Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1917 — COMMISSIONS GRANTED THREE [ARTICLE]

COMMISSIONS GRANTED THREE

SECOND OFFICERS’ TRAINING 'CAMP RESULTS ARE MADE KNOWN. Rensselaer was represented in the Second Officers Training Camp just closed at Fort Benjamin Harrisson by five splendid men. Three of these men received commissions and two were among the three hundred not commissioned. Cope Hanley and J. A. Meyers were commissioned as First Lieutenants, Woodhull I. Spitler received a Second Lieutenants Commission. Charles M. Sands and Max Kepner were not given commissions. There is of course some disappointment that Messrs, Sands and Kepner did not received commissions as they made excellent records, and had maintained a very high standing during the camp. All five of our men together with thousands of others have shown the right spirit in offering their services to the government and when that service it not accepted they have a right to feel that they have done their bit, at least for the present. Both men who failed here have families. In their homes, mothers and children will be spared the great sacrifice of an absent father. The offer of their services to their country will be a thing of which they and their families can always feel a just pride. To the successful men who have won their spurs and now are ready to take responsible places in this great conflict, will undoubtedly come the opportunity to still further prove the metal of which they are made. Great is the honor that is due to every man, whether private or officer who enters this great war on the side of right and who does his part to make the world safe for democracy. We, who are not permitted to fight with them, have a sacred duty to support them in every way possi>le and must make them know by our acts that everything we have in the world will be cheerfully given, if necessary, in the winning of the war. As our noble men lay before the alter of liberty their lives so we. must be willing to place by the side of that precious, offer every dollar we have and every bit of serivce we are capable of rendering.