Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-24
Observation-Disclosures
Memorial For Iowa Soldiers
The Finest of Any State
In Union
MATTER OF INSCRIPTIONS
AFTER OF INSCRIPTIONS
War Department Record and Testi-
mony Of Many Surviving Iowa veter-
ans Do Not Agree in Regard to
Movements of Reaiments-Iowa His
tory of 1t May Be Taken as Correct.
ecial to Times Republican.

Iof the Iowa Shiloh commission. which
has been in session in Des Moines this
week attending to important business
Ideclare frankly that they are going tc
soldiers on the battlefield at Shiloh OF
any state in the union. The monu-
Iments have been erected and all the
tgranite is in place, but the bronzes
have not been placed. The matter OF
the Inscriptions on the two monuments
for the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa
regiments is still in doubt; but the
commission this week formulated the
following as the proper inscriptions 70.
the two regiments named:
IOWA.
| Fifteenth Regiment Infantry
| Col Hugh L. Reid (Wounded).
| This regiment arrived at Pittsburp
Landing at an early hour on Sunday
morning, April 6, 1862. Upon landing
the men for the first time loaded their
guns. Between 8 and 8 o'clock a. M,
by order of Gen. Grant. it marched to
reinforce the First division, conducted
| BY one of his staff officers and the en-
gineer of the First division. While
marching across an open field it was
/ fired upon by artillery and muslsetry.
| Under a murderous fire the regiment
| Termed in line of battle, advanced about
$50 yards into the woods, driving the
enemy before them, AMI for two hours.
| from 10 to II a. M. maintained its po-
Isition, until outiianked and hard
dressed in front to escape capture, it
was ordered by Gen. McClernand to fall
back to a new line. II rallied and
fought with other divisions later in the
day and on Monday.
Number of men engaged ......... $50
lFilIed-Line officers. 2; enlisted
I men. 20 ............ q
lied of Wounds-Enlisted men. .... 20
Wounded-Field and staff. 3; line
officers, 10; enlisted men, 1879. -. .152
lCaptured-Line officers, 2; enlisted
men. 10 Observation-Disclosures. IL
4 ASSIeSale sUO
The following is the statement agreed
upon for the Sixteenth regiment on the
monument at Shiloh:
IOWA
Sixteenth Regiment Infantry Volun-
teerS
Commanded by Col. Alexander Cham
bers (Wounded).
1t. Col. Add Fl. Sanders.
This regiment reached Pittsburg
Landing twelve days after its organi-
cation was completed and on the morn
ing of the battle Sunday, April 6, 1862,
first received ammunition. While pre-
pairing to join Prentiss' (S'xth) division
i. was ordered in line on the right of
the Fifteenth Iowa to act as a reserve.
When the line had been formed but
short time 1t was ordered to march,
following the Fifteenth Iowa to the
right of McClernand's F'irsD division.
1. was here engaged at 1880 a. M, here
suffered its loss. and under orders re-
tired. Late in the afternoon, under
Lieut.. Col Sanders. it supported
Schwartz's battery near the Landing.
On Monday the regiment was on the
reserve line.
Present for duty. 7s5.
Its loss was 2 officers and Is men
killed: II officers and 81 men wounded;
/" missing, totai, l5z.
The ColfaX members of the knights
of Pythias are preparing to make fine
at the grand lodge meeting iii
Council Bluffs in favor of the proposed
Pythian sanitarium at the Springs. The
committee is a strong one and the Des
Moines delegates to the grand lodge
VIII give hearty support to all that is
offered by the Colfax delegation. In adj
dition, there will be large delegation
Of ColfaX business men to go to Coun
ell Bluffs to assist in furthering the
cause of the sanitarium as a business
project. They will Insist that the
grand lodge dispose of the matter in
some way at the coming session and
either start the sanitariUm or announce
that the project is abandoned. The
scheme is to have the grand lodge
knights of Pythias build equip and
maintain fine sanita-ium at ColfaX
for the benefit of Pythians and their
Many of the leading members
favor it and some action looking toward
that has been taken by the previous
grand lodges, but the details have new
er been carefully worked out.
There will be several fine permanent |
trophies given for the proposed state
rifle association to be formed at the |
time of the state shoot of the guard |
at Cedar Rapids next week. |
Colonel Thomas f. Cooke has been |
this matter the present week.
He will offer cup, and there will prob
ably be one offered by Senator Allison,
another by Captain Hull and another
by General Drake. All these will be
for different events at the annual COM
petitions. They will be handsome tro-
phies that will go the rounds of the
guardsmen from year to year and be
highly valued.
There is strong recommendation in
The biennial report of Superintendent
Voldeng of the state hospital at Chero-
zee for separate institution for the
and some radical amends
nents to the law. Dr. Noldeng has
studied the workings of the inebriate
aw at close range and Is certain that