Labor of the convicts in this penitentiary is let out to contractors who pay the State a stipulated sum for services rendered, the State furnishing shops and necessary supervision in preserving order.

The prison has an excellent day school under the direction of chaplain; also a fine library of seven thousand volumes; a number of newspapers and magazines are sent by their publishers to the prison.

Religious services are held regularly.

Appropriation by the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, $16,950.

SOLDIERS' HOME-MARSHALLTOWN.

COL. JOHN H. KEATLEY, Marshalltown, Commandant.

FRED T. WELLS, Marshalltown, Adjutant.

B. E. EBERHART, Marshalltown, Quartermaster.
G. W. HARRIS, Marshalltown, Surgeon.

Trustees-A. P. Doe, President, Davenport.....

.1898

Mrs. Sarah L. T. Hutchison, Secretary, Ottumwa....1896
J. G. Brown, Treasurer, Marshalllown...

...1894

Appropriation by the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, $12,500.

CHARLES A. SCHAEFFER, A. M. Ph. M. D., Iowa City, President.

W. J. HADDOCK, Iowa City, Secretary.
LOVELL SWISHER, Iowa City, Treasurer.

Board of Regents-His Excellency, the Governor ex-officio Presi

dent. The Superindent of Public Instruction ex-officio.

First District-H. A. Burrell, Washington.....

..May 1, 1894.

Second District-D. N. Richardson, Davenport..

..1894

Third District-Alphonse Matthews, Dubuque.
Fourth District-Alonzo Abernethy, Osage..
Fifth District-W. R. Moninger, Galvin...
Sixth Disrtict-A. W. Swalm, Oskaloosa..
Seventh District-J. D. McCleary, Indianola.
Eighth District-C. A. Stanton, Centerville.
Ninth District-Shirley Gilliland, Glenwood.
Tenth District-B. F. Osborn, Rippey.....
Eleventh District-C. E. Whiting, Whiting..

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The government of the University is committed to the charge of a Board of Regents, consisting of the Governor of the State and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex-officio, and one member from each Congressional District who are elected by the General Assembly to serve six years.

Appropriation by the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, $78,000.

IOWA NATIONAL GUARD.

HIS EXCELLENCY, HORACE BOIES, GOVERNOR, Commander-in-Chief.

STAFF OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

Major-General George Greene, Adjutant-General and Acting Quartermaster-General, Des Moines.

Lieutenant-Colonel N. W. McIvor, Assistant Adjutant-General, Cedar Rapids.

Brigadier-General James Rush Lincoln, Inspector-General,

Ames.

Brigadier-General M. M. Marshall, Commissary-General, Council

Bluffs.

Brigadier-General Fred H. Little, Surgeon-General, Muscatine. Brigadier-General W. H. C. Jaques, Judge-Advocate-General,

Ottumwa.

Colonel T. F. Cooke, General Inspector Small Arms Practice, Algona.

Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Canfield, Chief of Engineers and Signal Officer, Boone.

Aids-de-Camp, Rank, Lieutenant-Colonel: L. M. Martin, Des Moines; Hiram Neill, Sibley; W. W. Dodge, Burlington; J. H. McConlogue, Mason City; T. S. Waud, Radcliffe; H. L. Getz, Marshalltown; J. S. Wylie, Davenport; C. J. W. Saunders, Dubuque; J. B. Dougherty, Muscatine; Patrick Brennan, Creston; C. R. Bolter, Logan; Cato Sells, Vinton; Joseph G. Palmer, Rockwell City; James P. Donahue, Davenport; J. W. Alexander, Sidney; J. L. Dickey, Davenport; B. H. O'Meara, Cedar Rapids.

First Brigade.

(HEADQUARTERS, CENTERVILLE.)

Brigadier-General Henry H. Wright, Commanding. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Watson French, Assistant Adjutant-General, Davenport.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Priestley, Surgeon, Des Moines.

Major John T. Hume, Assistant Inspector-General, Des Moines. Major W. H. Goodrell, Judge-Advocate, Iowa City.

Major J. T. Davidson, Inspector of Small Arms Practice, Muscatine.

Major F. E. Lyman, Engineer and Signal Officer, Des Moines. Captain William E. Aitchison, Commissary of Subsistence, Council Bluffs.

Lieutenant, Henry Clay Wright, Mystic, Aid-de-Camp.
Lieutenant, Jno. M. Kemble, Muscatine, Aid-de-Camp.

SECOND REGIMENT.

Colonel, Parker W. McManus, Davenport.

Lieutenant-Colonel, James A. Guest, Burlington.

Major, John Rix, Fort Madison.

Major, Elliott E. Lambert, Newton.

Major, D. V. Jackson, Muscatine.

Adjutant, T. L. Wilkinson.

Quartermaster, W. J. McCullough, Davenport.

Surgeon, C. M. Robertson, Davenport.

Assistant, L. J. Baker, Ottumwa.

Chaplain, M. A. Johnson, Davenport.

BATTALION ADJUTANTS.

Lieutenant H. J. Huiskamp, Ft. Madison.
Lieutenant J. D. Glasgow, Washington.
Lieutenant A. R. Gorrell, Newton.

Co. A. Keokuk, Captain, Henry A. Heaslip; 1st Lieut., Jno. A. Dunlap; 2d Lieut., Frank M. Fuller. Co. B, Davenport, Captain, Henry W. Gilbert; 1st Lieut., Rinaldo J. Muckle; 2d Lieut., Frank M. Parmelee. Co. C, Muscatine, Captain, Charles F. Garlock; 1st Lieut., Edgar M. Hoover; 2d Lieut., W. L. Thompson. Co. D, Washington, Captain, A. A. Rodman; 1st Lieut., John E. Allen;