Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-05-10
ARMY OFFICE OPENS
MILITIA COMPANY FOR THIRD
KANSAS REGIMENT TO
RECRUIT HERE
Members Come in Rush at the First
Opening and Many Young Men
Have Already Joined
Two Weeks to Recruit
OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP

OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP
Hugh Garvie Roy Pautz
Deane Ackers L. w. Wylder
Chauncey Hunter 10y A. Hege
Ames Rogers u. II. Little
George Keel Edward Crawford
Joe Curry
AT ABILENE RECRUITING OFFICE
Clarke Steyer John NIachen
Chester VanDoren Simeon Burton
Willard Day James CHtler
Fay Elwick Alcid Lucier
Harry Walters William Garten
Ed. FcItz Roscoe AspIeY
Roy ROmberger Jacob Gish
Floyd Walters Ralph Sherman
Harold Jordan Vaughn Dyer
William Sutton Leslie Fraser
Harlow Lash Clarence Simpson
Aaron Jones Quin Haynes
Edward Curry Walter Herman
Ray Etherington Dave Wilkie
Oliver KrehbieI Grant Fisher
Lorraine Long George Reid
Harvey Crumrine Ralph Lucier
Melvin JeffcOat otto Smith
Ward Kehler Sidney Brenner
ID. Whitehead George Issitt
Mark Curran Holly Callahan
Carl FOltz Dale Cutler
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Recruiting for the company of in
fantry to be raised here began with
o rush Friday and by the middle Of
the afternoon nine men had been
accepted. They are: Alcid Lucier,
Walter Herman, Dale Cutler, Ray
mond Cutler, Dave Wilkie, Gran;
Fisher, George Reid, Ralph Lucier,
Otto Smith. Smith and Lucier will
be transferred from Company NJ OF
Salina.
The recruiting office is at the
Tip Top Inn and Lieutenant II. b.
Dudley of the Signal Corps, assisted
by Corporal Hawthorne of McPher-
son and George Reid, are the re
cruiting officers The territory to
be recruited includes the entire north
Part of Dickinson county and total
Of sixty-five men is required. Her
ington has already organized a com
pany
The Abilene company is to belong
to the new third regiment now be-
ing raised in Kansas. The object of
the third regiment is to keep the
draft from taking effect in Kansas.
If enough men are raised so that
the full Kansas quota is furnished
the draft will not be resorted to in
the state. Abilene's sixty-fiye men
who Join the company here will NOT
be subject to draft when the bill
goes into effect and if sixty-five or
less is the required number under
the draft bill no men will be drafted
from here. The number taken by
draft from here will be the differ
ence between the number joining the
militia company and the number re-
uuired from Abilene under the
draft law.
No man from Kansas was ever
drafted into the service in the state
history and Governor Capper is
striving to recruit enough men for
the third regiment to evade the draft
bill in this state. Abilene has two {
weeks in which to recruit sixiy-five
men for its company.
Those who get in on the ground
floor and enlist right away will
have an opportunity to be made Of {
ficers OF the company as all non
commissioned officers will be elect {
ed by the company after the or
ganization is completed The com
pany here will be mustered into the
U. S. service as soon as It is re-
cruited and approximately $4,000
worth Of equipment will be distri-
buted.
A monster patriotic meeting will
be held at the recruiting office Mon
day evening to increase the enthus-
iAsm. Prominent business men and
city officials will speak At the meet
ing and the recruiting officers viii !