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militia into the National Guard. and subsequently became colonel of the old Third (now Fifty-fifth regiment.
Captain Matthews commanded the company until his removal to Sioux City in 1896: James G. Ralston succeeded him as captain. and was the head of Company G until February. 1898, when James F. Traer was elected captain. Charles F. Young thereupon was promoted to be first lieutenant.
From the organization of the company until the Spanish-Amer- ican war the following camps were attended: 1888, Cedar Rapids; 1889. Vinton : 1890. Cedar Rapids: 1891. Waterloo; 1892 there was no regular camp. the company attending a three days' celebration on July 4 at Clinton. and in the fall attended the dedication of the World's Fair at Chicago for five days: 1893, no camp was held, but the company drilled for three days abont Vinton : 1894, Monti- cello : 1895, Waverly : 1896. Independence ; 1897, Waterloo.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
As Captain Traer failed to pass the required physical exami- nation for active service in the Spanish-American war, Lieutenant Young succeeded him. with Guy Kellogg as first lientenant and Herbert E. Crawford as second fioutenant. The following were the non-commissioned officers: George W. Sanders, first sergeant; James E. Whipple, quartermaster sergeant : Holland M. Scott. Wm. D. Scott. A. Maurice Thompson and Sherman E. Robinson, duty sergeants: corporals. Edward Carrick. Edward J. Smock. Wm. E. Biekel, Ernest 1. Dand. Timothy E. MeDonald and Jay Forrester. On account of promotions. deaths and discharges. Carrick and Birkel became sergeants and other corporals appointed at different times were Edward M. Ewen. Charles D. Sheckler. Milo F. Kelley. David A. Lane. Frank Wood. Robert Gilchrist. William H. Ball. Elmo K. Allen. Roy J. Campbell. Clyde II. DeAeres, George M. Pierce.
The following is an account of the part taken by the company in the Spanish-American war campaigns, as well as its subsequent record as a company of the Ohio National Guard. the article being prepared by Captain J. E. Whipple :
"The regiment left Camp MeKinley June 11th and arrived at Camp Cuba Libre. Jacksonville, Florida, on the 14th. The regi- ment was here four months and a half. It was during this time that the company suffered from typhoid fever. This fever raged
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fiercely for two months, during which time *Lieutenant Kellogs. Wm. E. Speers, Clarence Dearmin. Emil C. Frahm and Harry W. Kerlin died. The company originally consisted of 106 men. At times during the sickness not more than twenty-five were able for duty. On October 26th the regiment moved to Savannah. Georgia By this time the fever had abated. We remained at Savannah until December 19th, when we embarked for Havana. Cuba. and on the 23d went into camp nine miles from that city.
"The experiences of the company during the nearly four months spent in Cuba were full of unusual incidents, some pleasant. some unpleasant. Ivan Shotwell died on the 9th day of January. 1899. and his body was buried near the camp. More than a year afterwards the body was taken up and sent to Vinton, where it was again buried. On the 9th of April the company left Havana for the states, and arriving at the month of the Savannah river. was held on an island five days in quarantine. On the 16th we went to Savannah and remained there until May 13th. when we were dis- charged and proceeded at once for home, where we arrived on the 16th, and were the pleased recipients of a grand reception.
"During the thirteen months of its absence the company made a fine record. It was not the fortune of its members to engage in battle, but it underwent all the other unpleasant incidents usually experienced hy a military command in war. On account of the death of Lieutenant Kellogg. Lieutenant Crawford was appointed first lieutenant and Sergeant George W. Sanders was appointed second lieutenant. HI. M. Scott then became first sergeant.
