MILITARY RECORDS
VOLUNTEERS WWI
(Transcribed by Cay Merryman)
REPORT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL, IOWA
For the biennial period ended June 20, 1918
FIRST IOWA FIELD ARTILLERY
On March 25, 1917, the President issued a proclamation calling into active service a part of the National Guard from each state preparatory to entering the World War (II)……On August 5, 1917 all men who had been mustered into National Guard service were drafted into U.S. service…..By the latter part of August all Iowa units had left the state.
FIRST REGIMENT, FIRST FIELD ARTILLERY Headquarters, Supply Company and two battalions, Major Jacob E. Brandt, commanding. Headquarters, Eagle Grove.
Headquarters Company , Clinton, Clinton County
Supply Company, Davenport, Scott County 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 Sanitary Detachment, Ames, Story County (These units left Iowa in battalion formation, and were organized into regimental formation after they reached Camp Cody.)
Supply Company Battery B Battery D ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Page updated September 3, 2023
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