Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Monticello Militia Employed At Clearing Out Timber. [ARTICLE]

Monticello Militia Employed At Clearing Out Timber.

Monticello Journal. Members of Co. C, writing home, state that they are being employed to clear small timber south of Mercedes where they are located. They are paid 50 cents a day for their work. The cleared place is to be used as a fort. „ The possibilities of war have died away, according to the guardsmen, and they are not required to do much guard duty. They expect to be'home in three or four months. The soldiers are writing for their relatives to send them supplies as prices in shops around the army posts are very high.