Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — COUNCIL REVIEWS LOCAL GUARD [ARTICLE]

COUNCIL REVIEWS LOCAL GUARD

Captain Leopold had his company of Liberty guards on dress parade, so to speak, Wednesday night at the regular drill in the armory, and the members of the county council of defense, invited to inspect the guards, were agreeably surprised to note the high degree of efficiency the guards attained nnder the tutelage of Drillmaster J. M. Sauser, and felt that if called upon they would give a good account of themselves. ■ ■ ■ There are some members of the company who are within the draft age, and If called out they will find that the training they’ received under Drillmaster Sauser was of great benefit to them, as one boy who enlisted a few weeks after joining the guard wrote ba,ck home, and said be wanted to thank Mr. Sauser for the brief training he had had; that he found it of great benefit and he had not been called down once by the training officer, as had practically all his companions who had not had any military training before entering the service. Other young men, especially those subject to call, would do well to join the local guards and reeeive a little training along the lines they will meet up with on entering the service. ><►' They will never regret having done so. Captain Bowman and Lieut. Lambert of the Remington company were over to witness the drilling.