Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1915 — Claim to Be Filed Against Vandalia By Militiamen. [ARTICLE]

Claim to Be Filed Against Vandalia By Militiamen.

The Vandalia ralroad will have tc settle individually or collectively with the members of Company M who were hauled out of the Union station in Indianapolis by a Vandalia train and left for twelve hours at Limedale sdetrack wthout knowing when they were to be taken away many of them without money and no place where they could procure food if they had •been supplied with the money to purchase it with. ; ' IMaj. George H. Healey has taken the matter up on behalf of the soldiers and procured evidence from Lieutenant Edward L. Watson and Quartermaster-Sergeant John Morgan, who-protested with the trainmen against being hauled to Limedale. ■They informed the trainmen that they were from Rensselaer and were not to leave the Indianapolis station until 1:45. The trainmen said they knew what they were doing and the protests went for naught. 'When the train was almost to Limedale the conductor came to Lieutenpretty pickle.” Watson said: “Yes, pretty piikle.” Watson said: “Yes, we are and it’s up to you. What do you propose to do about it?” The conductor said: “I can’t do anything.” There is a tower for the passing track there and an operator is on duty. Watson appealed to him. He was a substitute and it was a long time before he could get any information watever to the Quartermaster-General at Indianapolis. Watson and Morgan walned to Greencastle, a distance of two miles, and then walked back carrying sandwiches and other food for the hungry men. The blunder was inexcusable and many of the young men of the company were to have gone to work the day they were spending at Limedale or traveling home and there is every reason why the railroad company responsible for the blunder should pay each a full day’s wages. The claim will be filed through the quartermaster-general and if he can not secure a settlement then action will be started against the railroad through a local attorney.