South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-04
ELKHART GUARD HAS
A STRONG BACKING
Company { Will Hear Reports
on Honorary BOdy-EX-
anime Recruits.
Views Times Special Service.

NeWs-Iimcs Special Service:
ELKHART. May 4.-Co. r. third
regiment, Indiana national guard,
viii drill tonight conscious Of the
fact IL has a strong citizenry back
ing IN the event of a call to the
front AS to the members OF the
company, in charge OF Capt Otto
Deal. they are anxious for that call,
even TO the raw recruits taken in
during the last few days
Honorary company is the organ
ization which will stand behind the
boys who have enlisted in the
guard. An enthusiastic body of 10
cal business men make up this or
ganization which will now enter
upon training in military tactics as
a home guard in case OF emer-
gency."
When the local boys went TO the
Mexican border a year ago a fund
OF $500 was collected here for the
use Of the company. This fund 5
practically depleted, and one OF the
first undertakings OF the honorary
company Will be the raising of an
other budget for the use Of the
guardsmen wherever they are
called.
Examining Recruits.
Lieut.. John p. SicOdemus is now
in Elkhart examining recruits, and
has already accepted several new
men. They Will report for drill Fri
day night at the armOry. There are
IS applicants 10 be examined. which,
if accepted, will bring the company's
roster up TO 90. within four Of the
number required.
Capt Deal Thursday explained
that several of the men who had
applied for admission into + COM
pany had also made application TO
the army recruiting station, and that
If they were accepted, he would be
satisfied. lie expressed confidence
that if "a call was received il would
be no trouble at all 10 get all the
recruits necessary for the guard
here while it might not be so sim
pie for the regular army officials.
Plans for the memorial day cele-
bratiOn here are now under way
and the honorary company plans
marching behind the guardsmen,
portraying the principle OF the or
ganization, - backing up the
guard" II IS the aim Of the citi-
zens and officials in charge of plans
for the memorial day celebration to
make IL the greatest and most spec
tacular ever seen i'm Elkhart
Officers of Company.
Officers and committees of Hon
orary co. Z are as follows:
President, VI. =. Crow; first vice
president. John A. Patten; second
vice president. James Ia State; sec
rotary. Ira II. Church; treasurer,
Ed. c. Keene.
Finance cOmmittee-E. T. Zigler,
chairman: a. Fl. Beardsley. vice
chairman; w. II. Foster, Or. ]. c.
Fleming and Louis a. Dennert.
Welfare cOmmittee-Rev. A. L.
Ogilvie. chairman; James S. Dodge,
Conrad Ziesel. a H. Beisner. John
T. Earl and Mayor F. f. Smith.
Armory communications Ziesel,
chairman; W. c. Davis and Andrew
Lamb.
Auditing committee W. II.
knickerbocker, chairman, and Fred
A Reed
Publicity and attendance commit
tee-W. B. lille. chairman; Charles
r. Trowbridge, o. 2. Bassett, Robert
r. Proctor. George A. Briggs and
James a Bell.
Membership committee - William
]. Schulz, chairman: o. c. Curtis.
Wilbur Templin, John p. dinner,
John A. Patten, L. NJ Simpson, w.
A. Kyle. William Patterson, p. c.
Kendall, G. b. Tuthill. Frederick +.
Towsley. Fred +. Lundquist, Homer
Warner. Enos Petit, John 2. Gum
mer. Joseph II Conner and A. G.. /
Gilman.
The chairmen Of the committees
and the officers constitute the execu-
tive committee.
4 meeting OF the company will be
held in two weeks.