The office of the Adjutant General has been a very busy place during the past two years. The United States has been involved in two wars during this period.

At the beginning of the year 1917 the Iowa National Guard, with the exception of the Field Artillery, which was mustered out in December, was in Federal service and was on duty on the Mexican Border guarding the border states from invasion. The organizations were returned to their homes early in the year and by March 23, 1917 were all out of active service.

On March 25, 1917 the President again issued a proclamation calling into active service a part of the National Guard from each state, preparatory to entering the World War. In Iowa the First Regiment of Infantry was called into service and placed on duty guarding bridges and munition plants. By July 15, 1917 all other organizations of National Guard had been called into service.

On August 5, 1917 all men who had been mustered into National Guard service were drafted into U. S. service. This took the Guard entirely from under the control of the state. By the latter part of August all Iowa units had left the state.

Iowa Guard units sent into the service were all efficient, but it so happened that only one of them, the Third Iowa Infantry (168th U.S. Infantry) experienced any battle field service. This regiment was a part of the 42nd or Rainbow, division, and was a composite organization, composed of the third and parts of the First and Second Infantry regiments. Three-fifths of the enlisted men of the Third, when it left Iowa, had been for some time in the ranks of this regiment. Two-fifths were Guardsmen, transferred from the First and Second Regiments. As a result it was truly a representative Iowa National Guard unit, and its brilliant achievements on the battle fields reflects credit upon the National Guard as a whole.

Source: Report of the Adjutant General of Iowa for the Biennial Period Ended June 30, 1918
Published by the State of Iowa, Des Moines

Third Infantry

• Fifteen companies, Colonel Ernest R. Bennett
  Commanding Headquarters, Des Moines.
• Headquarters Company, Des Moines, Polk County
• Supply Company, Des Moines, Polk County
• Machine Gun Company, Des Moines, Polk County
• Company A, Winterset, Madison County
• Company B, Des Moines, Polk County
• Company C, Creston, Union County
• Company D, Centerville, Appanoose County
• Company E, Shenandoah, Page County
• Company F, Red Oak, Montgomery County
• Company G, Ottumwa, Wapello County
• Company H, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County
• Company I, Glenwood, Mills County
• Company K, Corning, Adams County
• Company L, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County
• Company M, Red Oak, Montgomery County
• Sanitary Detachment, Des Moines, Polk County

Company "I"

• Commissioned Officers
• Dunn, Lloyd C., age 28, res. Glenwood, born in Pennsylvania, Captain
• Haley, William M., age 27, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, 2nd Lieutenant
• Logan, Frank D., age 43, res. Glenwood, born in Ohio, 1st Lieutenant

• Non-Commissioned Officers
• Barnett, David N., age 26, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Supply Sgt.
• Baxter, Joe M., age 26, res. Stronghurst, Illinois, born in Illinois, Cpl.
• Bazel, Cyril W., age 20, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Beatty, Harry H., age 26, res. Fairbault, Minnesota, born in Arkansas, Cpl.
• Bogart, Wayne A., age 23, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Briggs, William D., age 25, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Burdick, Charles D., age 25, res. Ames, born in Dakota, Sgt.
• Chambers, Harry Eugene, age 20, res. Ames, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Coons, Edward W., age 25, res. Glenwood, born in Kansas, Cpl
• Craig, Lilburn Raymond, aage 22, res. Glenwood, born in Missouri, Cpl.
• Fee, Rodney R., age 18, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Gibbs, Wingate H., age 20, res. Glenwood, born in Colorado, Sgt.
• Hamm, Cecil Thomas, age 19, res. Ames, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Hamm, Harry E., age 21, res. Ames, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Holmes, Harry E., age 21, res. Ames, born in South Dakota, Cpl.
• Hood, Norman R., age 20, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Hornback, William E., age 23, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Kemp, Harry, age 21, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Sgt
• Kingsbury, Harold H., age 22, res. Ames, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Laird, Clarke G., age 24, res. Tabor, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Lewis, Maurice A., age 20, res. Glenwood, born in Nebraska, Cpl.
• Lewis, Shirley D., age 25, res. Glenwood, born in Nebraska, Sgt.
• Linville, Ralph D., age 23, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Lugsch, Fred, age 20, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Martin, Edwin J., age 21, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Martin, Samuel E., age 19, res. Ames, born in Montana, Cpl.
• McDonald, Fred., age 23, res. Ames, born in Indiana, Cpl.
• McKee, Frank F., age 25, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• McMillen, Ray C., age 21, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Miller, Carl E., age 22, res. Council Bluffs, born in Kansas, Cpl.
• Osborn, Herbert J, age 22, res. Ames, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Pierce, Benjamin A., age 26, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Rager, Enis C., age 25, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Richards, Earl, age 25, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Mess Sgt.
• Ross, Paul Nelson, age 19, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Shuffler, James C., age 23, res. Glenwood, born in Nebraska, Cpl.
• Smith, Edgar F., age 20, res. Burlington, born in Iowa,Cpl.
• Stephens, Ralph F., age 20, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Sgt.
• Thornton, Onis O., age 22, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Wenicke, Louis H., age 21, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Werner, Frank E., age 23, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• White, George Everett, age 33, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cpl
• Widows, Harry James, age 27, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, 1st Sgt.
• Winter, Snedden Edward, age 20, res. Ames, born in Iowa, Cpl.
• Woodruff, Lloyd D., age 22, res. Burlington, born in Iowa, Cpl.

