Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-13
GUARD SURGEONS OUT
Adjutant Thrift Thinks Surg
cons Of State Guard Lsgis-
lated Out of Office
mULLEN's OPINION REQUESTED
to the Original Bill Be-
ieved to Have Affected Other Off
GERS as Well as the Surgeons-Mat-
ter of Great lmportance-Des ldoines
Gossip.
,pecia, to Times Republican.

Special TO IlneS- RepuDllcall.
Des Moines April 13.-Adjutant Cen
era w III. Thrift has referred to At
torney General Mullen the new nation
al guard law for an Interpretation of
some of it's clauses. 1t is the opinion
of Adiutant General Thrift that the
surgeons of the guard have been leg
islated out OF office, and some other Of
ficers may have been affected in the
same manner. AS the bill was origi-
nally drawn, 1t would have caused no
complications, but it was amended In
the committee of the house and SEN
ate and a complication is now appar-
emit The surgeons of the guard were
originally appointed from the state at
large and assigned to particular regi-
ments. The law as enacted by the
general assembly but recently adj
iourned provides that there shall now
be one major surgeon and two assist
ants appointed by the regimental COM
manders and to be appointed and to
serve particularly for that regiment.
General Thrift believes that under
this section the Iowa national guard Is
now without any surgeons and that the
commanders of the regiments are free
to appoint anyone they choose, either
the present incumbents or other ply
sicians. The Importance of the mat
ter is apparent when it is realized that
if war were to be declared tomorrow
the Iowa national guard would be en-
* avn
are some other provisions of the bill,
too which need the assistance of q
legal Interpreter. General Thrift pro-
presses to put the guard on the new
basis as soon as possible. The Office
of inspector general is abolished under
the new law The law has a publica-
ton clause and was published in the
papers designated, the last publication
being yesterday morning. the law going
into effect that day. Some days ago
inspector General Prime resigned his
position, which under the new law Is
abolished.
1t has been discovered within the
past few DAYS in the adjutant's office
that the department will have nearly IL
not quite the 100000 it asked for in
the first bill. The appropriations COM
mittees Of the house and senate cut the
appropriation down to $4,000. 1t has
been discovered now, however that the
| Iowa national guard. because of it's eff
ficiency, will get more money from the
federal government than 1t has re-
ceived heretofore. and this will make
practically the 100000 that the leading
officers of the guard thought was real
Iv nnpdad for the p,1ard work
The main purpose of the new law
regular army as to guards and put the
guard in such shape that if called into
active service the entire regiments
would be taken just as they are now
organized for the guard. This means
the putting of the guard on much
higher plane of organization.
Among the provisions of the new law
is one making the assistant adjutant
general a colonel instead of a major;
the inspector general and assistant in
spector general are abolished. and con-
siderable additional is allowed for clerk
hire for regimental commanders and
for armory rent 5000 is allowed instead
of $500. The old law Is much changed
also as to the manner of appointing
officers.
The month of April will almost tell
the entire story as to who will be who
at the republican state convention. at
least so far as governor is concerned.
In most of the congressional districts
enough of the primaries have been
called for the month of April in the
doubtful counties that by April 80 it
1t believed now the political future
will not be hard to forecast. Here is
the list of the conventions and pri-
maries, the dates for which have been
set up to this time:
Eleventh district - Woodbury. con-
vention April 16; Dickinson and Clay
and Sac, April 81; Monona, April "a.
Tenth-Kossuth, Hamilton and
Boone alread held (went Cummins);
Hancock, April 1e; Carroll, April 21;
Calhoun, April 80; Winnebago, May 90.
Ninth Guthrie primaries April
! 81, convention April 26; Cass primar-
les May 26, convention June 9.
Eighth Ringgold primaries, April
| 26; TAYLOR caucuses, April 90 conven-
ton, April 2S.
| Seventh Madison, April 20; Polk
primaries May 1, convention May 5.
| Sixth - Jasper for judicial and con-
gressonal delegates, April "a: Mahas-
ka county convention, May 5.
! Fifth = Marshall already held, (went
Cummins).
| Fourth = Mitchell, April 20; Cerro
| Gordo primaries, two wards held,
| event Cummins); county convention
April 81; Floyd, April %; Howard,
April 90.
Third-Hardin primaries, June 2.
| Secund-None called.
| First-None called.
In addition to these county conven-
tons the Fourth and Tenth congress
sional conventions have been called for
April 26 and their action will assist in
forecasting the action of the state.
1t will be noticed from the dates
that the plan Of the railroads in fight
ing Perkins campaign is to call con-
ventions early in the counties where
Cummins four years ago had strength.
With the exception Of Monona, Taylor,
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