Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1916 — MAJOR HEALEY AND STAFF LEAVE [ARTICLE]

MAJOR HEALEY AND STAFF LEAVE

Citizens Subscribe Liberally to Company Fund. Captain Tuteur Reports That Now He Has Seventy-Five Men in Uniform and That Company is Steadily Improving in Military Tactics. MILITIA ORDERED TO CAPITOL DEMONSTRATION THIS EVENING

Reports From Other Points Rensselaer, 3 P. M., June 23. —Capt. Herman B. Tuteur received a telephone call this afternoon from headquarters at Indianapolis ordering him to make all possible haste in the preparation of his company to leave Rensselaer early Saturday morning for the concentration camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis. The call came as a surprise, as an order earlier in the day stated that M Company would not be expected before Sunday morning. Four long blasts of the fire whistle announced the fact to the people of Rensselaer. TJhe company will leave here at 6 d’clock tomorrow morning. A public demonstration will be held at the court house square this evening for the purpose of giving the members of Company M a rousing sendoff. Everyone is urgpd to turn out and make this an impressive occasion. The band is expected to turn out and furnish music for the occasion.

Adjutant-General Bridges Orders Major Healey, Lieutenants Tuteur and Healey and Sergeant-Major Warren To Report at Concentration Camp At Fort Harrison —Gov. Ralston Orders Organizations to Prepare to Leave For Indianapolis Soon — Major Healey Believes Company M Will Not Be Called Before Sunday, Even Though They Are Listed Among the Twenty Companies In the State Due to Report at Fort Harrison Today. NEW ENLISTMENTS. Alva Markley, Francesville. W. E. Clinton, Brook. Clifford Hurley, Lafayette. Henry J. Hurley, Lafayette. Fred Steele, Lafayette. OLD MEMBER REPORTING. William Gant. Franklin L. Bridges, \djutant general of the Indiana National Guard, announced officially Thursday evening that all the units that have their

minimum peace strength or more will be ordered into the concentration camp at Fort Harrison tomorrow for possible service in the Mexican situation. General Bridges, Governor Ralston and Capt. John J. Toffey, Jr., of .he United States army, senior instructorinspector of the guard, were completing the draft of the order Thursday afternoon. Tt was announced .hat all troops would begin entraining for the concentration camp this Fiiday morning. The orders that were mailed out to the company commanders provided for entrainment “at once.” That would mean that many of the companies would reach Indianapolis today.

Major George H. Healey and staff, composed of Lietuenants Tuteur and Healey and Sergeant-Major Don P. Warren, were ordered to Indianapolis this morning. Before leaving Major Healey stated that it was his belief that the local company would not be called before Sunday. Major Healey, accompanied by Lieutenant Tuteur, W. L. Wood and N. C. Shafer, went to Plymouth on Thursday, where the first two mentioned aided the company of that place to prepare to leave for Indianapolis and aid in securing new men. They were taken from Plymouth to Rochester in an attempt to get recruits. Maj. Healey and W. L. Wood addressed the citizens of Rochester, appealing to the young men of that place to enlist for service. Several were secured. W. L. Wood made a great address and was applauded time and again. The party also stopped at Winamac, where they found 75 men in uniform, composed mostly of the business men -f that place, including preachers, doctors, lawyers and newspaper men. At Knox there were 79 men in uniform. At the close of business Thursday Captain Tuteur, of Company M, reported that he had 75 men in uniform. The company is being drilled hard each day and are showing the benefits and are all in good physical condition. John O’Connor and B. K. Zimmerman have been busy raising money by popualr subscription for the company fund and report that there has been in the neighborhood of S”7O raised in this way.