Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-22
FIRST CONTINGENT TO ASSEMBLE
AT CAMP DODGE BEFORE
WEEK ENDS.
ENTIRE FORCE At CAMP
DODGE BY NEXT WEEK
Third Regiment First to Receive
Orders to Mobilize-Reeruits Offer
ing Services in Large Numbers and
Companies Will Be Brought Up to
Requirements Without Trouble.
Special to Times-Republican.

| ABOUT the streets OF Les MpllleS. -heiii
bers of Company B, and the machine
| gun troop, both located in this city,
have been assembling a. the Coliseum
the past two days and getting things
| in readiness to so out TO Camp Dodge
! just northwest of the city. The orders
! are that they are TO go out to Camp
Dodge today.
{ The latter part Of the week 1t is eX-
pected the troops from out OF town
will begin arriving. BY the middle or
| next week if present plans are carried
out the entire guard of the state mum :
herring $500 men viii be out at Camp
| Dodge. Just how long they will re-
main in camp here before they are
ordered down to the border is mat
| ter of speculation but officers seem 70
believe it will be thirty days anyway
before the Iowa guard will be ordered
| to the border.
| Mai e E Lucas, of the adJutant
generals office. is letting contracts for
thirty days food supplies for the en-
| tire guard He has estimated that 1t
| will require 81 900 pounds Of fresh beef.
! %, 700 pounds of bacon. 6,l2u pounds ~
| lard. 10000 pounds of bread ana
quantities of beans, potatoes, canned
| tomatoes and other vegetables. Bids
| have also been received on coffee,
sugar. evaporated milk. butter, corn
| syrup. pickles. salt, pepper. soap and
candies. ---4
Recruits Numerous.
week ago officers Of the guard
turnout Iowa were wondering how
( ~ tn
companies up to the numbers required
by the new Hay-Chamberlain bill. Now
that war is In sight recruiting Is gen.
eral all thru the stste=so the reports
coming in here indicate. Many are
being turned away disappointed
Crowds were gathered around the
armory at Des Moines yesterday. Reia-
tives Of the young men in the guaro
made up a part Of the crowd Many
young fellows from the colleges here
and near here came in to enlist as well
as young fellows whose homes are in
the city.
Gen. H. A. Allen, Of Cedar Rapids,
commander Of the Iowa brigade, who
! reached Des Moines yesterday. estab-
| ltshed headquarters at Camp Dodge to-
day. He declared that recruiting has
been brisk all over the state and the
commanders who have reported say
the enlistments are coming along bet
ter than had been anticipated.
Enlistment Restrictions.
The rules Of the war department will
not permit men over 35 to enlist. The
enlisted men must be at least feet 4
inches tall and weigh between 12s and
100 pounds. Department commanders
may prohibit marriedsmen from going
to the border. The following also dis
qualities a man from service: Excess
i've use of alcohol, obesity, badness
and poor teeth A man with less than
four solid teeth is disqualified.
There is much speculation as to
whether or not the government will
have need for all the national guard
companies Of all Of the states. Whether
all of the troops are needed or not 1t
will at least furnish an excellent time
for drill. it is being pointed out. .
The troops which are now in camp
at North English may go into camp at
Fort Des Moines after arriving here.
The cavalry organization is as follows:
Cavalry band, Ottumwa; Troop A.
North English; First platoon, Troop
3, Riverside: Second platoon. Lone
Tree; First platoon, Troop C, Oxford:
Second platoon. Williamsburg; Troop
D, West Branch. Maj. r. P. Howell.
of Iowa City, is in command. There
are 400 men in the cavalry.
Third Regiment to Report First.
The Third Iowa infantry will be the
first regiment to reach Des Moines in
the mobilization movement now under
arrangements can be made, the regi-
ment will arrive Friday. If recruiting
at two points is slow, the regiment
may be delayed until Saturday.
Adj. Gen. Guy e. Logan last night
announced that the Third infantry Is
ready to go into camp with the ex-
ception OF two companies-Company A.
Of Winterset. and Company F, Of VII
lisca- These organizations are not yet
up TO the maximum peace strength.
When they report membership OF at
least sixty-five men. the entire Third
regiment will be ready to move.
1t is the intention OF the military
department to move one regiment
day until all Of the troops reach Camp
Dodge, twelve miles northwest Of Des
Moines The Third infantry will be
en- route Friday or Saturday. The
other two infantry regiments win fol-
low. The artillery will follow the in
fantry, and the cavalry will reach Dies
Moines az soon as mounts are pro-
vided at the camp at North Liberty.
! where the cavalry modified under
orders from Adjutant General Logan
yesterday.
Make Plans For Trains.
The military department hopes that
the Third regiment will be reported re-
cruited to full strength today in time
to permit the arrangements to be made
for bringing the regiment in tomor-
| row.
Adjutant General Logan yesterday
| ordered the companies at Boone and
Ames consolidated The consolidated
company will come to Des MONIES with
the Second infantry. While 1t has been
determined that the Third infantry Is
| the first to come to Des Moines, 1t has
| not been determined which shall be
second. The regiment recruited to
peace strength first will be the one to
| follow the Third infantry into camp.
The following companies OK the
| Thrift infantry were reported recruited
| above the peace strength: Centervilie,
Corning, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
! Glenwood. Oskaloosa, Shenandoah OF