Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — Guard Recruiting Stopped; Stations Ordered Closed. [ARTICLE]

Guard Recruiting Stopped; Stations Ordered Closed.

Recruiting for the Indiana National Guard, now in the federal service, came to an abrupt end Friday with the receipt of orders at Fort Benjamin Harrison that the six Indiana recruiting stations be abandoned. All recruiting officers are being directed to close their and report at the fort. The recruiting details and recruits will be sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where they will receive further orders from the commanding officer of the southern department. The order states that discontinuance is because of the “unsatisfactory state of recruiting.”