Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1917 — TODAY’S PROGRAM AT THE STAR THEATRE Middle West fights While the East Talks. [ARTICLE]

TODAY’S PROGRAM AT THE STAR THEATRE

Middle West fights While the East Talks.

’ Washington, D. C., April 18. —What may surprise New York and New England is the fact that Chicago and Illinois led in recruiting for the regu.lar army yesterday. There is prevalent in the eastern metropolis and up in Boston, too, on impression that the Chicago territory is lax in interest in national defense, even that the great city by the lakes is '"almost disloyal.”* The records of the war department show that Illinois recruiting stations yesterday accepted 236 applicants for the regular army. For Die same 4ay the state of New York, including New York City, had 127 enlistments And ' llinois’ quota is 11,276 to New York's 18.236. _ ___ ; Pennsylvania's quota is 15,330. The state had 225 recruits yesterday. Indiara was third with 187 recruits and Georgia fourth with 143. Missouri tied New York, though its quota is but one-third as many. It developed yesterday that Chicago and the middle west are taking the lead in ail recruiting.