The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
FOREIGN BORN SHOW LOYALTY
Recruiting Offices for Army and Navy
Opened at Station of the Chicago and
North Shore Road ON Sunday
Many Are Expected to Enlist.


bassador Gerard and the dismissal of
Count Won Bernstorff without comment
on Saturday night and Sunday and
people in Kenosha seemed to be more
curious as to what was going to hap
pen than ready to express an opinion.
The complex population Of Kenosha
was in public places as usual on Satur-
day night and Sunday and there was
the usual number of arguments about
the war, but there was no trouble.
Featured in the receipt of the news
in Kenosha was the appearance of
American flags in all parts Of the city.
Even in the bitter cold Of Sunday
many people got out and repaired the
old flag staff which had been out of
use since the Spanish war
way back in 1898 and had the flag
raised to show their patriotism and the
fact that they were behind the presi-
dent. Flags waved on public buildings
and on private homes and there was
more of a display of the colors on Sun.
day than had been seen ON Sunday
IN Kenosha in many years.
Men who sell flags declare that the.
demand for them today was large and
it is the intention of Kenosha to show
its patriotism.
1t was interesting to watch the
effect of the break with Germany
among the new corners. Over on North
West Main street Charles Chiaeetta,
an italian shoemaker, had his entire
store decorated with flags and at many.
other places where the name would in
dictate that the owner Of the place was
foreign born, flags waved merrily. In
fact the entire foreign districts of the
city showed loyalty and patriotism on
Sunday. In many of the churches the
flag was prominently displayed.
Join the Army Now.
The old slogan 1SJoin the Army
appeared in Kenosha almost immedi-
ately after the report Of the break
with Germany and active work to re-
crult for both the army and navy is
on In Kenosha. The station of the
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee
Electric Railway was the first recruit
ing station to be opened in Kenosha,
Traffic Manager Sheppard of the cleo
trio line proffered the use of all sta
tons of the company to the govern
ment for use as recruiting stations and
early in the afternoon, Sunday, the
station was covered with waving flags
and among them was the recruiting
flag of the United States government.
Jacob Schmidt, the station agent in
Kenosha, is in charge of the recruiting
station here and he has a full supply
OF all literature relating to service in
the army and navy and with it blanks
for the recruits to make known their
intent to get into the service. The
company will take the names of all
men wishing to enter either branch of
the service and they will be sent free
to stations where the government will
make formal examinations Every sta
ton of the road was recruiting Office
today and in addition to this the COM
pany carried aNhundred naval recruits
from the Great Lakes station to Chi
cage and they worked at all the loop
stations distributing literature for the
army and navy recruiting stations
It is expected that many Kenosha
young men will be stirred with patriot
ism to fight aud that they will find the
avenue for enlistment at the west side
station.
All patriotic organizations in the
city are urging the display of the flag
until the danger Of war is past