"On September 21. 1899. the company was reorganized into the national guard. The first officers were: Captain. J. F. Whipple; first lieutenant. Edward Carrick ; second lieutenant. W. HI. Ball. Lieutenant Carrick resigned the following June and wa. Succeeded by Lientenant Ball, who was succeeded by G. W. Sanders Ball resigned a few months later and was succeeded about a year later by John K. Hull. Lientenant Unll resigned in December. 1902. . Lieutenant Sanders was elected first lieutenant and Clyde De Aeres second lieutenant. A short time afterwards Lieutenant Sanders was appointed battalion adjutant and DeAcres was pro- moted to first lieutenant and Holland M. Scott was elected second
*Lieutenant Guy Kellogg was one of the most popular and worthy your_ men who ever lived in Vinton, and on August 20, 1-08. the auditorium of the P :--- byterian church was the scene of a memorial meeting in his honor. as Ben ... .. county's first victim of the war. Prior to going to the front be had been as. tioned at Waterloo as chief recruiting officer. He was married to Miss Com Whipple. daughter of Hon. William P. Whipple.
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lieutenant. These gentlemen and Captain Whipple are the present commissioned officers.
"In October. 1902, the number of the regiment was changed from the Forty-ninth to the Fifty-third. which it still retains. The company has attended the following camps: At Cedar Rapids. August, 1900; Dubuque, July. 1901; Cedar Falls, July, 1902; Cedar Falls, August, 1903; Des Moines, Angust. 1904. All camps in the future will be held at Fort Des Moines, as the state has purchased 160 acres of land adjoining the regular army post, five miles south of the city. The company. together with the companies from Charles City and Independence, attended the fair at St. Louis during the later part of September. Of the forty-nine companies in the state, these were the only ones to attend the fair. The armory has recently been remodeled and the company now has very neat quarters."
The movement which resulted in Company G's fine armory took definite shape in December. 1896. when a corporation was formed, primarily for the purpose of owning and maintaining the military property of the company and. secondarily, for social purposes. J. G. Ralston was first president; Charles F. Young. treasurer, and J. F. Traer, secretary.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.
The Spanish-American War Veterans organized September 8. 1905. as the Guy Kellogg Camp No. 5. with G. W. Sanders as commander and George E. Knapp as adjutant. It has a member- ship of about twenty-five. and its present officers are: W. E. Klingman. commander: J. E. Whipple. adjutant and H. M. Scott. quartermaster.
RECEPTION TO CALVIN P. TITUS.
Calvin Pearl Titus was born at Vinton. September 29, 1880. and on July 4. 1901, the people of his native city turned out to welcome and to honor him as one of the heroes of the Boxer rebel- lion in China. As a bugler of the Fourteenth United States Infantry he had been the first American soldier to seale the walls of Pekin and to assist in the rescue of the imprisoned Christians therein, some of whom were reached too late to escape massacre. For that bright day in his life (May 27. 1900) young Titus had been rewarded with a medal and a cadetship in the regular army.
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and had received marks of especial honor at the national capital.
Mr. Titus had spent about half his life in Vinton, and the balance at Wichita. Kansas. He was a natural musician and, as such, was identified with Company G. Soon after leaving school he became competed with Evangelical work in Vermont, and was this engaged when the president called for troops to serve in the Spanish- American war. Enlisting in the First Vermont Regi- ment, he accompanied the command to Chickamauga, but was stricken with fever and obliged to return to his home in Wichita. In April, 1899, he re-enlisted in the Fourteenth United States Infantry, served in the Philippines until July. and, on the out- break of the Boxer rebellion, was ordered to China. The march to Pekin, of one hundred miles, was attended by hardships and privations, and when the first company of the Fourteenth Regi- ment approached the wall, which they knew not how they were going to scale, Mr. Titus offered to try, and, as stated was the first foreigner to scale it. there planting the Stars and Stripes. Shortly afterward he was slightly wounded. At the close of the Boxer war the regiment was sent home. and Vinton sent an invitation to Bugler Titus to visit the city, at which time they took the opportunity of giving hint a royal reception, with Com- pany G, Forty-ninth lowa Infantry, as a guard of honor. He was welcomed to his old home as befitted a valiant hero. and the day was made notable by the speeches of gifted orators and the large as- semblage gathered to honor the city's guest.
Soon after returning to his regiment Bugler Titus was notified of his appointment by President Mckinley to West Point. as a reward of his bravery at Pekin, and he graduated from that insti- intion with honors in 1905. He was then appointed lieutenant in his old regiment. but in 1909 resigned and re-entered religious work, which he continued about one year. However, he decided he could be more useful in the army. being so familiar with its customs, and orders were issued revoking his resignation. He re- ceived. in 1909. the appointment as chaplain in the army, and all who know him feel assurance he will serve with distinction to himself and honor to his country. As his people have moved from Vinton. he is seldom a visitor to the city, but will always receive a warm welcome from his former friends and associates.
