other News
Of Iowa

Clinton, April 26.-Adj. Gen. Byers has
tion of the reason he has for turning
down Clinton and not permitting it to
organize a company for the Forty-ninth
regiment In letter received some days
ago he claimed he had never received
an application from Clinton, but in his.
letter just published, he admits that he
has had at least three letters relative to
reorganization, but says he ignored
them because they We're not from per-
sons who served in the company during
the war. The following application
made by the committee representing
Company NJ, indicates the position ta-
ken by the men here:
Clinton, Iowa, April "a. 19Oo.-H. NJ.
Byers. Adjutant General, Des Moines
IoWa-Sir: AT a meeting of former mem-
bers Of Company L. Forty-ninth regi-s
ment, Who served during the war with
Spain, the undersigned were appointed
committee to confer with you relative
TO reorganization of the company and
its mastering into the new regiment of
r :
such members of the old company, as
we'll as' others who served in other Iowa
Regiments. Who are anxious to be mus
tered into the company, and in their be-
half we respectfully ask that you take
such action s-shall comply with this re-
Isquest.
We would respectfully represent that
this committee informed you by tele-5
graph nearly a week ago that the COM
pany was enrolled and ready for mus
ter. but up to the present time we have
had no reply. Laterwe caused to be
sent to the governor request for a
meeting between him, yourself and this
committee and in answer the governor
said that he would have you write and
let US know when you could meet us, but
as yet we have had no reply.
The committee further represents
that months ago members of former
Company l., Forty-ninth infantry, ask
Led our former captain, c. L. Root to
take the lead in reorganizing the COM
\ s;,any and We are informed that he made
such application and that no definite
ans Wer was ever received from your Of
i flee relative to the same.
This committee. as we'll as other
members of the late Company. l., are at
| a loss TO understand why no request
has come to US from your office for re-
organization, or Why no blanks or in
structions have ever been sent to former
officers or men of the said company to
A enable them to proceed intelligently in
4 beginning an organization. Thesoniy in-
4 formation any of us have ever had rel
iative to the reorganization of the ma.
stional guard of Iowa has been cleaned
thru newspaper reports and such lnfor-
4 nation has ben indefinite and meager.
i We now offer YOU company for the
4 Forty-ninth regiment, Iowa national
guards. composed entirely of men who
We're volunteers and who served inathe
army of the United States during the
.lslate war With Spain. Said company to
be organized in a city that furnished a
company under Your call, and we be-
4 lieVe that these men and this city are
\ entitled to precedence over any city or
place that did not furnish such volun-
teers. Feeling that failure to be per-
United to ally themselves With their
4 former regiment and comrades would
4 be a deep humiliation to the former
4 members of Company L. we consider
lately ask that this application be
4 granted. Respectfully submitted,
ID. S. F'9AIRCHILD, j r.
j. b. NATTINGER,
A EMIL TIESSE,
w. H. NJ, KENN.A,
w. A. BOOTH.
4 FRED BOUGHNER,