Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — Recruiting of Guard to Be Started Again. [ARTICLE]

Recruiting of Guard to Be Started Again.

Indianapolis, July 18.—Following the return of Franklin L. Bridges, adjutant-general, from a consultation with the officers having charge of the central department of the war department at Chicago yesterday, it was expected that recruiting offices for members of the Indiana national guard woudd be opened in the larger cities in the State.

It was expected that men, enlisted in the guard who did not qualify for border service, but who have not been formally rejected, might be placed in charge of the recruiting stations, which are to be opened, according to the plans, at Indianapolis, South Bend, Ft. Wayne, Terre Haute and perhaps Evansville. The recruits obtained at these stations are to be sent to Ft. Benjamin Harrison for training. The companies of the guard now on the Mexican border will receive the recruits after they are drilled and somewhat seasoned. It was announced at the office of Capt. Edward Coppock, in charge of the government army recruiting station, 24 South Illinois street, where recruits for the state guard also are being accepted, that these recruits also will be sent to Ft. Benjamin Harrison for training before they are sent to the border.