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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
War Makes Brilliant Page in History
STRAPS ARE WON
BY GOOD NUMBER
IN YEAR OF 1918

In the last IL months a number
of Rock Islanders were given com
missions in the service OF the conn
try. Some were awarded their
straps Tor bravery IN action. sew
eral were commissioned at off
GERS training schools. others re-
ceived their commissions through
promotion from nOn-commissioned
officers and quite a few were
granted the rank OF a commission
ed officer when appointed to the
service Of the medical corps, medi-
cal men thus chosen already being
highly trained for this particular
branch Of the service through their
local practice. The names of. those
commissioned during 1918 follow:
Captain Louis Ostrom, medical
reserve corps
Captain E. V. Coulston. ordnance
corps.
Captain B. J. Lachner, medical
reserve corps.
First Lieutenant Walter Wandeu,
ordnance corps.
Captain j. ?. Comegys, medical
reserve corps.
Second Lieutenant Verne Brink
erhOff. air service.
Second Lieutenant Thomas B.
Davis. Jr.. field artillery.
Second Lieutenant Harry Bude-
lfer. field artillery.
First Lieutenant Albert n. Muel-
Ter. medical reserve corps.
Second Lieutenant Clifford Mar
tens, quartermaster corps
(lnnn TTTItpd
States guard.
Captain F. o. Ringnell, medical
reserve corps.
Captain f. NJ. Sala, medical re-
serve corps
Second Lieutenant lies Gansert,
infantry.
Captain p J. Lachner, medical
reserve corps.
First Lieutenant Donald NJ
Vance. infantry.
Second Lieutenant c. Edwin Nc
Intyre. artillery.
Second Lieutenant Frederick 3.
Ingram, aircraft production sec
ton.
Second Lieutenant Willard Lar
kin. field artillery.
First Lieutenant Pierre r. l.
Hogner. ordnance corps.
Second Lieutenant Guy c. Mar
shall. engineers
First Lieutenant Robert \. Mar
shall. regular army
Captain ]. NJ. Weiss, medical re
serve corps.
Second Lieutenant Oscar Smith.
motor transport corps.
Second Lieutenant Hugo c. Lar
son, infantry.
First Lieutenant c. 2. Robb
medical reserve corps
Second Lieutenant Raymond ".
Osterman, infantry
Second Lieutenant Paul II. Pres
ton. artillery.
First Lieutenant F A. Hainline,
medical corps.
First Lieutenant Edwin Davis,
artillery,
First Lieutenant D. F. Paul,
medical reserve corps.
Second Lieutenant John c.
Searle. infantry.
Second Lieutenant Edward Lerch,
air service
Second Lieutenant Raymond
Walker. infantry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
RECORDS SHOW
A TOTAL 1852
MEN IN DRAFT
Total Of \ umbeT Signed T-p on F0uE
Registration Days Reaches
Large Figure.
1885 ARE SENT TO TITR Cws
Review Of Work Of Rock Island TX
emptiOn BOARD Reveals May
Interesting EaeLz.

June >, 1917, first rcgi-tra-
ton, 1906 registered OF 10 BIZ
June ,, 1915, and Aug. n, mon
attained 2ist birthday, AS reg
istered-
sept u, 1913, G,797 register
Cd.
Total, It-552 registered.
OF th.t number 1.2Ji Wer8
put in class i've
OF that number ~ entTain-
ed to camp, Of which $50 we're
rejected and % cnLraincd to IS.
4. T. G..
In addition to 1.335 eutraiued
the board handled 2.i5 transfer
men.
Total Of 80 transfer men c1r
amined By board
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
BY b D. CONNELEY.


