Sauk County Draft Assignments Discussed For August Call
County Clerk F A Cooper notes Sauk county will provide between 150 and 200 of its share in the August draft. By September 1 most class 1 registrants may be exhausted, with 70 to 80 transfers from other classes. Early calls cover 5,000 of the state's 15,000 August total, with men sent to Camp Custer Camp Shelby Jefferson Barracks and to trade schools as quotas fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Cooper
Sauk County
Syracuse
Camp Custer
Michigan
Camp Shelby
Hatchburg
Miss
Jefferson
Columbus Barracks
Sauk
FIOM Beset by Biting at Devils Lake Fishing Report
The Devils Lake area reports strong angling with Earl Winnie landing a 16 pound northern pike. Paul Oyan nets a 51.4 pound bass, Henry Koppke rounds up six pike on a lake cruise, and the Luther cottage hosts numerous game fish this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil’s Lake
Earl Winnie
L. A. Winnie
Paul Oyan
Henry Koppke
William Luther
Wages Rise for Railroad Shop Workers in U S
Director General McAdoo announces new wage scales effective retroactively from January 1 for about 500000 railroad shop workers across the country. Machinists and welders earn 68 cents hourly, with eight hour days and overtime rules set. back pay will follow calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
New External Clamp For Fractures Demonstrated By Doctor
Milwaukee physician Dr. Lewis J. Daniels unveils an external metal clamp with fitted screws to set broken bones. Sixty cases in four years show the device accelerates healing in two weeks of wearing the apparatus and full recovery within one to two months. Motion pictures of actual operations will be sent to the U S Army Medical Department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis J. Daniels
Milwaukee
Daniels
Medical Department of the Army
Washington
Wisconsin to Call 15000 More Men in August War Draft
About 15 000 additional Wisconsin men will be called in August exhausting Class 1 registrants from June 5 1918. Major E A Fitzpatrick in Madison says no selective service inductees will join marines navy or emergency fleet building until further notice. Indications point to rapid mobilization with all states rushing men to camps and then overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
E. A. Fitzpatrick
Madison
Marines
Navy
War Day Leaves For Duty After Brother's Death
Sergeant Albert Liedtke of Company D, 121st Machine Gun Battalion, 32nd Division, was killed in action. His mother, Mrs. Carolina Liedtke of Fond du Lac, received the report. Liedtke is the eighteenth Fond du Lac County boy to die in the war, part of county casualties totaling 116. His brother Arthur Liedtke was among the contingent that left for camp yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Liedtke
Carolina Liedtke
Fond du Lac
Liedtke
Arthur Liedtke
Farmers 10 Have Help If Needed
W. E. Rowland Sauk county labor agent says farmers needing help can contact him. City merchants offer 1 to 20 days of labor on farms and many express willingness to aid harvest efforts. Rowland notes he can place workers immediately for farmers seeking hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Rowland
Sauk County
Mr. Rowland
Former Sauk man pleads guilty in espionage case
Charles H. Naffz of Madison and once Sauk County resident pleads guilty to violating the espionage act in federal court before Judge Sanborn. Sentence not yet set. Nagler, ex assistant secretary of state, seeks to quash indictment in Eau Claire before Judge Evans A. Evans. he withdraws his not guilty plea as motion proceeds. Prosecution counters the indictment is valid. defense argues it is insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Naffz
Madison
Sauk County
Sanborn
Louis B. Nagler
Red Cross
Y. M. C. A. Army
Evans A. Evans
Eau Claire
Nagler
Burr W. Jones
F. M. Wylie
B. R. Goggins
Soldier travels from Camp Custer to Camp Mills over 1000 miles
Clifford Steinbrink reports his journey from Camp Custer Michigan to Camp Mills New York, noting fine scenery. He belongs to Company A, 330th M G Battalion, 85th Division, and expects to sail soon for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Steinbrink
Camp Custer
Mich
Camp Mills
N. Y
Co. A
M. G. Bn
Long Island
France
Sailor Benjamin Paddock Ready to Sail for Camp Service
