Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-08
REGIMENT GETTING READY Tc
ENTRAIN AT ONCE, PROB.
ABLY BY NIGHT.
WILL PROCEED TO CAMP
NEAR MINEoLA, L. l.,
Regiment Contains Many Officers Long
Connected With Iowa National Guard
Largest Regiment Ever Recruited
in Statc-location OF Units--Rcsi-
mental and Company Commanders.
Special to Times Republican.

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Des Moines. Sept S.-e-According. 10
present plans the Third Iowa regiment
now the one Hundred and sixty eighth
United States infantry, Will break
camp today and entrain for Camp
Mills. Mineola, l., l., before nighttali'
The Rainbow division, OF which the
Third is unit, Is expected to be IN
camp at Mineola by Monday night.
For the past twcnty-four hours It
has been packing up and getting
everything in readiness in so far as
possible for entrainment. Word order
Ing them TO start for the east has been
expected daily since the reorganiza-
ton OF the regiment was perfected over
two weeks ago, Just how long the
troops will remain in camp at Nine
ola Is matter of speculation but II
Is thought that II will not be great
while before they are on their way 70
France.
Numbers $500 Strong.
The men Of the Third Iowa VIII
leave their native state practically
300 strong, the largest regiment ever
formed in Iowa. II was recruited up
10 full war strength with men from
the First Iowa following the order OF
the war department of Tuesday. Aug.
IL.
The Third regiment il under the
command Of Col f. 4 Bennett. of Dcs
Moines, aided by Lieut.. Col. Mathew
A. FINLEY, Of Council Bluffs: Mai.
Claude NJ, Stanley, Of Corning; Maj
Guy S. Brewer and Nal Emory {.
Worthngton. both OF Des Moincs.
The battalion adjutants are First
Lieut., Charles Tillotson. Jr, of Dies
Moines; First Lieut.. Roy y. Gault, OF
Creston; and First Lieut.. Ralph B.
Ericsson, Of Red Oak.
The companies included in the or
ganlzatlon with their commanders fol-
low:
Headquarters company, Des Moines.
Capt. Paul l.. Van Order. Council!
Bluffs.
Company A, winterset. Capt. c. w.
Atkins.
Company 3, Des MoInes. Capt. II. c.
McHenry.
Company c, Cres,on, Capt. a. j.
Horton.
Company D. Centerville, Capt G. G.
Haynes
Company f, Shenandoah, Capt. Or
Vile &. Yates.
Company F. villisca, Capt. G. J.
Casey.
Company G, ottumwa, Capt, Edward
StclIer.
Company II, Oskaloosa, Capt. J. D.
Springer.
Company /, Glcnwood Capt. l.. G.
Dunn.
Company K, Corning, Capt. A, T.
Hupp.
Company l.. Council Bluffs. Capt. c.
Powell.
Company ~ Red Oak, Capt l.. D.
Ross.
Machine gun company, DEG Moines.
Capt r. .. FHeur.
Third Infantry hospital corps. Major
w. S. COnklIng.
Supply company. Capt. f. w John
son.
Many Veteran Officers.
There are nine Of the officers Of thle
regiment who have been with the or
ganization for more than twenty years.
They are Colonel Bennett. Lieutenant
Colonel Tinicy, Major Worth!ngton,
Major Brewer Major Conkl!ng. Cap
tain Ross. of Red OAK: Captain Flcur.
Of Dcs Moines: Captain Caaey. OF Vii
llaca, and Lieut.. d. &. Ncwqust. OF
Des Mo!nes.
This regiment was known as the
F'ifty-frat Iowa during the Spanish
American war and did some OF the
hardest fighting and scout duty in the
Philippines OF any of the regiments
over there. John &. Lopez, now ad1u-
| tant OF the soldiers home in Marshall
town, was colonel OF the regiment then.
Marceius Miller. Of Bedford, was
lieutenant colonel. Colonel Miller Is
now a resident o, Des Joinca and is
with the Rock Island railroad. Adjt.
Gen. Guy f.. Logan was second lieH-
tenant Of Company NJ, Red Oak, dur
Ing the war with Spain. He Was made
captain when the company reorganizsd
and went into the adiutant general 4
office az assistant TO General Thrift.
Mai. Claude VI. Stanley was a pri-
vAte when the war with Spain broke
out. He was promoted TO corporal and
vac on his way to the Philippines when
ne waa taken III at San Francisco and
could not sail with the regiment. He
joined after the war and became cap
tain OF Company r.. OF Corning. from
| which office he Was promoted to major.
These men all saw service on the
Mexican border last fall when the
Third, true 20 !ts pas. record. gave n
most excellent account OF Itself
The splendid record made by the
Third Iowa in all It's past history IN
the reason II has been selccted az q
part OF the Rainbow digision, the first
| organization OF volunteers TO see gerry
ice in France,