Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16

Headquarters Of the Forty.ninth
Iowa Band to b Located ID
This City.
Col ". 9. Bows. Of Cedar Rapids,
to Make Oflcial Announcement
Soon.

Selection is . Compliment to Both
City and Company H-Will Be
Fine Band |
Col. William q. Bows, Of the Forty
ninth Iowa regiment Of volunteers.
will within few days. issue a general
order in which 1iarshalltown will be
named as the headquarters OF the For
sty-ninth regiment band-the musical
Organization supported in measure
by the state In each regiment Of ma
ltional guards.
This news. which is indeed good to
cIarshalltown.sc comes from Cedar Rap
ids in manner which cannot at pres
ent be divulged. considering the fact
that Col. Bows as yet has not
seen fit to make the announce
ment public in an official way. BY the
members OF Company Hit is not I'M
expected, as Col. Bows has always
been a warm friend OF the company.
its officers and its men. and this is only
another OF the many favors he has
shown the company. When the regi-
ment was in Cuba Col. Bows chose
Company H as a guard at the division
headquarters, the selection being made
out Of the entire twelve companies.
This latter honor which Col. Dows con-
fers, however, does not only affect
Marshalltown mllitiamen, but the city
as we'll.
AS was stated in these columns sew
eral weeks ago. AIarshalltown was an-
nounced as candidate for the honor.
It was mainly for this reason that
Capt. Aldrich staid out Of the race for
tmajorship. he preferring to secure, IL
possible, the band headquarters, which
would be an honor to the company and.
the city, rather than to accept a per-
sonal honor at the hands of the com-3
lpanies of the guard. AT first it was
thought there would be practically no
deposition to the city's candidacy, but
llater or as soon as The T.-R.'s article
sappeared, Dubuque papers were filed
with stories announcing that Dubuque
was In the fight and would not consent
Ito allow the headquarters removed
4 from that city.
il The band organization Is treated by
1 the state in about the same manner as
\ Ia military company-that is, as far a.
the appropriation Is concerned. The
band receives annually $500 for armory
Trent and $40 for postage. Twenty-four
members form the spersonnelsof the Or
lganization, which is headed by four Of
fcers-one chief musician, two prlnci-
pal musicians and one drum major.
4 The state also furnishes uniforms for
the members, mess tents and entire
licamping equipments. Whenever the
f|regiment is called out the band accom-
lpanies 1t. attending all encampments
5letc. The band makes a speciality OF
Iconcert and martial music and upon
each evening during the encampment
a concert is supposed to be given on
4 the camp grounds. Consequently 1t is
necessary to have an organization OF
unusual merit in musical way. and
this 'Marshailtown will provide. Plans
were made at recent meeting which
4 lit was understood would be adopted II
IsCol. Bows decided in Marshalltown's
favor.
4 The band will be composed OF the
best musicians from the three band or.
carnations Of the city. and among
q them enough talent will be secured t.
. give the state the best military hand ii
has ever had with any regiment. The
J, band already has q great quantity q
/ music, such as is required oraexpected
and as soon as the official order is is.
sued the work of Organization ant
practice will be begun.
The old First Regiment band, Of Du.
,,f
steal organizations. but Marshalltowr
service ore that will excel It. This will
mean, however. that some conscien
!. tious work and practice will have to bt
INDUCED In.
Marshall county and Company H
during the time Of the regiments serv
lice in the recent Spanish American
Iwar. had more representatives in thu
Forty-ninth Iowa band than any othel
J, county or company represented in thu
regiment. The members were five II
number Elmer and Charles Wallace
LOT Gilman; Ben Beeson. OF Albion
Charles Mold and Charles Arnold, o
Company H. AT the time when tn,
companies of the guard were ordered I,
assemble at Des Moines and max,
preparations for being mustered Int,
1.-THE governments service. the old Du
Ibuque band became disorganized, onl.
1.-TWO members of the entire organiza
ton volunteering to accompany tn,
|regiment wherever 1t might be sent
This. IT. Is thought. had as much to d
with the changing OF headquarters a
|lany other one thing.
Col. Dows could not have paid bet
ter compliment to the city than he ha
done in making the selection OF TIL
band's headquarters, and his decision
.. will be remembered with much pleas
ure by Marshalltown and her people.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT OWNERSHIP
MIR. Joseph Holmes Adds Chnpte
TO tho Agitation OF the Question
Mr.. Joseph Holmes. in communi
cation to the Times Republican. add