Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1918 — CONSCRIPT IS CALLED BACK [ARTICLE]

CONSCRIPT IS CALLED BACK

Bound to France on Transport, He Is Ordered Home to Care for Parents. Chicago, Hl. —Called back from a transport 100 miles out at sea while on his way to France, Edwin Swelger returned to Chicago recently to take care of his mother and crippled father. He found his mother taking in washing to support-the family. Sweiger’s father lost his leg in an accident a few days before Draft Registration day. The boy registered and did not claim exemption. He went to Camp Grant with the first contingent Friends of the family, however, appealed to the government to release him from the army so that he might support his parents. The government took action, but found Sweiger was aboard a transport. The transport was wirelessed and young Sweiger returned to his home.