The Mankato free press., 1917-07-06
SUPPLIED THAT FULL
Quota OF RECRUITS
The Mankato Station Has
Made Very Fine Record
TRIALS OF AN OFFICER
How One Man Was Enlisted In
Double-Quick Time; War
Stories
TRIALS OF AN OFFICER

Sergeant j. +. Mueller reports that
Mankato station has supplied the full
quota required on the basis of popu-
lation, from April 1 to June 80, two
hundred and twentyfour men having
enlisted through his agency during
that period None of the other sta
tions have reached their full quota,
and the fact that the Mankato station
has done this reflects great credit
upon the local recruiting officers.
Fifty-one men enlisted during the
month just closed, and the last man
required to fill the quota was pro-
cured by Sergeant Mueller under
somewhat exciting circumstances.
The sergeant had at last heaved a
sigh of relief, knowing that the diff
cult task of procuring the required
number of men had been accomplish
ed. 1t was the last day of the time
set by headquarters, and he had tele-
graphed to Jefferson Barracks that
he was sending his men on the even
ing train. But just ten minutes be-
fore train time one of the recruits
was jailed by an irate father for mis-
behavior. In durance vile the young
man languished in the city Jail, while
Sergeant Mueller waited impatiently
When he found that owing to the
predicament of his recruit he was
likely to lose the honor of procuring
his full quota of men the sergeant
got busy. A waiting applicant for
the army was pushed into service,
examined and enlisted in double quick
time, and the astonished substitute
was shipped out before he scarcely
had time to get his breath, but the
day was saved, and the young man
who languished in Jail was sent out
on a later train.
Three Hundred and One Enlisted.
Since the opening of the local sta
tion, on March 27, 1916, three hun
dred and one men have been enlist
ed. Out of this number only twen-
ty-one were rejected at the final de-
pot, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Recent enlistInents n1sse before re-
ported are Noah w. Cooper, Mason
City, Ia; William Cupples, Grand
Rapids, Mich; Ray w. Krosch, Ell
more, Mimi; Louis Jensen, Elmore !;
Walter J. Coon, Waterville; John E.
Lewis, Red Oak, H.; Dan Rob, Man
kato. E.
Army life appears to be quite pop
ular with the young men of the coun-
try. One family in Mankato has al
ready furnished three young men,
and the fourth and youngest son of
the family would have enlisted if he
had been old enough. Those who
enlisted from this family were Hen
~, Frank J. and Fred M. Kachel-
meyer.
The Signal Department.
The signal corps department is
again accepting recruits, after having
been closed for a month. About one
thousand vacancies remain to be fill
ed. The signal corps is a popular
brance of the service and fills up
rapidly. The cavalry is now at war
strength and no more enlistments are
being taken at present.
Ben J. Corbid, a former Mankato
young man, now located at Fort Will
liam, Portland, Me-, writes to Ser
geant Mueller as follows: "This is
sure some nice place. 1t is near a
big summer resort, and things are
lively here all the time. There is
some talk of us going to Europe, and
/ hope we do. If we go l will expect
a letter from you at Berlin two weeks
after landing"
Owing to the fact that Gregory
Klein Lamm, when enlisting at the
local station, gave his residence as
Minneapolis, his name was accident
ally omitted from the Mankato roll
Of honor.