Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Should Have a County-Wide Patriotic Demonstration Soon. [ARTICLE]

Should Have a County-Wide Patriotic Demonstration Soon.

Send Ccu.iM, from Rensselaer, recruited to full war strength and have the organization made up entirely of Jasper county youngmen. The above should be the desire of all Jasper county citizens and each and every one should strive to'make if a reality, Go. M is not recruited up to full war strength—loo men. Captain Tuteur and his nien are certain to be called within a very short time and in order that _ it , may be made up of boys from this immediate vicinity, boys who are certain to be agreeable toward one another, and that the ranks of the local cbmpany will not have to be recruited from men secured from all parts of the country and who might not fraternize quite as well as would be the ease in a company composed of men from the same county. Gen. Smith’s instructions to militia officers in the state was “Get every man you can up to 150, able bodies men, and not to enlist a man ’with dependents.” A big public demonstration should be held, to take place very soon, not simply for the purpose of securing recruits for Company M, but also to stir up the people of the county to the patriotic duty of the hour, which should be the primary intention. It is probable that during the progress of the war~Jasper county will be called upon to furnish quite a quota of men, those being needed for the first call being a comparatively small number. Future calls will. doubtless be m ade and i t willbe necessary tx have a reserve list from which to fill up vacancies which may occur. We are in war, whether we want to be or not, and men must be secured to form an army, even of defense— Which let us hope will .be 'the extremist necessity. In all previous calls to colors Jasper county haa responded nobly and that she will do so in the present crisis there is no doubt. Come, Jasper county, let us indulge in a series of meetings throughout our boundaries and awaken the patriotism oT the county to a realization of the meeds of the country &t the present critical period of its history. Let us have music, patriotic singing, oratory and a rallying to the flag.