Spanish American War Veteran
WAGONER CO A, 50 REGT IA INF
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The Iowa Legislature, which adjourned a short time before the declaration of war, in anticipation of such an event, had appropriated $500,000 "to aid the general government in case of war," and preparations were immediately commenced to fill any call for troops that might be made. On April 21, 1898, Adjutant-General Byers issued a general order to the company commanders in Iowa to have all officers and men undergo a physical examination. Two days later President McKinley issued his proclamation calling for 125,000 men,
and on the 25th the Governor of Iowa was advised by telegram from the secretary of war of the state's quota of troops under the call. The state fair grounds, near Des Moines, were secured as a point for mobilization of the Iowa National Guard, and the commanding officers of the four infantry regiments were ordered to report with their regiments, with the least possible delay. It was decided by the governor to continue the numbering of the volunteer regiments as shown by those which had been engaged in the Civil war. The First Regiment of the National Guard, therefore, became the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; the Second, Third and Fourth becoming respectively the Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second regiments of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
FIFTIETH INFANTRY
In this regiment — formerly the Second Regiment, Iowa National Guard — Lee County was well represented in Companies A, F and
224 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
L, with a few men in other companies. Herman J. Huiskamp, of Fort Madison, was regimental quartermaster; Thornton B. Boyer, of Keokuk, chief musician in the regimental band, and Harry M. Reynolds, also of Keokuk, was a member of the band.
Company A belonged in Keokuk and at the time it was mustered into the service of the United States, May 17, 1898, the commissioned officers were as follows: Sumner T. Bisbee, captain; Thomas H. R. Rollins, first lieutenant; Emile F. Renaud, second lieutenant.
Of the non-commissioned officers, Victor H. Kelly was quartermaster sergeant, and the five line sergeants, in numerical order, were:
Thomas C. McCalla, John M. Collins, Emil W. Ulrich, Albert D. Dunlap and George H. Armitage. William Eisenhuth was first corporal; Samuel V. Cox, second; Frank J. Davey, third; John H. Kerr, fourth; William D. Barr, fifth, and Joseph S. Collins, sixth. William L. Kirchner served as wagoner, and George W. Hardin, as artificer.
WAGONER CO A, 50 REGT IA INF
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The Iowa Legislature, which adjourned a short time before the declaration of war, in anticipation of such an event, had appropriated $500,000 "to aid the general government in case of war," and preparations were immediately commenced to fill any call for troops that might be made. On April 21, 1898, Adjutant-General Byers issued a general order to the company commanders in Iowa to have all officers and men undergo a physical examination. Two days later President McKinley issued his proclamation calling for 125,000 men,
and on the 25th the Governor of Iowa was advised by telegram from the secretary of war of the state's quota of troops under the call. The state fair grounds, near Des Moines, were secured as a point for mobilization of the Iowa National Guard, and the commanding officers of the four infantry regiments were ordered to report with their regiments, with the least possible delay. It was decided by the governor to continue the numbering of the volunteer regiments as shown by those which had been engaged in the Civil war. The First Regiment of the National Guard, therefore, became the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; the Second, Third and Fourth becoming respectively the Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second regiments of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
FIFTIETH INFANTRY
In this regiment — formerly the Second Regiment, Iowa National Guard — Lee County was well represented in Companies A, F and
224 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
L, with a few men in other companies. Herman J. Huiskamp, of Fort Madison, was regimental quartermaster; Thornton B. Boyer, of Keokuk, chief musician in the regimental band, and Harry M. Reynolds, also of Keokuk, was a member of the band.
Company A belonged in Keokuk and at the time it was mustered into the service of the United States, May 17, 1898, the commissioned officers were as follows: Sumner T. Bisbee, captain; Thomas H. R. Rollins, first lieutenant; Emile F. Renaud, second lieutenant.
Of the non-commissioned officers, Victor H. Kelly was quartermaster sergeant, and the five line sergeants, in numerical order, were:
Thomas C. McCalla, John M. Collins, Emil W. Ulrich, Albert D. Dunlap and George H. Armitage. William Eisenhuth was first corporal; Samuel V. Cox, second; Frank J. Davey, third; John H. Kerr, fourth; William D. Barr, fifth, and Joseph S. Collins, sixth. William L. Kirchner served as wagoner, and George W. Hardin, as artificer.
