Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1917 — THREE LOCAL MEN DESERTERS [ARTICLE]

THREE LOCAL MEN DESERTERS

Failed to Report When Notified by Superiors to Do So.

Three of the members of Company M have been branded as deserters and will be so dealt With by the military authorities of the United States. The men are John S. Monrick whose last known address was Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Leo B: Lyons, formerly of Remington but who registered at Danville, Indiana, and Peter Winter of Barrington, Illinois. All three were advised to notify the captain of Company M in the event they changed their address, and to each .was mailed a notice of the order to mobilize. The time limit for reporting for duty expired at midnight last Tuesday, and since then they have been classed as deserters. Since publishing the list of members in' Company M four additional men took the examination and were accepted. They are: Floyd Crowder, Pleasant Ridge; William Timmons, Remington; Elmer B. Smith, Monon, and Roy C. Hixson, Kentland. Several other men have applied for admission to Company M since the same was mobilized, but the company officers are unable to accept any. All enlistments now must be made through the regular recruiting stations.