Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-26
APPoRTiONMENT OF NEW REGl.
MENr MEMBERS AMONG BAT
TALIoNS AND COMPANIES.
EVERY MAN AMONG
FRIENDS IF POSSIBLE
Fifteen Companies Make Up New
Regiment to Be Known as 35oth-
Occupying Barraek Buildings Near
Main Entrance and on Paved Road
Roster Of Companies.

Dee Moines Sept. 26.-The ranks Of
Iowa's new infantry regiment--the
S5oth-are fast filling with the arrival
OF Iowa recruits ordered to report with
the second increment to the eighty
eighth division OF the national army at
Camp Dodge.
Inc Iocailzation plan of the war de-
partment which ordered the placement
OF men from neighboring counties and
communities as nearly together as was
compatible with the efficiency OF the
various organizations has been carried
out admirably under the direction of
Col. {. w. Castle, senior officer
In but few cases has it been neces-
sary to put men from other than ad-
Jacent counties together in the COM
pan!es which comprise the regiment.
II was a big job to make this ar
rangement, but it was done and the re-
cru!ts from northern Iowa who have
been assigned to the 350th find them
selves bunking, eating and drilling be-
side men who attended the same high
school with them or who lived on an
adjoining farm.
How Men Are Divided.
II you have relative or friend in
the 350th infantry regiment and knew
where he lived before being certified
for service You can find out just where
he is located in the big army camp at
Camp Dodge by the following:
The regiment comprises fifteen COM
panies.
INT hot
talions, four companies being put into
each battalion.
The companies are all lettered with
the exception of the headquarters COM
pany, the supply company and the ma
chine gun company.
In the First battalion are Companies
A, B. c, D.
The recruits for Company A come
from Carroll, Buena, Vista, O'Brier,
and Osceola counties, in which are To-
Gated the following towns: Carroll.
Halbur. Scranton. Coon Rapids. Albert
City. Sioux Rapids. Primghar, Moneta,
Calumet, Cloversdale, Storm Lake.
Sheldon. Sibley, Little Rock and Mel
win.
Company includes men from
Cherokee. Woodbury., Monona and
Lyon counties. in which are the fol-
lowing towns: Cherokee. Meriden.
Aurelia Quimby. Sioux City. Correc
tionville Neville, Battle Creek. Dan
bury. Onawa, Mapleton, Turin, Grant
Center Moorehead. Soldier, Rock Rap
ids. Canton. Doom and George.
Company includes men from CAL
houn. Plymouth and Harrison counties
Oil - xrAtli
City, LeMars, Logan, Pomeroy, Kings
ley Pisgah, sommers. Lake City. Yet
ter, James. Merrill, Westield, Craig,
Modale, Yorkshire and Orson.
Company D takes in Shelby. Sioux
and Dickinson counties and these
towns: Harlan Orange City. Spirit
Lake, Corley. Portsmouth, Irwin.
Earring. Shelby, Carnes, Hawarden,
Sioux Center, Hull, Milford and Ar
nod's Park. ~ -. i
The Second Battalion. 81
The second battalion comprises Conn
panies E, F. G. H.
The counties in Company e are:
Guthrie, Greene and Audubon. in which
are the towns Of Guthrie Center, Hern-
don, Dale, Bayard, Bagley, Panora,
Casey. Menlo. jefferson, Cooper. Rip
pey. Patton, Churdan, Adaza, Farlin,
Audubon. Brayton, Gray and Kimball-
ton.
Company F has men from Palo Alto,
Pocahontas and Kossuth counties, in
which are the towns of Emmetsburg,
Pocahontas, Algona, Mallard, Fonda,
Luverne Rodman. Laurens, Gerled.
Rolfe. Blanden, Bancroft and Lone
rock.
Company G has taken men from
Hancock. Humboldt, Wright and
Franklin counties. including the towns
Of Garner, Dakotah, Clarion. Hampton,
Corwith. Humboldt, Belmond, Sheffield,
Britt. Crystal Lake, Hawley, Goodell.
Livernore. Thor, Goldfeld, Woodstock,
Dows and Alexander.
Third Battalion.
The third battalion comprises men