Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — Short of Blankets at Great Lakes Recruiting Station. [ARTICLE]

Short of Blankets at Great Lakes Recruiting Station.

There are nine thousand naval recruits at the Great Lakes naval recruiting station near Chicago. of these are iboys, and so many have ■been received that a sub-station outside of the regular station has been added. It is called the Paul Jones Naval Station! B. J. Jarrette visited his son Fridav at the Great Lakes station and found that Wade had a very bad cold. This was true of a great many of the boys and is due to the fact that not enough blankets have been furnished. The Iboys double up every way possible but the cold weather/has been so severe that the lack of proper bedding has been keenly felt. In many of the tents there is no floor and unless conditions are improved many of our lads are in danger of contracting pneumonia. *