Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-12


of Captain Rumple by Lee M. Wiley,
who accompanied the Washington
delegation to Marengo, was in all it's
circumstances pathetic incident Mr..
Wiley is one of the assistant door.
keepers of the house and he and Capt
Rumple were great friends. Mr.. Wi
ley was bugler in the civil war and
has always been musical, being con-
nected with bands and musical orga-
nizations at his home in Peoria, ILL.,,
for many years. For three years he
was national bugler for the G. A. R.
Captain Rumple was passionately fond
of the old bugle calls and had often
expressed desire to have Mr.. Wiley
blow them for him. 1t SO happened,
however, that different things occur
rem so that the desired event never
took place. Mr.. Wiley kept his prom
Use to Captain Rumple that he would
blow the bugle calls for him, but it
was when the captain lay cold in
death and. Mr.. Wiley could only blow
for him taps, the sad soldiers fare,
WELL
There is little doubt but that the
bill put in by Mr.. Conner for pen
sion of $50 a month for Mrs Rumple,
wife of Congressman Rumple, will
pass. Some have misunderstood this,
thinking that the pension. was al
lowed because Mrs. Rumple was the
wife of congressman. Such is not
the case. The pension is applied for
and will come entirely as other pen
sions, on account of Captain Rumple's
gallant war services. Pensions are
very seldom given on account of pub
lie service; even the wife of a Presi.
dent of the United States gets but S..
600 year and then by special act.
1t looks now as though Col. John P
Irish, Iowa's famous farmer citizen
and orator. will not lose his place as
naval officer of the port of San Fran
cisco, Senator Allison has been urg-
ing President Roosevelt to leave Col.
Irish where he is and it appears now
that he will not be displaced, as was
announdced some days ago. Col. Irish
is democrat and though he talked for
the republicans on the silver matter
he opposed the administration on the
imperialism question. 1t is said that
the republican campaign managers
want Col. Irish as campaign speaker
in the next campaign, when, unless
there are decided changes in the dem
ocratic principles, he. will take the
stump as an independent democrat and
advise the election of the republican
l.candidatess Inssueh a role he; Will BE
| a most powerful speaker along the Pa
cific coast, and through the western
states.
Iowans are not the only ones who
think that A. T. Dawson would make
winning candidate for congress in
the second district The Washington
Post says: Senator Allison is train
ing UP a young congressman in his
committee room. This is A. F. Dawson
from Jackson county, Iowa, the clerk
of the committee and favorably regard
ed by republican seekers for congress
sional timber in the second district
whose representative. Capt Rumble
died a few days ago. Last fall some
of the second district republicans were
disposed to groom Mr.. Dawson for the
congressional race, and, as things
turned out, he would have apparent
ly have won had he been nominated
The recent death of Captain RUMBLE
would give Mr. Dawson chance to
make dash for the remainder OF the
present term were it not for the provi-
sion of the Iowa law in regard to a
special election However, Mr.. Daw-
son, the astute senator's apt pupil in
politics, is keeping his eye on the flu
ture, and it is expected that he will
some day come back as a full fledged
NJ c."
Washington, d. c., Feb. 10.-Al-
though Iowa stands very well among
the states as regards militia strength,
there is a chance for her to improve
in that direction to maintain the place
she holds in the union in many other
respects. Adiutant General Corbin
has just issued a statement of the mi
litia strength of the country, in which
Iowa takes fourteenth place with
following states: New York, 14.433;
Pennsylvania, 9,447; Illinois, 1926;
Ohio, 6,149; Massachusetts, $3.50;
Georgia, 4,571 New Jersey, 4,651;
California, 1903; Alabama, 1888;
Michigan, 1850; Missouri, 2,739; Tex
as, 1888; Wisconsin, 1880. AS re.
CARDS unorganized strength, Iowa
stands tenth on the list She has
1856 men who could be utilized in
the militia service, and yet only about
one-twelfth belong to the militia. This
proportion, it is felt, is one feature
where there is room for improvement
as it is much lower in many states. In
New York, for instance, there is an
unorganized strength of 100000, con
sequently about one-siXth of New
York's available men belong to the mi
| litia.
General Corbins report shows that
there are 1O,S53,396 citizens fitted by
age and physical condition to bear
arms in defense Of the country in case
of, necessity, and that there are 49,.
| 259 men attached to the organized mi,
litia. The organized militia is classi.
fed under the various heads of the
service as follows: Engineers, 1,045;
cavalry, 4,951 artillery (heavy) 2,82S;
light batteries, 4,707; machine gun
batteries, go; infantry, 101,5S7; signal
corps, 1874, and hospital corps, 1,2O6.
Senator Allison and other LEADING
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