Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1917 — Lieut. Col. Healey In Command of First. [ARTICLE]

Lieut. Col. Healey In Command of First.

Lieutenant Colonel George H. Healey at present is in charge of the First Indiana troops stationed at Fort Harrison and will also be in charge when they leave for Hattiesburg, Miss. This condition was brought about by the fact that Colonel Emmett F. Branch, of Martinsville, Ind., was compelled to return to his home oh account of sickness. Colonel Branch took sick list week, bat after a day or so of rest again returned to the Fort to take up his duties, but was again forced to return to his home and is now in the hospital. Colonel Youngman, of the Fourth, is also confined to his home with sickness and his command has been taken over by another officer. Thousands of visitors thronged the came at the Fort Sunday—the last Sunday the soldiers will be stationed there before leaving for the south. The soldiers; in a great many instances, were permitted to feast upon home cooking brought by their mothers, wives and friends ana thoroughly enjoyed the day.