The Mankato free press., 1918-07-05
First Blue Earth County Boy
To Be Picked In the
New Draft
His Number Was One Hundred
And Fifty-Four; Others
Selected
HumanLottery Was Conducted
In Washington, D. C., This
Morning
Iunited Press rispatch.l

UNITED Press rispatch.1
Washington, June 27.-The first
number drawn in the new draft call
this morning was 246. There are l..
200 numbers in all to be drawn. The
first ten numbers drawn were: 246;
1,168; S1S; 1901; 479; 469; 492; 154;
592, and 355.
Secretary Baker blindfolded drew
the first capsule. General March and
Crowder and Senator Chamberlain
and other members of the senate and
house military committees stood
about the table. All drew numbers
after the first ceremonies. Major
Billie" Welborn, woman clerk,
drew the remainder of the numbers.
Forrest G. Hartman of Mapleton
was the first Blue Earth county man
to be called. His number was l54
and was the first one of the num-
bers for this county to be drawn. The
total registration here was but 2OS
and any numbers above this will not
apply in the county
Numbers drawn that do not apply
to men in this county but were
among the first in the country to be
called are: 21O; 29S; 32S; $40; 1922;
377; 226; $50; 266; 252; 209, 269;
3O6; 322; 239; 229; S97; S51; 30S;
2a4; 1855; 276; 275; 304; 212; 1896;
234; 244; 231; 218.
Drawn in Blue Earth County.
The following are the Blue Earth
county registrants that were drawn
today.
The last number of tie 1,200 drawn
was 225.
154-Forrest G. Hartman, Maple
ton.
1O-Harold Leroy Compton, Penn
berton.
29-Harold Anderson, Eagle Lake.
17-Floyd Walter Rinehart, st.
Clair.
74-Alexander H. Hensel, Good
Thunder.
136-Albert Stelter, Madelia.
145-John Friedrich Schulz, Ashby.
2O7-Alphonse Nicholas Hagen,
Mankato.
57-Jonas Walfred Johnson, Man
kato.
76-Arthur w. sombke. Good Thun-
der.
7S-Arthur H. Born, Good Thunder.
122-Ludvig Albert Holden, Man
kato.
S7-Oscar H. Knutson, Mankato.
177-Alfred Leonard Yarwood,
Mankato.
4-John ,Christen Kain, Minnesota
Lake.
13O-Otto R. ]. Pfeil, Truman.
7O-Carlton Trunell Lentz, Eagle
Lake.
1OS-Peter Machel Peterson, Gar
den City.
2S-Percy M. Wing, Madison Lake.
S9-Eddie Reitner, Good Thunder
151-Hugh Pugh Hughes, Lake
Crystal.
9O-Frank w. Watts, Mankato.
65-Martin Potz, Eagle Lake.
125-Hugh P. Carlstrom, Lake Crys-
tai. @
45-Wilhelm F. Karstadt, Mapleton
72-Kenneth Irving Adams, Man
kato.
135-August Ikier, Vernon Center.
61-Peter Baumgartner, Mankato.
91-Fredie Rennager, Mankato.
51-Albert A. Knudson, Good Thun-
der.
63-Albert Leesch, Mankato
41-John McGregor, Jr, Mapleton
84-Wilfrid L. Gregory, Good Thun-
der.
32-Lenard L. Danberry, Madison
Lake.
66-Joseph Barta, Mankato.
16-Willfam Gustaf Rinand Rux
GAINESVILLE.
2O3-Edward Dearborn Flory, Man.
kato.
191-Joseph Lee Olger, Mankato.
153-Homer Morgan Price, Lake
Crystal.
S2-Otto Schwantes, Good Thun.
der. :.
is-Arthur William westpahl
GAINESVILLE.
143-Carl Christian Nelson, Lake
Crystal
54-Rueben Julius Haedt, Mankato
S1-Otto R. Bertsch, Good Thunder
173-Edgar Clarence Koppen, Man
kato.
1S9-Andrew Housgard, Mankato.
1S4-Mark James Coughlan, Man
kato.
SS-Erwin Rolla Childs, Good Thun
der.
192-Lawrence Ludwig Kruger
Mankato.
114-Floyd Edgar Jones. LAX
Crystal.
3O-John Moeri, Jr., Eagle Lake.
119-Howard Wallace Conger, LAX
Crystal.
1S7-Clemens Lawrence Schmidt
Mankato.
164-Fred J. Miller, 166 Dickersol
street, Mankato.
9S-Gordon Robert Slater, Amboy
49-Irving Milton Juliar, Mankate
193-William Schwender, Jr., Man
kato.
155-Lester Edward Westpah
Eagle Lake.
15s-Robert w. Deuser, 45s Nortl
Sixth street, Mankato.
11-Frank Lloyd McComb. Smith
Mill.
69-Leo Harold Lunkenheimel
Mankato,