Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1918 — WHEATFIELD LIBERTY GUARDS [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD LIBERTY GUARDS

Company of 121 Men Organized There Last Sunday. Drillmaster and County Organizer J. M. Sauser, Capt. Mose Leopold, S. (Hl Cornwell and others went to Wheatfield Sunday where a new company of Liberty Guards, 121 tsrong, was organized, the largest company in the county thus far, and it is believed it will soon be grown to 150. P. R. Blue is captain of the new company, the third so far organized in Jasper county; George W. Ferguson is first lieutenant, and Alex L. Johnson second lieutenant. Mr. Sauser will soon organize a company at Parr, making four companies, a battalion, in Jasper county. He Is also desirous of recruiting the Rensselaer company up to .full strength.