Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-18
RECRUITING IAE ARMY
Iowa Has Furnished 700 Men
For the Regular Army In
Past Two Years.
Captain sweezey. Recruiting Of.
iicer TO Be Superseded by
Captain Scott.
The State Capitol to Be Closed
All Day Thursday..cap.
itol Comment.
Special to the Times-Republican.

| Special to the Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 1S.-Capt. Claude e.
Sweezey, of the Thirteenth cavalry, U.
S. A., IS to be superseded before the first
OF next month by Capt. William S.
Scott, of the First cavalry, as recruit
ing officer for Iowa, with headquarters
in Des Moines. Capt. Sweezey asked
some time ago that when the next de-
tail was made he should be relieved and
sent back to his troop. He had become
restless and pined for the more active
| life in the field, and besides he had been
engaged in recruiting work about as
long as is regarded as desirable for off
GERS. He was told that the detail had
not been made, but would be soon and
another would be sent here. The army
orders on Monday directed that Capt.
Scott should take charge of the work
in Iowa. Capt. Scott was formerly with
the scouts in the Indian territory. His
regiments is in the Philippines, but he
was a lieutenant colonel and acting as.
sistant adjutant general during the
Philippine war, performing service in
the Philippines. OF late he has been
unassigned to any troop and his last ad-
dress was Kansas City Capt. Sweezey,
who is personally popular and highly
agreeable, goes with his troop to Fort
Robinson, Neb., for service.
During my time of service of nearly
two years at this recruiting station
said Capt. Sweeney yesterday, II have
enlisted 693 men, and the total will be
just about 700 when / leave the first of
next month I have gone elsewhere in
Iowa to receive recruits-to Sioux City
Ottumwa, Dubuque and elsewhere-and
|,have found q steady stream of recruits
from all these places. If every recruit
Ing officer did as we'll the army would
be kept just about full. There is one
officer from each regiment engaged in
recruiting and if they all get 1000 men
in three years the regiments will be
filed. The army is nominally filed now,
but we are taking recruits right along
for all branches CT the service The law
allows per cent more than enough, to
fill the regiments and this 4 per cent is
sent to rendezvous stations and drilled,
and the men are sent to regiments as
they are desired / send recruits for the
infantry to Fort Crook, for the cavalry
to st. Louis, for the field to Vancouver
and for the coast to st. Louis. The
work will go on just the same under
Capt. Scott, and all Iowa young men
who wish to join will find places if they
can pass, the examinations"
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1t is the intention of the state house
officials to have the Iowa state capitol
closed completely on Thursday The
state house was ordered closed by proc
lamation of the governor and this for
all week until Thursday. but the state
officials have not observed the order.
Public business goes on in most of the
offices just the same. but in some offices
only that is done which is absolutely
necessary. The work in the state board
of control office has not ceased percep-
tiby, but this is an unusually busy time
with them. There is a disposition on the
part of some of the officials to complain
because others have not more carefully
observed the proclamation in regard to
suspending public business. But there
is no doubt that tomorrow the capitol
will be closed and the outside doors will
be locked all day. The people of Des
Moines are arranging for proper me-
mortal service on Thursday. The
churches, lodges and patriotic organiza-
tons will hold services and there will be
cessation of business pretty generally
all over the city.
The bulletin of the Iowa Geologic So
ciety on grasses which was turned out
by the printer many weeks ago is not
yet ready for distribution. This bulletin
has been delayed longer than almost
any other state publication in recent
years, but it will be good when 1t does
come out The people will be able to
know all about grasses in Iowa from
the standpoint of the geologic survey.
$50
Judge Josiah Given, of the supreme
court, has returned from his summer
outing at the northern lakes looking
we'll Drowned and bearing himself with
light tread. The court meets again in
October for hard session. Some of the
work will be lifted from the shoulders of
the judges. however, by the newly Gre
ated law examining committee which
will certify to the fitness of applicants
for admission to the bar.
The next meeting of the superintend-
ents of state institutions with the board
of control will be next Tuesday. DR..
Patterson has practically completed the
of the statistical tables
which are to go into the report of the
state board and these statistics will be
made public at that time, with much
other information he has been gather
ing for the board. The statistics Will in
dicate something of the relative impor-
tance of the various lines of work in
which the state is engaged. A surpris-
ing fact will be that the cost of caring
for paupers under the present system in !
Iowa is nearly ss00,0CO year. 1t is
probable that in the future some new
laws relating to pauper relief will be
PASSED and the statistics now being
gathered will be of immense value in
this connection.
The conference season is at hand and
of the United Brethren church
are preparing to go to Webster City to
attend the Des Moines conference which
meets there on Oct. 9 to inclusive. The
conference will be presided over by