Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
GUARDS PROBABLY WILL &
MOBILIZE At DIES MONIES
Will Be Moved South by Regimcnts--
Rapid Progress Being Made in
Building cantonment--More Work.
men Than Can Be Used With Nate,
rails at Hand.
Special to Times-Republican.

VI stAe week were the IOlloWlnS.
The calling out of all national guard
troops for federal service, the troops
to go into camp at their home sta
tions Sunday, July Is.
The announcement by the govern
ment that Iowa's quota Of the national
army will be 12,749 and the total for
the United States will be $4,000.
The selection Of Dening, N. NJ, as
the point where Iowa troops will go
for training before being sent to the
war zone
the cards Of the men registered in this
and other states, thus giving each man
registered an opportunity to ascertain
what his number is.
The announcement from Washington
that drawing under the selective draft
law will be delayed until the week of
July % because Of the delay Of the
various states in getting their reports
into Washington.
Request that Iowa organize an am
munition train of 6S5 men and eighteen
officers to carry by motor trucks mu-
nitions and supplies for both the heavy
and light artillery.
Mobilization First.
I There Is now some question as to
the governments plan for sending the
troops to New Mexico, whether or not
they will go direct from their home
stations to Deming or be modified at
some central point before going. Be-
cause Of the advantages of mobiliza-
ton and the sending Nof them out in
big troop trains by regiments it is
thought there will be mobilization be-
fore the troops are moved south. 1t
has been suggested that the artillery
and cavalry might be modified at Fort
Des Moines and the infantry at Camp
Dodge.
There Is Of course deep interest in
the drawing Of the men who are to
form the national army. The men
drawn, however, will snot leave their
homes until September, according to
the present plans, because the canton
ments where they are to be trained
can not be finished until that time or
later. Tho men will spend the winter
In intensive training and will not leave
thetr home environments until March 1,
when It Is expected they will go to
some other point n the United States
for further training.
Progress at cantonmsnt.
Progress has been made in building
the cantonment for the thirteenth
army division at Camp Dodge. The
securing Of material promptly con-
linues to be the worst problem. There
has been an influx Of laborers and car
penters, many of them sent here by
unscrupulous employment bureaus in
other cities and many more men have
have come into the city expecting to
work on the cantonment than could be
used. The number of workmen which
ply Of materials.
The situation became so serious as
to this influx Of laborers yesterday
that the Associated Charities took a
hand. Already more penniless men are
here waiting for work than the local
charities can care for, the Associated
Charities officials announced. A. L..
Urick, state labor comm ssioner, who
was appealed to is making an effort to
have the employment bureaus In other
states who were taking money from
workmen on the strength Of, getting
them Jobs at the oantonment closed up.
Free employment. bureaus are MAIN
tanned here by the state and by tho
firm Of Charles Wettz and Company,
contractors and the employment Of
men at the camp Is being handled thru
these agencies.
Lumbermsn Race.
An interesting feature developed, in
connection with the building of the
cantonment this past week in the race
between the lumbermen from the south
and those from the west to get their
lumber here first When the contracts
for lumber were let down at Washing
ton there was bitter rivalry between
the western lumbermen and those from
the south. The south argued that It
would have to ship the lumber only
900 miles as against 1000 miles dis
lance from the western lumber mills
to Des Moines. The westerners, how
ever, declared that they could rush
shipments much faster than the SOUTH
erners and the government split the
contract giving half to the southerners
and half to the westerners, Each fac
ton went home vowing 1t would beat
the other in the first delivery Of .
train load Of lumber. AS little side
bet the southerners offered to enter
tain the westerners to q "trip to the
;Mardi Gras II they beat them on the
fret delivery.
On Thursday evening the first train
load Of lumber steamed into the camp.
1t. proved to be the western lumber.
The westerners with q 2,000-mile run
beat the southerners with a run Of 900
miles The Northern Pacific, Louie"
Hills road, took an especial interest in
the contest and rushed the shipments
thru on passenger schedule time and
thus the westerners won
Must Act Quickly.
Word was received yesterday thai
this state must raise an ammunition
train Of 6S5 men within forty-eight
hours. Otherwise the honor will go to
some. other state Governor Harding
and Adjutant General Logan imme-
diately started kilograms out to their
recruiting officers and Lieut.. Col. Fred
s. Holsteen, OF Burlington, formerly
ii. tsllsI = :c.c.e! =. the E'.s.y- fourth
Iowa infantry was selected to COM
mand 1t.
The train will consist Of S24 cargo
trucks, "a tank trucks Tor the trans
portation OF water and petrol 10 mess
trucks. IL light repair trucks. Is motor
cars, Il motorcycles and three spare
artillery kuns OF the three inch variety.
\ It II announced that machinists, me-
chanics. truck drivers. auto drivers
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