The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-10

Resources of County During War.
County Council of Defense.
DR.. G. H. Ripley.
Walter i'll. Afford.
w. 9. Bacon Bristol.
George Fl. Allen.
George Kreuscher, Paris.
Chester ID. Barnes
Edward j. Sullivan.
Ii, Il. harden.
Joseph N. Funck.
Louis Plous.
w. 7. Marlatt.
Mrs. Dan O. Head.
Griffith Richards.
Emil Mueller.
Or. Il. Il. Rowel
Louis NORM, Somers.
Fred Sherman, Randall.
Mrs. Il. G. Theirs.
With the city and county governing
heads in complete cooperation, the
Kenosha County Council Of Defense,
which is to be part Of the state wide
movement for the mobilization of
Wisconsin s resources for the war was
named on Tuesday evening. The ap-
pointments were made Jointly by Chair
man John Spartz Of the County Board
and Mayor Charles Fl. Pfennig repre-
senting the city, The council will meet
in the Circuit Court room at the court
sai ~ two O'Clock Saturday after
noon to complete its organization by
the election of a chairman and the
naming of such committees as may be
deemed necessary to take charge of the
various lines of work which must be
done in the county. Every man and
woman named as a member of the coun-
ell has been active in the big copser-
walton movement. A tentative resou-
tion has been prepared to govern the
organization and this will be presented
at the meeting on Saturday. 1T pro
vides for complete organization of
the entire county. The resolution says:
"There is established q county coun-
ell of defense, to assist in doing all
thirgs necessary to bring about the
highest effectiveness within our county
in the crisis now existing and to CO.
ordinate all our efforts with those
of the state council of defense.
The members of the council shall
be selected as follows:
come representative of the manu-
featuring interests Of the county; one
representative of labor; one represent
tative of the farmers; woman, who
shall represent the women s clubs; a
physician who shall represent the
medical profession; one representative
of the bankers; one representative
Of the merchants; one representative
of the newspapers; the chairman of
the County Board, who shall be chair
man ex-officio.
The members of the council, on re-
ceipt of notice of appointment, shall
Immediately assemble at the county seat
at time and place to be fixed bv the
chairman and shall forthwith organize
and select a secretary, who need not be
a member of this council.
The council shall appoint such ex-
peras. stcnographers, clerks and other
assistants as may he necessary. Such
persons shall receive no compensation,
hut shall perform service for which
they may be called upon as a patrio-
tic duty and as their part in the
national defense.
The committee on county buildings
of the County Board shall provide for
the council 4 suitable room in the Court
House at Stevens Point
The council shall adopt such rules
and regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of its organiza-
ton 1t shall have the right to form
advisory on other committees from
outside of its membership and may
organize subordinate bodies for as
sistance in special Investigations, either
BY the service of experts, or by the
creation of committees Of specially
qualified persons, and may form such
committees from among its own mem
bers as may be necessary and convenient
The council as soon as it is organized
shall communicate at once with the
State Council Of Defense and offer its
cooperation 1t shall also get into
communication with defense bodies
representing other counties and shall
cooperate with them as far as may
be practicable
The council, after consultation with
the State Council of Defense, shall
-4tkar at once -throuah its committees