The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-08
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News Of Lake County Boys In Uncle Sans Service
WHAT THEY ARE
Wv Il 1%A Il DOING
HERE and OVER THERE

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TO Friends OF THE BOYS
THE TIMES goes daily to over a
Thousand Lake County men in the U ,:
=. OF U $. n. These boys keep postea
way oG getting the news. 1t IS letter
from home for them They want the
news Of the boys they know You W1as
the news of gous soy and your ne1Bn-
boris boy to get TO them. Give il 60
us for them. Let rs keep each osn@T
posted as TO the ooInings sna gong ; ;
briefly OF call mp THE TTMES as an
act OF patriotism 10 IL now.
jack Meyer. Rernlce. now quaFtered
Ia South Carolina. Is wen pleased with
the army life.
Elmer frost. Hammond, son Of Court
BaiIn James frost. Of ia Detroit ST.
who has been stationed in the second
recruiting company at jefferson Bar
racks at St Louis Mo. has been trans
ferred to Fort Mckinley. Portland. Ne.
seSd your boys address in to this
column Some friend may like to write
To him and the address VIII give him
clue We want To see stream OF
letters going to these BOYS of ours in
camp and cantonment.
Mnster at Arms Blake of the l. :.
Navy addressed Inland steel employees
On Patriotism and Efficiency" Young :
hand from Hammond furnishing the
music Such addresses stimulate the
war workers and viii become regular
functions at local munitions plants.
Forty-eight employees OF the Sim
pIex are now IN the service and about
sixteen more expect to be called in the
next draft
w. H. Price. inspector at GaiesburE.
Ill. is at the Simplex plant this week.
Mr. Prices son Earl stopped ia Ham
sergeant and his battalion is driving
12S trucks through to Newport News.
Va from Kenosha. Wis.
walter Bauer. Fred 4. Rhode and
Walter Struoig q the simplex. Ham
noud. left Tuesday for Camp sherman.
ChMlcothe Ohio
Thomas GetzinEer. Hammond, son of
Mrs ~ Carter. II Pluumer avenue.
was home today on q Furlough from
West Point to see his brother, Joseph.
who has enlisted. leave for training.
Patrick. the third boy is IN France.
Thomas has forty-elght hour leave.
Mr. and Mrs Hubert Getzinger OF So.
Bend and Miss Mary Getzinger Of E
Chicago were in the party that saw
Joseph leave
serrt. f. Conroy's new address Is
s72nd squadron. See w. Overland Bldg.
s Paul Ninn Elliott is now a shri-
ner and Is being weu-looked after by
the shrinera.
Dr. Dwight sTackey. Hobart. has pas
sea his medical examination and is
awaiting his commission as lieutenant.
Hammond now boasts four captains
in the medical officers reserve Of the
army One Captain Graham is in ac-
tive service. and the others await the
call Tie new captains are prs White.
Nichols and Chevigny.
ts-
Allen Lewis OF Fest Chicago. is now
with Battery ~ 18th Artillery, Fort
Dupont. Lei
Dave PoSner. Hammond. formerly of
The Purdue training detachment. now
with the 2i5th Ammunition Train. IS
awaiting the word to go at Camp Mills
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walter MiIIikan. Hammond. i com
oany mechanic at Camp Greenlee. So.
Carolina and has a very fine post in his
company
Mrs. Fletcher. Hammond. $40 Murray
street, is entertaining her nephew.
serEt Fred Koontz. on Camp Dodge.
Iowa for a few DAYS From Hammond
sergt Koonrz Will 20 to Westville
10 spend The remainder Of his Through
vith his grandmotber-
Harry Diamond. Hammond. a young
cavalryrnan. writes from Fort Bliss.
Texas. where he is wIth Troop p. 134th
I Cavalry.
Lorian Clark. Griffith, Of Fort sheri-
dan. was home over SUNDAY. The adj
aleon III spurs makes him a fulI fedg-
% looking cavalryman-
AdoIph Pennina. GriHith- Of the Great
Lakes. spent Sunday at home.
Clarence Bates. Hammond. has re
turned from camp sherman at Chit
lfeothe. ohio. He was DISCHARGED be-
cause of physical disabni ty.
sIrs. John Thomas and her, daush-
ter Mrs. Peter Huber Crown Point
are visiting their SON and brother. D.
Thomas. Jr at Fort BENJAMIN Harri-
son. indianapolis.