The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-14
May Be Iowans.
Elmer James McDonough.

Killed:
Elmer James McDonough.
Wounded:
Privates Mofford G. Reese, Emil r.
Kraft, Lewis Holmes, Lawrence Wen
ell, Joseph Cischowski, Burton NJ
, Baker, Clarence w. Dawson, Charles
WI Mclaughlin. Walter G. Smith.
Otto M. Swanlund, Kenmore Thorsen,
Harvey McPeak, John A. Bedner, John
McGurrl, Nichols McGanghre, Sergt.I
Raymond Quinlan, Cook Charles Dam
| ielson.
No Particulars Known.
Particulars of how these men lay
down their lives are not known. Their
names are included in casualty list
given out by the war department yes
terday afternoon, and which, in addi-
ton contains the names of several
more killed and wounded some of
whom may be from Iowa
!. Under the new ruling of the war
departomnt the addresses of these
men were not given out, and were
supplied only by comparison of the
/ list with q roster of the One Hundred
Sixty-eighth regiment
I, The casualty list indicates that the
headquarters company suffered the
greatest casualties while two compa-
MES. B and d of the One Hundred
I Sixty-eighth have been in violent ac-
ton, and in all probability Captain
| McfIcnry died leading detachment
of men from his company, three pri-
Yates having been killed and nine
wounded
Six of the dead were members of
the headquarters company. This or
ganization, which usually handles
communication when in action, was
undoubtedly subjected to the greatest
danger during the engagement.
ID company also suffered severely,
three being reported dead and eleven
more wounded. Two more deaths
are recorded in the headquarters
company
| II is probable that the list of killed
and injured as given is not complete,
and other names may be added to both
lists. The nature of the injuries
suffered by the score of men who were
among those reported as wounded
are also not known, and some will
probably result fatally.
All Cities Represented.
Practically every city in the state
which had company of infantry in
the Iowa National guard at the open
ing of the war has men lin 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 fair
grounds in August and left for France
late in the fall.
| Company B was originally a Des
Moines unit, and Company d was sta
toned at Centerville. The head
Quarters company was made up gen,
orally Of men from all over the state
I The One Hundred Sixty-eighth reg.
iment has added one more fight to its
long list 1t is the old Fifty-first
Iowa, which served with distinction
in the Philippines during the Spanish.
American war and Philippine insur-
rection, and several of the officers, in.
Guiding Col. e. r. Bennett of Des
Moines and Lieut.. Col. Matthew A,
II FINLEY of Council Bluffs, were with
the regiment in the hostilities of
twenty years ago.
All Members Volunteers.
All of the members of the regiment
are volunteers. 1t was considered
the crack organization of the Iowa
National guard, and was honored by
selection as part of the Rainbow di-
vision which included picked National
guard troops from all parts Of the
union, and was the second aNtional
guard unit to go to France.
The action in which the men were
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
during the past week in which Ameri
can troops have participated, and
this is the first casualty list to be re
:. ceived 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.