Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16

cious lives. Her soldiers toiled N al
most every campaign, fought In almost
4 every battle, and made honorable his
| tory and We're distinguished wherever
engaged and yet upon no field did she
| win such reknoWn as at VlckSourS,
| where such monuments should be cree
| ted as will honor the state and properly
| commemorate the heroic valor and pa
4 triotism of her fallen heroes. In the
| Judgment of your commission this can
not be done with a less sum than $780,
/ 600.
I'm view of the foregoing and IN con-
| formity to the provisions of the act of
the legislature creating this commission
1 we would respectfully recommend an
appropriation by the general assembly
/ of Iowa of sum not less than $150,000
1 to become available biennially to be ex-
| pended in the payment of the small bal
ance due the commission. and the ex-
penses and service OF the commission
| to be hereafter named and in the cree
ton of one elaborate state monument,
and one monument for each regiment
and battery engaged in the campaign
and siege, and for the erection of such
historical tablets. monuments and
\ hGIs dS may pc 0Ctl1VN W. ~ 49,
/ commission to be named for that pur-
pose. And that the governor be author
| lied to appoint such commission. to
| consist of five members, and tnat only
| those who saw service in said cam
raign shall be eligible to appointment
| on said commission
The report contains graphic account
| of the siege of Vicksburg, paying espe-
| cial attention to the assaults made on
the formidable works of that city and
| the part played by the Iowa men there
| in
| A valuable section OF the report con-
sists in the succinct accounts of the
| parts taken by each OF the Iowa regi-
ments and batteries turnout the en-
| tire campaign. Two pages of manus-
! cript, or thereabout, is given over to
each organization, describing its move
ments from the opening to the close of
| the campaign. Here again are v:vidly
/ depicted the heavy casualties OF some
/ of the Iowa regiments, whose losses in
some of the fierce fighting about Vicks-
burg, as Colonel Thompson remarked
/ yesterday In abiding thereto, We're far
! heavier than the losses of the famous
| Light Brigade in the charge of Bala-
klava, which Tennyson has immortal
/ lied.
! Attached to the report is a map of
the siege of Vicksburg. 1t portrays
the country between Millinken's Bend,
La, and Jackson, Miss, showing the
routes followed by the Army OF the
/ Tennessee under the command of Gem
4 eral Grant in its march from Millin-
ken's Bend to the rear of Vicksburg in
April and May, 1863.
Outlined on this map are the posi-
tions OF the different Iowa regiments
in the investment line and at different
stages of the siege. A full transcript
OF the notes made for the Iowa COM
missioners accompanies the map. and
is replete with information as to the
positions OF different Iowa organiza-
lions.
1 The positions Of the different guns
and batallions served by Iowa artillery
men is shown.
The death of Colonel D. B. Hills.
representing the Seventeenth infantry,
and that of Major Fred B. kittering Of
the Eighth are reported. Captain
Daughters succeeded Colonel Hills.
The other vacancy has not been filed.
I The report shows the total expense
of the commission thus far has been
s2,314.12. The expense paid by the
state is $4,000. The expense in excess
of the appropriation is $31412.
All but one Of the members OF the
commission visited the site of the
siege last November. The commission
consists of three members at large and
ithirty-two members selected by regi-
ments. The members at large are Col.
James K. P. Thompson, of Rock Rapids,
Twenty first infantry; Capt. e. B. Bas-
com, of Waukon, Fifth infantry, and
Col d. j. Palmer, of Washington,
Twenty fifth infantry
| The following are the members by
regiments:
Col. C. A. Stanton, of Centerville,
Third cavalry; Captain Warren Beck
with, Of Mt. Pleasant, Fourth cavalry;
Senator ]. A. kirkpatrick. of Nevada,
Third infantry; Captain H. c. Ankeny,
of CORNING. Fourth infantry: Capt.
William Dean, of Upton, Fifth in
fantry; Col. e. C. Haynes, of Center
vile, Sixth infantry; Col. Alonzo Aber-
nathy, of Usage, Ninth infantry; Capt.
Frederick p. Kittering, of Dewitt,
Eighth infantry (deceased); Mahlon
Head, of Jefferson, Tenth infantry;
Col. Benjamin Beach, of Muscatine,
Eleventh infantry; Lieut.. ,Abner Dun
ham, of Manchester, Twelfth infantry;
w. o. Mitchell, OF Corning, Thirteenth
| infantry: M. Rhynsburger, of Orange
City, Fifteenth infantry; Lieut.. Carl
Mehl, of Dubuque, Sixteenth infantry;
John w. Morton, of Washington, Nine
lteenth infantry; Major Edward Coulter,
of Cedar Rapids, Twentieth infantry;
John w. Stahl, Of Cedar Rapids,
Twenty flrst infantry; e. j. C. Bealer,
OF Cedar Rapids, Twenty second in
fantry; Captain James H. Dean, of Des
Moines. Twenty-third infantry; Cap
tain Charles A. Lucas, of Iowa City,
Twenty fourth infantry; Lieut. Col. j.
NV. Garner, of Columbus junction,
Twenty fifth infantry; Major Joseph d.
Fegan, of Clinton, Twenty sixth in
fantry; Senator L. c. Blanchard of Os-
kaloosa. Twenty-eighth infantry;
Frank Critz, of Riverside, Thirtieth in
| fantry; Senator j. S. Alexander, of
Marion. Thirty-frst infantry: Col.
Warren S. DUNCAN, of Charlton, Thirty
fourth infantry; P. j. Murphy. of Mus
catine, Thirty-fifth infantry: John r.
Cook, of West Union, Thirty eighth in
fantry; Frank T. Campbell, of Des
Moines, Fortieth infantry; Elliott Fra
zier, Of Morning Sun, First battery;
Judge j. r. Reed, Of Council Bluffs,
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