The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-26
TROOPS GOING
TO DEMlNG, n. N.
Lot Of Men at Camp Dodge Who Will
Make Few Acquaintance As
They Go South Soon.
Those Who Have Been Selected for
Southern Trip Have Been Sep
arated From Other Boys

lot or men at camp DouSc Ioua!
who won't get more than speaking
acquaintance with the great canton
nent. They are soon going south TO
Deming, N. NJ, to join the iowa, Min
nesota and North Dakota national
guard troops in training there.
They will go to fill up the ranks OF
the units depleted by the transfer OF
men to the Rainbow division, soon to
go to France.
The men who have been selected to
go south have been separated from
the remainder of the soldiers. They
have been placed in what is known
as the depot brigade and will be sent
south within few weeks.
Men from the following Iowa cour-
ties have been selected to go to Dem
ing. Only those who reported in the
second increment OF forty per cent
are to go, however.
Benton, Black Hawk, Boone. Bu-
chanan, Dallas, Delaware, Des Moines.
Grundy, Hamilton. Hardin. Henry,
Iowa, Jasper. jefferson, Johnson, keo-
kuk, Linn, Louisa, Mahaska. Marion,
Marshall, Muscatine. Polk, Pottawat.
tamie, Story. Tama, Wapello, Warren,
Webster, the city of Dcs MOines and
the city of Waterloo.
The Iowa men will 80 to the FIRST
and Second Iowa regiments.
The "localization plan" of organic
ing the scores OF regiments of the ma
tional army, has been carried out ad-
mirably in the Three Hundred and
Fiftieth infantry, commanded by Col.
C. w. Castle.
The Three Hundred and Fiftieth is
composed largely of selective soldiers
from northern Iowa, from the coun-
ties north of the three lower tiers.
The governments plan Is to keep
every man among friends insofar as 1t
is possible without sacrifice to efh-
cheney. Not only have men been kept
together who arrived in the second
increment. but those from adjacent
counties have also been placed in the
same companies. ..,.
The regiments comprises fifteen
companies.
These are divided into three bat
talions, four companies being put in
to each battalion.
The companies are all lettered with
company, the supply company and the
the execution of the headquarters
machine gun company.
In the First battalion are Companies
A. B. G, L.
The recruits for Company A come
from Carroll, Buena Vista. O'Brien
and Osceola counties, in which are To-
Gated the following towns: Carroll.
Iialbur, Scranton, Coon Rapids, AL
bert City, Sioux Rapids. Primghar. Mo-
meta. Calumet, Cloverdalc, Storm
Lake, Sheldon, Siblcy, Little Rock and
Melvin.
Company includes men from Cher.
okce, Woodbury., Monona and Lyon
counties, in which are the following
towns: Cherokee, Meriden, Aurelia.
Qui,nby, Sioux City, Correctonville.
Moville. Battle Creek, Danbury, Ona-
wa, Mapleton, Turin, Grant Center,
MOorehead, Soldier. Rock Rapids, Can
ton. Doom and George.
Company G includes men from Cal
houn. Plymouth and Harrison coun-
ties and the following towns: Rock
we'll City. LeMars, Logan, Poneroy,
Kingsley. Pisgah. Sommers, Lake
City, Yetter, James. Merrill. West.
field. Craig, Modalc, Yorkshire and
OrsOn.
Company ID takes in Shclby, Sioux
and Dickinson counties and these
towns: Harlan. Orange City. Spirit
Lake, Corley. Portsmouth, Irwin. Ha-
warden. Earling, Shelby. Carnes, Mil
ford. Sioux Center, Hull and Arnold's
Park.
The Second Battalion
The Second battalion comprises
Companies e, +, G. Fl.
The counties in Company r are
Guthrie, Greene and Audubon. in
which are the towns of Guthrie Cen
ter. Herndon, Dale. Bayard. Bagley,
panora, Casey, Menlo, Jefferson, Rip
pcy. Cooper, Patton, Churdan, Adaza.
Farlin, Audubon, Drayton, Gray and
Kimballton.
Company + has men from PalO Alto.
POcahOntas and KOssuth counties. in
which are the towns of Emmctsburg.
Pocahontas. Algona. Mallard. Fonda,
Luverne, Rodman: Laurens. Gcried,
Rolfe, Blanden, Bancroft and Lone
rock.
Company G has taken men from
Hancock, Humboldt, Wright and
Franklin counties, including the towns
of Garner Dakotal, Clarion, Hamp-
ton Corwith, Humboldt. Belmond.
Sheffield, Britt, Crystal Lake. Haw-
ley, GOodell, LivermOre, THOR. GOlt-
field, Woodstock. Dows and AlcXan-
der
Third Battalion.
The Third battalion comprises men
from Companies |, X, l., M.
Company | gets men from ALBANIA
kce and Fayette counties, in which
are these towns: Waukon, West I'm
ion, Lansing, Oelwein New Albion,
Postville. Donnan, Elgin and Ran
dalia.
Company K Dubuque county and
the ma ajority of the men are from the
city of Dubuque. Others are from
Dyersville, Worthington, Bernard and
Specht's Ferry.
Company l. includes Clinton and
Scott counties and the cities Of Clin-
ton, Davenport, Wheatland, New Lib.