Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — EIGHTEEN MEN ARE SELECTED [ARTICLE]

EIGHTEEN MEN ARE SELECTED

* LOCAL BOARD NOTIFIED OF MEN CERTIFIED BY'DISTRICT BOARD, i . i The following list of men, callee for military service by the local board for Jasper county, have been duly passed upon by the proper local and district board and are hereby certified as selected for military service and not exempted or discharged. This list from the date of its posting, which is Saturday, September 1, 1917, at the office of the local board, which is. the county clerk’s office, constitutes notice* to those whose names are listed hereon, that,they have been selected for military service and charges them with an* obligation to watch the bulletin boprd of the local board and ot hold themselves in readiness to report for military service duty at the office of the local board at a date to be specified in a later notice to be posted at that office. Carroll W. Leatherman, Remington. John Kaufman, Fair Oaks. - Wm. Ott, Kniman. ''-Roy M. Burch, Rensselaer John S. DeArmond, Tefft. Vernon R. Stearns, Newland. Louis W. Misch, Wheatfield. Jos. J. Thomas, Rensselaer. Carl Wickum, Rensselaer. Othel Caldwell,. Rensselaer. Herman Goepp, Moody. Delevan J. Babcock, Rensselaer. John Kriz, Rensselaer. Chas. P. Porter, Parr. Oscar J. Stembel, Wheatfield. Tunis Snip, Jr., Thayer. Fletcher D. Minniear, Rensselaer. Harold L. Fidler, Rensselaer. cent of the Jasper eounty quota of fifty-six, or three men, must gcr between the sth and 9th of SepI ember. They are to report at Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky. John Kriz and Othel Caldwell have volunteered to go and want to leave at once. Another 40 per cent are to go to the same camp on September 19, 40 per cent on October 1, and the other 15 per cent at a convenient time thereafter. Those going with the groups following the first three will jossibly bfe sent forward in the order n which they were drafted. The district board has exempted six that were passed by the local board. Five of them were exempted on industrial grounds. They are: Clarence J. Stack, Goodland. * Bradford Poole, Rensselaer. Walter L. Nagel, Rensselaer. Garrett DeFries, DeMotte. Henry Van Weinen, Thayer. J. Leo Mutter, a religious student at St. Joseph’s college, was exempted for religious reasons.

Following is the form sent out to the men not exempted notifying them of the time and place of appearing: By direction of the Secretary of War, you are hereby ordered to report to the office of this local board at * . ... m. on the day of . . r 191...., for military duty and for transportation to the army mobilization camp at *. From the date herein specified for you to report, you will be in the military service of the United States and subject to military law. Failure or unpunctuality are grave military offenses punishable by courtmartial. Willful failure to report with intention to evade military service constitutes desertion which is a capital offense in time of war. Present yourself at the precise hour specified in order that you mpy not begin your military record m the service of your country With a delinquency. , You will be held under the orders of this board until the hour of de- • parture of your train. During this period the local board will furnish you food and lodging.- If you live within one hour’s travel of the office of the local board, you may obtain Eermission to sleep to eat at home, ut only i('you fill out and forward to the office of the local board at once the printed application for this permission at the end of this sheet. You will not 1 be permitted to take with you on the train anything but hand baggage. You do not need bedSor changes of clothing except pecified »below. You. may take you only the following articles: Soap, shaving accessories, comb and brush, toothbrush and tooth powder, towels, untlerclothing and socks; and if you desire, changes of collars and shirts, but you will have no use for these after arrival at the mobilization camp. Since you will not be permitted to retain any trunks after your arrival at the railroad station, the articles listed above should be brought in a hand bundle. If you desire to do so, you may retur nthe civilian clothes you are wearing when you arrive at the mobilization camp to yoUr home by express or otherwise, but if yon desire to make no such arrangement, it will be better to appear in civilian clothes that you do not case to keep. Dated. Signed.