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Organizations
The National Guard of Iowa consists (June 30,
1918), of one State Headquarters having sufficient
Staff
officers and
enlisted men to carry on the work of the
Department; one brigade of infantry, (3 regiments); one
separate company of infantry; one regiment of field artillery
(6 batteries); one squadron of cavalry (4 troops); one
battalion engineers (3 companies); one signal corps company;
two field hospitals; two ambulance companies; one ammunition
train, motor.
First Brigade Infantry
| Brigade Headquarters, Brigadier
General Hubert A. Allen, Commanding, Cedar Rapids |
First Separate Company
| Company |
Town |
County |
| Infantry |
Boone |
Boone County |
First Squadron, First Cavalry
| Headquarters and four troops, Major
Glenn L. Laffer, commanding Headquarters, Grinnell;
Band Section, Ottumwa. |
| Company |
Town |
County |
| Troop A |
Marengo |
Iowa county |
| Troop B |
Lone Tree |
Johnson county |
| Troop C |
Oxford |
Johnson county |
| Troop D |
Grinnell |
Poweshiek county |
| Sanitary Detachment |
Waterloo |
Black Hawk county |
First Regiment, First Field Artillery
| Headquarters, Supply companies and two battalions, Major
Jacob E. Brandt,
Headquarters, Eagle Grove |
| Company |
Town
and County |
| Headquarters Company |
Clinton, Clinton County |
| Supply Company |
Davenport, Scott County |
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Battery A. |
Clinton, Clinton County |
| Battery B. |
Davenport, Scott County |
| Battery C, |
Muscatine, Muscatine County |
| Battery D, |
Davenport, Scott County |
| Battery E. |
Cedar Rapids, Linn County |
| Battery F |
Des Moines, Polk County |
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Sanitary Detachment |
Ames, Story County |
| These units left Iowa in battalion
formation, and were organized into regimental
formation after they reached Camp Cody. |
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First Battalion Engineers
| One battalion, Major Anson Marston,
commanding. Headquarters, Ames |
| Company |
Town
and County |
| Company A |
Iowa City, Johnson county |
| Company B |
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
county |
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Company C |
Des Moines, Polk county |
| Sanitary Detachment |
Waterloo, Black Hawk county |
Medical Detachments
| Company |
Town
and County |
| Field Hospital No. 1 |
Des Moines, Polk county |
| Field Hospital No. 2 |
Sioux City, Woodbury county |
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Ambulance Co. No. 1 |
Sioux City, Woodbury county |
| Ambulance Co., No. 2 |
Waterloo, Black Hawk county |
Signal Corps
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Company C, Outpost Company, Eldon,
Wapello county. |
Ammunition Train (Motor)
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Headquarters Company and twelve companies, Lieutenant
Colonel Fred A. Holsteen, Commanding. Headquarters
Burlington.
Headquarters Company, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, Des Moines, Polk county. |
Arsenal Building No. 2
| A new
arsenal building has been built to house the property
of the Federal government and state for the use of
the National Guard. This building is located south of
Arsenal Building No. 1, across the street. It was
finished in 1918 and cost approximately #31, 000.00.
It is three stories high and the dimensions are
40x120 ft. This arsenal is now used by the Federal
government for storing property pretaining to the
Federal government. |
Camp Ground
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During the last two years the state camp grounds and
rifle ranges, known as Camp Dodge, have been
increased by the addition of land bought in the
immediate vicinity of the original grounds until it
now averages 570.66 acres.
In July 1917, the federal government authorized the
location of a permanent military cantonment on the
site of the state camp grounds and called it Camp
Dodge. This encampment is based on the ground owned
by the state and the surrounding land. |
Inspectors - Instructors
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Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Ridenour, Infantry, was on
duty at the State Headquarters as
Inspector-Instructor until April, 1917 as was also
Captain Clarence E. Fronk, Medical Corps. These men
were relieved from duty at the time the National
Guard organizations were called into Federal service.
In August, 1918, Lieutenant- Colonel J. T. Davidson,
retired, was detailed for such duty. At this time new
units of the National Guard were being organized. |
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