Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-12

ire also not known, and some will
probably result fatally.
ALL CITIES REPRESENTED
Practically every city in the state
which had a company of infantry in
the Iowa National guard at the open
ing of the war has men in the One
Hundred Sixty-eighth regiment, which
was originally recruited in southern
Iowa, but was raised to war strength
by drafts of men from both the First
and Second Iowa regiments. 1t was
modified at the Iowa state fail
grounds in August and left for France
late in the fall.
Company B was originally Des
Moines unit, and Company was sta
toned at Centerville. The headquar
tiers company was made up generally
OF men from all over the state.
The One Hundred and Sixty eighth
regiment has added one more fight tu
its long list. 1t is the old Fifty-first
Iowa, which served with distinction in
the Philippines during the Spanish
American war and Philippine insured.
ton, and several of the officers, includ-
ing Col. E. R. Bennett of Des Moines
and Lieut. Col Matthew A. FINLEY of
Council Bluffs, were with the regiment
In the hostilities of twenty years ago.
ALL MEMBERS VOLUNTEERS
All the members of the regiment are
volunteers. 1t was considered the
crack organization of the Iowa Nation
al guard, and was honored by selec-
ton as part of the Rainbow division,
which included picked national guard
troops from all parts of the union, and
was the second national guard unit to
60 to France.
The action in which the men we're
hurt will in all probability not be
!. known until letters are received de-
scribing the fight. Spirited contests
have been waged all along the line dur
ing the past week in which American
troops have participated, and this is
the first casualty list to be received
from the Iowa regiment. A dispatch
received last night tells of an attack
on the night of March on the latest
Americans to enter the trenches and
this may have been the engagement
LIST OF KILLED
CAPT. H. C. M'HENRY, B Co., Des
Moines.
SERGT. WALTER ]. PORSCH, Fl.
Dodge. headquarters company 16Sth
infantry.
SERGT. JAMES E. WEDDING, Web
ster City, headquarters company, 16Sth
inflptry.
CORPORAL DEAN PARISH, Glade
Valley, N. c., headquarters company,
CORPORAL DONALD H. MAcRAE,
Twenty-fourth and Park streets, Des
Moines.
PRIVATE GLEN Peterson, spen-
Ger, headquarters company, 16sth in
lhntry.
EDWARD NASH, Kingsley, head.
quarters company. 168th infantry.
ALBERT E. HISCHLER, Akron,
headquarters company, 168th infantry.
PRIVATE ISAAC DAVIS, WOODBURY..
PRIVATE B. RONSVAN RADEN,
tanesboro.
WOUNDED IN ACTION
Corporal Lewis E. Deits, Waterloo,
Company B, 16sth infantry, seriously.
Corporal Marvin Dunn, 1903 East
Twenty.firth street, Des Moines, Com
pany B, 16Sth infantry, seriously.
Corporal Lewis A. Simons, Ell Reno,
Okla, Company B 16Sth infantry, ser.
lousy
Private Dan P. Bracelin, Norwalk,
Company B, 1ssth infantry, seriously.
Private Raymond L. Closson, 1921
Twenty-fifth street, Des Moines, Com
pany B, 168th infantry, seriously.
Private Fred A. Heintz, State Cen
ter. Company B, 16Sth infantry, SER
iously.'
Private Leo J. Miller, Charter Oak,
Company B. 16Sth infantry, slightly.
Private Ernest Rooney, Indianola,
Company B, 16Sth infantry, slightly
Private Merrill B. Morrison, Union
vile, Company D, 16Sth infantry,
slightly.
Private Robert L. Clausen, Mason
City, Company D, 16Sth infantry, ser
iously.
Private Ira J. Rogers, Unionville,
Company D, 168th infantry, seriously.
Private William T. Smith, North
wood, Company D, 16Sth infantry, SER
iously.
Private Ray c. Walden, Centerville,
Company D, 16Sth infantry, seriously.
Private Arthur M. Shores, Cedar
Rapids, Company D, 16sth infantry,
seriously.
Private jerry Schultz, Cedar Rapids,
Company D, 168th infantry, seriously.
Private John Vomacka. Cedar Rap
ids, Company D, 16Sth infantry, SER
1ously.
Sergeant Pearl S. Edwards. Alton,
Company D, 168th infantry, slightly.
Private James F. Albert, Moravia,
Company D, 16sth infantry, slightly.
Private Glenn H. Gray, Amana,
Company D. 16Sth infantry, slightly.
u Private Albin Dernek, Plymouth,
company D, 16sth infantry, slightly.
Private Fred S. Becker, Waterloo.
MAY BE lOWANS
Killed:
ELMER JAMES M'DONOUGH.
Wounded:
Privates Mofford G. Reese, Emil F.
Kraft. Lewis Holmes, Lawrence Wen
ell, Joseph Cischowski Burton M.
Baker Clarence w. Dawson, Charles
w. Mclaughlin. Walter G. Smith. Otto