Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1917 — K. of P’s. of State Offer Regiment For War Purposes. [ARTICLE]

K. of P’s. of State Offer Regiment For War Purposes.

I An offer to recruit a regiment for active seiMce in event of the declaration of war with Germany will be forwarded at once to President Wilson, according to" an announcement made Sunday by Gen. W. B. Cray, of Covington, commander pf the Indiana Brigadd, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. The plan is as follows: To offer to President Wilson a regimentof trained men, fully recruited to war strength and well trained in unitary tactics, the offer to com> at the first call for volunteers for active service, and the commanders of the uniform rank regiments and companies in Indiana to be instructed to recruit their companies to full war Strength, to recruit their men from the subordinate lodges of the Knights of Pythias, if necessary, and then begin a carefully planned system of military training.