Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-02
CHANGES IN GUARD
TIE Four Regiments ofIowa Militia
are REMEMBERED.
FIEIIEl4 BECOMES fIFTY-FOURTH
Some Few Changes Made in Regiment
According to Order Issued by Adju-
tant General Byers Yesterday
State Redistricted.

Captain c. e. Caughlan, captain of
company G, |. N. G., has received an
order from Adjutant General Byers
announcing that hereafter the fiftieth
regiment of the national guard of the
state will be known as the tifty-fourth
and the other regiments will be re-
numbered accordingly. The new num-
bers are the ones which the regiments
would hold if ordered into actual SER
vice of the federal government. This
has been one of the reasons for max
ing the changes which have been con-
sidered by Adjutant General Byers for
months and which have the full APP
prevail of Governor Cummins.
For the most part the companies
will be identified with the same regi-
ments as before. but few changes
have been made Company F of os-
kaloosa, formerly of the fifty-frst, be-
comes company F of the fifty-fourth,
formerly the fiftieth. The letter of
the Burlington company is changed
from F to H. The Charlton company
goes from H of the fiftieth to H of the
| fifty-fifth, formerly the fifty-first The
vacancy in the fifty-fifth caused by
the mastering out of the Stuart COM
pduy, has not ct D6en nlleQ.
The new order will make the regi-
ments more compact territorially than
before. 1t is Thought too the change
will have wholesome effect on the
guard, as it will tend to give distinc-
| tipeness to the regiments of the guard
that have been reorganized since the
Spanish-American war. Few objections
are anticipated from the guardsmen
and in fact, the proposed changes have
been talked over with leading members
| of the guard and for the most part
have met their sanction
The order insofar as it affects the
Ottumwa company, follows:
State of Iowa, Adiutant Generals
Office, Des Moines. Nov. &c, 1902
General Orders No 10: The regiments
of the Iowa National Guard will on and
after this date be known and designa-
ted as follows:
The Fifty-fourth Infantry, Colonel
Harry H. Caughlan commanding, will
| be composed of the field and staff Off
GERS formerly of the Fiftieth Infantry,
l. N. G., and the following named com
panies
A, Captain F. c. Ingram, Abba.
B, Captain E. d. Middleton. Daven-
port.
c, Captain j. L. smeenck, Musca,
tine. i
D, Captain ID. w. Harvey, Washing.
ton.
E, Captain G. G. Haynes, Center
Willie.
/ F. Captain F. E. Wetherell, oska
loosa
/ G, Lieutenant Cyrus E. Caughlan
commanding, Ottumwa.
| H, Captain Fred S. Holsteen, Bur
lington.
l, Captain R. P. Howell, Iowa City
4 K, Captain l.. H. Joy, Grinrell.
1 l., Captain H. T. Kennedy, Newton.
M, Captain r. e. Lucas, Fairfield
Regimental band at Ottumwa.
The present assignments and details
for duty of engineer officers and enlist
ed men, surgeons and assistant sur
geons and enlisted men of the medica
department will terminate on Decem
Der 81, 1902.
The state is divided into four mill
tary districts. The second district
which includes the count S in which
: the companies of the fifty-fourth arc
located, will be composed of the fol
lowing named counties: Clinton
Poweshiek, Washington, Wapello
Lee, Scott, Jasper, Louisa. Monroe
Muscatine. Marion, Des Moines. APP
panoose. .'-hnson. Mahaska, Henry
, Davis, Iowa, Keokuk, Jefferson, Val
Buren,.