Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-18
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS Ap.
OPTIONAL MILITIA oRGANi-
CATIONS FORMED.
WILL INCLUDE COMPLETE
FIGHTING MACHINERY
Guard as Finally Constituted VIII 30
Made Up Of Two Infantry and One
Cavalry Regiments, Battalion Of
Field Artillery and One Of Eng GERS,
Ono Field Hospital and Ambulance.
lBy h. @. Dougherty.l

WASHINGTON. Nov. lS.-Additional
inspector instructors for the national
guard Of Iowa will be assigned to the
Hawkeye state as quickly as there Is
any neod for them 1t was officially an
nounced today by the military bureau
Of the War Department. which issued
the following statement,
The commanding general of the
central department has been advised
that the adjutant general of Iowa has
been authorized by the war depart
ment to organize the following nation
al guard units under the provisions Of
the act Of congress approved June 3,
1916:
Two regiments infantry.
"One regiment cavalry.
"One battalion field artillery Us
milometer. horse drawn.)
zone battalion engineers.
One field hospital company (motor-
"0ne ambulance company (motor-
ized.)
This authorization includes all units
previously authorized. as we'll as all
existing units Of the national guard
which have been recognized by the
war department plus additional cav
airy units required to form q cavalry
regiment.
Upon notification from the militia
bureau. the commanding general will
arrange direct with the adjutant gen.
eral of Iowa for the necessary inspec-
ton for federal recognition.
The Fourth regiment Of infantry Is
the only organization of Hawkeye
state troops that has thus far been
recognized. according to the records Of
the militia bureau. Additional recog-
milton Is now in the process OF being
granted, however. 1t was said today by
the chief Of bureau.
Ambitious plans have been made by
the militia bureau to cooperate with
Iowa and other states in the reorgani-
cation Of the state militia. Inspector
instructors from the regular army, in
Guiding commissioned officers and
non commissloned instructors. are to
expansion of the national guard war
rants It.
Six instructors Assigned.
In Iowa alone six inspector lnstruc-
tors have already been assigned, the
latest officer to be designated to work
with the guard troops there being
Lieut.. Col. P. L. Boyer, Of the medical
corps, who has been named instructor
inspector Of the sanitary districts In
Guiding Nebraska. Minnesota and Iowa.
The other officers most Of whom are
permanently stationed at Des Moines,
include Colonel Douglas Potts. the
senior officer in charge. and Sergeant
instructors Goldstein, Weaver and
Pennington, Of the infantry branch Of
the service. and Sergeant-i instructor
Jones Of the quartermaster corps.
Colonel Potts. being an infantry off,
Ger, will give most Of MS attention to
infantry instruction. lieutenant Col
onel Boyer. being a medical officer
will have charge Of the instruction of
sanitary corps units. sucn as ambul-
ance companies and field hospital
units In Iowa, Minnesota and. Nebraska
The segeant Instructors will be sent
out to the various cities where new
units Of the guard are being organized.
and will be utilized solely for the pur-
pose Of expedlting the organizations.
"The militia bureau wants to help
Iowa every way possible to organize
Its authorized units of the national
guard, said Col. John w. Heavey, one
Of the assistants in the militia bureau
of the War Department I'VE are
having good success in obtaining off,
GERS as inspector instructors. and our
con- commissioned personnel as in
structors is adequate to meet all de-
mands. We are working on a plan for
having one commissioned instructor
for every regiment of state troops
formed. or one officer to each separate
battalion Of troops. For cavalry. 1t Is
expected that members Of the regular
cavalry of the United States army will
be detailed as Observation-Disclosures
and for the other branches Of the ser
vice. infantry, field artillery, medical
corps, etc. officials OF those particular
branches will BIO detailed. Heretofore
inspector instructors were only avail
able at the rate Of one to six regiments
Additional officers will be sent into
Iowa and other states as quickly as
there Is need for them, and every OPP
portunity will be made to cooperate
with the states in organizing their
state troops"
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