The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-02-05
CAPTAIN PARKER
Appeals for Additional Enlistments in
Co. H.-Ten Recruits Needed at
Once to Comply with the Law
Inspection But Four
Weeks Off.

The following open letter ito the
male inhabitants of Owosso and vicin-
ity between the ages of Is and 45
years deserves careful consideration.
Within the next four weeks Co. II
must increase its membership to IS to
meet the requirements of the military
law and to give the Company recogni-
tion. Captain Parker is striving hard
to build up Company which will be
a credit to the city and county and in
this work should be given every pos
sible encouragement. Read what he
says:
To the men or the city between
eighteen and forty-ive years Of age:
1t is very gratifying to me that the
program for the teachers institute
to be held next week in this city shall
be opened and closed with. a patriotic
song; may weshaxesmore of this dem
onstrationSin all public services.
The time for the United Statesz zinf
1spectfon of Co. H SIS Just four. weeks
fs61f this Thursday evening"; the
nufnberof enlisted men to be recruit-
ed is yet .ten, to make tho nlinimam
sof.sfxiy iysisve.5 what xfe y0(f -g0 0ifFk to.
do about it? Here are few of the
points to be considered In connection
with the showing to be made: The
new armOry for which men have toiled
since last April is to be weighed in
the balance of strength OF this COM
pany; the bill asking for fifteen
thousand dollars in addition to what
we have. will not pass if this COM
pany is below the required numbers;
the state will not place any funds
into the building unless it can be
shown on March fourth that there will
be competent and lasting company
in this city to occupy it; the person
ellie OF any company cannot improve
unless the members to be are of the
right material; the duty of every ac-
ceptable man into service is exactly
equal and soldiers are both born and
made; the advantages and disad-
vantages are not materially reckon
ed, 1t is the cause of the existence of
military force, which to any of us
is not desirable nor war inviting, but
as the farmer places his fences about
the crops. to protect them from in
vasion by destroying animals, so we
are compelled to build about our lib
erty barrier to one mans rule and
will and prevent devastation by
hordes Of malignant humans who
would not only conquer, but crush
and mutilate, even the mother who
did not raise her boy to be a soldier"
as sung at the Temple theatre last
week. My ambition is to establish
National Protective association with
arms while necessary, without arms
when brains WA do. If you do not
desire war, then do your part in pre-
venting it by forming one of the
units which shall demonstrate we are
always ready for trouble but not look
ing for it. Conditions are bound to
improve and eventually our grand
children will reap the reward of our
having held the Ship of State in the
right course to make the landing Sc
cure as did our Revolutionary Faith
ers for us. Do not wait for the other
fellow but let some member of the
company or of the Improvement asso-
citation have your application at once.
WE need it. Capt. J. o. Parker,
Commanding Co. II,
3rd Regt NJ n. G.,