Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1916 — COMPANY M OFF FOR BORDER [ARTICLE]

COMPANY M OFF FOR BORDER

Rensselaer Company Left Indianapo lis With 163 d Regiment Yesterday Morning. Notwithstanding the concilliatorj note from Carranza which averts any present possibility of war with Mexico, the mobilization of the national guard of the various states who have been sworn in for six years’ service—three active and three years on the reserve list—in the United States army, is going forward. The troops are being sent to the Mexican border for patrol service and it is believed that the men who have recently been enlisted will be kept in service for their entire term as the size of the standing army has recently been greatly enlarged by act of congress Co. M of Rensselaer, which is a part of the 163 d regiment of Indiana, was ordered to entrain yesterday morning with the rest of the regiment and expected to leave Indianapolis at about 10 o’clock yesterday forenoon for the Mexican border. The destination was not announced but it vas believed that the regiment would he sent to near Brownsville, Texas. Lieutenant Edward Watson, whom it was announced had not passed the medical examination, was finally passed and left with his company. The following members, however did not pass and returned home Thursday evening: Ed Byers, Caries Criswell, Clarence Clayton, Dick DeYoung, Glen Gray, Bert Hudson, Herbert Hammond, Clifford Hurley, William Keener, Ulva Markley, Richard Nightengale, George Platt, Lee Richards, Ward Sharp, George Taylor and William Waymjre.