VETERANS ASSOCIATION AND G. A. R.
The Benton County Veterans' Association was organized in
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1878. its thirty-first annual reunion being held at Vinton, August 5 and 6, 1909. The membership of 340 comprises all those who were honorably discharged from Civil war service and is drawn from all parts of the union.
Since the thirtieth reunion the following comrade veterans have died : A. Casselberry, Co F, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry; F. E. MeCurdy, Co. G, Sth Missouri Infantry; A. O. Adams, Co. A. 95th Illinois Infantry: E. M. Evans. Co. D, 28th Jowa Infantry ; Robert Houlihan, Co. G, 5th Jowa Infantry; D. P. Marshall, Co. D, Sth Iowa Infantry; Wm. MeDuff, Co. D. 28th Iowa Infantry; J. P. Johnson, Co. A, 37th Iowa Infantry; J. C. Hannah, Co. I. 132d Ohio Infantry; J. T. Britt. Co. B, 64th Illinois Infantry; Angust Mehan, Co. G, 2d Jowa Infantry ; J. A. McFarland, Co. II, 15th Iowa Infantry.
The officers of the association serving in the fall of 1909 were as follows :
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS -- Jolm Gilmore, president, Vinton ; H. Il. Me Elroy, vice president. Vinton ; S. R. Ferree, second vice pres- ident. Belle Plaine; J. L. Bigley, third vice president, Shellsburg ; G. D. Schofield, fourth vice president, Urbana; A. M. Rowe, see- retary, Vinton ; J. A. Butterfield, quartermaster, Vinton; George Barr, paymaster, Vinton.
REGIMENTAL OFFICERS -- J. W. Thompson, colonel. Belle Plaine ; Wm. Elson, lieutenant colonel, Shellsburg; A. B. Cramer. major. Urbana; M. V. Foote. adjutant, Belle Plaine; Rev. D. Markham. chaplain, Vinton; C. C. Griffin, Sr., surgeon, Vinton.
LIVING CIVIL WAR VETERANS.
According to an Iowa census bulletin issued in 1905. 330 Civil war veterans still lived in Benton county. of whom 264 were con- nected with the infantry and 57 with the cavalry. Divided by states, 52 had served in Iowa regiments. 49 with Illinois, 29 with Ohio, 16 with Indiana and 9 with Wisconsin. Of this number nine in Benton county were then (1905) over eighty years of age. fifty-three between seventy and eighty and more than two hundred between sixty and seventy.
An examination of the membership of the Benton County Veterans Association substantially verifies these statistics, although as stated. the membership in 1909 was more than 340.
The following indicates the last revised roster by companies
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and localities, with the command in which each soldier served in the war of the Rebellion.
