The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-27
MORE IOWA BOYS
GO TO THE FRONT
CAMP DODGE RESEMBLES A DE-
SERTED CIRCUS GROUND.
ONLY TENTS OF FIRST STANDING
They Expect To Get Away Early To-
morrow If Troop Trains Promised
Arrive-General Allen and staff
viii Leave With Them.


Des A.oines, July 24.-with all Iowa
troops except two batteries of artil-
lery on their way to the border, Camp
Dodge presented more the appearance
OF deserted circus ground than an
army camp today. The tents of the
First regiment were still standing this
morning but the artillery had struck
tents, loaded guns and caissons and
were waiting for trains which Will
take them to the border.
Battery A of Clinton got away Sun.
day night after the cavalry and en-
gineers had broken campp and en-.
trained in the afternoon. Battery b
of Davenport and Battery C of Musca-
tine are expected to be on, the way
this afternoon.
The First regiment likely will get
away early tomorrow, Colonel Morgan
having been promised troop trains by
that time.
AS at the leaving of the Third regi-
ment, large crowd was at Camp
Dodge last night when the cavalry
from Johnson and Poweshiek counties
under Major Ralph p. Howell left the
interurban station accompanied by
the Iowa City company of engineers.
A few hours later the artillery receiv-
ed orders to break camp and by nine
o'clock were on their way to Texas,
over the Rock Island
Two other sections including eleven
fat cars which will carry the field
guns will carry Batteries b and G.
Battery B established a record for
81 rhnt
they completed their job in an hour
and ten minutes.
The artillery train will go as far as
Fort Worth, Texas, on the Rock ISL
and. From there it will. be taken to
Brownsville.
General Allen and his staff will
leave tomorrow with the First infan.
try under Col. John E. BARLEY of Tip
ton, which will leave for Brownsville
on the Wabash. The last train is
expected to be on its way bef-re noon
tomorrow.
Cavalry On the Way.
When Iowa's four troops of cavalry
marched across the camp yesterday
evening to entrain for the border the
First regiment of infantry and the
an ovation which eelipsed any preyi
GUS demonstration staged at the Iowa
mobilization camp.
Two or three hundred visitors from
Des Moines had gone to Camp Dodge
to see the cayalrymen depart for the
Mexican border but it was the men
in the other guard companies who
played the principal part in the fare
well ceremonies.
The four troops composing the
Iowa squadron marched to the inter.
urban station in solid formation, four
abreast. Their line of march was
directly through the camp OF the First
infantry.
Band Plays National Airs.
While the troopers fled by, the
First infantry band, from Cedar
Rapids, played national airs and all
of the troops turned out of their
tents and cheered a loud farewell to
the horsemen.
Iowa's cavalry troopers left Des
Moines with light hearts and with a
feeling of malice toward no one, after
playing the leading part in the biggest
problem that ever bothered state mil.
itary authorities.
No Delay in Departure.
Entertainment last night went of
like clock work Shortly before 9
o'clock all of the coaches were in
their proper places in the train and al
ego the train started to pull out from
tho station.
1t was the longest troop train that
has left Camp Dodge. Twenty
coaches were required to carry the
four troops of cavalry and the com.
pany of engineers.
The train will be run to Hutchin,
son, Kan. on the Burlington and
from there will go to Donna, Texas
on the Texas Pacific. Iowa's cavalry
men will be stationed at Donna. which
is about ten miles from Mercedes.
Engineers Get Standard Cars.
Captain Clark's company OF engin.
GERS was given surprise when they
arrived at the troop train and found
that there were standard Pullman
sleepers for all of the men in the
company. The Pullmans were fur
nished on account of a shortage OF
tourist sleepers.
Troops entered the train last night
in the following order:
Troop A, Marengo. under Capt. BY.
ron Goldthwaite.
Troop B, Riverside and Lone Tree
under Capt G. L. LATER.
Troop c, Oxford and williamsburg
under Capt r. A. Yenter.
Troop ID. West Branch and Grinnell
under Capt. ]. c. MeGregor.
Company A. Engineers, Iowa City
under Capt. Lou Z. Clark.
The Second Leaves.
Shortly after 6 o'clock Saturday
night the first section OF the train was
made up at the camp station and
about an hour later 1t was on its way
Two other sections were then made
up and the last car OF the long Second
regiment train was loaded before mid
night
The units of the Second regiment
entrained in the following order:
Company A, Mason City. under
Capt. o. w Garman.
Company B, Ida Grove, under Capt
A. G. Johnson
Company G, Webster City. under
Lieut. c. J. Jennings.
Company D, Mason City. under
Capt. J, NJ 1ieifner.
Company =. Sheldon. under Capt
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