Mills County, Iowa

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NATIONAL GUARD

Mills County, IA

Source: Report of the Adjutant General of Iowa for the Biennial Period Ended June 30, 1918

Published by the State of Iowa, Des Moines

 

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.

 

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", Mills County

 

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, etc.

 

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

 

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