Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-11
Head of Squadron Refuse
to Transfer Musicians
to the Infantry
MAY BE CALLED OUT \
FOR SERVICE AGAIN
Organization of an Entir1
Regiment in Iowa Is
Being Looked for

Disappointed because they were ne
allowed to remain with the troops. r.
members Of the First Cavalry band.
rived home from Des Moines. Sund05
night at 10 o'clock. The band was n6
mustered out but was sent home r.
Major Howell as the remainder of
regiment, OF which the Iowa cavalry r.
a part failed to recruit up the require
quota Of men.
The order to come home was Quite
shock to the men as they were prepa1|
ing to take the incubation for ty1
phoid fever prevention and vaccination
against smallpox. An order was i4l
sued Saturday evening that the cavaf
ry and band would take the iroculi
tion Sunday morning and when tn
men arose ready for the treatment
was not given and short time late
the order to return home was receives
Under military rules, one band 10 at1
tached to each regiment and serves 6
active service with the hospital corr
Iowa is now within easy reach OF tli
required number of men for Its suuaI9
ron. ss&
May Be Called Again.
1t Is quite probable that the banj
will be called out again in short TIM
When the boys marched to MAjO&
Howell's headquarters Sunday, ~
shook the hand Of each one and sai13
II am sorry you are going boys. but ~
will be together again." It Is thouS1
that state wide movement for the ol
Iowa will be started at once. The me-
are all eager to return to service ~
were not at all in the best Of spir1t
when they left Camp Dodge yesterday
Tried To Transfer.
An effort was made by Major Luc44
to transfer the band to the second a.
fantry and muster out the Webst1
City band. This was objected to stro1
uously by Major Howell who said th4
the Ottumwa band had been with hil
ever since the Iowa militia was on
ganized and that II was going to re1
main with him. Professor B. O. Wo9I
rell, who was going to take charge g.
the second infantry band returno1
home with his comrades.
The discipline Of the band is highls
praised by the officers OF the cavalry
At no time since the band left Ottun
wa has an order given by Professor
Dayton or Sergeant Farrell been O.
jected to. The men lived harmonbE
ously together each one working hAt
in an effort to make the camp 81
much like home as possible and IT,
this way the band soon foil into tn
work required and within short tina
was hardened to the daily camp lifeS
While the band was packing "
Sunday afternoon the cavalry med
bers were taking the vaccination An0
treatment nearby. ThN
troopers were very much disappodnfS
ed when the band was taken awaXl
from them because 1t is the best bAnl
in the Iowa brigade. Before the ban4
1t marched to HEADQUARTERS
and delivered two lively selecti0nA
and the troopers raised their voice
in yell that could be heard f64
miles. AS the band formed into lfn
and started for the station the c4vAlI
men fell in behind and accompanies
it to the 1nterurban station.
The band and cavalry did not hAv41
the accommodation afforded the ree4'
OF the brigade but there is less sick
ness In this part OF the outfit than III
any OIncT.s w ucl IuS iAA6Al4yA1O
we're given the incubation the nad3
jority Of them tainted while on Sunday
only one Of the cavalrymen went
down when the treatment was given&
The band broke camp Sunday after
noon at about 1870 O'Clock and att
playing for Major Howell it entraine&
at O'Clock on the interurban for De-
Moines. 1t entrained again at De-
Moines at 6:25 o'clock, arriving IT.
Ottumwa at 1908. N
Crowd at the Station. ~
The union depot platform. sid&
tracks and streets were filed WITH
people when the regular train, carry
ing the members Of the band, arrived
in Ottumwa at 10 o'clock Sunday
night.
Loud cheering, shrill whistles an6
the footing OF auto sirens and hOrn1I
burst out as the train came to stoS
and the lads could be seen through
et.ts fCnntin.,oA ~. Doon q n sH aYf ef3