APPENDIX B.

ROSTER OF COMPANY M, FIFTY-FIRST IOWA VOL. INFANTRY. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898-1899.

THOSE WHO RETURNED AT CLOSE OF PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.

Officers. Commissioned and Non-Commissioned. All were of Red Oak unless otherwise noted: Capt. Jesse W. Clark, First Lieut. W. Harry French, Second Lieut. Guy E. Logan, First Sergt. Owen C. Hawkins, Quartermaster Sergt. Chas. B. Rose, Sergt. Wm. M. Hiett, Sergt. Henry A. Nordquist, Sergt. J. Edward Logan, Sergt. Resolve P. Palmer, Corp. Thomas F. Zuber, Corp. Clarence A. Lumb, Corp. Jas. H. Windsor, Corp. F. Corydon Ingram, Corp. Frank S. Smith, Corp. Everett E. Lane, Corp. Lloyd D. Ross, Corp. Ivan Ellwood, Corp. J. Donald Enfield, Clarinda, Corp. Harry P. Brenholts, Mt. Pleasant, Corp. Omar Duncan, Clarinda, Corp. Wm. E. Nicoll, Musician Otis R. Tyson, Musician Clyde C. Hoober, Chillicothe, Ia., Artificer Edward O. Pace, Wagoner Michael S. Miller, Cook Ed M. Pitner.

Privates-Chas. E. Arnold, Clarinda, Frank V. Arnold, Grinnell, Guy M. Briggs, Lee Blue, Lamonte Byers, John Behm, Clarinda, Harry J. Clark, Carl D. Cook, Robert S. Cook, Ernest Dennis, Chas. F. Dillon, Evan J. Evans, Wade Evans, Claude D. Elder, Allerton, John B. Enfield, Clarinda, Jesse C. Fisher, James R. Figg, Hawthorne, Chas. M. Fulton, Clarinda, Roy D. Gassner, John D. Gillmore, C. H. Goldsberry, Harry M. Griffith, Mt. Ayr, A. L. Hockett, Jr., H. J. Hoffman, Atlantic, Thos. Hollowell, Atlantic, Will R. Kerrihard, C. M. Kneedy, Elliott, James M. Logan, Jesse F. Lyon, E. W. Martin, Clarinda, Edwin A. Merritt, Chas. H. Murphy, Morse E. Moulton, Wm. Morgan, Wales, Lewis E. Nelson, Clarinda, Chas. Olson, Stanton, Don Q. Rathbone, John J. Rapp, Atlantic, Ralph Robb, H. F. Smith, C. A. Stafford, Mt. Pleasant, Harry E. Stevens, Harry W. Stotler, Clarinda, Ed J. Stotler, Clarinda, Fred W. Sandell, Walter L. Shank, Frank W. Throw, Ralph W. Tidrick, Tingley, Samuel J. Tilden, Paul W. Uvary, Wm. Valentine, Shelbyville, C. W. Wheeler, Frank Wolfe.

Previously Discharged-Officers-Second Sergt. Edwin M. Rose, Corp. Wm. J. Jeffers, Corp. Geo. L. Jones, Neosho Falls, Kas., Corp. Harry D. Cook, Musician J. Henry Kastman.

Privates-Vin J. Applegate, Ernest C. Bond, Iowa Falls, H. L. Chamberlain, Clarinda, Ira Day, Atlantic, Edward Dolan, John B. Hallett, R. H. Hammond, John M. Halbert, Elliott, Chas. E. Lee, Atlantic, C. E. Longstreet, Joseph I. Markey, W. B. McPherrin, Clarinda, Ole M. Oleson, Atlantic, Chas. W. Ross, M. D. Stocksleger, John E. Throw, Jas. W. Trabert, Stanton, Lloyd Watson, Clarinda. Corporal Chas. L. Binns, Red Oak, remained to accept a position as stenographer to the Judge Advocate in Lawton’s Division. He remained a year.

Deaths from Disease—Wagoner Verni R. Hysham died Aug. 20, 1898, in St. Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco. Earl McCament died
Nov. 24, 1898, at Presidio Hospital. Ellery E. Mills died Sept. 14, 1898, at Presido Hospital. John E. Ritter died July 11, 1898, at the French Hospital, Camp Merritt. Lucien E. Rogers died July 15, 1898, at Lane Hospital, San Francisco.

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Casualties-John Behm, of Clarinda, wounded at Pulilan, April 24, 1899. Harry P. Brenholtz, of Mt. Pleasant, wounded at Calulut, Aug. 9, 1899. Adrian C. Hockett, of Red Oak, wounded at Quingua, April 23, 1899. Bert Thomas, of Red Oak, wounded at Quingua, April 23, 1899. Joseph I. M,ukey, of Red Oak, wounded at San Fernando, May 26, 1899. Samuel J. Tilden, of Red Oak, wounded at Calumpit, April 25, 1899. Thomas Hollowell, of Atlantic, slightly wounded at San Fernando, June 22, 1899. Fred E. Strong, of Ottumwa, attached to Company M, but not enlisted, wounded at Polo, April 11, 1899.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B, FIFTY-FIRST IOWA VOL. INFANTRY.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898-1899. THOSE WHO RETURNED AT CLOSE OF PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.