Company A. Belle Plaine :- Isaac Ilakeman, captain ; Stephen Malcolm, lieutenant ; S. A. Crawford. orderly. Other members: W. S. Armstrong. M. 22 Penn. Cav .; Wm. Antrim, K, I. Ill. Art. ; M. J. Athey. II. 23 Mo. Vol .; Thos. Brand. D. 19 Wis .; L. Butter- field. G. 74 Ill. Inf .; S. A. Crawford, E. 4 Ia. Inf .; S. M. Cook, C, 27 Ia. Inf. : E. M. Ealy. II. 12 Tenn. Inf .; Lyman Eddy. C, 93 Ill. Inf. ; S. R. Feree, A, 12 Ia. Inf .; M. V. Foote, B, 111 O. Inf .; Jno. I. Feeney, 74 [IL. Inf .; A. R. Gaghagen, E, 134 IM. Inf .; T. F. Greenlee. G. S la. Inf. : J. D. Harbert. B, 22 la. Inf. ; M. Hartwell. HT. 20 Ta. Inf. : J. P. Heury. C. 10 Ia. Inf. ; F. D. Hodges. C. 48 Wis. Inf. ; Geo. W. Hall. 1 O. Bat. ; C. J. Hoover, K. 13 Ind. Inf .; F. J. Hammond, L, 2 Ia. Cav .; A. W. Hathaway, B. 9 Ft. Inf .; Isaac IJakeman, C. 24 la. Inf. ; C. E. Kuelper. 2 Ja. Inf ; E. M. Kolb, F 38 Wis. Inf. : Frank Kerner. C. 4 Penn. Inf. ; D. N. Kirkpatrick, A, 28 la. Inf. : S. C. Leavell. B. 8 O. Cav. ; M. B. Lester, A. 124 Ill. Inf. ; G. G. Milverstead. ] Neb .; J. C. Mattox, C, 7 In. Inf. ; Jno. Mont- gomery. B. 28 la. Inf. : JJames McKee, F, 54 Ky. Inf .; Ed. Mehan, 5 N. Y. Lt. Art. : T. E. Marshall, E, 60 Colored; W. S. Masker. E, 31 Ia. Inf. ; C. II. Norton, II, 13 Ia. Inf. : M. L. Prentiss, Band 41 O. Inf. : M. b. Prentiss. A. 150 O. Inf. ; P. W. Pitt. Hd. Artificer. 5 Ia. Lt. Art. : Thompson Rose, E. 88 O. Reg .; G. B. Sipp. B. 65 Ill. Tnf. : Nathan Squires, G. 52 Ill. Inf. ; B. F. Shurtleff, F. 139 IN. Inf .; Shurtleff, B. F .. A. 151 Ill. Inf .; George Stone, A. 23 N. Y. Cav. : John Swope. L. 2. la. Cav .; J. W. Thompson, D, 28 Ia. Inf .; W. A. Vincent, A. 152 N. Y. Inf .; Chris. Wentz. D. 36 INl. Inf .; Joshua Worley. Asst. Sur .. 126 0. Inf .; G. D. Walton, B. 28 Ia. Inf .: Wilcoxen. Geo .. D. 62 IN. Inf .; S. P. Van Dyke, D. 28 Ia. Inf.
Company B. Vinton :- J. R. Wallace, captain; B. Stevenson. lieutenant : Wm. Graham, orderly. Other members: J. Alcorn. E, 11 Penn. : W. Byxby. D. 23 N. Y. Inf. A. 166 O. Inf. ; R. E. Rowe. D. 28 Ia. Inf. : Win. Bordwell. C. 26 Mo. Inf .: H. J. Brown. G. 12 Ja. Vol. Inf .: Wm. M. Brown, I. 10 Ind. Vol. Inf. ; J. W. Barr. F. 45 Ill. Inf. : Win. H. Bowen. A. 28 Ta. Vol. Inf .; E. Bedel. K. 56 Penn. Inf. : Win. Bingamen. E. 84 Penn. Vol. Inf .; J. A. Butter- field. F. 1 N. Y. Drag .: G. IT. Barr. B. 93 Ill. Inf. ; Frank Bender, C. 46 Penn. Inf .: W. H. Bell, B, 17 Ind. Inf .; J. W. Barker. C. 4 Ia. Inf .: J. II. Boyden, A. 28 Ia. Inf .; C. D. Barger, L. 13 U. S.
