Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — BEGIN FORMING NEW COMPANIES [ARTICLE]

BEGIN FORMING NEW COMPANIES

• Several Cities in State Report Recruiting Outside of Present Na- . tional Guard Organizations. Reports from throughout Indiana last night indicated that Indiana’s contribution to the national guard forces available for service on the Mexican border will far exceed the peace strength of the regularly organized divisions of the guard in.the state. The wave of 'patnotic fervor has resulted in calls for recruits in cities which have not had guard companies, while in other places steps are being taken to reorganize companies which have been ordered disbanded because of lack of numibers. North Vernon, Newcastle, Princeton and Washington are among the cities in which new companies are being formed in a-number of places in which the guard has not obtained the required strength preparedness demonstrations are being held to increase enlistment. Most of the companies in the state have reported a total equal to the minimum strength of sixty-five men and a number have approached the war footing of 150. Fort Wayne led in the number of enlistments reported, fifty men having been added. It *s believed that all of the companies will be ready for mobilization at Fort Benjamin Harrison by Saturday, many of them already being prepared for the trip.