The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-08
DRAFT SQUAD GO
TO WESTERN CAMP
DETACHMENT OF TWELVE MEN
START ON TRIP TO CAMP
FREMONT, CALF.
ON YESTERDAY MORNING EARLY TRAIN
Call For The August Quota OF The
Draft Men Issued And Will Take
About Sixty From County

The twelve men called for by the
provost marshal to entrain for train
ing at Camp Fremont, Calf, left
Brookings yesterday morning on the
.6:18 train for the west. OF the thir-
teen called James A. Kjelseth of this
city and Bert E. Krum Of Bruce were
left at home and NJ. L. Nolan was
added making the twelve required.
The names of those who went are
as follows:
532 James A. Clark, Elkton
1883 John F. Girton, Elkton
1916 Fred w. Harms, White
1917 Charles Gamble, Brookings
1O2 John Belder, Volga
IS Theo. Norman Rude, Brookings
40 Henry C. Friday, White
"a Frederick F. %Steinback, White
1896 Edward Kjellsen, Volga
395 Theo. Flittie, BrOokings
7O3 Elmer II. Sexauer, BroOkings
1890 NJ. L. Nolan, Brookings
The local board appointed Charles
Gamble as leader Of the party, with
e. II. Sexauer as his assistant. 7. /.
Flittie, who was n OF the number,
had accompanied his wife to Mitchell
where she will visit her home folks,
and was to join the detachment at
Sioux City yesterday evening. Camp
Fremont, where the boys go, is stu
ated at Menlo Park, the first station
north of Palo Alta, Calf. 1t is in
one of the prettiest parts of Califor-
mia and they will have a most splen-
did place in which to receive heir
training. If any of them are ~disqual-
flied they will have a nice trip and
the return home at government ex
pense. Three of the four men who
went from Brookings Were connecAu
with large business enterprises where
their absence will be greatly noticed.
Mr.. Flittie is president of the Bank
of Bookings and has been active to
the greatest degree in the work of
the bank. Other shoulders will have
to bear his burden. Charles Gamble
has been the mainstay of the Farm
ers Cooperative Company and has
had all Of its business at his finger
ends and J. d. Wilson is going to miss
him every day. Elmer H. SeXauer
has been active in the business Of
Geo. p. Sexauer & Son, and his going
compels that farm to have another
take his place. F. NJ. Kremer is now
in charge Of the work that Elmer was
attending to. This is only another in
stance Of the immensely of this awful
conflict and proof of the fact that no
business can stand in the way of the
needs of the government for men
when they are called. The Register
is informed that Mr.. Sexauer made
a request that he be included in the
quota at this time, which is in line
with his statement published in the
Register two weeks ago, that he was
a 100 per cent American citizen.
The call is in the hands of the adj
jutant general for the men who will
go from South Dakota about August
Goth. Two thousand men are called
and reckoning on the basis of the
former calls, it will take about sixty
from Brookings county. The quotas
for the different counties will not
be given out for several days as un-
der a new ruling Of the provost mar
shall general the news will not be Civ
en- for publication until after it has
been sent to the local boards.
Wv. s. S.