Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-08-31
FAMOUS Battery D, Iowa r. A

n....: "P9 NOW stationed M
- perhaps the most famous !.
Battery d. First Iowa field ar,,,lor,
"n'eh arrived here August u. from
~ nome station at Davenport. Iowa
Aieir scarcely ten DAYS in camn ,bo
req nat cords of the Iowa men ar,
"i'"h TO almost every citizen of tb.
CIV ana the men have become non.
ular. P'P-
me uhiI has perhaps the highest
persohhel IN ITS ranks of any organ.
l<a'ioh which will be stationed IN
lamp Cody Over 90 men now nm
The rolls OF the battery are univer-
si'S men and representatives If ,
do@en different schools are enl,s,od
\ majority of the men are prominent
~ The business and social life If
Davenport. NV VI
ihe uhll Is an offspring of Battery
D. of Davenport. which established ,
record Tor the highest efficiency m
lhe national guard while stationed y,
Brownsville, Texas, last wear The
men ot Battery b were divided he
tween three units, Battery b. Bat.
terN u and the regimenlal sunnlv
coihpaN, all OF which were recruited
l" war strength IN Davenpor, durno
SAX weeks campaign shortly after
me be2inne OF the war with. Germay
oiiicers Tor the two new comma
me- were 1rawn from the ranks Of
Battery u AMI every non-com m the
three organizations has seen service
on the MeNoan border Battery h Is
al present stationed at Fort Roots.
Ark with the first battalion and the
sh''lN company is still in Davenport
awaiting orders to proceed 10 Dem.
ing The first battalion will also ar
rve soon It Is thought
Captain Harry Ward, commander
OF Battery b, was hrst lieutenant of
Battery b at Brownsville. and j. q
veteran of the regular army, where
he served for over seven wears lie
fought IN several Philippine cam
palsns. Lieut. Jonh II. Whitakc. was
a sergeant IN Battery Il and Lleuls.
T.. 5. Ruhl and Herbert o Koehler
were corporals. Lieut.. Roy Norris IS .
a veteran of the regular artillery. +
Among the enlisted men are Ser
geants Sheets and Bacon and Cor
poral Jasper Well known Iowa news
paper men, Sergeant John Swiney
and Corporal j. $, Porterfeld both
aX-captalns of Ames baseball teams,
Corporal WALTZ Wisconsin track
star, Donald Macrae, Gordon Rath,
P Il. Griffin, l., C. Fitch, Horace
Nuren. Leonard Showalter, all well
inown IN state athletic circles
Buck Timothy, Young tluggins
lack RAIDER and Bum Sutehmer all
inst rate pugilists \ number oi
'ncces >tul Young lawyers and bus
ness men are also enlisted
Corporal Jack Porterield aud Eu
,ene Brown, both Jazz piano PLAYERS
4 note. have already entertained
numbers e Demine people Two
,attery quarlets have been organized
md are hghting Ion supremacy IN
,arbcr shop chords Numbers of the
men are expert horsemen. The ar
1val of Battery Il and the regimental
apply company of the Iowa arlill-
ny, both Davenport organizations
Ilso, will add to the number of celeb
'itles.
Since duNns here last week the
,attcrN ha, established lis own can
cen. Il barber shop, tailoring shop,
hoe shop aud shine parlor aud laun-
Irv. supplies for all these were fur
Iished the men by the citizens of
Davenport
Among other things, the battery
'oasts of the only artillery horse in
amp Cody, three dogs, badger, n
.oung eagle and rattesnake for
nascol-. 1t does not own tent nor
gun. The official battle weapon is
n Indian spear head found on the
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