Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-04
GUARD examinations
Eight Candidates For Commits
sions in the /. N. g. Taking
Military Tests Today.
Examinations Are Made Very
Severe in Comparison With
Former Years.
Secretary Dawson Sending Out
New Assessment Circulars
to the Railroads.

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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April flight candidates
for commissions in the Iowa National
|G0rd are before the state military eX-
amining board today to be examined as
to their fitness for positions in the
guard. These examinations are said to
be difficult and to test to the utmost the
abilities of the applicants. Some of the
answers given to military questions BY
members of the first class are said to-
|have been decidedly ridiculous and
demonstrated plainly that the men had
not studied their books as they should
have done and that they knew little OF
actual military work in the guard. 1t
was supposed that all members of the
first class would be put thru In some
manner, but the board was in no mood.
to overlook trifles and some We're re-
Ijected. The members of the present
c,ass are supposed to have profited by
1.-THE experience of the first class and bet
ter results are expected. Capt. B. L.
Sever. of Stuart, appeared before the
board also and asked to take the exami-
lnation, altho il. had not been summoned
| +, appear at this time. He is anxious to
| get his company we'll in hand as soon as
| possible. Sever had experience in milf
ltary tactics at college and later in the
uniform rank, *. of F. He will have a
good company, fo: he has ten men in the
company who served in the Philippines
land others Who have been in the guard
service Good reports are also received
\ by the adjutant general from Abba and
4 Winterset where new companies are or
lganized.
Secretary Dawson. of the state execu-
| tive council. is today sending to rail-
road officials circular in which he
Estates that after completing the 1901 as
sessnent of railroads the executive
|council is of the opinion that the former
INSTRUCTION to railroad companies as to
the method of reporting the earnings
should be modified, as indicated by the
following resolution adopted and or.
|Gered sent to the several tax commits
Is;oners, towit:
Resolved, That the several ailroads
reporting to the state of Iowa for taxa
ton be notified by the secretary of this
Icouncil that hereafter their report shall
show not only the gross earnings and
l net earnings of the system. and taxes
4 thereon. but shall also report the actual
/ earnings within the state of Iowa. dis
tributed upon their main line and sever
|al branches in such equitable proportion
luc iY1gp of he4p pf,rp mai,
\ disclose to the executive council the
lrslative productiveness of the main line
land several branches. giving due con-
siieration to the several branches origi-
lrating business
Several companies had not kept a sys-
| tenn of accounts that made it possible to
report the actual mileage pro rata of
Earnings to each branch or division. and
lthe secretary says ii is believed the
foregoing resolution can easily be COM
piled with by all companies without
isreat inconvenience and the results be
lof even greater value There is one
question about it not entirely clear. The
resolution calls for an estimate While
.he rules of the council forbid any
guess-work or estimates. but in fact its
reports all contain some estimates.
There is some question in the minds
of persons who have investigated the
subject as to whether or not the scheme
which was reported from Nebraska as
1 under consideration for Governor Del
trick to decline his election as senator
and to appoint Thompson would he ac-
lceptable TO the senate The matter has
| been considered at the governors office