Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-11
old THIRD IOWA
LOSES HEAVILY
THREE COMPANIES IN BATTLE
WITH HUNS SOMEWHERE IN
FRANCE.
TWENTY.oNE WOUNDED
SEVERAL SERIOUSLY
MANY Sections Of States Have War
Horrors Brought Home to Them
Can't. Harry MeHenry, Of Des Moines.
Among the kilIed-Battie Supposed
"a Have Been Fought in Lorraine.

Des Moines, March 11.-"Somewhere
in France" fifteen more Iowa yot.E
men have Joined Merle Hay in eternal
sleep, and have made the supreme
sacrifice for their country in the great
war of democracy.
Capt. Harrison Cummins McHenry'
of Des Moines, and fourteen OF his TEL
low fighters of the One Hundred Sixty
eighth infantry formerly the Ihiro
Iowa, are dead and twenty more men
of the same regiment, repreSehIihs
all sections Of Iowa, We're wounded III
the first series of engagements pai'i
cipated in by that unit, when as d
member OF the Rainbow DIVISION Is |1s
first made up exclusively OF Iowa
troops to reach the fpnt.
No Particulars Known.
Particulars OF how these men IaLo
down their lives are not known Their
names are included in casualty ISL
given out by the war department yes
terday afternoon, and which. IN adol-
ton. contains the names OF several
more killed and wounded, some OF
whom may be from Iowa
Under the new ruling Of the war
dena rtneut the addresses Of these men
were not given out, and were supplied
nrrv bv a COMPARISON of the list with
roster of the One Hundred Sixty-elshth
regiment.
The casualty list indicates that the
headquarters company suffered tie
greatest casualties while two companies
B and D Of the one Hundred Sky
eighth have been in violent action, anu
in all probability Captain McHenry
died leading a detachment OF men from
his company, three privates ha'1hs
been killed and nine wounded.
Practically every city in the state
which had a company Of infantry IN the
Iowa national guard at the opening OF
the war has men in the One dunoreo
Sixty eighth regiment which was orr
ginally recruited in southern Iowa out
was raised to war strength by ofa1ts
~ men from both the First and Sec
ond Iowa regiments. II was mobilized
at the Iowa state fair grounds in
August and left for France late In the
fall.
Company B was originally Des
Moines unit, and Company D was
stationed at Centerville. The head
quarters com any was made up gen
orally of men from all oven the state.
The One Hundred Sixty eighth regl-
ment has added one more fight to It's
long list It is the old Fffty-frst Iowa
which served with distinction IN the
Philippines during the Spanish Amerl-
can war and Philippine instruction
and several of the officers, including
Col E. R Bennett Of Des Molnes ana
Lieut. Col Matthew A. FINLEY OF
Council Bluffs. were with the reg
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 division, which
included picked national guard troops
from all parts of the union, and was
the second national 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 des-
cribing 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 10 be received
from the Iowa regiment A dispatch re-
ceived 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.
Captain McHenry Prominent
Captain McHenry had lived IN Des
al a
been % years old in May. He entered
the military service as a private and
rose thru all Of the successive ranks
to captain. The papers showing these
successive steps in rank are among the
dearest of his mothers possessions.
The marriage OF Captain McHen-y
and Miss Lucille Romine, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w "a. Rornine, Of 1899
4 Forty second street, was solemnized IN
November, 1916, in Brownsville Tex,
where Captain McHenry was serving
as lieutenant in Company 3 of the
Third Iowa infantry. Miss Romine
was accompanied south by Mrs. w A.
Graham, who joined Captain Graham
in Brownsville, and who attended the
wedding The wedding was the out
come Of a school romance both Cap
tain and Mrs. McHeury having grad
uated from West High and Drake Uni
versity.
Prominent in Athletics.
Since Captain MoHenry's service in
France Mrs. McHenry has been active
in the Mothers and Others club Of the
One Hundred Sixty eighth infantry,
which has raised money for a comfort
fund for the men in this regiment
Mrs. McHenry is president Of the Or
sanitation.
Captain McHenry, following his
school life at West High, attended
Drake University and was graduated
from the law department. He was
prominent IL college athletics, having
been captain of the track team. when
the team won the state championship.
He was also star player on the foot
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