Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-15
Appropriation by Legislature
Completes One OF Eight
Volumes
OTHERS MUST NOW WAIT
First Volume Includes Rosters of Eight
Regiments of Infantry - General
Dodge Gives Valuable Letters to His
toricaI socety-Preservation of In
dian History.
pecial to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 15.-Volume / of
the "Roster and Service Record of the
Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Re
bellion,' has been printed and is ready
for the state binder. Copies will be
out in a week or so. The work will
consist of eight volumes and will con-
tain also historical sketches Of volun-
teer organizations.
The volume now all but completed
covers the first eight regiments of the
infantry of the civil war. The copy
has been prepared by the roster COM
mission for the regiments down to and
including the Twenty-fourth and the
appropriation of the Thirty second
general assembly for the work has
heen about exhausted. Very little
more can be done till. the next leg
islature meets and make an additional
appropriation. At the reunion of
SIOShSI lcSlllehI 1l OShaloOSo LS.
Gently resolutions approving the work
thus far done We're passed and urging
the legislature to continue the appro-
priations for the completion of the
work.
There were forty-seven regiments of
Iowa infantry in the civil war and four
in the Spanish war, besides
some regiments Of cavalry and bat
terieS. 1t is estimated that the entire
work will amount to eight volumes.
The one completed consists of 1,222
pages and will be of the size and thick
ness of the Iowa documents. The APP
preparation for the work has not
spread out quite as far toward doing
the work as had been expected tho it
was never intended that the initial ap-
preparation would do more than to
start the work With the start that
has been made the work will be COM
pleted on less proportionate scale.
The historical department has re-
ceived from General Granville M. Dodge
another shipment of his letters and
papers to be kept at the historical
building for the use of the future his
torials. Curator Harlan has not ex-
amined the papers carefully, but the
nine envelopes in which they are con-
tanned are labeled:
2 Grant Banquet, April 81, 1895.
Grant Banquet Association, 1898.
Sherman Statue papers.
Army Tennessee 1S92-2-4 5-6-7-S.
G. NJ. Banquet, etc, 1900.
Grant Banquet, 1902.
sherman Statue.
Norwich University, 19O0-l907.
Sherman Statue letters.
The understanding that is had with
all the great men of Iowa who de-
post their letters and papers with the
historical department is that such pa
pers and letters are not to be made
public property till after the death of
the owner and will then become the
property of the state. Until that time
the public does not have access to the
letters, for the evident reason that
the men and the issues are still alive
and the publication of the material
would lead to endless controversies
and discussions When the material
becomes history it will be accessible to
the historians.
An effort is to be made to further
preserve the Indian history and the
likenesses of the Indians who were
concerned with the early history OF
Iowa by getting the library assoeia-
lions to have oil portrait paintings
hung in the libraries. Iowa, has shown
a disposition to honor its native sons
and daughters such as Miss Walker
and Sherry Fry by having them make
statues. Sherry Fry has made one. of
Mahaska, the Indian chief, which has
been placed in the parks of Oskaloosa
in Mahaska county.
William Edward Cook of Independ-
ence, Iowa, is an oil portrait painter Of
ability who has had his work in the
Paris salon for some years and is con-
sidered to be the equal of Sergeant
when Sergeant was the age OF Cook
Cook was educated at the Chicago Art
Institute and painted Pope Piux X An
effort Is to be made to get some Of the
libraries to have him paint some of the
Iowa Indian chiefs to be hung in these.
libraries or else to get some OF the
philanthropic great men of the state to
engage him to do the work.
The historical department has re-
ceived section of the old water main
of New York City. 1t is a section OF
the first water main ever laid in Am
erica and consists Of wooden log
about five feet long and eight inches
thick with a three-inch hole bored
thru the center the long way. 1t was
laid in 1889.
The people Of Hale, Iowa. in Jones
county, are endeavoring to get the c.,
NJ. & ST. P. to stop, some of its num-
erous trains at that place to that
+bey can communicate with the out