Spanish American War Veteran
WAGONER CO A, 50 REGT IA INF
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The Iowa Legislature, which adjourned a short time before the declaration of war, in anticipation of such an event, had appropriated $500,000 "to aid the general government in case of war," and preparations were immediately commenced to fill any call for troops that might be made. On April 21, 1898, Adjutant-General Byers issued a general order to the company commanders in Iowa to have all officers and men undergo a physical examination. Two days later President McKinley issued his proclamation calling for 125,000 men,
and on the 25th the Governor of Iowa was advised by telegram from the secretary of war of the state's quota of troops under the call. The state fair grounds, near Des Moines, were secured as a point for mobilization of the Iowa National Guard, and the commanding officers of the four infantry regiments were ordered to report with their regiments, with the least possible delay. It was decided by the governor to continue the numbering of the volunteer regiments as shown by those which had been engaged in the Civil war. The First Regiment of the National Guard, therefore, became the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; the Second, Third and Fourth becoming respectively the Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second regiments of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
FIFTIETH INFANTRY
In this regiment — formerly the Second Regiment, Iowa National Guard — Lee County was well represented in Companies A, F and
224 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
L, with a few men in other companies. Herman J. Huiskamp, of Fort Madison, was regimental quartermaster; Thornton B. Boyer, of Keokuk, chief musician in the regimental band, and Harry M. Reynolds, also of Keokuk, was a member of the band.
Company A belonged in Keokuk and at the time it was mustered into the service of the United States, May 17, 1898, the commissioned officers were as follows: Sumner T. Bisbee, captain; Thomas H. R. Rollins, first lieutenant; Emile F. Renaud, second lieutenant.
Of the non-commissioned officers, Victor H. Kelly was quartermaster sergeant, and the five line sergeants, in numerical order, were:
Thomas C. McCalla, John M. Collins, Emil W. Ulrich, Albert D. Dunlap and George H. Armitage. William Eisenhuth was first corporal; Samuel V. Cox, second; Frank J. Davey, third; John H. Kerr, fourth; William D. Barr, fifth, and Joseph S. Collins, sixth. William L. Kirchner served as wagoner, and George W. Hardin, as artificer.
WAGONER CO A, 50 REGT IA INF
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The Iowa Legislature, which adjourned a short time before the declaration of war, in anticipation of such an event, had appropriated $500,000 "to aid the general government in case of war," and preparations were immediately commenced to fill any call for troops that might be made. On April 21, 1898, Adjutant-General Byers issued a general order to the company commanders in Iowa to have all officers and men undergo a physical examination. Two days later President McKinley issued his proclamation calling for 125,000 men,
and on the 25th the Governor of Iowa was advised by telegram from the secretary of war of the state's quota of troops under the call. The state fair grounds, near Des Moines, were secured as a point for mobilization of the Iowa National Guard, and the commanding officers of the four infantry regiments were ordered to report with their regiments, with the least possible delay. It was decided by the governor to continue the numbering of the volunteer regiments as shown by those which had been engaged in the Civil war. The First Regiment of the National Guard, therefore, became the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; the Second, Third and Fourth becoming respectively the Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second regiments of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
FIFTIETH INFANTRY
In this regiment — formerly the Second Regiment, Iowa National Guard — Lee County was well represented in Companies A, F and
224 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
L, with a few men in other companies. Herman J. Huiskamp, of Fort Madison, was regimental quartermaster; Thornton B. Boyer, of Keokuk, chief musician in the regimental band, and Harry M. Reynolds, also of Keokuk, was a member of the band.
Company A belonged in Keokuk and at the time it was mustered into the service of the United States, May 17, 1898, the commissioned officers were as follows: Sumner T. Bisbee, captain; Thomas H. R. Rollins, first lieutenant; Emile F. Renaud, second lieutenant.
Of the non-commissioned officers, Victor H. Kelly was quartermaster sergeant, and the five line sergeants, in numerical order, were:
Thomas C. McCalla, John M. Collins, Emil W. Ulrich, Albert D. Dunlap and George H. Armitage. William Eisenhuth was first corporal; Samuel V. Cox, second; Frank J. Davey, third; John H. Kerr, fourth; William D. Barr, fifth, and Joseph S. Collins, sixth. William L. Kirchner served as wagoner, and George W. Hardin, as artificer.
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