The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-19
IOWA GUARD To
SOUTH IN AUGUST
MUSTER TO BEGIN WITH DIES
MONIES UNITS TOMORROW.
OTHERS AT HOME STATIONS
Ammunition Train Practically Re-
cruited and an Order for Mobii-
lzing at Des Moines to be
issued Soon. =

Des Moines, July 19.-Mustering OF
the Iowa National guard into federal
service is to begin at once, with the
Des Moines units the first to be form.
ally transferred from the state to ma
tional authority. Plans contemplate
I the transfer of the entire guard to
Deming, N. M, early in August.
Col Arthur Thayer of the regular
army has arrived in Des Moines and
at once commenced making arrange
ments for the muster
The Des Moines units, including
the battery, machine gun company,
engineers, supply company, field
hospital and Company b, will prob
ably be mustered in tomorrow at the
fair grounds, where they are now in
training.
The other units will be mustered
in at their home stations within the
coming week.
A new order wa received by
Governor Harding from General
Barry at Chicago which in effect
withdraws all Of the Iowa guards from
possible guard duty within the state
on Aug. l.
No Local Guard Duty.
The order reads as follows:
of the fourteenth instant the sec
rotary Of war approves that after
Aug. 1, only major utilities in con-
nection with national defense will be
guarded by United States troops. Il.
1.-THE national army cantonment at
Camp Dodge is the only place within
the state OF Iowa which will be 50
guarded.
"On Aug. l. the federal guards now
at other points throughout Iowa will
be withdrawn and the owners of util-
tiles now guarded by the United
States military forces and from which
military guards will be drawn must
look to the state and municipal gov
ernments for protection after that
date.
please acknowledge.
Barry"
This communication to the gov
ernor means that the First Iowa
regiment, now scattered on guard
duty throughout the state, will be
sent south with the rest of the Iowa
troops, unless some of its units are
assigned to guard Camp Dodge.
Plans for home guard organization
will be announced as soon as gov
eminent authorization is received.
The order is also evidence that
the entire Iowa militia will go south
very shortly after Aug. l. '@-t
"A query sent out by General Barry
to guard commanders of the state
asking whether they preferred to
train at home for fifteen days or de-
sired to be modified at some central
point resulted in a general agreement
that it would be preferable to train
at home. f.
Accordingly, the units will be per-
mitted to remain at their home sta
lions until they are sent south, and
will entrain directly from their local
stations.
The Ammunition Train.
1t will be necessary to assemble
the newly organized ammunition
train at Des Moines for acceptance
nv the federal authorities and mus
ter into service.
The unit is practically recuited to
full strength, and an order mobilizing
the men at Des Moines will be issued
as soon as the government assigns an
inspecting officer it is expected.
Adjutant General Logan has tele'
graphed to the central headquarters
at Chicago a long list of equipment
needed for the guard units called out
on July Is. The list includes requests
for blankets, cots, tentage, mess out
fits, ETC., required for camp purposes
Steps now under way all contem
plate the removal of the guard to thf
southern camps early in August. II
will probably be impossible to obtair
railway equipment to make the en-
tire transfer on one date, and it Il
possible that the regiments will bt
ordered south by the battalions ant
individual units.
Travel in Day Coaches.
Washington, July 10. - Nationa
guardsmen called out for training II
the south tent camps, will be trans
ported in day coaches the war depart
ment was advised today because of thu
lack of tourist sleepers. Each trair
will be equipped with kitchen coach
The war office says that all of thu
boys win be fed well. They will hav'
fresh beef, fresh bread, vegetables. pc
tatoes and whatever else is needed.