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The following radiogram from the Secretary of War to the Governor of Iowa is quoted:Washington, D. C., January 16, 1941To TheHonorable Geo. A. Wilson Governor Of IowaDes Moines, IowaPursuant to the provisions of executive order No. 8,633 January 14, 1941, war department order being issued this date provides for the induction of all federally recognized elements of thirty-fourth division, Iowa National guard of the United States and all personnel of both the active and inactive National guard assigned thereto into the active service of the United States, effective February 10, 1941.Henry L. Stimson”customary mode of living, but as for a vacation in the true sense of the word it will be far from that for these men are members of Company K, 133rd Infantry, of the 34th Division of the Iowa National Guard and they have a job on their hands.Along with these men from Le Mars will go 40 or more men from this'area and other sections of Iowa who belong to the company. February 10 the company will mobilize in Le Mars and two weeks later the men will be in their new home, Camp Claiborne in Louisiana, That is, unless the date is changed before they get under way.Company K men will join the rest of the 34th Division which includes guardsmen from Minnesota and North and South Dakota at Camp Claiborne and here they will be molded into one unit by months of intensive drills.About 50 men from Le Mars will have a one-year vacation in the sunny South beginning February 24. It will be a vacation from theirThe camp is situated 14 miles south of Alexandria, almost the center of the state, and 19 miles south of Camp Beauregard, home of the 32nd Division. Approximately 15,000 workers are at work on the camp and it,is costing the government $6,000,000.And now a word about the men.The wardrobe of the well-dressed guardsman includes a hat, tie, two shirts, two pairs of breeches, three pairs of trousers—two cotton and one .woolen—wrap and canvas legings, one pair per man, two pairs of shoes, a woolen blouse, a woolen overcoat, woolen gloves, woolen underware, woolen socks, a raincoat, a waist belt and a barracks belt. Nothing has been said about pajamas so it might be wise to take some along.Full field equipment for the modern soldier weighs about 85 ^ ounds which is by no means a light load to carry on a long march.As for arms, Company K’s allotment includes .30 caliber rifles, .30 caliber Browning automatic rifles, .45 caliber automatic pistols and bayonets. The tables of equipment for a rifle company which have not yet been received here will give this unit four light machine gunes and two 60 millimeter mortars,streabl;moCCajLieLieRoirFirLeBe'BuCa;KoCGr,EdRilt;AllJ/The present peace time strength of Company K is 77 men. On the inactive list are five men who will become active members when the company is mobilized.In the first World War the full war-time strength of the company was 214 men. The present war-timeBaHeHiKcSi;Si:cediKi
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Le Mars Semi Weekly Sentinel
Le Mars, Iowa, US
Tue, Jan 21, 1941
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Karl K.
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