Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-14
MOST OF IOWA MEN REPORTING
SEPT. 10 AND FEW DAYS THERE
AFTER ASSIGNED TO GUARDS.
STAY At CAMP DODGE
WILL BE VERY BRIEF
First 5000 Reporting Will Be Sent
South to Fill Ranks of First and
Second Iowa and Bring Them to
War Strenath-Some from Other
States to Be Taken.


ability at least 1000 of the Iowa Sc
lected men who report here for service
in the national army beginning Sept.
10, will not see enough of Camp Dodge
to retain more than d casual memory
of the big collection of barracks.
Present plans at the cantonment,
based on orders from the war depart
ment, contemplate the transfer to DEM
ing, n. NJ, Immediately upon reporting
here of the first 5000 men received
here on the next call.
A total of 1920 men are to report
here during the fye-day period begin
ming Sept. 10. OF these 800 are TO
come from Iowa, 3,746 from Minnesota,
2,242 from North Dakota and 7,l42
from Illinois.
While the, procedure has not been
definitely announced, it is proposed to
take the first 5000 reaching the can
torment after Sept. 10, and turn them
over to the depot brigade, which will
Immediately arrange to transport the
men to Deming, where they will De
used to fill the ranks Of the guard
regiments there. If the two Iowa reSi-
ments are filled to full strength, about
5000 men will be required for these
units alone.
Iowa, however, will not furnish the
entire 5000 men for the Deming camp,
it is understood. Only about 1900 Iowa
men will report before Sept. q, and ny
that time several thousand from Min
nesota, Illinois and North Dakota will
be here. If the plan now outlined is,
followed out, Illinois, Minnesota and
Iowa, with possibly North Dakota, will
all be called upon to supply troops to
Deming. "
These drafted men will not become
members Of the national army but will
be national lguardsn1en, to be assigned
for duty to national guard regiments.
The decision to send these 5000 men
south means that only 10000 men, in
stead of $4,000, will be trained at the
cantonment here:
Under the proposed arrangement
Iowa drafted men reporting from the
following counties for the Sept. 10 call
will become national guardsmen, to be
trained at Deming with the First and
Second Iowa regiments:
Allamakee, Clayton. Howard, Ring
gold Decatur, Butler, Monroe Polk,
Des Moines City, Poweshiek Winnie
shiek. Fayette. Mitchell, Floyd, Bremen,
Delaware, Buchanan, Waterloo, Black
Hawk, Dubuque Dubuque (city), Har-'
din Osceola. Pocahontas, Louisa, Madi-
son, Warren, Appanoose, Wayne. Lu-
cas- Emmett, Clay. Winnebago, Hum
boldt. Webster, Palo Alto, Wright,
Hancock Worth, Cerro Gordo, Frank
lin, Muscatine, Scott Davenport (citD.
johnson. Iowa; Jasper.
They are now under orders to report
here Sept 10 and 20 1t is also likely
that men from the counties reporting
on Sept. 20 will also go to DeminS.
These counties are:
Clinton, Jackson. Jones, Linn, Dick
inson, Calhoun. Dallas, Boone, Lyon,
OBren. Plymouth. Cherokee, Buena
Vista, Benton, Grundy. Lee, Van
Buren,, Wapello, Washington, Keokuk,
Mahaska. Shelby. Pottawattamie.
Audubon. Cass. Guthrie.
The air is filed with speculation as
to the manner in which the regiments
at Deming will be reorganized. Major
General Blocksom. commanding officer,
uOcsH hNo" "Hdl lhc wal uCPoi IiAAS'l
plans are.s
However, it is known that of the
eight infantry regiments here and to
come. four regiments must be made.
There are three Nebraska regiments.
three Minnesota and two Iowa regi-
ments assigned here.
Iowa officers believe that it's brigade
viii DE saved, due to General Alien be-
ing senior brigadier general.
If Iowa keeps it's brigade, Nebraska
and Minnesota might have to CONSOLE
date. Most concern is expressed for
Nebraska which may not have
brigadier general. Brigadier General
iHarries is commander Of the Fifty
ninth depot brigade. The duties Of
depot brigade are to train> recruits.
Orders are momentarily expected
sending the First Iowa regiment, the
ammunition train. Battery F, and the
two companies Of engineers at Camp
Dodge, all national guard units to
Deming They will probably go before
the drafted men report here, which
means that they may entrain within
the next Ave days.
The First regiment has been re-
lieved Of guard duty at the camp, and
Is ready to move. About $500 Iowa
national guardsmen are inciuded in the
units still remaining in Des Moines.
Tax Increas In johnson.
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