Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-16
MARATHON COUNTY COUNCIL
OF DEFENSE

Marathon County Council of De-
tense met in regular session on Tues
day evening, at 1880 o'clock at the
court house, c. B. Bird presiding.
The Council was requested by the
State Council of Defense, to recon-
mend the name of a man as chairman
OF the Marathon County Explosives
committee. Action was taken and
recommendation made.
Communications from the State
Council relative to farmers employing
men classified in Glass No. l, and
barberry eradication were reed. As
conditions mentioned in the former
dld not exist in this county and the
latter was being attended to by the
city, no action was deemed necessary.
Messrs. H. G. Flieth, C. C. Yawkey,
A. ". Gearhart and Mrs. Nablo, the
committee appointed to meet the de-
mands of the State Council under its
enlarged plan of work, also to recon-
mend the name of person for execu-
tive secretary, etc., reported as fol-
lows:
THAT the county be organized into
Local Councils of Defense by dis
tricts, whenever the officers of the
school district are willing to act, that
they be appointed as the regular offic-
ers of the local Council. In addition.
one woman to be appointed as an
officer of the local Council This wo-
man to act in conjunction with the
other officers of the local Council and
especially represent the Women's
Committee on War Work. The town
chairman is to act as superintendent
of the local Council in his town Any
resident of the school district over Is
years of age shall be eligible fcr
membership in the local Council OF
Defense.
tary be appointed, who shall be
member of the County Council of De-
tense and whose salary shall be fixed
by the County Council
For this position we recommend
Herman E. Marquardt of this city The
executive secretary shall have the
power to hire competent clerk, who
shall also be stenographer, at
reasonable salary. We also recon-
mend that a suitable office be ac-
quired for the duration of the war.
That an executive committee of
seven be constituted, consisting of the
officers, one representative woman and
two others to be appointed by the
chairman. The executive committee
to have full power to act and have
the same authority as the Council
of Defense has.
We recommend that the chairman
appoint at once the necessary Agri-
cultural Committee for representative
farmers which Agricultural Commit
tee shall meet at once and request
that Federal Food Emergency Agent
be appointed by the Government,
whose salary is to be paid by the
Federal Government, but whose ex-
penses are to be paid by the county,
So much of the report as related
to the organization of the county, the
recommendation of an executive sec
rotary, and the appointment of an
Agricultural Committee was adopted.
So much of the report as related
to the appointment of an executive
committee was laid over until the next
meeting OF the council.
The salary of the executive secre-
tary was fixed by the Council.
The following Agricultural Commit
tee as recommended, was appointed:
Carl Hilber, Geo. Cook, Jos. Weix,
A. j. Peterson and John Dittbrender.
1t was urged that Mr. Bird remain
as president Of the Council, which
was taken under consideration by him.