Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1917 — Smith Family Leads In Fighting Stock. [ARTICLE]

Smith Family Leads In Fighting Stock.

Do you belong to the Smith family ? If you do yo\ir kindred are the most widely represented family in the ranks of Uncle Sam’s fighting men, according to statistics recently coni: piled by the United States marines. Of the 1,932 Smiths who have recently enlisted in the United States Marine Corps there are 181 Franks, 165 Johns and 160 each of the Williams and -Charles. Murphys ’ take the lead among those of Irish descent with 322, and among the Hebrews, who, contrarv to general belief, are first class fighting men. 122 Cohens stand brfVely to the fore. „ . The term “Tommy Atkins applied to the Englis hsoldier gained its popularity by the large number of that name in the British army, and the United States Marines point to “Frank Smith” as being the logical sobriquet of the American military man.