• Cooks & Buglers
• Bomar, Walter W., age 33, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa, Cook
• Buchanan, Tracy J., age 32, res. Glenwood, born in Illinois, Mechanic
• Giles, Oscar Mitchell, age 32, res. Glenwood, born in Missouri, Cook
• Hosier, James C., age 35, res. Glenwood, born in Illinois, Mechanic
• Matchett, James Dewey, age 19, res. Glenwood, born in Missouri, Mechanic
• Martin, LeRue E., age 18, res. Malvern, born in Iowa, Bugler
• Minger, Arch C., age 26, res. Glenwood, born in Kansas, Cook
• Nipper, W. Verne, age 23, res. Glenwood, born in Illinois, Bugler

• Privates, First Class
• Allen, Ralph H., age 22, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Baxter, Howard N., age 22, res. Hastings, born in Iowa
• Beatty, Charles E., age 24, res. Glenwood, born in Arkansas
• Bo'Theras (sic), Amos E., age 22, res. Collins, born in Iowa
• Boyce, Elmer R., age 20, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Boyce, Robert L., age 18, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Breazeale, Ernest I., age 18, res. Hastings, born in Iowa
• Burk, Leslie C., age 22, res. Burlington, born in Illinois
• Coons, Alfred Augustus, age 27, res. Malvern, born in Kansas
• Craun Ray Reginald, age 22, res. Ames, born in Iowa
• Day, Clarence B., age 22, res. Glenwood, born in Missouri
• Day, Lawrence B., age 22, res. Glenwood, born in Missouri
• Endicott, James Nathan, age 27, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Evans, Thomas R., age 25, res. Glenwood, born in Wyoming
• Finch, Harry Zellis, age 22, res. Ames, born in Iowa
• Foster, William H., age 19, res. Burlington, born in Missouri
• Hardy, Floyd W., age 21, res. Missouri Valley, born in Iowa
• Harker, Eugene L., age 22, res. Missouri Valley, born in Iowa
• Hauser, Ralph A., age 19, res. Burlington, born in Missouri
• Hayes, Edwin E., age 19, res. Council Bluffs, born in Nebraska
• Hines, Guy E., age 23, res. Pacific Junction, born in Iowa
• Houghton, James T., age 21, res. Missouri Valley, born in Iowa
• Hunt, Charles W., age 28, res. Glenwood, born in Missouri
• Hunt, John James, age 22, res. Ames, born in Illinois
• Ives, William Ellsworth, age 20, res. Ames, born in Iowa
• Johnson, Harry T., age 28, res. Burlington, born in Iowa
• Jorgenson, Dewey G., age 20, res. Harlan, born in Iowa
• Lowden, Alvin L., age 23, res. Harlan, born in Iowa
• May, Hallie R., age 26, res. Glenwood, born in Nebraska
• McCleary, Ralph J., age 22, res. Glenwood, born in Illinois
• Miller, William M., age 20, res. Malvern, born in Iowa
• Nelson, Frank D., age 22, res. Ames, born in Texas
• Prien, Ferdinand H.H., age 23, res. Mineola, born in Iowa
• Richards, Kenneth V., age 23, res. Hastings, born in Nebraska
• Rimel, Harvey T., age 24, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Roehr, Martin, age 21, res. Ames, born in Illinois
• Rush, Ed O.B., age 22, res. Silver City, born in Iowa
• Shockley, Fredrick Redmond, age 24, res. Ames, born in Iowa
• Specketer, Earl C., age 25, res. Burlington, born in Iowa
• Walsh, John J., age 24, res. Ames, born in New York
• Walsh, Patrick A., age 28, (no residence), born in New York
• Walters, George T., age 22, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Wiedemann, Claus, age 19, res. Burlington, born in Iowa

