Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-27
OFF To THE BORDER
After Several Weeks Waiting
Iowa Troops Leave for South
TO CONTINUE RECRUITING
Iowa Soldier Boys Now In Camp at
Brownsville and FL Paso, Where
They Are Being Drilled With
Regular Army Troops.

500 civilians and thousand troops
from other regiments the First battal-
ion of the Third regiment left Camp
Dodge for border duty.
After waiting impatiently for sew
eral hours the boys OF the First bat
talon, under Mai. E. C. Worthington
of Des Moines, staged big demon
stration when they received the order
to enter the tourist sleepers.
The troops entered the coaches
singing Don't Bite the Hand that
Feeds You" Up on the hill the boys
in other companies crawled out or
their tents to give farewell cheer
Tricky dotting the camp were the
dying embers of some hundred camp
fires that had been burning in honor
of the departure of the first regi-
ment
Above the changing of engine bells
and the shrieking Of whistles could
be heard the shouts Of the soldiers in
their berths as the first Iowa troop
| train left for the Mexican border, with
Brownsville, Tex, as their destina-
ton.
Both the second and third sections
| Of the Third regiment train, consist
ing OF seventy-nine cars, left camp
before morning.
Major Brewer In Command.
The second train carried the Sec
ond battalion and the third train the
Third battalion.
The Third battalion left with
brand new major. Capt. Guy s. Brew
| er was promoted to the rank OF
major and placed In command Of the
Third battalion. succeeding Maj. Ivan
Ellwood of Cedar Rapids, who is now
brigade adjutant ON General Aliens
staff.
Most of the cars used in the Iowa
troop trains had evidently made sew
eral trips to the border. Several or
the tourist sleepers had printed on
their sides the names of national
guard organizations from eastern
states.
All OF the troops we're we'll pleased
with their accommodations. The
berths were all made up and all Of
the cars were in charge Of colored at
tendants.
Baggage Loaded Early.
All OF the baggage cars were loaded
during the afternoon and 1t required
about three-quarters of an hour for
the boys to load their tents and per-
sonal equipment after the passenger
coaches had arrived.
The First battalion OF the Third
regiment, under Mai. e. C. Worthing-
ton, received orders to strike tents
at s o'clock in the afternoon. Two
hours later nothing but bare ground
could be seen where the Third regi-
ment camp had been.
Maj. Ivan e. Ellwood Of Cedar Rap
ids, commanding the Third battalion
of the Third regiment. was perman-
emily appointed ms brigade adjutant
and remained at Camp Dodge with
General Aliens staff until the last
train. Major Ellwood succeeds Maj.
E. C. worthington, who left the bril-
gade staff to assume command OF the
First battalion.
The units of the Third regiment
entrained in the following order:
Company A, Wipterset, under Capt
c. w. Atkins.
Company B, Des Moines, under.
Capt. w. A. Graham.
Company C, Creston, under Capt. A.
J. Horton.
Company d. Centerville, under Capt.
e. A. Pixley.
Company e, Shenandoah, under
Capt. H. w. Ross.
Company F, villisca, under Capt. c.
]. Casey.
Company G, ottumwa, under Cap'.
c. e. Schamp.
Company H. Oskaloosa. under Capt
C. B. Arnold.
Company I, Glenwood, under Capt
r. e. Humphrey.
Company X, Corning, under Capt
B. ]. Gibson.
Company L. Council Bluffs, under
Capt. Clifford Powell.
Company M, Red Oak, under Capt
L. d. Ross.
Band, Clarinda, under Chief Musi-
clan G. w. Landers.
Machine Gun company, Des Moines,
under Capt. E. o. Fleur.
The field hospital corps and the
Sioux City ambulance company left
with the second consignment Of
troops.
They were followed by the entire
Second regiment.
The regimental headquarters Pull
man, with Col. E. r. Bennett and his
staff, went with the last section.
All brigade headquarters officers
departed on the last train out or
Camp Dodge.
There was general rejoicing in the
Third regiment camp when the or
der to strike tents came. The shout
ing OF the troops could be heard all
over the camp as they rolled up their
tents. But the shouting subsidized as
the boys waited several tedious hours
for their cars to arrive.
In the tourist sleepers three men
were assigned to section, two to the
lower berth and one to the upper
berth.
Around the station sea of anxious
faces, more than half of them those
of women, watched the train disap-
pear In the darkness to the south.
Two interurban trains OF two cars
each were required to carry back to
Des Moines the visitors who went to
camp determined to stay until the first
train had left.
Adj. Gen. Guy E. Logan has per-