Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1918 — NAVY NEEDS MANY RESERVES [ARTICLE]

NAVY NEEDS MANY RESERVES

At Least 160,000 Men Required to Man Vessels Turned Over by War Department. Washington. Feb. 1. —The navy department will need at least 160,000 naval officers and a drive to recruit them was started. The men will be required to man vessels turned over by the war department to the naval overseas transportation service of which Commander Charles Belknap is the director.