• Privates
• Armstrong, Albert C., age 20, res. Burlington, born in Iowa
• Arnold, Sherman B., age 19, res. Ames, born in Iowa
• Ashmore, Charles E., age 21, res. Glenwood, born in Iowa
• Atteberry, Tomas D., age 18, res. Silver City, born in Missouri
• Bachman, Aldo D., age 21, res. Eldora, born in Missouri
• Bacus, Lester L., age 20, res. Pacific Junction, born in Iowa
• Basey, Ralph W., age 23, res. Winamac, Indiana, born in Indiana
• Bates, Charles E., (record incomplete)
• Baxley, Clarence E., age 24, res. Waco, Nebraska; born in Indiana
• Beeman, Elmer L., age 23, res. Council Bluffs; born in Iowa
• Bell, Robert C., age 23; res. Princeton, Indiana; born in Indiana
• Benedict, Norman T., age 22; res. Pacific Junction; born in Iowa
• Benscoter, Eilbur A., age 21; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Binkley, David V., res. Ames; born in Pennsylvania
• Birck, Glen W., age 21; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Blauser, Grover M., age 23; res. Glenwood; born in Pennsylvania
• Blocklinger, Frank, age 21; res. Dubuque; born in Iowa
• Boschert, Daniel W., age 30; res. Hamburg; born in Missouri
• Boston, Harlan W., age 18; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Bowman, Willard J., age 19; res. Burlington; born in Illinois
• Bradfield, John S., age 18; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Brown, Frank J., age 19; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Bruns, Charlie W., age 23; res. Stewardson, Illinois; born in Illinois
• Burks, Charles R., age 18; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Busick, Clarence J., age 23; res. Radcliffe; born in Indiana
• Caldwell, Earl C., age 22; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Calhoon, Harry L., age 21; res. Glenwood; born in Missouri
• Chapman, Charles Abram, age 24; res. Ames; born in Scotland
• Christopher, Alfred S., age 20; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Clark, Roy C., age 19; res. Hastings; born in Iowa
• Clarke, Harry J., age 20; res. Burlington; born in Illinois
• Clay, Ralph A., ge 19; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Corbin, Frank J., res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Cornett, iRay, age 21; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Cox, Harry L., age 34; res. Ames; born in Illinois
• Crosley, Joseph E., age 29; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Cunningham, Charles C., age 30; res. Dyersville; born in Iowa
• Dailey, Henry, age 25; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Davis, Ivan P., age 18; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Deal, Thurlow R., age 18; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Dillworth, Clarence, age 18; res. Burlington; born in Illinois
• Dobney, Richard Everett, age 26; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Dunn, Frank E., age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Dyke, Morgan, age 18; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Ellis, Harold K., age 20; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Ewing, William H., age 24; res. Glenwood (no b.p. given)
• Farrington, Guy E., age 18; res. Nevada; born in Iowa
• Finch, Louis A., age 28; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Foote, Ernest, age 18; res. Burlington; born in Illinois
• Gallagher, Roy D., age 18; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Goeman, Charles I., age 19; res. Ames; born in Texas
• Goodman, John H., age 31; res. Malvern; born in Kentucky
• Gunsolley, Bernard W., age 23; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Gustafson, Gustaf H., age 24; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Hammond, Paul C., age 18; res. Ames; born in Colorado
• Hammons, Harry W., age 27; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Hand, Ralph L., age 18; res. Burlington; born in Illinois
• Hardman, Dave H., age 21; res. Hamburg; born in Iowa
• Hayes, Arlo F., age 18; res. Nevada; born in Indiana
• Hixson, Harry, age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Hoffman, William H., age 24; res. Glenwood; born in Kansas
• Horton, Ernest R., age 18; res. Nevada; born in Iowa
• Houchin, Mitchel, age 18; res. Burlington; born in Kentucky
• Hougland, Albert H., age 21; res. Oakland City; born in Indiana
• Howe, Ewart C., age 23; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Hudson, Delmar, age 21; res. Bartlett; born in Missouri
• Hulbert, Dorman I., age 18; res. Council Bluffs; born in Nebraska
• Hunt, Ray E., age 25; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Hunter, Jesse W., age 21;; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Jarvis, Carl H., age 20; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Johnson, Vernon, age 19, res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Jones, Arno Elwin, age 21; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Judd, Louis H., age 27; res. New London; born in Iowa
• Kemble, Joe R., age 18; res. Sterrett, Texas; born in Texas
• Kerns, George F., age 20; res. Plattsmouth, Nebraska; born in Iowa
• Kerns, Hugh J., age 24; res. Plattsmouth, Nebraska; born in Iowa
• Kidder, Charley M., age 21; res. Glenwood; born in Missouri
• Kier, Curtis D., age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Missouri
• Kingkade, Donald M., age 19; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Kirkendall, Alfred E., age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Kranich, Roy, res. Dubuque; born in Wisconsin
