Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-20
HAWkEYE MlLlTlAMEN TOLEAVE
DEs MONIES FOR BORDER
TODAY. a
TOURIST SLEEPERS
SECURED FOR MEN
Twenty one Tourist and Three Stand
ard Pullman Sleepers Delivered to
Camp Dodge Station Today-First
Battalion Of Troops Expected to De.
part Late This Afternoon.

Iowa troops will begin the evacuation
of Camp Dodge before shutdown.
The First battalion of the Third in
fantry will entrain this afternoon and
| the Second battalion OF the same resi-
ment will follow close on its heels.
| Officials of the Chicago Great West
ern railway sent word to Camp Dodge
| lasc night that the following equip
ment will be delivered at the camp in
terurban station before noon today:
Twenty one tourist sleepers.
| Three standard Pullman sleepers.
One palace horse car.
! With the baggage cars which were
| delivered yesterday this will make suf-
| fcient equipmen, for two trains.
The three standard Pullmans will
| be for commissioned officers and the
palace car will be used for the officers
| horses.
Officers had their first railroad dis
appointment yesterday when they
| learned that the two Kitchen" cars
sent for the first troop train were or
binary baggage cars.
Kitchen cars used in military trains
are supposed to be completely equipped
with refrigerators, shelves and steam
tables heated by steam from the loco
| motive.
Convert Cars Into Kitchens.
The baggage cars were being con-
verted into improvised kitchen cars
Yesterday.
Troops on the first two trains are
now assured of having tourist sleep
ers in place of day coaches and Of
ticers seemed confident last night
that the same equipment will be fur
| nished for the other trains.
The entire Third regiment will go
over the Great Western to Kansas
City. and will probably go over the
Katy from Kansas City TO Mer-
cedes, Tex, the concentration camp.
At o'clock yesterday evening the
squadron of cavalry was ready TO pro-
coed to the border. They were mus
tered in by Colonel Morgan and took
their physical examinations under Ma
jor Kentelson during the afternoon.
Last night the cavalry had $50 en-
listed men and eighteen officers who
had taken the federal oath.
Mastering in of the cavalry was
made possible BY the arrival Of the
separate company from GrinnelI.
Recruiting Officers Named.
General Logan yesterday issued or
GERS designating recruiting officers who
will be stationed over the state and
Will recruit the various companies up
to full war strength. His order fol-
lows:
Under authority issued by the sec
| rotary Of war, the following named Of
fcers Of the reserve list National Guard
of the United States and of the state
OF Iowa are hereby designated for duty
as recruiting officers for organizations
specified and are hereby ordered to re-
port to Col. George H Morgan. United
States army, at Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, Thursday, July 20, 1916, for
muster into service and for instruc-
tons as 20 their duties
For First regiment of infantry
Capt. Clarence E. Powell, Keokuk;
Capt. Don A. Preussner Manchester;
Second Lieut.. Chase W. Hoadley. Ce-
dar Rapids
For Second infantry-Capt Guy NJ
Gillette, Cherokee, Sioux City and vi
cinity; Capt. E. w. Clark, Mason City;
Capt. Herbert E. Hadley. Nevada, Fort
Dodge and Webster City.
For Third infantry-Naj. George B.
Ogle, Centerville; First Lieut. Hiram
Houghton, Jr., Red Oak and south
western Iowa; First Lieut. Leon W.
Ainsworth Des Moines
For First Squadron cavalry-Capt.
Glenn c. Haynes, Iowa City, and vi
cinity.
For First battalion, field artillery
Capt. George w. DuIany, Jr., Clinton,
Davenport, Muscatine and nearby
points.
For Company "a" engineers-Sec-
ond Lieut.. Hubert F. Motif, Iowa City.
For sanitary troops-First Lieut..
Guy H. Cliff, Des Moines"