Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
THIRTY-FoUR MEMBERS OF MA
TtoNAL ARMY FROM CAMP
DODGE EN- ROUTE East.
WILL BECOME PART OF
TWENTIETH ENGINEERS
Men Picked Because Of Physical and
intellectual FitnsssA'ons Hundred
I. T~enty me Selected From Camp
Dodge, Majority Of Whom, Are Lum-
3 hsrjaeks From Minnesota.

Des Moines, Oct. s.-Thirty-f four
members Of the national army arc now
on their way to France. via washing
ton, DC, and in all probability vii.
- near the firing line far III advance
81 their comrades left behind at Camp
Dodge
They are part Of = contingent Of 1875
which entrained for Washington yes
tterday Under temporary. command Of
Lieutenant Reinhart, the remaining
members of the delegation coming from
Minnesota.
They are to become part Of the
Twentieth United States engineers.
and were selected upon a basis of
physical ability and general intelli-
gence, every man being picked"
The Minnesotans are practically all
lumberjacks from the northern part
Of the state, while the Iowa men are for
the most part farmers.
They were selected from the con-
tingent assigned to the depot brigade
from the last contingent which reached
camp. and have only been in training
about two weeks. Despite this fact
when they lined up in full uniform last
night for muster before their journey,
1t was as fine a body of troops as'could
be imagined.
iowans on to Front.
The Iowa men who are now speed
ing thru the country en- route to the
front are:
Clyde s.~Baldwin L. A. Bfde1l. Polk
county: L. r.. Butler. Frank C. Davis,
Warren county: Howard Kellis, ALA
makee county: Chester Mann. Mar
shall county: Archie p. Otto, Warren
county; Charles NJ. Reed, Warren
county; James NJ. Bell, Marshall
county; Mute Brewer, l.. G. Crane. John
F.. Dressler, Polk county; Joseph Haus-
man. Des Moines (city); Frank r.
tchy); Arlie Otto. Marshall county
Lucas Crane, Polk county; James H.
Hook. Charles Menge, Delaware
county: w. J. Schaffer, Buchanan
county; r. J. Wooner, Black Hawk
county; J. r.. F,rantz, L. X. Lumsden
Buchanan county: w. H. Milroy, Roy
Willard, Delaware county; Carl o.
Warner, Boone county: g. W. Bohne.
Jasper county: G. w. Kunz, johnson
county: William Gilbert, &c. C. Milligan,
Jasper county; Clinton Lester. Dallas
county; Jesse Furrow. Henry Ter
louw Jasper county; Christopher
Brown, Keokuk county.
Camp Dodge now presents a widely
different scene than 1t did two weeks
ago. Instead OF scattered squads OF
awkward recruits stumbling over one
another. the roads and company streets
are now filled with companies and
platoons who are able to execute fair
ly intricate commando
Most OF the men now have full uni
forms with the exception OF those OF
the depot brigade, which will not be
equipped until they are sent south 70
Deming.
1wsnty-Nine lowans Rejected.
or the l25 men rejected yesterday
Mt Camp Dodge on account of physical
disability, tweEty-nine are from Iowa.
The remainder come from other states.
included in the thirteenth national
army district, which includes besides
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and
The men rejected yesterday will be
discharged at once and sent home.
Their transportation will be paid
and they will receive pay for every
hour they spent in camp.
The percentage of reflections from
Iowa was slightly less than that
from other states. The Surgeons stat
ing that as a rule the men sent from
the Hawkeye state were physically 1t
and it was not found necessary to dis
charge them.
Altho several hundred men from the
second Iowa quota to arrive in camp
have been rejected, 1t Is expected that
the list viii grow zzoi1i -; 20 :: :.
that the reflections will not be finished
much before the arrival in camp OF the
third increment, the date for the ar
rival of which has been tentatively set
at Oct. Is.
Iowa Men Rejected.
r oiiowing arc the names OF thu
Iowa men rejected together with
. The counties from which they were
sent:
Polk county-Howard C. IIallett.
MISUNDERSTANDING Delmer.
Lucas--Andrew c. Fee. Clyde Gill;
land.
Emmet-James D. Burns, Carl J.
Hagcbock.
neutrality-suspicious. B. Lowell, Leon
ard Bristow, Walter j. Scott.
Pocahontas-Bur r. Smith.
Wayne-Arthur Hazen, Ray II.
Gilman.
Osceola-Ber l.. Palmer.
Clinton Edward A. Eggers
Buchanan-Aybert C. Meyer, Blaine
Cook.
& Clarke-walter Wick.
Dee Moines-Mark C. Michael.
Madison-Edwin M. Georgeson.
Monroe-Oscar Burkman, Antonio
Fontanelle.
Howard-Eugene e. Farrell.
WinnebaEo-Conrad Haven, Ar
lie Burnside.
-. !: j. ..--sss.ax ;,osS:: :.:sSc:
Dickinson--L. C. Donaldson.
Harrison-T. E. Camel.
Jackson-C. s. Evenans.
Grundy Center News Items.
Special to Times Republican.
Grundy Center, Oct. 1.-The Garfield
Brothers disposed Of their grocery
stock this week at q sale held in their
store puiidi,9. Z nc .uoys s.s..s sesz::..
In business here for the past five years
and had ., good trade, but they decided
there was more money to be made I'm
some other lines Of work. The elder,
" George, expects to go on a farm. Their
father owns the building in which they
have been doing business and expects