The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-06-17

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THEY ARE
DOING
IVER THERE |
! station at Hammond. and assume duty
as officer in charge OF construction
work on the housing project for en-
/ pioyes OF the Standard steel Car Co.
mckinley Deathe OF Lowell, the big
] gest soldier at Camp Purdue. visited
( mis- mother Mrs. G. n. Deathe. yester-
day.
Lieut.. Charles Kick of Hammond, in
4 the aviation supply department, left
J for Washington this morning 70 assume
his new duties.
+ Mrs. Charles D. Gamer, whiting, IL
planning soon to leave for Chilicothe.
4 Ohio. TO spend the summer with her
husband. who Is now q Camp Sherman
attending the fourth officers training
i school
South Bend, md, juno 17.-First
Lieutenant Roy e. Schleicher. who shot
4 himself in Chicago. Wednesday. former
ly lived IN South Bend, and his wife
and two children are living nirth of tho
+ city. near Bertrand Mich Before en-
4 terfng the officers training camp st
/ Fort benjamin Harrison ne was en-
ployed at the studeballer corporation.
/ Arnold Eunert, Hammond, OF the
/ engineers, was here from Fort Benja-
7 min Harrison. sunday with his par
I onts Mr. and Mrs. Evert Kunert. There
! is TO more enthusiasts man in Uncle
4 Sans service that Mr.. Kunert, and
/ he has a lot Of admirers who swarm
TO see him off whenever he returns
home.
Private Koschnicke, Crown Point,
1 one Of hVe brothers in the service.
was up from Fort Benjamin Harrison
camp on Through, yesterday.
Camp Purdue sent up big delega-
/ ton Of Lake county boys on long passes
from Lafayette. on Saturday night.
Camp sherman. ChtlHcothe. O., June
/ 17-Maior Ira a smith Of near Lo-
/ gansport. Ind. has been APPOINTED head
Of the fourth officers training school
! Tor The camp. according to an order is
sued here. The training school opened
ut Camp Zachary Taylor May Is. and
in cludes 700 student officers.
/ The one-cent transportation rate
/ went into effect last week for the sol
diers and the boys are certainly pleased.
Uncle sam ought to let them travel
free.
! Camp Taylor IS to be an artillery
+ brigade training center. while West
Point will be designated a field artil-
lery training center At Camp TAYLOR
! Will be the only artillery officers train
/ ing camp for the country. with Lieut.
| COL A. H Carter in command. At
West Point Lieut. Col. Charles II. Blah-
ely WIN be in command. a command
ant for what VIII be known as a field
artillery replacement depot at Camp
Taylor is set 10 BE chosen.
Robert sommers, Hammond, son Of
Fred who enlisted FIVE months ago.
writes from France to his old teacher
S. Goehringer. that ne is just about
crazy to get into action. Robert has
two other brothers in the service.
Kenneth Stewart, Hammond, left
this morning after an eight-day fur
Tough. for Fort Adams. r. I.
Charles smith Of indiana boulevard,
Robertsdale. WHO enlisted in the navy.
has left for Puget Sound. Wash.
-A-
Corporal Martin Eggers, Eobertsdale
writes from England that he IS feeling
fine and likes his place and his army
work very much.
Leslie ]. Parry, enlisted TIMES re-
porter, was on 36-hour pass from Camp
Purdue. yesterday. The bows have an
other week. and various are the rumors
as to where they viii be sent
Truman Martin, Crown Point. sta
toned at the Great Lakes Naval
school. spent Saturday and Sunday with
his mother. Mrs. VIM. Martin
washington, June 17.-Govsrnrnent
allowances can be paid dependent aunts
or other distant relatives Of q soldier
or sailor only if the insurance low Is
amended. treasury officials explained
today in answer 10 many inquiries. 1t
present allowances may be paid only to
n dependent wife, parents, grandparent,
brothers. sisters. or grandchildren. IN
many cases men now In the service
have been reared BY distant relatives
or persons not related by blood VINO
later became dependents.
SO astonishing and gratifying has
been the success Of this department