Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — Monticello Militia Company In Very Good Condition. [ARTICLE]

Monticello Militia Company In Very Good Condition.

The battalion caininander’s inspection of Company C, of the state militia, took place at Monticello Tuesday evening. Captain Gardner had 33 men in ranks and the company made a very excellent appearance and will doubtless make a very creditable showing at the federal inspection on Feb. 23rd. The Monticello company has a very adequate drill hall and is well arranged with quartermaster’s room, offices, est. The rent paid there is $455 per year, which is $25 less than was paid for the former quarters of the Rensselaer company in the K. of P. building, which were not equal in size or arrangement to the Monticello quarters. J. M. Shafer, the present owner of the K. of P. building required the company to move QUt or pay S6O per month rent. The hall has been vacant since that time and is quite probable that it will remain vacant indefinitely. ' In the arrangement of the new armory which H. R. Kurrie will probably erect in the spring it is probable that Lieut. Tuteur will visit several armories of the state and try to make the arrangement the most convenient and secure in the state. / The other companies of the battalion, Rensselaer, Souh Bend and Plymouth, will be inspected within the next few weeks.