The remarkable feature I'm the eT-
ecuHon of the selective service law
was the small number Of regis
trants who sought to eyade their
obligation to their country.
When the men were first called
for examination they came with
mingled feelings of curiosity, aU-
preheusion and anxiety. They were
quiet and orderly and exhibited
great seif-controI Some OF them
thought they were to be sent az
once To the first line trenches Tho
board members and examining ply
sicians sought TO allay this feeling
of apprehension and to place tho
registrant I'm a calm mental attitude
We succeeded, and after the first
day Of medical examinations. tho
registrants fortunate enough to be
examined awaited the result not
only with calmness but with eager
ness.
Classification DfficuIf.
The work of classification was
most difficult, involving as IL did
close application and study, and 10
the conscientious board members,
attended by no slight spOusibiiity.
The claims for dependency were
particularly difficult Of decision In
many instances the qucsti0nnairrs
failed to disclose sufficient infOrml-
ton upon which to arrive at an In
teIIigent conclusion, TINS comp DE-
ing the registrant TO be called back
to the board rooms and questioned
and more frequently Cross-Ques-
toned.
Over 1000 or Rolls.
This board carried on its rolls
the names Of more than IL 900 reg
fstrauts. Tho last registration cave
US more trouble than any olner.
There we're 40 registration pre-
cincts within the Jurisdiction OF
this board. When the cards were
turned in at the close Of rrEiEtra-
ton from one precinct, every card
of every registraut was found 60 ba
written and signed in pencil. AS
these registration cards are perma-
nent records, we Immediately h1i
.other cards copied and sent to the
place of registration, placed in tho
hands Of the registrars, and each
.registrant was required to appear
a second time and sign his card in
ink.
Many Register Twioa-
This board had numerous in-
stances of double registration, nu-
merous cases Of reEistrants over
age having registered and then
seeking release from the conEe-
quences of their act, several cases
Of Over-zealous youths Of tender age
placing their names on the regis
LratiOn roll. and later when their
parents found that they had regis
tered, steps were taken 20 cancel
the young mans registration card.
One young man is years Of age reg
istered, giving his age as 19.
500 Sent at One Time.
This board cntraiued approx
mately 1900 men. The largest in-
crement sent TO camp was 300 men.
to Camp Grant I well remember
the day OF eutTaiumeut More shan
half the names were not familiar
10 the average citizen. The names
were those Of Americans, Italians.
Swedes. BclEiaus. French. Germans.
Greeks and Russians-iu fact, "a ll.r
sample OF the melting pot
We also sent at one time I72 mon
to Fort Rosecrana
A call for IT'S men to be eutr1.n-
cd for Texas was cancelled because
Of influenza
When entertainments ceased.
wonderful load was lifted from tho
board. The duties attendant upon
entertainment were very eNactfnE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Another young man, the SON Of n
widow. came into the office ON ono
occasion and announced that hedd
not wish tho exemption that had
bean claimed for him by his en-
ployers. TO whom he was a veIuabla
man. He had a brother OF draft
age. Tie said, II do not want my
brother to claim exemption. aur no
7 want anyone to claim b. for him
We indicted both boys into tao11r-
vice,
The work Of this hoard. so ven
rs the boards Of Moline and Lllven-
port, was made particularly oucr-
oUs byrreason OF the fact tina. hun
dresis Of regiStrants Living else
Continued On Page Isa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
BY B. D. CONNELLY.

One incident which l will always
I recall was Of q frail young woman
coming into the Office of the board
and seeking assistance to get her
soldier husband discharged. They
had not been married long and had
baby four weeks old. Her situa-
ton would have excited the sympa-
thy Of anyone.
The very next day, March %. 1913.
wife, the mother Of two small chill
dren. asked this board to send her
husband to the army. She stated
he had not taken care Of her since
Christmas and had spent his time
away from home. He was prompt
" put in class one.
Another incident was of a young
woman who seemed to be in a dazed
condition. seeking protection from
her husband, who had treated her
'ruelly repeatedly.
A majority Of the pathetic Incl
dents were in the case of widowed
mothers sending their only son and
young wives separated from their
husbands.
In one of the early entertainments
a Belgian, I recall. was carrying in
one hand the stars and Stripes
and waving in the other the flag of
Belgium. The young mans imme-
date family was i'll Belgium suffer
ing the horrors Of war The en-
thusiasm of this young man ran 10
very high pitch. He was the life
of the party A few days later word
came from camp that he had sue
cumbed to acute insanity.
Some registrants had complaints
One Sunday afternoon the telephone
rang at the home of the writer. This
was nothing unusual, for we had
telephone calls morning, noon and
night. Sometimes before we were
out Of bed i'll the morning, frequent
ly late at night after we had retired
while we we're partaking of our
breakfast. during our midday and
evening meal we we're Interrupted
by calls But on this particular oc-
casiOn the registrant called up and
the following conversation ensued:
Regislrant: 4 did not get an en-
veIope with my QUESTIONABLE.
Board member: That was mis-
take. 1t was the intention TO en-
close a return envelope with all
missionaries, but as we were
mailing several thousand question
naires. you can see that mistake
could easily occur"
R. Il paid seven cents postage
for the return Of my questionable.
Why did l not get return enVel-
ope?"
B. NJ: at say that You should
have received a return envelope,
and that it was mistake that you
did not get one"
r.: But l paid seven cents post
age"
B. M: We'll, if you will come to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