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Reg .; W. II. Brown. D, 28 Ia. Inf. ; J. B. Brody, C, 47 Ia. Inf. A. Batchelder, A, 16 Ia. Inf .; 1I. S. Bowers. C, 80 O. Inf .; F. D. Clem- mons, 11, 11 Ja. Inf .; E. H. Colcord, K. 112 IMI. Inf .; James R. Chambers, 12. O. Vol. Inf .; A. Campbell. G. 5 Ia. Inf. ; S. M. Camp- bell. G. 5 Ia. Inf .; J. W. Cook. 12 Ia. Cav .; Geo. K. Covert. F, 7 Ind. Inf .; G. M. Conklin, D. 46 O. Inf. ; James Carrick, C. 83 Ill. Inf .; H. Crawford. D. 38 O. Vol. Inf .; E. G. Chase. D. 91 N. Y. Bat .; D. Cantonwine. G. 5 Ia. Inf. ; N. R. DeLong, E, 38 la. Inf. ; Wm. A. Engledow. A, 31 Ia. Inf .; S. M. Edmonds, D. 18 Penn. Cav .; J. A. Elliott. E, 114 N. Y. Inf .; Joseph Fisher. I. 70 Ind. Inf .; A. B. Forrester. E, 8 Ill. Inf .; Wmn. Graham, 30 [I]. Inf. ; J. A. Griffith, B, 44 Ind. Inf .; E. Goodwin, D. 23 Ia. Vol ..; Samuel Grow. I. 64 O. Inf .; C. C. Griffin. F, 171, O. Inf. ; I. M. Garn. G. 11 O. Inf .; E. C. George. 12 N. Y. Cav. : John Gilmore. I. 167 O. Vol .; Wm. Graham, G, 5 Ia. Inf .; G. W. Geater, D. 8 Ia .; G. M. Gilchrist, E. 3 Ind. Cav. ; J. W. ITughey. II. 13 U. S. Inf. : H. Hayward, D. 28 Ia. Vol. ; Jacob Hite. D. 28 Ja. Inf .: Wm. Henderson, D, 36 Wis. Inf .: Richard Hodge. C. 124 III. Inf. : Geo. W. Hadley, C, 4] Wis. Inf .; C. O. IJarrington. E, 4 la. Cav. ; Orman Hunt. G. 152 IN. Inf. ; W. L. Jones, A, 123 Ind. Inf .; Geo. W. Jones. C, 47 la. Inf .; J. R. Jones, L, 2 W. Va. Cav. ; D. A. Jones. D. 29 Ja. Inf. ; James John- son. G. 5 Ia. : James Kennedy. F. 81 0. Inf. ; Win. Knuth. D, 57 ]Il. Inf .; II. II. Kelty. 6. O. Bat .; S. D. Kelty, K. 125 O .; J. King. C. 4 Ind. Cav. ; S. II. Intes, I. 1 Neb. Cav .; Wm. M. Long. E. 140 Ill. Inf. : J. R. Mitchell. D. 28 la. Inf. ; II. H. MeElroy, G. 13 Ia. Inf. ; Wm. Maynard. Il 13 C. S. Reg .; A. J. Myers. G, 151 Ind. Inf. : D. T. MeGuire, G. 7 Ia. Cav. ; S. H. Metcalf, D. 8 Mass. Inf. ; I. Mitch- ell. II, 168 O. Vol. Inf .: D. Markham. C., 18 Mass. Inf .; L. Meski- mens. G. 5 Ia. Inf .: S. C. Oppelt, D. 28. In. Iuf .: J. R. Patton. I. 9 Il. Cav .; W. H. Pitts. H. 7 la. Vol. Cav. ;_ W. L. Parmeter, A. 28 Ja. Inf. : John H. Randall. 11, 6 la. Cav. : C. C. Ribble. J. 28 la. Inf .; 1. S. Rozell, A. 28 la. Inf .: A. M. Rowe. F. 2 N. Y. Cav. : Austin A. Scott. M. 2 Ia. Cav. ; J. W. Smock, F. 16 Ind. Inf. : James Sawyer. F, 22 Wis. Inf .; A. M. Stanger, A. 22 Penn. Cav .; Geo. A. Schoon- over. II. 13 Ia. Inf. : J. O. Schoonover, G. 13 la. Inf .; W. N. Stick- ney, C, 2 N. Y. Cav. : B. M. Stevenson, D. 1 Wis. Art. : L. E. Shutts. G, 13 Ia. Inf .; Arad Thompson. K. 20 Me. Inf. ; J. L. Tinkham, D. S Ia. Inf .; D. S. Tooms. G. 13 Ia. Inf. ; W. J. Taylor. K. 8 Ia. Cav. : J. S. Thompson, K. 44 Ind. Inf. : W. H. Wood. D. 8 Ia. Inf. : HI, 18 Ia. Inf. C. 9 Ia. Cav. ; James R. Wallace. G. 13 la. Inf. ; Harvey M. Wilson. G. 13 Ia. Inf .; Isaac Wright. G. 66 Ill. Inf .; Sol. White, I.
