Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-29
MILlTiAMEN WHO REFUSED TO
TAKE OATH ROUGHLY HAN.
DIED AT CAMP DODGE.
STRIPPED OF CLOTHES,
DAURED WITH YELLOW
Men Who Have Families to Support
Protected by Comrades and Fully
xonerated-GeneraI Logan Buys
Trave! Rations For Guardsmen as
Last Step Before Entrainins.

| Des Moines, June 29.-Eight "clack
ers' who refused TO take the new oath
for service with the Iowa National
Guard in Mexico We're hazed Tuesday
night by their comrades at Camp
Dodge-their uniforms We're stripped
from them and the men were sent to
Des Moines today in overalIs. to be
sent back TO their home stations.
| The men We're given rather rough
! treatment. All Monday evening men
from the same companies labored 10
induce the men to change their minds
and take the oath. At midnight. when
they still held out the hazing began.
| The men were taken from their tents
stripped and painted with iodine
! They then were placed under the
water soon turned the streaks yellow.
! The men then We're chased out of
camp.
CARRIED in OveraIIs.
! Being unable TO return to Des
Moines without clothing. overalls and
old shirts were found for the eight
men. They were refused caps. In
charge of a sergeant, the double quar-
: Itk al l!Ncu AL loNl NcsNcINds anu IS-
ported at the adjutant generals office
asking for transportation home.
In the party were three married
men. They were permitted to return
home in their uniforms, as the men
from their company protected them
from hazing. These men have fam
lilies TO support. Their comrades
cheered them as they left camp today
feeling that they adopted the right
course in remaining at home TO take
care of their families.
A Negro in the Crowd.
One Negro was in the band of quit
tiers. He refused to take the oath.
Had he remained in the guard for
twelve hours more he would have
missed being labeled a coward and
have been given an honorable dis
charge.
An order came yesterday to the Iowa
officials that no negroes are TO be en-
listed in the Iowa companies in any
capacity. This bars the colored cooks
who have previously been permitted at
the camps. Therefore orders were is
sued for all colored members of the
guard to return home.
The eight men sent home as slack
ers were from Council Bluffs. Shenan-
| doah and Manila.
Logan Buys Travel Rations.
While no orders were received yes
terday directing the Iowa troops to
start for the border, Adjt.- Gen. Guy F.
Logan began making arrangements for
sending the troops south. Bids are be-
ing asked for 5000 pounds of cornel
beef and 5000 pounds of canned beans
as travel rations. Delivery is TO be
made tomorrow.
At Camp Dodge yesterday Gen. H.
| A. Allen directed the issuance Of 5000
rifles and the same number of blankets
to the men who reported without
equipment Uniforms for about 1000
men are still lacking.
Other Troops to Border.
The Iowa military department yes
| terday received word that the war de-
partment has ordered the Illinois
Wisconsin. Missouri and Nebraksa Ma
tional Guard TO the border-troops &c
start today. The movement of trooI
trains from the nearby states will rusf
the railroads leading TO the border. ano
it is believed that the Iowa troops viii
not be ordered out until the latter pari
of the week. If the war department
needs the request Of Adjt.-Gen. Guy e
Logan, the Iowa units will remain here
for a week or more until the men are
entirely equipped and have been giver
rifle practice and drill.
Better interurnan Service.
Interurban service between De.
Moines and the camp improved great