Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1918 — INDIANA PLAYS GREAT ROLE [ARTICLE]

INDIANA PLAYS GREAT ROLE

CLAIMS MORE VOLUNTARY • ENLISTMENTS THAN ANY OTHER STATE. Indianapolis, July 11.—Indiana has contributed 88,500 men to the army and navy for the national defense, in the first fifteen months of the war, according to figures compiled in the army, navy and marine corps recruiting stations, the office: of the state conscription agent anc the adjutant generalV office. It is claimed that voluntary enlistments have been greater than any . other state in proportion to population. In arriving at the total of Indiana men in the service, the number that were in the regular army, navy and marine corps at the beginning Sf the war -and the men who entered le .first and second officers’ training camps were not counted. Voluntary enlistments show the Indianapolis district 19,498, Evansville district 2,491, and Terre Haute district 3,632. The figures tabulated show: Drafted into national army (approximately , 43,000. Indiana national guard in federal service, 10,416. Enlisted in army, 25,621. Enlisted in navy, 7,139. Enlisted in marine corps (approximately), 2,400.