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S Ill. Cav. ; S. Dan Weane, B, 4 Mich. Vol. Inf. ; T. B. Wally; 1, 13 Ia. Inf. ; Geo. Weddle, C. 13 Penn. Cav.
Company, C, north of Cedar river :- S. A. Sawyer. captain : D. N. Lane, lieutenant : J. G. Warriner, orderly.
Vinton :- R. M. Belfield, D. 10 N. Y. Cav .; C. Knapp, C, 8 Ia .; J. M. Kilpatrick, A, 28 Ja. Inf .; D. Tague. H. 5 Ind. Cav .; J. G. Warriner, D. 8 Ia. Int. ; John C. Dine, A, 28 Ia. Inf .; J. Bain, G, 5 Ia. Inf. : B. B. Brown. B, 3 Ia. Inf. ; Daniel Carmon, II, 7 la. Cav. ; L. Hines, D, 8 Ia. ; W .E. Hines. D, 8 Ia. ; M. Montgomery. 1, 5 la. ; Chas. Smith, B, 53 O. Inf.
Urbana : John Bryson, B. 20 Ia. Inf. : J. C. Black, A. 6 Ia. Inf. John Burk, L, 40 la. Inf. ; A. B. Cramer, HI, 4 Ky .; G. Frink. C, 27 Ja. Inf .; J. T. Heath, D, S Ia .; Walt Jameson. 1, 77 N. Y .; John Lanless, 1. 83 Ind. Inf. ; D. N. Lane, D. 40 N. Y. Eng. ; A. P. Moss- man. D. 8 Ia. Iuf. : G. D. Schofield. 1 N. Y. Art .; S. A. Sawyer. D. 41 O .; Jacob Snell. A, 65 Ill. Inf .; W. II. Vandeventer. 1, 31 Ia. Inf.
Company D :-- E. A. Graves, captain; Riley Barkhurst, lieu- tenant ; E. N. Metcalf. orderly.
Vinton : O. F. Eggleston, 19, Ia. Inf.
Garrison: G. N. Barnhart, B. 18 Ia .: G. W. Dickerson, I. 5 N. Y .; J. C. Fintle. G. 20 Ia. Inf .; E. A. Graves. C. 1 Neb. Cav .: Wm. Gorden. F. 7 Ind. Inf .; IT. C. Henkle. D. 28 Ta. Inf .; Geo. Johnson. F. 22 Penn. Inf .: J. M. Kline, G. 3 Mo. Cav .; A. McCam- mant, F. 3 Wis .; A. B. Merchant. G, 6 Ia. Inf .; A. Merchant, II. 2 Ia. Cav .: E. N. Metcalf, D. 8 Ja. Inf .; Wm. M. Osler. G, 156 III. : Thomas Pavey. C. 47 Ia .; A. Robertson, K, 40 la. Inf .; W. H. Bristol, 7 Ia. Cav .; A. T. Shaw. D. 45 O. Inf. ; II. II. Shaffer, G, 32 Wis. Inf. : A. W. Shaffer, I. 2 0. Cav. ; H. St. Clair, D. 18 Penn. Cav .; M. S. Utley, G. 13 la. Inf .; G. D. Pegg, 1, 8 la. Cav.
Company E. Shellsburg :- J. L. Bigley, captain; Wm. Hat- field. lieutenant : O. B. Barton, orderly. Other members: O. B. Barton, D. 28, Ia. Inf. : Win. C. Benson, I. 90 O. Inf .; I. S. Boles. (. 47 la. Inf .: A. M. Parry, A. 9 la. Inf. : Jacob Sminke. G, 31 N. Y. Inf. : M. Blauvett, F. 132 Ia. Inf .: A. G. Barnell. 1. 20 Ia. Inf .: J. L. Bigley. D. S la. Inf. ; W. C. Elson. II. 20 Ja. Int. ; M. S. Heath. A. 28 la. Inf .: W. W. Hatfield. G. 5 la. Inf. : James Lahne. A, 28 Ia. Inf. : Geo. Lightfoot. E. 7 Ind. Inf .: Alex. Langham. 1, 16 0. Vol. Inf. : Edwin Murray, F. 18 0. Inf. : G. S. Smith. D. 28 0. If. ;
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Joseph Owens, 35 Ia. Inf .; M. S. Pratt. G. 5 Ia. Inf. ; Nelson Ram- bo, C. 2 Ia. Cav. ; Wm. Strawn. B, 9 Ia. Cav .; S. J. Spickler. K. 102 Ft. Inf .; Win. B. Soden, L, 50 N. Y. Eng. : Scott, D. 15 Ta. Inf. : Miles Strawn. B, 9 Ia. Cav .; A. L. Weatherwax. K. 8 Ia. Cay. : Benjamin White, E. 135 Penn. Inf.
