The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-13
CITY FAR
IN LEAD
Of STATE
Seven Men Go to
Indianapolis Today as
Volunteering of Men of
Draft Age Ends With
Total Of 200 for Thirteen
Days and 1900 Since War
Began.

Taking the span Of 81 to 81 as the
prime of youth and Hammond as a big
whole-hearted mother. the thriving In
diana city with its c~osmopolite popula-
ton has given nearly 1900 of the best
years of its life to America. And every
year that the war lasts that figure viii
be doubled.
Volunteering Of men of draft age
ended today with the sending away Of
cighty-seven men, the last Of two hun
dred since the first OF the month. only
men from Is to p and 81 to 20 may
now enlist and so the great recruiting
campaign which Sergeant William
Weich has conducted since the opening
OF the war. April 6. is 70 all practical
purposes concluded. Tomorrow the
ergeant Will have the total figures
down TO date and he m they
will show between 1900 and 1900 vol
unteers for Hammond.
Hammond embraces West Hammond,
Crown Point. Lowell and Hobart in re-
cruiting and these towns come in for
their share Of the praise
With the volunteers today. that
marched TO the Monon station. led by
the Masonic drum corps. a man forty
years of age appeared who had in his
pocket an honorable discharge from tbs
service in the Spanish-American war.
H is Emil Hollweg. born in Germany
with brothers lighting in the German
army. Re passed the physical exam
nation without any trouble although
his gray hairs beIicd his statement that
he was only forty.
Hundreds braved the snow storm to
bid goodbye to Hammond's volunteers
although the sight Of large groups of
men leaving is not a strange one IN the
city but almost a daily occurrence.
Thirty-seven went yesterday. Twenty
were to leave tomorrow but Sergeant
WEIGH today received orders that no
men will be accepted after II o'clock
tonight at Indianapolis if they are of
draft age. Therefore the twenty can
not be enlisted.
The eighty-seven who left today are
nearly all well known young men.
Their names follow:
Edward LsBounty. Robert H. Major,
Wilfred J. Haggan. Irwin A Austin. T.
A. Mcmahon. Henry d. Poppe. Steven
A. Granquist. Patrick j. Duekins,
Leonardo Marselle. Haydn Fox. Ray
Dean. Leslie +. Lambke. Wayne D.
Truman, Ben Kiger. Henry T. Papxz.
VIM. l.. Howell ii. T.. Lelmnacks III
Nelson, j. L. Sienod. Clifford T.
Fuchich, Dan Mcnamara. Harold Dun
nsng. John Senchak, Ralph Swanson,
Fred West. Oliver l.. MouIds. Andy
Rhoads. Edward Gruener. Raymond ~
Elder. Thomas Duggan. Thos. Helegen,
Marion Young. Harry s. Hilbrich
James S. Bradford. Stanley J. Wojcies-
Yak. Adeibert ]. Sliger. Arthur NJ. Koch.
Earl f. Hussent. Thomas George Ney,
Thos. Edward O'Toole, II. Petzlof
Joseph Ray. WIN. Groat. Thee. +
Blocker. George Jergens. Thos. W
stack. b. G. Smalley. Edward J. Vein
and. Hugo Volkman. Roy J.. Coash
Axel i. Peterson. Patrick J. Sipple
Charles Chandler. Howard Bybee, Max
I Bybee. Edward Potts. Leonard J
| schramm, Hugh Whaiey. F. II
Sweeney. T. f. Croak. J. NJ. Keegan
Campbell Searle. Emil H. Abbney, Robt
f. Charleston. c. T. Wolff, Thos. F
Tague, julius II. Schneider. Jay Rem
ley. Geo. :. Rider. Bernard Sweeney
Louis l.. Wolf. DeGraf Green. B. E
! James. John Deniham, Arthur c. Ny
land. VIM. ~Broadhurst. William J. Col
klins. r. r. Boyle, Herman c. Bentler
Lewis Bos. Carl Johnson. Fred Spear
Harry 3. Frick. f. Kaminskd. s. Wik-
zewski, VIM. H Karth.