The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-29
FRED S. HOLSTEEN


ing some assistance at times,
which gave fine opportunity
for a young man to get started
and for which Mr.. Holsteen will
always feel indebted to Senator
Dodge. When Senator Dodge
moved to Omaha, Mr.. Holsteen.
by reason of his close associa-
ton, inherited much Of his bust
ness.
In July, 1903, Mr.. Holsteen and
Mr.. Horace J. Valley formed
partnership for the practice OF
law In Burlington, and purchas-
ed the library and business OF
Hon. T.. S. Huston, who was mov-
ing to Washington. ID. c., as as
sistant attorney for the Spanish
treaty claims commission, the
first firm name being Huston,
Holster G. Valley. A year
later Mr.. Valley died and the
firm name became Huston &c
Holsteen. A year or SO later,
Geo. E. Hill, just out of law
school, became associated with
Mr.. Holsteen and the firm name
became Huston, Holsteen &
Hill. A few years later Judge
Huston died, and the firm name
became Holsteen & Hill, and
continues so to this day.
From August, 1902, Mr.. Hol-
stem was continuously engaged
in the general practice of law at
Burlington, up to the time
he volunteered as a private in
July, 1917, for the world war.
He was admitted to practice in
the federal court and was as
sistant United States district at
torney for the southern district
of Iowa during the latter part Of
the Taft administration, and the
early part of Wilson's first ad-
ministration. Soon after taking
up his duties in the office of
judge advocate general Of the
ermy in Washington he was adj
mitted to practice before the
United States supreme court at
Washington, d. C.
While Mr.. HoIsteen did his
last farm work as a farm hand
in the summer of 1902. he has
never given up his interest and
love for farming and farm life,
and today through persistent in
dustry Of himself and wife. they
ale the owners of good farm,
which is farmed by a tenant on
shares, under supervision Of Mr..
Holsteen.
Allusion has been made to Mr..
Holsteen as major, and some may
be interested in his military his
tory, which is as follows:
Cadet State University of Iowa,
1895 to 1898; commandant Of
the cadet battalion and instruc-
tor of military science and tao
tics in State University of Iowa,
1899 to 1900; private, sergeant,
captain, major and lieutenant
colonel (infantry) Iowa national
guard, 1899 to 1914; organized
the Iowa ammunition train and
enlisted as a private in the or
ganization, July, 1917, which
organization was drafted in fed
eral service August 8, 1917.
August 3. 1917, commissioned
to command Iowa ammunition
train and remained in camp at
state fair grounds, Des MONIES,
until Sept Is, 1917, when
on orders from the war depart
ment he moved his command to
Camp Cody, Deming, N. NJ,
where the Iowa ammunition
train was converted into the
one hundred and ninth ammuni-
ton train, thirty-fourth division.
U. S. A.; commanded one hundred
and ninth ammunition train, thir-
ty-fourth division, from October
to January, 1918; field artillery
thirty-fourth division; unassigned
from January, 1918, to April %,
1918. Meanwhile attended ma
chine gun school, thirty-fourth
division, Camp Cody, brigade
and field officers school, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. and school
of fire for field artillery at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma; attached to the
fifty-ninth field artillery brig
ade, thirty-fourth division, from
April %, 1918, to May 81, 1918.
Meanwhile he was trial Judge adj
vocate of general court martial
for the trial Of officers; August
81, 1919, commissioned major
judge advocate in the United
States army and assigned to duty
as assistant judge advocate, fiji
teenth division, Camp Logan.
Houston, Texas, August 81, 1918,
to October 3, 1918; Judge advo-
cate seventeenth division, Camp
Beauregard, Alexandria, La. Oc-
tober 81, 1918, to February /,
1919, on which date he was trans
ferred to Washington, D. c., for
duty in the office of the judge
advocate general. where he now
is
Mr.. Holsteen was married to
Miss Leonore Mohland in 1907,
and has four small children, who
at the time he entered the army
were one, four, six and eight
years old, respectively.
Mr.. Holsteen is Mason,
Woodman, an Elk and charter
member Of the American Legion
at Burlington.
1.-THE above biography of Majo
Holsteen's early life reads somethin
like President Lincoln's boyhoo
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