Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1917 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

NOTICE. All the Inhabitants of the house, with the exception of children under fourteen, and their mothers, and also of old people, must prepare themselves for transportation in an hour-and-a-half's time. An officer will definitely decide which persons will be taken to the concentration camps. Ijjor this purpose all the inhabitants of the house must assemble in front of it. In case <?f*bad weather, they may remain in the passage. The door ,of lhe house must remain open. All appeals will be useless. No inmate of the house, even ’ those who will not be transported, may leave the bouse before 8.0 a. m. (German time). Each person will hnve a right to 30 kilogrammes of luggage: if anyone’s luggage exceeds that-weight. it will be rejected without further consider''aftonT” Packages^must be separately made up for each person and must bear an address legibly written and firmly fixed on. This address must include the surname and the Christian name, and the number of the identity card. ' . ■ It is absolutely necessary that people should provide’ themselves in their own Interest with eating ami drinking "utensils, as well ai wTHTTi woollen blanket, .strong shoes and linen. Everyone must carry his identity card on his person. Anyone to evade transportation will l>e punished without mercy. ETA PPEN-KOM M A NDA NTUR. fin this nroelamation the German transport officer nt Lille puts the commandant's decree into effect. “It was terrible.” writes a witness. “The officer went round, pointing eiit the men and women whom he chose and giving them, to make their preparations, a period varying from an hour to ten minutes."]