Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1911 — Young Men From Rensselaer Join the United States Army. [ARTICLE]

Young Men From Rensselaer Join the United States Army.

Several young men from Rensselaer havp recently become imbued with a desire to join the regular army and have enlisted through the Lafayette recruiting station. All who have gone from here have been members of the local militia company and have taken so great a liking for military life that they want to try it as a regular occupation. Don P. Warren, Robert L. Anderson, Harry Hickman and Ellis L. Thomas will serve three years in the cavalry and will be sent from Lafayette to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, today, for preliminary training. They will probably spend part of their enlistment in Honolulu or the Philippine Islands. Frank Wiseman made application to enlist but was turned down on account of his teeth. He expects to have these treated and then to make another effort to join. Scott Brannaman also made application but failed on the eyesight test.