Officers—Commissioned and Non-Commissioned. All of Villisca except as otherwise noted: Capt. Albert F. Burton, Wymore, Neb., First Lieut. James D. Baker, Second Lieut. Samuel B. Scholz, Jr., First Sergt. Frank Melton, Quartermaster Sergt. H. C. Elrick, Sergt. Perry Andrews, Sergt. Charles E. Jenkins, Sergt. James C. Cresswell, Sergt. Wilbur E. Moore, Des Moines, Corp. Harry. A. Baker, Corp. Frank E. Gunn, Des Moines, Corp. Chas. O. Foster; Corp. Bert Chrisinger, Corp. Frank C. Humphrey, Greenfield, Corp. C. G. Williams, Walla Walla, Wash., Corp. Gilbert McCauley, Corp. Chas. M. Laird, Des Moines, Corp. Jerry Spargur, Corp. Herman Murray, Massena, Corp. John Pierce, Des Moines, Corp. Joe Benda, Iowa City, Musician Jos. A. Overman, Musician Geo. H. Pittman, Artificer William A. Kelly, Wagoner Chas. Parker, Cook John Garnett, Iowa City.

Privates—Robert Admanson, Stuart, Bert B. Baker, Thos. J. Bolt, F. C. Chatterton, Robt. F. Cockerill, E. W. Dubell, Miltgrove, 0., James A. Dunn, Frank Embree, Indianola, Wm. S. Fisher, Adair, Wm. Gieskieng, Blairtown, Jos. D. Hahn, Marion, Fred A. Hall, Van Wert, W. J. Haggett, Iowa City, C. C. Hopps, LaMoille, Ill., F. W. Hostetler, Greenfield, A. G. Johnson, Ed Kempster, Adair, A. T. Lineroth, B. F. Mahana, Iowa City, C. O. McCartney) Emerson, R. V. Mills, Fenwick Moore, C. A. Myers, John McKinney, Stuart, George Neeley, C. H. Sanders, Grinnell, Wm. Smith, Iowa City, E. A. Sweet, Springfield, Mo., C. W. Victor, J. H. Wires, G. E. Whan, S. L. Wickersham, Guss, Ia., J. M. Yergey.

Previously Discharged-First Sergt. A. A. Doggett, First Sergt. C. L. Gebauer, Burlington, Sergt. Theo. Dangerfield, Corp. T. T. Rutledge, Lenox, Corp. O. W. Jappy, Sweden, Wm. Arthur, Adair, W. F. Boo, Nodaway, F. E. Butler, Cedar Falls, W. M. Cissne, Greenfield, Guy Clinton, John Cooper, Guy Evans, O. H. Eggleston, W. M. Glick, Terry, Okla., James Glaspbell, Davenport, Andrew Hanson, Forest City, J. S. Kanehl, Iowa City, Herman Lawson, Stanton, F. A. Middaugh, Clarinda, B. A. Melvy, Forest City, Oscar McDonald, Osceola, W. E. Merrill, Osceola, Ross Moore, D. O. Mason, Nodaway, Chas. Pittman, I. F. Powers, College Springs, Ed Parker, John Reed, Henry Rhode, Lewis, Robert Shepard, Ernest Stocksberger, Clear Lake, Chas. Smith, Iowa City, George Stivers, Burlington, Fred Talbert, George Towne, V. Van Houten, Lenox, John Wickersham, Guss, Alfred Yergey. Mustered out at Manila to re-enlist in service-Tim Erickson, Sciola, Ia. Transferred men--Sergt. S. C: Baker, Villisca to Co. K; Corp. Chas. F. Campbell, Nodaway, to Co. K; Jesse A. Ranous, Des Moines, to Co. A.

Deaths from Disease-Corp. Patrick Ahern, of Des Moines died Sept. 11, 1898, of typhoid fever, in the field Hospital at the Presidio San Francisco. Body taken to Des Moines for burial.

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Barton J. Brown, of Guss, Ia., died Aug. 30, 1898, at San Francisco, of measles complicated with pneumonia. Buried at Guss, Ia. Rodney K. Clark, of Oxford, Ia., died Aug. 8, 1898, at Manila, of tyhoid fever, complicated with pneumonia; buried in the Philippines, but several months later body was brought home for burial. Joseph Needles, of Arbor Hill, Ia., died Aug. 16, 1898, at San Francisco, of pneumonia following measles; buried in the Government cemetery at the Presidio. Clifford Stillinger, of Villisca, died Nov. 10, 1898, at San Francisco, of typhoid fever; buried at Villisca.

