Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1918 — GET ON YOUR SPECKS. [ARTICLE]

GET ON YOUR SPECKS.

“The Jasper County Democrat in speaking of White county’s service flag dedication says it contmned 808 /blue stars and 25 gold stars, of qnly 175 more soldiers than Jasper county has, while our population in White county is 4,588 more than theirs. Bro. Babcock, our flag had 896 'blue, 24 gold and 10 red stars, making a total of 930 of a population w of 17,602, or 5.28 per cent 1 plus. Jasper county had 633 blue and 11 gold stars, a total of 644, or 4.91 per cent plus. White county had 3.7 more men per thousand of her population in the war service than did Jasper county.” The above is from the, Monticello Evening Journal. It is, of course, up to tiie Republican bo give the accurate latest data from Jasper county, which-in all good things, never even considers White county in her classy Seven hundred and twenty-two have enlisted and been reported to Mrs. Charles W. Hanley, president of the Jasper Coujity War Mothers. Twelve from the county are- known to have made the supreme sacrifice.