Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-10
RECRUITS WERE
MANY At time
LINCOLN CALLED.
Soldiers Monument Board
Gets Names of Cavalry
Enlisted in County
READERS ASKED TO
CHECK OVER LIST

Is the patriotism Of today as intense
as half a century ago7
Does the young man Of today feel Is
ardently American as did his fathers
and grandfathers who left here for SER
vice in the civil war to fight for Old
Glory?
Will the enrolment in Wapello
conuty and Ottumwa be as great now
as 1t was when Linco1n's call went
forth for volunteers?
II so, many moro will have to 60
forth than have thus far been asked for
and the recruiting will have TO be
hustled along with much greater speed
than for the past week.
Recruiting at the armory for Co. @
Is progressing slowly, ten applicants
for enlistment have been made since
Saturday afternoon. The total OF those
applying is thirty-hve although = num-:
Der Of these have yet to be physically
examined and only portion Of the
number has been sworn In. Lieut. Nell
son and Private Crissweil are on duty
at the armory receiving all applicants.
The list Of the soldiers who enlisted
in Wapello county for service during
the stormy days Of the sixties, has
been obtained from the ad1utant gen
erals Office at Des Moines and the
number is q big one, much larger than
most persons would suppose.
The soldiers' relief committee fos
Wapello conx.y Witch -clsQ Co. ss....
the soldiers sImonunR Rent COMMITTEES s6Ss
been working on this list for / come
time with a view to getting every name
that should appear on the monument
Anyone who after reading the list a. II
appears In The Courier should happen
to notice an error or the absence Of .
name that should be there. will get In
immediate touch with the committee,
Messrs. George L. Nye Of Agency, b.
w. Van der Veer of Ottumwa and
Amos Gray of Eddyville.
The Courier will publish the entire
list but its great length precludes its
publication all at one time. For sew
eral days the list will be run until
every name has been published and
the reader is asked to save the lists AZ
they appear and pasting them in q
scrap book or In one sheet, go over
them carefully and see II any Wapello
county soldiers name is missing and
notify the committee.
The first lot will be portion OF the
cavalry enlistments OF which there are
between 500 and 700. These men en-
listed in Wapello county for cavalry
service. The infantry list Of nearly
900 names will be published after the
cavalry soldiers have been all an
nounced. The list follows:
Iowa Cavalry Co. Unassigned
Thomas R. Buckley, Richard Bucher.
David Baker, Horace S. Crandall, John
M. Clark, Boone F. Carroll, David Deck.
er Ira A. Davis. George w. Dowing.
Leander H. Doll. Hugh Fairburn. Edgar
Frary, William Flower. Thomas I. For
sythe. William S. Jobe. Edward B. Lair.
Charles ". Maclin. Napoleon B. March,
Rionaldo Mace, Samuel Noe. Abraham
Robins. Thomas c. Robinson, John r.
Swinford. William Van Wrinkle. Willis
Van Wrinkle, Conrad Williams.
First Iowa Cavalry, Field and STAFF
Joseph W. Caldwell, Daniel Easley, Jr,
Daniel Easley.
First Iowa Cavalry, Company F.
John H. lobe. Ephraim Jobe.
First Iowa Cavalry, Company H. -
Harlow G.. Bates. Sterling s. Bates,
Chilon Dickson David Hodges
First Iowa Cavalry. Company I.
John ]. Adams, Alexander H. Barnett.
Noah W. Briles. John NJ. Boston, VIM
r. Brim Robert P. Caldwell. Andrew J.
Chapman Theodore Creamer. Milton
S. Clark, VIM. Clark. Thos Clark. VIM.
Davis. John A. Davis. Thos. G. Davis,
George W. Dickens. James X. p Eng
land. William D. Earl. Alfred ]. Gill
lespie. Leander n. Godfrey. Joseph C.
Harris. Jackson Hendrickson VIM. H.
Kitterman, Edward F. Lewis, Samuel
;yIe orri. 10h
Macklin, Chas. Fl. McFarling. James
Mcclure. Thomas T. Myers. VIM. n
Monroe. Peru J. b. Ping. George W.
Priest, Wilbur N. Ping. Arson B.
Phelps. George W. Rouse. w. Benja-
min Searle, Joseph II. Springer, Ross
B. Stevens Dexter Stevens, John
Shreeve. George w. Sylvester. Jasper
n. Thompson. Samuel Walker.
First Iowa Cavalry. Company L -
VIM. Taylor, - Bick.