The eagerness to do or die was
evinccd on many occasions. A
young lad came to me one day and
wished to enlist. He was not yet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

! the board Office tomorrow, viii re
| pay you the seven cents"
X. 4 don't want the seven
cents"
B. NJ; We'll, what do you want7''
r.: oh, I wanted to let you
know that l had not received d re
turn envelope"
Receiver hung up.
One day when the roll was being
called just prior TO entrainment ar
assistant asked me if We were go
/ ing to send a deaf and dumb man
to camp. I said, not that we know
Of. The name Of the registra1t the
assistant had in mind was given
This man came up when the names
were being called and presented
himself for entrainment. | motion
Cd TO him 10 take a seat in the rear
of the hall and explained to him
that we could not send him. He
wrote on a little pad; L can't hear
but I can fight like hell"
Another time a German alien
nearly got by. This was prior to
10
He did not advise the board that he
was an alien We discovered it,
however, and we took a sheet of pa
per and wrote this man number
and name on it with red pencil
When We were calling the roll
prior to entertainment he appeared to
answer to his name We told him
that we could not send him TO
camp. He replied that he wanted
to fight. He did not care who. He
would rather fight than to walk
along the streer and have people
look at him sideways lie said all
this with a decidedly German ac-
cent
We were sending eight colored
boys TO Camp Dodge when | re-
turned to the board rooms prior to
the hour of entrainment, l found
the leader. who was that morning
released from the county jail, drill
ing his men in the board rooms. lie
had Immediately imbibed the spirit
of command and was giving his as
sociates the benefit of his military
training received when serving in
the Philippines.
A Young man who had sought ex-
emption. which war denied. was
called with the first contingent
which was sent to camp. This
young fellows parents were Of Ger
man origin and the family hoped
that he would not have to 90 to
war. His contingent left on an
early morning train. He was called
as an alternate When We reached
the depot we were short one man
on the regular call I asked for
volunteers and this young man
stepped forward and offered him
self as a volunteer. I believe that
this action served as an inspiration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

4 prominent citizen in a rural
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Continued on PaEs rs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
rVUGGLE CLAIMS HEAVY TOLL
+ CITY'S YOUTHS WHO MAKE
/ SUPREME SACRIFICE BRAVELY
ROCK ISLANDERS
WOUNDED WHILE
SERVING NATION

The following men of the Rock
Island district were all wounded
while in the service of their coun-
Try overseas and many of then
we're wounded several times, a sin
gle injury not being sufficient &c
stop them IN their onslaught against
he boche. They were wounded by
shells, bullets, shrapnel, bayonets
bombs and in fact By every weapon
Of modern warfare
Arthur B. ChalfaRI-
Clifford Bradley.
Henry Thompson.
George W. FluegcL.
George Baird.
Mauritz W. Anderson.
". +. klOckau.
Joseph Mnrrin.
GlaSc0e W. Thompson
Christie ". McAfce.
George Waldman.
John J. kahlke.
John Joseph Doyle.
w. l.. Garrison.
Perciyal A. EkIund.
Roy Pickup.
Eugene Mccarthy.
Larncd V. Eklund.
Walter ID. Evans
Sterling $. Smith.
HuOn Newburg.
Earnest II. Sebastian
Elmer Ransom.
Edward {. Fowler.
Edward w. iIOlZhammcr.
Asa Il. C0Wden.
Frank Sutferman.
William Dover.
W. Don Jones.
Leroy PhilbTOOk-
Charles L. Hudson.
Clarence BraShar.
Elmer E. Anderson.
JOSEPH Furl0ng.
Robert BarlGne.
Lawrence HeberIe.
Emil WeIvaert.
George 4. EaS on.
Ben n. FaErar.
George H. Riley.
John =. Hoffman.
Waiter L. Ayers.
II. {. Smith.
Walter 4. Forgy.
Rene Nope.
Clarke l.. Means.
George BuTgart,
Earnest Bregger.
Thomas BreggF-.
Franklin ". Herman.
Walter Tom.
James E Hartman.
Emil WelVaert.
John T. NancelSdOrf.
Albert r. Cline
Albert J. Robinson.
Clause Straye.
Lawrence Heberle.
Harry Sage,
Earl e. SPeCketer.
Bert EbeTtS.
VIII 4. VCndeeSt.
Daniel Strickland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

