Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1917 — White County Establishes Fine Record of Patriotism. [ARTICLE]

White County Establishes Fine Record of Patriotism.

White county has established a unique record of patriotism that should live long in the history of the state that is noted for its achievements in both the arts of war and the arts of peace. Due to the intense loyalty and patriotism of the young men of White county the exemption board there finds itself without a job. While other communities are preparing' to meet the obligations imposed by conscription, White county goes industriously about the work of assisting in food production and conservation. She has already furnished more than her quota of soldiers for the first call and it will be several months at least before any more of her men are taken, unless the ranks of the regular army and the national guard are further augmented by voluntary enlistments from that source. There will be few if any other counties in the United States that will achieve a similar record and if White county sees fit to assume some rather important airs she will not bO lacking in justification, for her record is one of which she may well feel proud.