Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1917 — GO AFTER HIE KAISER [ARTICLE]

GO AFTER HIE KAISER

GREAT PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION WHEN SOLDIER BOYS LEAVE. r- .. ■ i There were fifteen hundred people at the Monon depot this Thursday forenoon to see twenty-two of the very best young men of this county start to train for a war that will rid the world of the greatest tyrant known in the history of humanity. Jasper county has a right to feel proud of this group of young, manly fellows and they are sure to make a most splendid record for themselves. With a single exception the boys were in the best of spirits and seemed to be anxious to go. Four young men who had reported but whose physical examination papers had not been returned were greatly disappointed that they did not get to go at this time. The boys were in charge of two of their number, Louis Misch and Delevan Babcock. John Kaufman, who is a member of a church that is opposed to war, was quite downcast, but he will receive every attention possible from his fellows and his task will be made as pleasant as it is possible to make it. The Rensselaer band and the teachers and pupils of the high school were at the depot and with the large number of citizens from all over the county, the send off the boys received was thoroughlyjin keeping with the occasion. The coach in which the boys were taken to Camp Taylor, which is near Louisville, Ky., was attached to train No. 5, which is due here at 10:55 a. m. It was about 15 minutes late. With the boys from here were a large number of future soldiers from Hammond. The Hammond boys were a live bunch and were having a great time. On the side of the coach they had written with chalk in large letters: “To Hell With the Kaiser,” “Berlin or Bust,” and “From Hammond to Berlin.” , Following are the names of the twenty-two from Jasper county: John Kaufman, Fair Oaks. William Ott, Rensselaer. Ray M. Burch, Rensselaer. John S. DeArmond, Tefft. Vernon R. Stearns, Newland. Louis W. Misch, Wheatfield. Jos. J. Thomas, Rensselaer. Carl Weickum, Rensselaer. Delevan Babcock, Rensselaer. Oscar J. Stembel, Wheatfield. Tunis Snip, Jr., Thayer.

Fletcher D. Minniear. E. E. Shoemaker, Rensselaer. Wr. R. Schafer, Remington. Arbie E. Culp, Francesville. Charles E. Miller, San Pierre. Merrill Freeland, Rensselaer. Fred H. Marchand, Monon. Johannes Moolenaar, DeMotte. Lewis Walstra, Thayer. Anton DeGroote, Remington. James Campbell, Wheatfield.