Palo: Bruce Murray, G. 46 O. Vol. Cav .; J. S. Taylor, C, 20 Ind. Inf .; J. C. Wood, C. 20 Ia. Inf.
Atkins: Wm. Blue, Penn. Bat. ; JJacobs Nell, E. 152 N. Y. Inf. : Adam Primrose, I, 20 Ia .; Jolm Strong, K, 11; Stephen Sabin. F, 108 N. Y.
Company F :- M. M. MeElroy, captain; Levi Sanderson. lieu- tenant ; H. F. Giesking, orderly.
Blairstown: W. H. Crandall. I. 5 Ta. Cav. ; Geo. Ditto, I, 6 Ia. Inf .; R. Ferman, D. 112 Ill. Inf .: Geo. Goss. E. 6 Pa. Cav. ; H. F. Giesking. L. 12 Pa. Cav .; C. C. Hlayden. G, 153 ]Il. Inf .; A. L. Hayden, D. 112 Ill. Inf. : J. T. Halstead. C. 3 Md. Inf. ; J. II. Kimin, G. 34 N. Y. Inf .; John Lyons. B. 5 N. Y. Inf. ; P. H. Lynch, E. 37 Wis. Inf .: Il. Miner. K, 40 Ia. Inf .; C. B. Merriman, K, 112 Ill. Inf .; C. Riesser. G. 9 N. Y. Inf .; S. Richart, I, 3 Ind. Cav. ; Levi Sanderson, I, 22 N. J. Inf .: Chas. B. Thorp, E, 3 Ill. Cas. : S. Vaughlin. B. 6 Ia. Inf .; J. P. Wood. K. 40 la. Inf .; W. II. Wood, K. 40 Ia. Inf .; IL. Watkinson, A, 133 O. Inf.
Luzerne: F. M. Cashman, G. 24 Ky. Inf .: A. H. Little. G, 28 la. Inf.
Van Horne: H. B. Burns, C, 11 O. Vol. Inf. : Fred Christ. E. 6 O. Vol. Cav. ; W. Engleking, B, 34 Ia. Inf. ; Geo. Kraft, A, 79 Pa. Inf. ; James Hickey, D. 6 Ia. Cav. ; Frank O'Connell, B. 34 Il. Inf. ; Spencer Smith. A. S la. Inf. ; G. L. Wittie. D. 34 Ill. Inf.
Company G :- J. W. Rich, captain: A. B. Searls, first lieu- tenant; John Brannon, second lieutenant : J. R. Christie. orderly.
La Porte: W. II. Pell, C. 93 Ill. Inf .: 1. Boombaur. I. 3 Ia. Inf .; B. E. Eberhart. E. 12 Ia. Inf .; N. R. Kennedy, K. 13 Ind. Inf. : Il. D. Kabler, HI. 45 INI. Inf .; R. J. Pray. G. 13 Ta. Inf. ; J. B. Roszell, A. 28 Ja. Inf .; A. Scott. A, 13 Ia. Inf .: S. W. Schaible, E. 126 Ill. : R. J. Gillespie. F. 98 O. Inf. : J. M. Babcock. A, 46 Ill.
Dysart: S. J. Kerr. D. 1 Ill. Inf .: Angust Shrader, E, 2 Ia. Inf.
Marion : W. G. Thompson, B. 20 Ja. Inf .: J. R. Christie. K. 40 Ta. Inf. : J. T. Crippen. 1. 17 N. Y. Inf.