Casualties--Wounded--John D. Hahn of Marion, Ia., wounded in the leg below the knee by accidental discharge of revolver, Feb. 11, 1899, in camp at outpost, San Roque, P. I. John Kernan; of Nodaway, Ia., gunshot wound in right arm, April 11, 1899, at Calumpit, P. I. Corporal Herman Murray, of Messena, Ia., wounded in left shoulder at Malolos, April 19, 1899, while playing cards out in the open, a mile from the enemy.

Other Montgomery County Soldiers--Major Sterling P. Moore, of Villisca, shortly before the Spanish-American war, being then Captain of Company B, was elected Major of the Third Battalion of the Third Regiment. Major Moore was commissioned as Major of the Fifty-First Iowa, and served with credit during the campaign.

Lieutenant Herbert C. Lane of Red Oak, was a charter member of Company M and was the company’s first Quartermaster Sergeant. He was commissioned as Lieutenant at Camp McKinley and was assigned as Battalion Adjutant of the Third Battalion, commanded by Major Moore. Later he was made regimental commissary officer, which position he held all through the regiment’s service, making a splendid record for efficiency in a difficult position; Although not required to do so, he actively participated in nearly all the engagements of the campaign, being on the line most of the time with his old comrades of Company M.

Sergeant Earl C. Hessler, Red Oak, served as First Sergeant Co. D, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, serving through the Philippine campaign.

Will Mahaffy, Red Oak, enlisted in Troop I, First Illinois Cavalry, remained at Camp George H. Thomas at Chickamaugua. When his regiment was mustered out at Chicago, he re-enlisted in the engineers’ corps and was later transferred to Co. E, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, and saw several years of active service in the Philippines.

W. W. Merritt, Jr., of Red Oak, enlisted in Troop B, First U. S. Cavalry (Roosevelt’s Rough Riders). First sent to Tampa, Fla., then to the camp at Montauk Point.
Olaf B. Hanson enlisted in the Egnineers’ Corps and was transferred to Co. I, Twentieth U. S. Infantry; saw service in Philippines.

Gus Woelhoff first enlisted in the Third Nebraska, William J. Bryan’s regiment, and later enlisted in Co. B, Thirty-Ninth U. S. Infantry, and saw service in the Philippines.

Wm. W. Hardwick of Red Oak, served two years in Co. B. Thirty-Ninth U. S. Infantry and saw service in the Philippines.

Phil Bliss, of Red Oak, enlisted at Salt Lake City, Utah, August 15, 1899, and was assigned to Company H, Thirty-Fifth U. S. Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Philippines, his regiment being stationed in Northern Luzon. He was mustered out at San Francisco, May 6, 1901.

APPENDIX C.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.

Fourth General Assembly--Senate, George W. Lucas; House, William C. Means.

Fifth General Assembly--Senate, George W. Lucas; House, Richard Tutt.

Sixth General Assembly--Senate, Samuel Dale; House, Samuel H. Moer.

Seventh General Assembly--Senate, Samuel Dale; House, James M. Dews.

Eighth General Assembly--Senate, Harvey W. English; House, Washington Darling.

Ninth General Assembly--Senate, J. C. Hagans; House, George A. Gordon.

Tenth General Assembly--Senate, L. W. Hillyer; House, W. B. Davis.

Eleventh General Assembly--Senate, L. W. Hillyer; House, A. K. Crawford.

Twelfth General Assembly--Senate, N. B. Moore; House, Galen F. Killburn.

Thirteenth General Assembly--Senate, Jefferson P. Cassady; House, William W. Merritt.

Fourteenth General Assembly--Senate, John Y. Stone; House, Oliver Mills.

Fifteenth General Assembly--Senate, John Y. Stone; House, Cornelius C. Platter.

Sixteenth General Assembly--Senate, Alfred Hebard; House, George A Morse.

Seventeenth General Assembly--Senate, Alfred Hebard; House, George T. Ashby.

Eighteenth General Assembly--Senate, Alfred Hebard; House, Zelotes T. Fisher.

Nineteenth General Assembly--Senate, Alfred Hebard; House, Cornelius C. Platter.

Twentieth General Assembly--Senate, James S. Hendrie; House, John V. Johnson.

Twenty-First General Assembly--Senate, James S. Hendrie; House, F. P. Greenlee.

Twenty-Second General Assembly--Senate, Thomas Weidman; House, John W. Yergey.

Twenty-Third General Assembly--Senate, Thomas Weidman; House, John W. Yergey.

Twenty-Fourth General Assembly--Senate, 4. J. Chantry; House, Joseph S. Boise, Sr.

Twenty-Fifth General Assembly--Senate, A. J. Chantry; House, Filson Cooper.

Twenty-Sixth General Assembly--Senate, J. M. Junkin; House, R. E. Cook.

Twenty-Seventh General Assembly--Senate, J. M. Junkin; House, R. E. Cook.

Twenty-Eighth General Assembly--Senate, J. M. Junkin; House, Cyrus L. Stratton.

Twenty-Ninth General Assembly--Senate, J. M. Junkin; House, Cyrus L. Stratton.

Thirtieth General Assembly--Senate, Shirley Gilliland; House, F. F. Jones.