Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
RUSH To COL0RS
Of IOWA GUARDS
BEING EXPECTED
ORGANIZATION NOW At PEACE
STRENGTH AND WELL EQUIP
PED SAYS ADJUTANT.

Des Moines, June 20.-Officers of the
Iowa national guard located here ex
pect the sudden development Of the
Mexican situation which reached its
crux Sunday afternoon, when the pres
ident ordered all members Of state
guards throughout the country held
subject to his call, to result in in
creased recruiting among the young
men Of military age throughout the
state. The guard, now at peace
strength. is ready to go into service
instantly, according to General Guy e.
Logan, adjutant general Of the guards.
The following shows the various
branches of the service embodied In
the guard:
Three regiments of infantry.
Three machine gun companies.
Three batteries of artillery.
Four troops of cavalry.
One company of engineers.
Four medical corps.
At Peace Strength.
The Iowa guard is at present re-
cruited up to peace strength under the
law before the passage of the Hay
Chamberlain act which increased the
minimum quota of the guard in the
state from three to ten thousand men.
Before going into service officers say
that the men who have served in the
guard but who have taken their dis
charge from the guard and others who
have been backward about recruiting
probably will flock to the colors so that
the companies can be recruited to
their war strength of $50 under the old
law. If service in Mexico is urgently
desired by the war department, an Of
ficer said, and the guard is dispatched
to the border Immediately, it is prob
able a number Of officers will be left
in various cities through the state to
take charge of recruiting.
Allen in Command.
Brig. Gen. H. A. Allen of Cedar Rap
ids, will be in command of Iowa troops
in the field, officers said tonight, he
being the ranking officer under Adjt.
Gen. Logan. Under him will be:
Col. John E. BARLEY, Upton, COM
handing the first Iowa infantry; Col.
Norman p. Hyatt, Webster City, COM
handing the second Iowa infantry;
Col. e. r. Bennett, Des Moines, COM
the third Iowa infantry; Maj.
R. p. Howell, Iowa City, commanding
the cavalry, and Maj. H. S. Whitney,
Clinton, commanding the artillery.
Organizations Of the Iowa national
guard are located in the following
cities:
Ames. Boone, Burlington. Cedar Rap
ids, Cedar Falls, Centerville. Charles
City, Cherokee, Clarinda, Clinton,
Corning, Council Bluffs. Davenport,
Des Moines, Dubuque, Eagle Grove,
Fairfield, FIT. Dodge, Glenwood, Grin
nell. Ida Grove. Iowa City. Keokuk,
LeMars, Lone Tree, Manchester, Ma
son City, Muscatine. North English,
Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Oxford, Red Oak,
Riverside, Sheldon, Shenandoah, Sioux
City, Upton, Villisca, Washington,
Waterloo, Webster City, West Branch,
Williamsburg and Winterset.
Guard is Ready.
In statement Gen. Logan said:
Our operations will depend entirely
on the wishes of the war department.
If the war department wants the
Iowa guard in twenty-four hours We
will be on hand. If they want us in
ten days, we will be there. If the call
for mobilization is for thirty days we
will be fully equipped at that time. Up
to this time Des Moines has been con-
sidered the mobilization point If,
however, the war department should
desire it, we can mobilize elsewhere.
The Iowa guard is fully equipped. eff
fciently Differed and ready for serv-
ice."