Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. WAR DRAFT BOARDS CHOSEN Will Take a Census of All Persons of Military Age. Saturday afternoon Governor Goodrich appointed ninety-two conscription boards, one for each county in the state, who will take

a complete census of all persons in the state of military age, according to the provisions of the national war draft measure. There will also be five city boards for the cities of Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Evansville, Fort Wayne and South Bend. In each of the counties the board consists of the clerk and sheriff and one appointive member. The county boards will name a registrar for each precinct in the county. It is expected that pay will be provided for the precinct registrars, though it is anticipated that in many instances prominent citizens will volunteer to do this work without compensation. Only one day, the date to be fixed later by the government, will be devoted to the registration. Every man of conscription age who fails to report himself on that date will be subject to arrest and heavy penalties. The clerk and sheriff in each county serve on the board by virtue of their offices. The appointive members in this vicinity are as follows:

Jasper, O. K. Rainier, Rensselaer; Newton, Fred Lyons, Brook; Benton, Elmore Barce, Fowler; White, J. D. Timmons, Monticello; Pulaski, John G. Reidelbach, Winamac; Starke, Sidney A. Uncapher, Knox.