Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-08-16
IOWA SOLDIERS
TO GO TO FRANCE
War Department Notifies Iowa Offic-
ers to Mobilize Soldiers at Des
Moines Immediately.


Moines Immediately.
1t was announced at Des Moines
Tuesday that the Third Regiment,
Iowa National Guards would be mob
ilized east of the state fair grounds
perhaps tomorrow, preparatory to be-
ing sent to France. So Iowa found
herself plunged suddenly into the big
European war. This regiment includes
Company l. Council Bluffs and other
southwest Iowa troops, and these ord
ers are for a quick departure to
France.
Unofficial reports were that the
First Iowa has been ordered mobil-
ond Iowa will follow.
From these two regiments will be
selected men enough to put the Third
in full war strength.
1t is commonly believed that the
Third Iowa will be on it's way to
France within two weeks.
officers of the Third are: Colonel
E. r. Bennett, Des Moines, command
ing; Lieutenant Colonel M. A. FINLEY,
Council Bluffs; Major Emory c.
Worthington, Des Moines, command
ing first battalion; Major C. NJ. STAN
ley, Corning, commanding second bat
talon; Major Gug. S. Brewer. Des
Moines, commanding third battalion;
Major Wilbur S. Conkling, Des
Moines, commanding medical corps.
The companies are as follows: Com
pany A, Winterset, Captain c, w.
Atkins commanding; Company B, Des
Moines, Captain H. c. McHenry COM
handing; Company G, Creston, Cap
tain A. j. Horton commanding; Com
pany d, Centerville, Captain s. c..
Haynes commanding; Company E.,
Shenandoah Captain Orville b. Yates
commanding; Company F. Villisca,
Captain C. j. Casey commanding;
Company G, Ottumwa, Captain Ed
ward Stellar commanding; Company
II, Oskaloosa, Captain ]. B. Springer
commanding; Company l, Glenwood,
Captain L. Dunn commanding; Com
pany X. Corning. Captain A. b. Hupp
commanding; Company l., Council
Bluffs, Captain C. Powell command
ing; Company M, Red Oak, Captain
l.. D. Ross commanding; machine gun
company, Des Moines, Captain f. o.
Fleur commanding; Third infantry
hospital rps Major w. S. Conkling
commanding; supply company, Cap
tain E. w. Johnson commanding.
Fighting Strength, 1902 Men.
The troops will be modified in
Des Moines beginning probably Fri
day. The regiment will be increased
the ranks of the First and Second
ri
bringing the fighting strength of the
Third up to 1902 men and officers.
AS soon as the 2,002 men now be-
ing rushed on the state game farm
east of the fair grounds, fifty men
from each company in the other two
Iowa regiments will be ordered to re-
port to Des Moines at once. These
troops are now in camp at their home
stations. modified there August l to
await orders to entrain for the con-
centration camp at Deming, n. M.
Thus 100 men will be added to each
company of the Third regiment.
bringing the company strength to $50
soldiers and the regimental strength
to as many men as comprised the en-
tire Iowa brigade on the Mexican
border last year. The men taken
from Company A in the First and
Second regiments will be assigned to
Company A in the Third AS soon as
the mobilization of the augmented
unit is completed the war department
will be notified that the Iowans are
ready to go to the front.
Orders are then expected to come
Immediately sending the regiment to
an Atlantic port for embarkment to
France.
The First and Second regiments
will be reduced to / 200 men each
by the draft to the Third. In all prob
ability they will be brought immedi-
ately to war strength by drafts from
the first increment of conscript army
soldiers ordered to report at Camp
Dodge September 5.
Plans for sending the first national
guard troops to France have been per-
fected by the war department with
the organization of division which
will include troops from twenty-six
states and the District of Columbia.
The states from which the national
guard troops are to be assembled are:
Louisiana. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
New York. Ohio, Georgia. Alabama,
Iowa Illinois Indiana Minnesota, Cali
fornia Maryland, South Carolina, Mis-
souri,, Virginia, North Carolina, Kan
sas. Texas Michigan. New Jersey. Ten
nessee, oklahoma, Nebraska, Colora-
do, Oregon. The others come from
the District of Columbia.
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Mrs. j. +. Mcclure and two daugh
l..