Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom j Reported by Wire. YOUNG MEN ARE PREFERRED! Examining Officer for Fort Harrison Reserve Catbp Says Applicants Under 31 Years of Age Are Desired as Officer*. Fort Harrison, July 6. —Lieut. Ook Charles Crawford, examining officer for the second officers’ reserve camp, announced that applications from men under thirty-one years of age are desired. Although the war department has announced that preference will be given to men above the draft age, Colonel Crawford stated that this would apply only when qualifications are equal. There is a dearth of applicants above the draft age. Men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five are said to be the most desired.