Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-14
STATE ENLiSTS MORE THAN
ONE-FOURTH OF ITS AU-
THoRiZED NUMBER.
EXCEEDS HALF THE
sTATEs>iN EFFORTS
Authorized Strength of Iowa Militia
men Seventh Largest Among States
Some lnducement to Young Men
Because Of Pay for Drills and Fiji
teen Days Field Service Each Year.
Ll,y y. C. Dougherty.1

Washington. Sept. l4.-Iowa has
recruited more than ne-fourth Of
its authorized number of national
suardsmeD. and ranks far ahead of
large nmaber OF states in recruit
ments, according to an announcement
just nad,. by the war department of
tho status Of the state militia of the
nation up to Sept /.
Iowa's quota is $50 enlisted men.
with a correspondents number of Off
GERS in accordance to the units
formed
Up Unit the first of the month.
Iowa had ty-tive officers and
1.6ss enlisted men regularly >recos
nized by the militia bureau of the
war department.
The number of officers and enlisted
STRENGTH thus far enrolled by the
Hawkeye state exceeded half of the
states of the union. and the progress
made by the national guard authori-
ties In Iowa was favorably com
mented on today by Maj. Gen. Jesse
Nc. I. Carter, chief OF the militia
bureau WHO said that the work of
| reconstituting the old Iowa guard or
carnations was getting along fine.
The authorized strength allotted to
| Iowa is the seventh largest In num-
bers amons, the states. The quotas
| OF the following states alone exceed
| Towa's number. Wisconsin. Pennsyl-
| vania, Texas. New York, Ohio and
| Massaohuset tn
Draw Pay For Service.
In an efft,rt to speed up the re-
| cruitment CT the national guard in
| all states the war department made
1 public tadav the following table of
| paw, authorized under the national
defense Get to all officers and men
who participate in forty-ni1e drills
and fifteen DAYS field service during
/ each year OF their enrolment: Cap
tain. s1a4.Ss::H first lieutenant $462.7o:
second lieutenant s316.96: sergeant
i first class. s223.as sergeant, second
I class. s16S.96; sergeant. third class,
/ S14912: sergeant, fourth class
s115.e0; corporal. ss4 10: private
! first class. SASS: private ss4.
| Feeders Must Have Money.
The Farmers National Council. In
a statement just issued. makes the
! prediction that there will be serious
! shortage of i've stock and hogs un-
less the prod lcers of the middle west
and the southwest set lower interest
Icharges and better credit terms tc
lenahle them to continue to produce
The statement said that thousands 81
live stock producers have found their
/ business so Improbable that they
fare either gong out of it entirely. OF
Twill do so soen.
/ In the statement. A, sykes. of Iowa
.Ipresident of the Corn Belt Meat Pro-
i ducers Association. is quoted as say
ing that he lost 1870 on two car loads
of beef cattle some time ago. not
counting cent for his labor, but
merely considering the stuff tina,
went into the cattle. 49,
The council asserts that an in
4 terest charge of per cent is being
made, and bonus of from 8 to per
cent for loans are being asked in
some sections of the country. Great
difficulty. the statement says. is
existing among live stock producers
to have their credit extended = in
order to continue to produce live
i stock