Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-07-11
PRESIDENT CALLS
iowa NATIONAL GUARD
ENTIRE GUARD FORCE OF COUN.
TRY CALLED INTO FEDERAL
SERVICE.
TROOPS TO GO SOUTH AT ONCE
Company H, of Manchester, Includ.
ed in Latest Order for Move
ment of Troops.

ment OF troops.
Washington, d. C.-President Will
son issued a proclamation on Monday
drafting the entire national guard of
the country into the United States
army, to date from August 5th next,
and alss calling the regiments out for
active service.
The national guard of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Nebraska will be called into
the federal service on July Is and
sent to concentration camps in the
south, although the draft will not
apply formally to them until August
5th.
Muster in Des MOines.
The call will bring into federal
service, all Iowa guard organizations
not already called out. This will in
clude the Second and Third regiments
of infantry, the cavalry, all auxiliary
organizations, the two new engineer
ing companies, and the three newly
organized batteries.
All of the guard medical units will
also be called out.
No advices have been received as to
the method of mobilization. Probably
the men will be assembled in Des
Moines for muster into federal service
before being sent south, as was done
with the three batteries recently sum-
moned.
About 5000 men not now in active
service are affected by the order, in
Guiding all members of the guard not
now in federal service or in training
at their home stations under the order
issued last week
Company H. of Manchester, which
has been doing guard duty at Boone,
Jefferson and Madrid, will cease do
ing guard work and assemble with the
other companies of the First regiment
at Des Moines. .....
Don. A. Preussner, an officer OF the
Iowa National guard, has also been
summoned to report for duty on the
18th of July.
Recruiting Officers Appeal for Volun.
teers.
Every effort is being made to fill
the company up with volunteers, but
if the young men of this city and COM
munity do not show more real inter-
est than they have in the past three
months the balance will be made up
by drafted men and drafted men in a
volunteer organization are not going
to be handed any roses by their volun-
teer comrades.
Recruiting stations for the National
guard are still open and young men
between the ages Df 1S and As are eli
gible for enlistment. You may be in
dustrious and hold a good job, but if
you have no one dependent upon your
labors besides yourself you have no
excuse for not enlisting. Young men
are heard to say that if the Presi-
dent would only call for volunteers
they would be only too willing to go.
Since the beginning Of this war the
president has called for men-for vol
unteers just as truly as Lincoln called
in 81 and Mckinley in '9S. Young
man, how are you answering the call?
ROseter of Company H.
Below appears roster of Company
H, First Iowa Infantry, the only Or
ganization which represents Delaware
county and the city of Manchester in
the present great struggle. In look
ing this over it will be seen that the
different towns of the county have fur
nished the number of men below list
ed. On account of a great many dis
charges because Of dependent rela-
tives and physical disability the COM
pany is still forty-two men short Of
war strengthen one hundred and
fifty men.
Officers.
Capt w. F. Grossman- Manchester