Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1917 — Never Get Too Old to Show Martial Spirit. [ARTICLE]

Never Get Too Old to Show Martial Spirit.

The following taken from the Monon News, typifies the soil it of the men who have already worn the country's uniform in previous wars, as well as those who have been handicapped by age when the call to arms has sent the patriotic blood tingling through the veins: “Corydon Garwood says so many are asking if he is ready to go to war again, and whether he thinks he can fool them again, that he will answer them this way. “We was born April 1, 1848, and on April l, was fifty years old, and a few days later when the Miaine was Mown up by the Spaniards he was 43 years old and enlisted in Co. I, Ind. Volunteer Infantry, and served two months on duty in the United States and Cuba, and then was mustered out with -the regiment. And then on April 1,1917, he was 69 years old, and on April 6, when war was declared with Germany, he was 44 years old and his eldest son, Homer A. Garwood, of South Bend, will be 44 years old his next birthday anniversary, but he says he i*‘yet ready to help protect the flag.”