Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29
Principal Changes Enacted by the
Recent Legislature.
SIX SERGEANTS AND SIX CORPORALS
Four Regiments of National Guard in
Iowa to Receive Improved Guns
Next Year-GeneraI Byers
Favors Springfields,

General orders No. s, c. S., Iowa Ma
tional Guard, giving the complete text
of the Iowa military code as amended
by the twenty-eigth general assembly,
approved April 16, 1900, containing
that part of the law relating to the
militia of the state and the Iowa Ma
tional Guard are published by the adj
jutant general for the information and
government Of all concerned.
BY these'orders company commands
ers and all officers charged with the
enforcement of the code are directed to
cause the same TO he read to their
commands and posted in conspicuous
place where all can have access to it
and familiarize themselves with it's
provisions.
After rehearsing the former enact
ments the orders specify the changes
which We're made by the recent legis-
lature. The principal changes are as
follows:
Quartermaster-Wh requisition
shall be made by the president of the
United States for troops upon the
stare, the adjutant general, shall also
act as quartermaster general and as
full compensation as adjutant general
and. acting quartermastere general he
shall receive as salary from the state
the compensation of grade of colonel
fof the. army during the time the
troops are in the service.
Each officer shall hold office for five
years or until his resignation shall
have been accepted or he. is dismissed
by sentence OF. court martial The reg
mental quartermaster Shall be cap-
tain instead of holding the rank of
first lieutenant as heretofore. The
remainder of the orders is a repetition
of the former military code, with
slight changes, including Compensation
for services payment for uniforms and
The customary allowances corresponds
ing TO those of the United States ar
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The most important addition lis the
compensation for drills giving each
man 10 cents pei, hour spent at rega
ulaf called drifl, and deducting 10
cents per hour ans not exceeding 90
leave from any such drills.
Section 2179 of the code provides an
additional quartermaster sergeant and
two additional corporals, making to-
tai OF six sergeants and six corporals.
Favors Sprin gtield Rifles.
Adjutant General Byers expects to
arm the. four regiments of national
lsgnard in doMa with Inn proved guns
next year. This year the men must be
content with the old Springfelds. The
new guns will be purchased out of the
allowance made by the national gov
eminent fol. equipment. The Iowa
guard has all the necessary equipment
except arms SO its allowance can be
used for their purchase. General By
ers is opposed to the krag-Jorgensen
Or any other magazine rifle. He be-
heNessthey tend to inaccurate. firing
and Waste of ammunition. They. are
also INTRICATE. and difficult of repair.
General BYers favors the improved So
calibre Springfield rifle which uses
lsmokeless powder and they will doubt
| less be purchased. Under the national
guard apr priation bill, which has
just passed the house aud been favor
ably reported in the senate, the Iowa
National Guard will receive about $780,
600 per year from the government for
the purchase of arms and equipment.
The appropriation has been, increased
| from 100000 to 81 ,0Oo, 900 for the sup
port of the national guard in the va
| rious states.
New Officers Elected
The resignation of Second Lieuten-
ant James III Ellis, Of Company III, of
the Forty-ninth Iowa regiment, has
been receiRed@by the adjutant general.
Lieutenant Ellis sresigns because of
| business affairs.
Several new officers have been elect
ed an different companies! of the new
guard. Among them are Bruce II.
Moffat, of Marshalltown, elected first
| lieutenant. of Company II, Forty-ninth
Iowa, and William B. Gregg, Of linton.
second lieutenant of the same compa-
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