Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1917 — Major Geo. H. Healey Witt Speak On Preparedness at Brook. [ARTICLE]

Major Geo. H. Healey Witt Speak On Preparedness at Brook.

Brook Reporter. You have heard a great deal of talk on “preparedness,” and much about the coming war. Cpme out on Friday evening to the Sphinx Club rooms and hear Major George H. Healey speak on the subject of “preparedness.”— *= . Major Healey was on the Mexican border. He assisted in the mobilization of the Ailitia. He knows how well prepared we are and were when the call came for troops to go to the border. What he has to say ifrill help you to make up your mind as to what is our duty in the present crisis. Captain Tuteur will also be present and., make a short address. This is a matter we are all vitally interested in and should be informed about. What are our country’s needs. We should be willing to hear one of our own neighbors tell what he knows to be our present condition. Major Healey will welcome the chance to speak to the old men as well as the young.