Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-26
GOV. sHAw,s APPOINTMENTS.
Members of vicksburg, Shiloh and LIZ
brary Commissions Named.

Des Moines, April Ex-Governor
Shaw announced Saturday the library
commission, Shiloh monument commits
sion and the Xicksburg commission to
locate the position of Iowa troops at
the battle of Nicksburg. The Vicks-
burg commission is composed of the
following:
Commissioner at arge-ColoneI J.K
T. Thompson of Rock Rapids, chair
man; Captain Z. B. ,Barcom of Lansing
and Colonel d. G. Palmer of Washing.
ton.
The commissioners of each regiment
are:
Third regiment, ]. A. Fitch, Nevada; ;
Fourth, James P. Flick, Bedford;
Fifth, Captain William Doan, Upton;
Sixth, captain E. C. Haynes, Center
vile; Eighth, George w. Hackthorne,
Stuart; Ninth, Colonel David Carscad-
don, Lake City; Tenth, Captain Nah
lon Head, Jefferson; Eleventh, Captain
Ben Beach, Muscatine; Twelfth, Cap
tain Abner Durham, Manchester;
Thirteenth. w. o. Mitchell, Corning;
Fifteenth, John I. Stone, Council
Bluffs; Sixteenth, Colonel John II.
Smith, Comanche; Seventeenth, Colonel
d. B. Hills, Keokuk; Nineteenth, J. w.
Morton, Washington; Twentieth, Cap
tain n. NJ. Hubbard. Cedar Rapids;
Twenty-first, John Stahl, Cedar Rap
ids; Twenty-sscond, E. ]. c. Beeler,
Cedar Rapids; Twenty-third, Captain
John A. T. Hull, Des Moines; Twenty
fourth, Captain C. A. Lucas, Iowa
City; Twenty-fifth, Lieutenant j. w.
Garner, Columbus Junction; Twenty
sixth, Major J.G d. Feegan, Clinton;
MISUNDERSTANDING. C. Blanchard, Oska-
-loosa; Thirtieth, Frank Crafts, River
side; Thirty-tirst, Captain j. r. Alex
ander, Marion; Thirtyfourth, Colonel
W. R. Dugan, Charlton; Thirty-tifth,
Philip j. Murphy, Muscasine; thirty
eighth, Captain John r. Cook, West
Union; Fortieth, Captain Frank L.
Campbell, Des Moines; Third Cavalry,
Major CA Stanton, Centerville; Third
Cavalry, Captain Warren Beckwith,
Mount Pleasant; First Battery, light
artillery, Elliot Frazier, Morning Sun;
second battery, light artillery, Lieu
tenant Joseph r. Reed, Council Bluffs.
The Shiloh commission, composed of
one from each of the eleven Iowa reg
imenrs participating, is as follows:
SSNoA0 So1OACl VI -. ooQ-
frey, Des Moines; Third, Colonel G. w.
Crossley, Webster City; Sixth, Colonel
A. j. Miller, Waukee; Seventh, Colonel
Samuel Mahon, Ottumwa; Eighth, Col
onel w. 3. Bell, Washington; Eleventh
Captain g. O. Morgridge, Muscatine;
Twelfth, Captain E. B. Soper, Emmets-
burg; Thirteenth, Captain c. w. Keep
Ter. Mount Vernon; Fourteenth, Colon
el w. T.. Shaw, Anamosa; Eighteenth,
Captain j. w. Carson, WOODBURY.; Six
tenth, Lieutenant John Hayes, Red
Oak.
The governors appointments on the
library commission are:
Captain W.3L johnson, of Fort
Dodge; Mrs. d. w. Norris, of Grinnell;
Mrs. H. M. Towner, of Corning, and
Miss Jessie Waite, of Burlington.
/ The state superintendent, state Ii
brarian and president Of the state uni
versity are ex-officio members.
The Shiloh commission law is now
in effect by publication and the COM
missioners will proceed at once to Sc
cure designs for the eleven regimental
to cost, $1,000 each and ten
state monuments to cost $4,000. The
other commissioners will not receive
their commissions until July, when the
laws take effect.