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Traer: J. B. Dennis, B, 184 O. Inf .; Isaac Skinner, I, 4 Mich. Cav.
Watkins: S. T. Sabin, F. 108 N. Y. Inf .; P. Fowler, II, 22 Ia. Inf .; Wm. Delaney. E, 24 Ja. Inf.
Cedar Rapids: C. D. Myers, G. 28 Ia. Inf .; J. P. Skea.
Marshall: D. M. Fuller, G, 2 U. S. Inf .; Wm. Putnam, D, 3 Ia. Inf. ; J. H. Gaskins, C, 42 ]Il. Inf .; Wm. Betz, I, 13 Ia. Inf.
Walker: F. Reiterman, B. 4 la. Inf.
Maryville, Mo. : F. M. Bramhall, C, 92 Ill. Mtd. Inf.
Marengo: M. MeElroy. K, 40 Ia. Inf.
Garwin: N. P. Stevenson. C, 10 Ja. Inf.
Tama: W. II. Stoddard, C. 10 la. Inf.
Toledo: A. A. Jones. B, 65 Ill. Inf.
Victor: J. N. Smith. G. 55 Il. Cav.
Covington : John Hallis, K. 20 Ia. Inf .; A. Hisler, E, 92 III. Cav. : J. R. Sutton. 7 N. Y. Cav. ; F. N. Bryan, A, 122 Ill. Inf.
Company II :- C. B. Hayward, captain; Wmn. St. Clair, lieu- tenant : Win. Amburn, orderly.
Mt. Auburn: J. Ayers, F, 100 Ill. Inf .; Wm. Amburn, G, 13 Ia. Inf .; A. Bagley, B, 12 III. Inf .; W. W. Buck, G, 13 la. Inf .; Daniel Brownlee. K. 24 Ill. Inf .; A. Cowley, K, 9 la. Vol. Inf. ; J. W. Donley, A. 189 O. Inf .; J. C. Roster. G. 7 Ind. Inf .; T. Me- Langhlin, G. 5 Ia. Inf .; H. St Clair, Jr., A, 28 Ia. Inf .; Wm. St. Clair. D. 28 Ia. Inf. ; John Tripp, II. 195 III. Inf. ; James M. Tripp. 10 III. Cav. ; Geo. Il. Walker, G, 13 Ia. Inf. ; Joppa Jenks. D, 28 Ia. Tnf.
Company I :- S. T. Sabin. captain : Wm. Delaney, lieutenant : J. P. Johnson, orderly.
Norway: Thomas Buchanan, 45 Ia. Inf .; Andrew Conley. A. 15 Ia. Inf .; Wm. Delaney, E, 24 Ia. Inf .; P. Z. Fowler. II, 22 Ia. Inf .: Ilugh Humphrey, D, 44 Ia. Inf.
Company K :- R. R. Hanford, captain; O. Inman, lieutenant : J. E. Catlin, orderly.
Vinton: Elias Bechtel, B. 247 III .: A. T. Edwards. D. 6 O. Cav. : R. R. Hanford. G, 13 la. Inf. ; O. Imnan, 1, 28 la. Inf. : Win. Stauffer; H. M. Wilson, D, 2S la. Inf.
Newhall: E. U. Benediet, 27. Ill. Inf .; W. B. Russel, B. 121 Ill. Inf.
Veterans of the Civil war, as well as the Spanish-American
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war. are waiting with much interest the forthcoming work of the Soldiers' Roster Board from the adjutant general's department of the state. The work is in active charge of George W. Crosley. secretary of the board, and he states that it will not probably leave the hands of the binders before April, 1911. It will consist of eight large volumes of over 1,200 pages each and embraces a com- plete history of each lowa military organization from the time of the admission of the state into the Union, down to the close of hostilities in the Phillipine Islands. It will be a complete mili- tary history of the state, showing the active operations of Iowa soldiers in the early Indian wars. the Mexican war. the war of the Rebellion. the Spanish-American war and the operations in the Phillipine Islands, with a personal record of every Iowa soldier opposite his name in the revised roster of the military organization to which he belonged or belongs.
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