Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-05
Adjutant General Byers Sent Fig
ures to Washington.
THE MlLITlAMEN OF THE STATE
National Guard i'm Iowa Ha. a Total
Strength ofOver Two Thousand
Five Hundred Mem.
bers.

LATCH from me war d..
partment at Washington, d. c., ask
ing for detailed statement over his
own signature, giving the strength of
the National Guard in Iowa. Adjntant
General Byers at once compiled the de-
sired information. Upon this basis the
ratio OF government appropriation
which Iowa is to receive from the new
$1,0O0,000 support fund nassed by CON
gress this year will be made. The sta
tistics of the adjutant general show
total strength of 2,6s2 in the new
Guard, an item of interest considering
the fact that Iowa militarism is to re-
ceive a new impetus from now on. On
the fourth day of July the new guard
law in Iowa goes into effect, doing
away with the old brigade organiza-
tons and raising the standard Of re-
quirements in physical examination
higher than ever before. There will
also be an additional support fund for
the Iowa guard, secured thru the eff
forts of Adjutant General Byers and
adjutant generals of Other states who
convened in Washington for that pur-
pcsa during the last session of con-
sres. 1t is expected to equip the new
Guard as completely in. every particular
as it is possible to make it, so that
at any time there may be a call from
the government Iowa will be ready
with n well prepared force. The de-
tailed strength of the new guard as
shown by the adjutant generals fig
ures is as follows:
! Staff Observation-Disclosures general,
1; quartermaster general, 4; inspector
j general, and assistant, 2; commissary
general, 4; medical department, COM
missioned officers, IA, enlisted men, 40;
Judge advocate general, 1; small arms
practice department, 6; engineer de-
partment, commissioned officers, 5; en-
listed men, 40; signal department, CON-
! missioned officers, s.: enlisted men, 40.
Total, 156.
Personal staff of commander-in-
chief-military secretary, 1; aides, Z.
Total. 8.
Forty-ninth regiment of infantry;
headquarters Cedar Rapids, Colonel w.
G. Bows, commanding-Field and staff,
IL; non-commissioned staff and band,
/ 80; Company A, Dubuque, go; Com
pany b, Waterloo, Al; Company C,
Cedar Rapids, AZ; Company d, Charles
City, 80; Company L, Independence
/ 81; Company F, Upton, 81; Company
IG, Ninton, 4e; Company H, Marshall
I town, 81; Company l, Waukon, AZ;
| Company X, Toledo, 40; Company L.
Oelwain, Al; Company NJ, Maquoketa
81. Total, $40.
Fiftieth regiment of infantry; head.
quarters Ottumwa, Colonel I'll. FL
Caughlan, communicated and
staff, -; non-commissioned staff and
band, 80; Company A, Keokuk, &c;
Company B, Davenport, 46; Company
c, Muskatine, 43; Company D, Wash
ington, 46; Company f, Centerville,
So; Company T, Fort Madison, IA;
Company G, Ottumwa, 46; Company H
Charlton, So; Company l, Iowa City
4S; Company X, Grinnell, 4s; Company
L, Newton, 46; Company NJ, Fairfield
sc. Total, 614.
Fifty-frst regiment infantry, head
quarters Ames, Colonel James Rust
Lincoln, commanding-Field and staff
~; non-commissioned staff and band
33; Company A, Des Moines, 40; Com
pany B, Villisca, 40; Company c, Glen
wood, "A; Company D, Knoxville, 40;
Company L, Shenandoah, 81; Company
1 +, Oscaloosa, Al; Company G, Creston
As; Company ii, Des Moines, 81: Com
pany I, Bedford, A; Company X, Cor
ming, 40; Company L, Council Bluffs
SO; Company NJ, Red Oak, IS. Total
5sl.
Fifty-second regiment of infantry;
headquarters Sioux City, Colonel w. b
Humphrey, COMMUNICATED ane
staff, IL; non-commissioned staff anc
band, 33; Company A, Mason City, 40:
Company B, Perry, 90; Company C
Webster City, 60; Company d, Hamp
ton, AZ; Company r, Hull, Al; Company
F, Algona, 43; Company G, Fort Dodge
so; Company II, Sioux City, 43; Com
pany l, Boone, SO; Company K, En-
mettsburg, A; Company L, Sioux City
45; Company NJ, Sac City. Total, 634.
| Troop A, Des Moines. cavalry. 80.
Recapitulation- departments
1856; staff of commander-in-chief, s;
Forty-ninth regiment, Gao; Fiftietl
regiment, GA; Fifty-tirst regiment
5S1; Fifty-second regiment, 634; Troop
A, cavalry, 80. Total, 1851.
SANDER suits Withdrawn