Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — Half a Million Men Of Draft Age Idle. [ARTICLE]

Half a Million Men

Of Draft Age Idle.

There are more thati 500,000 jobless Americans of military enough for the first increment of the new army, according to a comp latio nos statistics made public this week by the census bureau. The tabulation reveals that there are 10,079,500 men between the ages of 21 and 30 years and, therefore, subject to military duty. Of the total eligible for military duty there are 5,729,400 who are single, 4,554,900 who are married, 120,900 are divorced or widowers, and 40,300 who have not been reported either married or single. The percenatge is 53.3 of single men and 45.1 of married men. —.

Mrs. Jenny Beagley and baby left this morning for her home in Louisville, Ky. She had been visiting relatives in Brook.

A great number of Rensselaer people will no doubt attend the dedication of the hew Methodist church at Remington Sunday. Dr. W. E. McKenzie will dedicate the building. A banquet was held by the young men of Remington at the church Friday evening in the church dining rooms. The banquet was well attended and there were a great number present. The young ladies of the church served and the occasion wag a very enjoyable one. The edifice is a fine one, modern in every respect and the citizens of Remington and the surrounding community are very proud of it. Sunday evening there will be a musical program and the following evgning a cantata, “Nazarene,” will be presented.