district came into the board Office
one day and said, There is young
man down our way who is not on
the registration list" l told the in
formant to give me the young man
name and address and I would cite
him into the Office. 1 wrote the
Young man, who came to my Office
He was a big, husky lad, fine look
ing. a native Of Kentucky, with a
decidedly German name. [ asked
him to show me his registration
certificate. This he did. | told him
we did not have his name on our
rolls nor did we have possession Of
his original registration card. l
stated to him that I would like to
have him sign a duplicate registra-
ton card, giving the answers as
nearly as possible the same as on
the original card. He said, with
some vehemeuce, 'I would like TO
know who told you" l replied It
was the business of every American
citizen to advise local boards Of the
names of men in draft age who had
not registered He replied, some
one has PLAYED me a dirty, mean
trick" I said, mo. If you knew
that your name was not on our rec
ords, you should have come to us
and advised US OF that fact" He
again repeated that he would like
to know who the informant was.
I proceeded to fill out the regis
traUon card 7 asked him his age.
He replied, with some hesitation,
Il gave my age on the other card
I said. YES. but we do not have
your original card and we must
have you fill out a duplicate He
finally gave his age. 7 asked him
where he was born. He hesitated
and said Unanswered that question
on the other card and reached
over and grabbed the certificate of
registration and put it in his peck
ct. 1 said to him in unmistakable
terms, Give me that card. I am an
officer of the United States / want
you to answer these questions
promptly and correctly If you do
not do 50, I will place you under ar
rest and lodge you in Jail immedi-
ateIy." He answered the questions
and signed the card with a shaking
II anu. HIS IlcLi NlttN t4itAI IL .
name was not on our list. although
he had a registration certificate and
hoped to get by.
A prominent physician %2lephoned
the writer one day, saying ~ wish
ed to see him privately. The inter
view was granted, and the physi-
clan informed the board member
that a son Of prominent citizen in
nearby town made a request of
the physician to amputate two toes
of his foot so that he would not
have to go to camp. I said to the
physician, Did this young man say
10 you that he wanted his toes cut
off to avoid the draft" The physi-
clan replied, He did" I called mp
a member of the board in this near
by city and advised h<n Of the ply
sician's statements The board call
ed the young man on the carpet,
and charged him with seeking to
eyade the draft, which, Of course,
was denied. Nevertheless, he was
shortly sent to camp.
The eagerness to do or die was
evinccd on many occasions A
young lad came to me one day and
wished TO enlist. He was not yet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Is. At tho time tho minimum ago
for rcgistrants was II years.
told him that he could enlist i'm the
navy with his parents consent.
''No." he said. 81 havo been to tla
navy recruiting Office and they have
refused me. want 10 20" I said.
Hold old arc your lie said. 'T
will bo rs 10 three weeks. I WANT
10 join now. ! can't wait" Tho
young man entered tho service ANA
went overseas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
TRAGEDY, COMEDY PAT4Os AND THOUSAND
AND ONE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE
LIFE OF EXEMPTION OFFICIAL

The following is of tn official
local exemption board 10 Provo Marshal General
p. II. Connolly
Island exemption beard. Editors
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-30
MINNESOTA LAND

For Sale-A snap. 100 acres located
in Freedom county, Minnesota. near
Iowa state line, two and one half
miles to small town with good schools
and markets, land all smooth, gently
sloping deep black soil, we'll tiled, no
waste land quask grass or stones. well
fenced and mostly under cultivation.
large nearly new buildings worth 81
900, close to road, fruit trees and small
grove around buildings. close to school
house. This farm looks just like the
Iowa farms hat sell for $3.50 per acre
and In just as good. Price for quick
sale, $l40 per acre, $500 down, *4.o"o
March 1, 1919. balansn 10 years time
1--WE per cent interest. Have big lis: OF
80 acre and 100 acre farms for sale
on small payments down and per
cent money on five or ten years time.
Agents wanted. Write Lewis Fedge,
Albert Lea, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-30
Reduce Fly Injury to Stock.

