Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1916 — COMPANY M. OFF FOR INDIANAPOLIS [ARTICLE]

COMPANY M. OFF FOR INDIANAPOLIS

Rensselaer Militia Will Leave This Morning 20 COMPANIES GALLED OUT -a By Governor Ralston Thursday Night Through Adjutant General.—Co. M Recruited to 78 Men Yesterday Noon. On orders received by mail yesterday morning from Adjutant-Gen-eral Bridges Company M will entrain this morning at 6:30 a. m. and be taken to Indianapolis where they will go into camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison with 20 other companies called out by the same order. At this writing Company M has 78 members, each of whom were required yesterday morning to sign up for service outside the United States if so necessary, and all but two or three are understood to have complied with the order, which is not obligitory at this time, but the new military law makes it necessary to go any place. This law goes into effect July 1. It is not known when they will be ordered to the border, and perhaps they may never go farther than Indianapolis—at least it is hoped that they will not be required to go beyond the border at most, although most of the boys seem anxious to get over into Mexican territory. Other companies of the I. N. G. will be ordered out as soon as they have recruited to the minimum peace strength, 65 men.

Since the orders received Monday to mobilize and recruit the national guard company to war strength, Rejfsselaer has been full of the martial spirit, and Captain Tuteur of Co. M has been one of the busiest men in the ~city. Members of the company temporarilly residing outside the county or state have been called in and the company officers have been kept busy in drilling the men and other necessary duties. The men have “slept on their arms,” figuratively speaking, being quartered in the armory both night and day when not busy at drills, ready at a moment's notice to entrain for Fort Benjamin Harrison to report to superior officers. Cars were placed on the siding Thursday to take the company away when called for. Many people have gathered to watch the drilling of the men on the street and in Milroy park, and at the band concert Wednesday night patrotic speeches were made by. E. P. Honan of Rensselaer and Representative W L. Wood of Parr. The officers of Co. M also put their men through drill exercises and much enthusiasm was aroused. Several of the members are practiealy penniless, and to provide a company fund for the purchase of little luxuries and necessities, a hat collection was taken up during band concert Wednesday night and $20.83 secured. Thursday John O’Connor and B. K. Zimmerman went around with a subscription paper and collected about $l6O more in amount from sls down. J. H. Chapman gave the sls contribution; Delos Thompson $lO, John Eger and Fir-, man Thompson each $5. At the meeting of the Pocahontas council Thursday evening it was voted that the women members of the council would make and furnish approximately 300 “fever” hands for Company M. Joseph A. Myers, The Democrat’s linotype operator, told of the use of these bands in hot climates by the

British service—-he being a veteran

of the Egyptian campaign of 1398, South Africa in 1899 and the seige of Pekin in 1900, These bands are made of woolen flannel on the same lines as in common use with infants, the purpose being to protect the bowels from the changes of the extreme weather to which hot climates are subject—hot in day and cool at night—also from to the bowels from sleeping on the ground, the drinking of all kinds of impure water which causes interric and dysentery fever. These bands, he states, have been proved by British army medical men to lessen the chances by almost 50 per cent for the man who wears them to these diseases, and that every man’s kit contains two of these bands when going to a hot climate.

The flannel alon, we understand, will cost nearly SSO to make the amount required. Recruiting has been going on at a very satisfactory rate and the company now has 77 members enrolled, as follows: Captain H. B. Tuteur, Rensselaer. First Lieutenant Jerry Garland, Rensselaer. Second Lieutenant E. L. Watscn, Rensselaer. Surgeon Dr. C. E. Johnson, Rensselaer. First Sergeant W. J. Nowels, Rensselaer. Quartermaster Sergeant, Emerson Coen, Rensselaer. Sergeant J. W. Spate, Newland. Sergeant Ernest Moore, Rensselaer Sergeant Grant Wynegar, Rensselaer. Corporal A. J. Bissenden, Rensselaer. Corporal O. J. Bowsher, Lafayette. Corporal Adolph Hess, Xewland. - Cook John H. Eiglesbach, Rensselaer. PRIVATES Blacker, Lawrence, Newland. Blackman, Burl, Newland. Bowsher, Allen, Lafayette. Burns, Glen, Rensselaer. Byers, Edward, Wheatfleld. Chestnut, Scott, Rensselaer. Clinton, Wm. E., Brook. Clayton, Clarence, Monon. Coppess, George, Belvedere, 111. Criswell, Ves, Rensselaer. Criswell, Caries, Rensselaer. Elde’ - s Floyd, Rensselaer. Eldridge, James, Rensselaer. Furmish, Wade, Rensselaer. Gant, Orpha, Rensselaer. Gray, Glen, Rensselaer. Gundy, William, Fair Oaks. Hammond, Herbert, Rensselaer. Hudson, Bert, Rensselaer. Hurley, Clifford, Lafayette. Hurley, Henry, Lafayette. Kennedy, Thomas, Newland. Kennedy, Arthur, Newland. Keener, William, Rensselaer. Lee, Archie, Renssela.er. Lyons, John E., Gary. Markley, Ulva, Francesvile. Marlin, Harry, Rensselaer. Maxwell, Orvel, Remington.

Maxwell, Ernest, Remington. Monrick, John S., Milwaukee, Wis. Norris, Dale A., Remington. O’Brien, Emmet, Newland. Overton, Paul A., Rensselaer. Platt, George, Rensselaer. Richards, Lee, Rensselaer. Robinson, John E., Rensselaer. Rush, John, Rensselaer. Sharp, Ward, Rensselaer. Smith, John, Rensselaer. ! Spangle, Paul, Rensselaer. Spate, Harry S., Newland. Steele, Fred. Lafayette. Steele, William C., Gifford. Stonebraker, James, Wheatfleld. ” Swain, Glenn, Rensselaer. Taylor, George 0., Rensselaer. Turner, Hollis, Rensselaer. Waymire, William W., Rensselaer. Walls, Stephen, Belvedere, 111. Warren, Don, Rensselaer. Winters, Peter, Milwaukee, Wis., Wilcox, Laban, Rensselaer. J Wiseman, Frank E., Rensselaer. Wiseman, Ralph, Rensselaer. Whitton, Clinton E., Hammqnd. Warner, David J., Rensselaer. Watkins, Theodore, Rensselaer. Yeiter, Frank, Rensselaer. Young, Dick D., Newland. Everyone hopes, of course, that it will not be necessary for any of our boys to go down into Mexico, But while hoping for the best they are preparing for the worst and feeling they will give a good report of themselves wherever duty calls them.