Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-14
STATE MILITIA ORGANIZATION ON
COMPLETE REGULAR ARMY
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READY FOR SERVICE
As COMPLETE UNIT
Guard Organized ~ Brigade, With Ar
Niisry, Cavalry, Hospital and Other
Required Adiuncts-5riaade Head
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 14.-Within the
last year and a half the Iowa National
Guard has been reorsanized so that it
Us now more efficient than for many
years. It now consists Of a brigade of
infantry. made up of three regiments,
one squadron or four troops of cavalry,
two batteries of field artillery, one
company of engineers. one field hos
pitai and one ambulance company.
This organization is what military
men call a tactical unit, that is, it
is a unit which can be fitted in with
and become a part OF an army, COM
plying exactly with the regular army
organization. Brigade headquarters
are maintained with the proper staff
officers.
Adjutant General Logan conceived
this REORGANIZATION plan and not only
recommended it TO the governor in
his report of 1914 but wrote TO the
war department about it. The war
department replied that this was ex-
actIy the plan which should be fol-
lowed by all national guard organ!za-
tons and was the plan that II was
states. Since that time this plan has
been recommended and Iowa IS one
of the few states which has COM
pleted the reorganization.
In ia 1915 the organized militia OF
Iowa consisted Of one brigade Of in
faurry. one separate regiment OF in
fau,ry, one battery of field artillery.
one medical department and the
necessary staff corps and departments
to furnish the required officers and
men for administration ard supply
The infantry brigade was composed OF
the Fifty third infantry, The FIFTY
fourth and the Fffty-f fifth and the one
separate regiment was the Fifty sixth
These have now been merged into the
First. Second and Third infantry and
one squadron OF cavalry.
The Present Organization
The brigade headquarters are at
Cedar RAPIDS. Brig. Gen. Hubert A.
Allen. of Cedar Rapids. is the COM
uanding Officer Maj. Edwin e. Lucas.
of Des Mosnes, is second In command
CAPTAIN Edgar Ridenour, U. s. A, Is
acting inspector general.
The First infantry has headquarters
a, Upton. John E BARLEY. OF ZIP
ton i. colonel and George II. Bali, OF
Iowa City, is lieutenant colonel.
slg The reeanent band Is located at
Cedar Rapids Of which Jacob Schm1da
is chief musician. A machine gun
company is located at Upton OF which
Earl C.. Ford is captain. The COM
NAMES and their location are as foi-
lows: Company A. Dubuque COMPANY
B. Waterloo: Company c, Cedar Rap
ids; Company D, Cedar Rapids; Com
many E. Charles City: Company F.
Cedar Falls; Company G. Waterloo:
Company II, Manchester; Company l.
Burlington: Company X. Washington;
s. COMPANY I. Keokuk, and Company NJ,
Fairfield.
The Second infantry has headauar-
ters in Webster City. Norman p.
HYATT. OF Webster City. Is colonel. and
winfred H. Bailey, OF Sheldon. leu
tenant-colonel The band is located at
Mason City and Thomas L. Gates OF
Mason City is chief musician. The
machine gun company Is located at
Eagle Grove. The companies are as
follows: Company A. Mason City:
Company B. Ida Grove; Company {.
Webster City: Company D, Mason
w. CITY: Company e, Sheldon: Company
F.. Fort Dodge: Company @, Fort
Dodge: Company FL Sioux city, ON
pany 7. Boone: Company K, LeMars:
Company l. Sioux City and Company
VI, Cherokee.
The Third infantry Headquarters
are in Des Moines and Ernest K
- Bennett Is colonel, and Mathew A. I'm
lev, of Council Bluffs lieutenant
IS colonel. The band Is stationed al
Z C1arinda and George w. Landers Is
chief musician. The machine CUR
company is stationed at Des MONIES
The following are the companies:
{ Company A, Winterset; Company h
Des Moines. Company c, Ames. Com
8 pany D, Centerville, Company f
Shenandoah: Company F, Vilhsca
d, Company G, Ottumwa Company Fl
4. Oskaloosa: Company l. GenWooo
( Company K, Corning: Company l.