Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

It was announced yesterday at department headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, that to date a total of 879 guardsmen have been granted releases under the dependent relative provision. Officers do not consider this number as exceptionally large? in view of the fact that approximately 100,000 state troops are engaged in border duty.