Here are some of the preventive
measures advocated by the United
States department of agriculture to
decrease the losses of animals due to
the larvae of flies: Burning or deep
burying Of carcasses of animals, the
arranging of breeding operations so
that young stock will be born in late
fall, winter or early spring, the carry
ing on in winter and early spring
months Of branding, dehorning and
other operations resulting in wounds
taking precautions to prevent injury TO
live stock from pens and fences or
while on range or in pasture, the de-
struction of ticks and the poisoning
and trapping of flies Farmers Bulle-
tin s57 describes the damage these flies
do and methods of controlling them.
Burning or burying carcasses is very
important, it is pointed out, since it is
on this material that maggots. infest-
ing wounds. are chiefly dependent for
propagation. II ali decay;ng ANNA!
matter could be destroyed. the trou-
blesome blow fiies-the insect bringing
about maggot infestation-would be
practically exterIIlinateG.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-30
lneraaas Turkey Crop.

For those who are favorably situated
for raising turkeys, more profitable
side line scarcely can be found. Plenty
Of range Is necessary to raise turkeys
SO this usually limits the opportunity
to the farms. Turkeys are included IN
the department Of agricultures pro-
gram for increasing poultry production
and specialists Of the department point
out how and where increases can be
obtained.
Turkeys are especially suited to the
grain and stock farms where there IS
ample range ground Astounding in such
turkey food as grasshoppers and other
insects, weed seeds, waste grain such
as il left In the fields after harvest, and
nuts Of such varieties as beechnuts,
chestnut, pecans. pienenuts. and acorns
On such farms the prices of grain
AFFECT the turkey raiser but little, for
with the exception of what is used az
fattening time the feed consumed is
largely OF such a kind as would ooner
wise be wasted.
s with but little additional outlay to
the farmer many more turkeys coulo
and should be raised. The small num-
Der OF turkeys per farm In the United
States is surprising. According 70 the
census OF 1910, which Is the latest that
has been taken, only 1871 per cent OF
the total number Of farms reported any
turkeys at all. and on those farms re-
porting turkeys an average OF out
eliRftly over four breeding turkeys was
found per farm. Some farms by nature
OF the crops grown on them or because
Of .unfavorable surroundings are not
adapted to turkey raising, but most
farms could easily handle breeding
/. dock Of from 10 to Is hen turkeys and
/ tom, raising from Is to $50 each year
ct "a good profit.
a Throughout the middle west, where
most Of the turkeys are raised, 1t is I'M.
usual to see a flock of more than 80 on
! farm, although in Texas, where more
are produced than in any other state,
fiocks OF several hundred are rather
/ common.
IA. turkey hen that begins laying in
the middle Of March will usually finish
having her first litter early in April,
Il her second late in April, and her third
litter about the third week In May,
depending upon the number OF eggs she
lays and the promptness with which
she Is broken up on becoming broody
4 Some turkey hens can be made to lay
four or Ave litters. but this is not usual
" Advisable as poults Matched later
than June do not have chance to
develop for the THANKSGIVING and
Christmas markets and are not suffi-
GENTLY mature the following spring to
be used as breeders.
Turkey hens can easily be broken
Sp +9sn,r hroodineeS by combining them
4 for two or three days to a coop with
slat bottom. They will mate soon
Z after being let out OF the coop and be-
4 gin laying In about week. Turkey
I hens and chicken hens usually are
used u inc,ibate turkey eggs al 4
though incubat tors are quite generally
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-30
Iowa LANDS.

For SaIs-$70 to $3.50 per acre for
best Iowa farms. Large list sent on
request. SpauldinE & O'Donnell. Elma,
Iowa.
For Sale Iowa and Minnesota
farms lays level to gently rolling. rich
black loan top soil, yellow clay sub
soil; all are improved with buildings
and we'll located price range from sS5
per acre up; in size from eighty to 32o
acres. Priced to sell. w. o. T. Oleson,
Leroy, MINI.
For Sale-100 acres, we'll improved.
In high state Of cultivation: $4,000
will handle 1t. real bargain: several
other good buys. all close to Marshall
town with the best of terms. II you
have anything to trade we can match
it Hinecker & Negly. over Colonial
Theater.