Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-15
GUARD REGIMENT ORDERED TO
FRANCE TO BE BROUGHT UP
TO WAR STRENGTH.
DRAFT 1900 MEN FROM
OTHER IOWA REGIMENTS
Third Infantry to Be Mobi'izsd at Once
at Des Moines--Expeeted to Depart
For France Within Two Weeks--
Five Companies Now on Guard Duty
at Camp Dodge.
to Times Republican.


Des Moines, Aug. 15-1mportant war
news broke rapidly in Des Moines ano
Iowa yesterday. The Associated Press
dispatches early in the day announced
that the Third Iowa infantry was IN
Guided in troops from twenty-six states
in a division which would soon be sent
to France Later in the day it was given
out unofficially that the First Iowa In
fantry is to be modified at once at
Camp Dodge to do guard duty. Five OF
the companies of this regiment are al
ready doing guard duty at Camp
Dodge.
The Third Iowa is to be mobilized al
once at Des Moines. The camp Will De
adjoining the state fair grounds on the
east. a part of the state game preserve
being used.
Officers do not say how soon the
Third Iowa will be on it's way 70
France but all signs point to compar-
atively early departure. 1t has peen
reported unofficially here that it Will be
within two weeks The companies are
fairly we'll equipped. The regiment Is
to be increased by drafting l,60o SOL
diers from the ranks of the First ana
Second regiments of the guard, bring
ing the fighting strength OF the Third
to $500 men and officers. The an
nouncement as given out officially from
the war department was that this oil
vision will be sent abroad
Included in "Rainbow Division.
The Third regiment will be unit IN
the Eighty fourth infantry brigade un-
der the command Of Brigadier General
Mann. This is known as the Rainbow
Division" and will be $4,000 strong and
will include national guard units from
New York to California.
The third regiment is now under the
command of Col. E. E. Bennett, OF Des
Moines, who saw service in the Span
ish- American war. in the Philippines
and was in command of the Third regi-
ment on the border Thezcompanies in
the third regiment are the following:
Company A. winterset, Capt. c w.
Atkins. commanding.
Company 3, Des Moines. Capt. II. G.
McHenry.
Company c, creston, Capt. A. J. Hor-
ton.
Company D, Centerville. Capt. s
Haynes.
Company E. Shenandoah, Capt. Or.
vile B. Yates.
Company F. villisea. Capt G. !:
Casey. .>sr - 100
Company c, ottugswa Capt. Edward
Steller >,
Company H. oskaloosa, Capt. J. R
Springer.
Company I, Glenwood, Capt. L. c.
Company X, Corning. Capt. A. B.
Hupp.
Company L. Council Bluffs Capt. c.
Powell
Company NJ, Red Oak, Capt. L. D.
Ross.
Machine Gun Company, Capt. 3 o.
F1eur.
Third Infantry Hospital Corps, Major
w. s. Conkling.
Supply Company, Capt. E. W. john
son.
To Recruit From Drafted Men.
Because of the draft to the Third reg
iment Of 1000 men, the First and Sec
and regiments will be reduced to 1.2o0
men each. 1t is probable they will be
brought to war strength by drafts from
the first increment Of the national
army soldiers ordered to report at Camp
Dodge, Sept. 5.
OF the First infantry, which is to be
modified at Camp Dodge for guard
duty. Company e, OF Charles City; F.
Of Cedar Falls; G. Of Waterloo; n, OF
Manchester. and NJ, OF Fairfield, are al
ready on duty at the big cantonment
site. The other companies in this reg
iment are Company A, Dubuque, B,
Waterloo: c, Cedar Rapids; D. Cedar
Rapids; I, Burlington; K, FIT. Madison,
and L, Keokuk.