Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-19
plan UNDER WAY TO HAVE SEC
oNn REGIMENT TAKE PART
IN CEREMONIES.
WOULD DEMONSTRATE
VALUE or EXPERIENCES
suggestion Made With Idea Of Show
ing Results u Training on Border
Washington Newspaper Man to Re-
turn to Iowa TO Ear Country Paper
Kenyon in sshaif Of Mail Clerks.
Special to Times Republican.

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Washington, Feb. 19.--The Second
regiment of the Iowa National Guard
may be used in the inaugural ceremon-
les of President Wilson March to
demonstrate the perfection the state
troops have reached. The urgent re-
quest that the crack Iowa citizen sol
diers be routed back home py way Of
Washington was made to the war de-
partmeiit by William F. Muse, one Of
the publishers of the Mason City
Globe Gazette, who was in Washington
en- route to Porto Rico to visit his
daughter.
Accompanied by Secretary Lauritz
'Hau&en. son OF Congressman Haugen,
dean OF the Iowa delegation. and bear
Ing letters from Senators Cummlns and
Kenyon and all the Iowa members of
the lower house urging the war de-
paTtment to order the Iowa soldiers as
special detail in the inaugural pa
rade, Mr.. Muse called upon Adjutant
General Mccain, and laid before him
the special request
Earnest consideration of the plan
was assured by the army officer, who
Informed the Iowa editor that the
question Of recalling the Second Iowa
infantrymen from the Mexican border
and route them home by way of the
capital would Immediately be taken up
with General Funston. in command of
the guardsmen and the regulars as
signed to border duty.
Mr.. Muse has the ardent support of
Col Robert N. Harper chairman of the
inaugural committee, in his plan to
demonstrate the perfection which the
Iowa guardsmen have attained in
military affairs. In fact, Col Harper
intends to personally appeal to the war
department in. advocacy of the scheme
He is actuated in this not because pri
marily he has any interest in the Iowa
citizen soldiers. but because the mill
tary feature Of the inaugural, due to
presence on the border of so many
militiamen. is not to be as prominent
feature Of the Inaugural ceremonies as
The Second Iowa regiment boasts Of
the fact that it has two companies Of
from Mason City, Fort
Dodge and Sioux City, fact not APP
parent in other Iowa regiments. It
captured the first honors while on re-
view on the border, is reputed to be
the best equipped and best drilled body
Of soldlery that appeared among the
state troops on the border, and Is rec
ognized even. by competing organiSa \
lions as the best example Of Military
excellence among citizen soldiers. It's
present in the line of military organi-
cations In the inaugural parade, Mr..
Muse asserts, would compare favorably
with the ''dress' OF the regulars, and
the showing this made would rebound
to the credit OF Iowa's
loyal sons. 1t also has the distinction
Of being the veteran organization called
TO border duty, having remained on
the job longer than any similar organs
cation.
The Iowa newspaper fraternity is
promised q new addition, which in the
estimation Of the members of the press
galleries OF congress will be the gain
Of the Hawkeyes and the loss Of the
workers Vhere, when Don
secretary to Congressman
Of the Sixth Iowa district
departs from legislative life and be-
comes owner and publisher Of the Fair
field Ledger. Mr.. McGiffln today an
that after March he will be
associated with his brother, William
J.. McGiffin, in the Ledger which they
have purchased from the estate Of their
uncle, the late c, NJ, Junkin. The pass
ing over to the McGiffin boys of the
Fairfield publication. marks another
cycle In its long career, during all Of
which it has been in the Junkin fam
lily or descendants. The Ledger was
started in 1859 by the late w. w. Jun
kin, grandfather of the McGiffin boys.
At his. death, G. NJ. Junkin became the
owner, and now that he has passed on.
the McGiffin boys step in to continue
the traditions of old by succeeding
their uncle, Charley
At the request Of Senator Kenyon,
the pcstoff.ee tienartnnentts ir1vestigat-
nag the complaint OF railway mail
clerks that excessive hours Of work
without the necessary rest periods, Is
being required OF them. The senator
has asked the department to equalize
The work periods with the rest periods,
permitting periods Of of duty to al
ternate With periods OF work. The
second assistant postmaster general
has advised tStnator Kenyon that his
will be carefully con
sidcred and that an effort will be made
BY the department to conform with the
wishes OF the mail clerks IN Iowa ter
ritory.
The Rev. Thomas. Brown. known in
Iowa, as the marrying par
son, f,as been s granted :;i :ncrea in
pension to $40 a month. The bill was
introduced by Senator Kenyon. "A bill
the pension Of Walter A.
Scott, Of Waterloo. from $40 to $50 has
been introduced, BY congressman