Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1917 — DEATH CLAIMS PRIVATE CASTER [ARTICLE]

DEATH CLAIMS PRIVATE CASTER

TAPS SOUND FOR FIRST JASPER COUNTY SOLDIER IN THE PRESENT WAR This community was shocked this morning when it was announced that the body of E»rl William Caster had arrived from Camp Zachary Taylor. Mr. and' Mrs. George W. Caster, the soldier’s parents, had gone to Louisville, Ky., Tuesday evening having been called by telegram announcing that their son was very seriously ill with pneumonia. We have been unable to ascertain just when" the young soldier died or when his funeral will be held. Earl William Caster was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Caster, of Milroy township, this county. Earl was bom on his father’s farm in that township on Dec. 13, 1895. He was one of those qujet industrious boys who loved home and his parents, and, while thoroughly patriotic his heart was very heavy and sad when called upon to break home ties that had been so dear to him throughout his entire life. When the drawing was made his name was called with number eleven. Number eleven was afterward called in one hundred forty eighth order. This meant that he would be among the very first to go from this county. He left here with one of the early group of selected men, and has been at Camp Zachary Taylor since that time. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Caster are among Jasper County’s very best citizens and they have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community. Private Earl Caster’s funeral will possibly be held Friday and interment will be in the Crocket cemetery. He should be accorded the honor he so much deserves, that of an American soldier.