• Krecklow, Robert, age 30; res. Glenwood; born in South Dakota
• Krecklow, Will L., age 25; res. Glenwood; born in South Dakota
• Lair, Ralph C., age 18; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Lindgren, Harry J., age 21; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Logan, Delbert H., age 18; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Loughran, Harold S., res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Luers, Otto R., age 21; res. West Burlington; born in Iowa
• McClure, Eddie, age 22; res. Sergeant Bluffs; born in Iowa
• McCord, Charles M., age 22; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• McCoy, George W., age 18; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• McDole, Wayne, age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• McKibbon, Loyd H., age 26; res. Des Moines; born in Iowa
• McKnight, Wilber R., age 29; res. Glenwood; born in Wisconsin
• McSorley, George D., age 21; res. Council Bluffs; born in Illinois
• Mattingly, James L., age 18; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Mayland, Lewis, age 23; res. Radcliffe; born in Iowa
• Meadows, William C., age 27; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Meck, William, age 20; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Mendell, Sydney, age 18; res. Dubuque; born in Iowa
• Meyer, Walter F., age 19; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Miller, Raleigh E., age 21; res. Council Bluffs; born in Kansas
• Moore, Robin, age 21; res. Hastings; born in Iowa
• Morris, Clyde, age 29; res. McClelland; born in Iowa
• Munsinger, Clyde W., age 18; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Murphy, John M., age 20; res. Malvern; born in Illinois
• Murray, Earl L., age 25; res. Glenwood; born in Colorado
• Myers, Willard O., age 20; res. Ames; born in Nebraska
• Nelson, Robert N., age 20; res. Burlington; born in Sweden
• Niswender, Donald J., res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Nunley, John B., age 31; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Parker, Eddie F., age 20; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Pein, Edd., age 23; res. Pacific Junction; born in Iowa
• Peoples, Edward L., age 22; res. Fort Madison; born in Iowa
• Perdue, Lawrence R., age 18; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Perry, James L., age 19; res. Zearing; born in Tennessee
• Pershin, Warren S., age 21; res. Carman, Illinois; born in Illinois
• Phillips, William O., age 22; res. Council Bluffs; born in Iowa
• Picht, Jess C., age 19; res. Gernald; born in Iowa
• Pickrel, Arlo E., age 18; res. Glenwood; born in Nebraska
• Plumb, Roy F., age 18; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Radford, George A., age 20; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Radford, Paul H., age 22; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Rice, Ben., age 27; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Rinehart, Warren E., age 19; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Ripple, Edward C., Jr., age 22; res. Glenwood; born in Nebraska
• Rodin, Evald M., age 20; res. Burlington (no b.p. given)
• Ruby, Jacob W., age 22; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Russell, Martin, age 20; res. Tama; born in Iowa
• Sawyer, Warren D., age 18; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Schwartz, Carl P., age 18; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Shane, George H., age 27; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Shannon, Roy O., age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Shea, John F., age 18; res. Council Bluffs; born in Illinois
• Shockley, Charles E., age 18; res. Ames; born in Iowa
• Sien, Mellville G., age 18; res. Emerson; born in Nebraska
• Smith, June F., age 18; res. Hastings; born in Iowa
• Smith, William T., age 26; res. Pacific Junction; born in Nebraska
• Stanley, Charles J., age 25; res. Canon City, Colorado; born in Kansas
• Stark, Paul B., age 20; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Stevens, Loyd J., age 25; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Stivers, Carl F., age 21; res. Glenwood; born in Kentucky
• Stogdill, Charles W., age 21; res. Silver City; born in Iowa
• Story, Ralph N., age 21; res. Tabor; born in Iowa
• Streeter, Floyd E., age 19; res. Sidney; born in Iowa
• Thompson, James M., age 33; res. Forrest City; born in Missouri
• Trubey, Alva Ray, age 21; res. Glenwood; born in Kansas
• Tyler, Orin N., age 23; res. Glenwood; born in Nebraska
• Tucker, Guy, age 19; res. Fairfield, Missouri; born in Missouri
• Upton, Theodore E., age 19; res. Burlington; born in Iowa
• Walker, William W., age 21; res. Glenwood; born in Wisconsin
• Walling, Willard L., age 19; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa
• Ward, Cecil M., age 18; res. Glenwood; born in Missouri
• Weidner, Forrest, age 21; res. Malvern; born in Ohio
• Weidner, Ralph, age 23; res. Malvern; born in Iowa
• Wertz, Jay W., age 21; res. Maloy; born in Iowa
• Whiteaker, Edgar M., age 21; res. Clinton, Missouri; born in Missouri
• Widows, Frank M., age 20; res. Glenwood; born in Missouri
• Wilson, Alfred, age 23; res. Plattsmouth, Nebraska; born in Texas
• Winslow, Harrold, age 18; res. Glenwood; born in Iowa

• Men Who Refused to Take National Defense Oath
• Boyce, Ernest, Glenwood
• Farlee, Arthur, Glenwood
• Hanks, Roscoe Haven, Glenwood
• Minner, Fred, Glenwood
• Stranathan, Carl J., Glenwood