Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-24
TWO THOUSAND MEN TO BE ADD.
ED TO GUARD TO BE TRAINED
IMMEDIATELY.
INTENSIVE DRILL UNDER
OFFICERS OF COMPANIES ).
Men Will Receive Pay as Soon as They
Begin Driliing--First instruction and
Preparations to Be Given in Local
Armories--BIanks Going Out For
seIective Draft Registration.
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Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, May 24.-The 1000 men
to be Immediately enlisted to bring the
Iowa National Guard to full war
strength, in compliance with orders
from the secretary of war will go on
duty in their armories Immediately
and commence intensive training under
drill sergeants and their company Off
GERS, in compliance with orders issued
by Adjutant General Guy E. Logan
In compliance with orders from the
war department General Logan in
April conducted recruiting cam
paign which brought the Iowa guard to
peace strength in a little over three
weeks.
Now comes the drive for wal
strength, which will add fifty men to
each infantry company, thirty-five men
to each cavalry troop, sixty-two mel
to each battery. two men to each feio
hospital, eighty-seven men to the am
bulance company and ninety-one men
to the engineering company, provided
the company commanders were not
above peace strength when the last or
der was received.
The order putting recruits on duty
in the armory applies only to those en-
listed since the war strength order was
received by General Logan May 22
but it is likely that similar orders will
later issue covering all recruits enlist
ed since april
Go on Pay at Once.
The men thus placed-on duty Will
receive federal pay and communication
Of subsistence at * cents q day. They.
will be drilled in the armories in the
school Of the soldier, be given practice
marches and work upon the rifle ranges
at company stations
Regimental commanders have been
ordered to outline a course OF inten-
sive training which their company
commanders will carry out to whip the
men into shape as soon as possible
This work will continue until the war
department issues its orders to move
to concentration camps now expected
about July 16.
While the men are on duty IN rhelr
arrnories they will be vaccinated Tor
small pox and typhoid by the medical
department Of the national guard, tho
different surgeons going from station
to station for this purpose.
It is expected that this movement
of placing recruits on active duty as
soon as they are enrolled will be q
spur to recruiting. Many men now
in the guard, all Of whom have ex-
pected call for active duty Tor nearly
two months, are out Of work and un-
able to@ make contracts for services
because they can not agree to carry
on any task because Of the likelihood
OF a call. New man who now enlist
will imme diately go upon the pay rolls
and have Is cents day for their meals.
Within few days squads OF men Will
be drilling in many cities and towns
OF Iowa and will continue the drill till
the call for the entire command comes
from Washington
Federal Census Plans.
Preparations for taking the federal
census are progressing and the adju-
tant generals office Is sending out a.
new supplementary blank to all sheriffs
and the mayors of seven cities who will
have charge Of the enrolment OF the
conscr1ptS.
On June 8 these sheriffs and mayors
by telegraph the result Of the regis
tration, giving totals of certain col
,rn1ns in their general summary. AS
this is the first military. census ever
taken the question Of having check
list on sheriffs and mayors has been
worked out by Ora Williams, state doc
.ument editor at the request Of Ad1u-
tantc General Logan. Taking the last
state census, completed less than two
years ago. Mr. Williams, with the aid
of an actuary has compiled a table
showing the number Of men in each
precinct in the state, between the ages
of(21 and 80, both inclusive, and as the
returns come in from the sferiffs these
will be compared with the table to
show II all have registered. The table
will make it possible to in stantly de-
tect any error.