Benjamin E. Paddock of La Valle with honor men went to Camp Grant then to Camp Custer with a machine gun battery and is now in New York awaiting departure. He is the son of former Postmaster H. E. Paddock and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin E. Paddock
la Valle
Camp Grant
Camp Custer
New York
H. E. Paddock
Cow Tester to Army Enlists from Excelsior
Excelsior resident Earl Clingman, after a year testing cows for the Baraboo Cow Testing Association, returns to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Clingman. He will depart next Tuesday for Columbus Barracks with Sauk County men to begin army training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Clingman
Excelsior
Baraboo
E. C. Clingman
Columbus Barracks
Sauk County
Reedsburg
First Man of 1918 Sauk County Class to Enlist
Emil Gall of Ableman becomes the first 1918 Sauk County registrant to answer the draft. He joins the mechanical division as an enlisted man. Gall, son of William Gall Sr, operates a local quarry and has brothers Otto, Walter, and William among Sauk county’s registrants. Otto already served at Camp Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Gall
William Gall
Mr. Gall
Otto
Sauk County
Camp Grant
Walter
William
Letters From the Front Describe Observation Post and Safety
A World War I letter from Alfred to his family explains how his observation post guards the line to prevent enemy balloons from revealing the station location. He notes a direct line to the regiment’s commander and confirms two months since seeing a Baraboo acquaintance, aside from Harry Tudor, who attended riflemen school. He closes reassuringly that he feels safe and remains well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Harry Tudor
Automatic Riflemen
Supplies by Truck to Third Line Trenches
Clarence Braun of Co. F 1011th Supply Train writes from somewhere in France on June 18 about moving to a new position, carrying supplies to third line trenches and gas masks. He notes infrequent letters from home, good meals and warm bunks, and asks relatives to write back while sending regards to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Line
Clarence Braun
France
Am. E. F
Baraboo and Sauk County youths sent home from Camp Grant
A group of Sauk county youths and selectmen returned from Camp Grant after failing the required physical examination. About a carload from north and south of Baraboo were halted due to physical disability. Named Baraboo returnees include Harry Halsted Roy Sickert George Baxter Max Hill Millard Frenz Bernard Griffith Earl Tiffany of Prairie du Lac and Louis Mielke from south of Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County
Camp Grant
Here
Baraboo
Harry Halsted
Roy Sickert
George Baxter
Max Hill
Millard Frenz
Bernard Griffith
Earl Tiffany
Prairie du Lac
Louis Mielke
South of Freedom
Soldier Albert Luedtke Letter From France
Albert Luedtke of North Freedom writes to his parents describing being gassed at the front and blind for three days in France. He reports recovery and good care at a hospital, mentions rye cutting, and expresses hope to return home.
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Albert Luedtke
France
North
Freedom
States
Y M C A Message From Camp Custer Soldier
Praise for the Y M C A flows from Reedsburg as Pvt Wallace Bass of Camp Custer Michigan writes his mother. He thanks the Y M C A workers for supplies letters and care noting their service on trains ships and in battles and urging support for the organization. He signs as Co B 330th MG BN awaiting departure with optimism about returning home.
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W. A. Bass
Reedsburg
Wallace Bass
Camp Custer
Detroit
Mich
Wisconsin
M. G
Camp Custer, Mich
Author Of Over The Top Is Now Out Of The Army
Arthur Guy Empey author and soldier was commissioned as a captain in the national army and assigned to the adjutant-general's corps, then honorably discharged by today’s orders with no reason given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Guy Empey
National Army
Adjutant-General’s Corps
Baraboo Boy Leads Observation Post in France
Alfred Argyle writes from a France posting in June 1918 describing his unit in an observation post with eight men. He notes solitude, daily ration runs to a village, a cook among the group, and night duties with one man on telephone duty while under cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
States
France
Baraboo Woman Notified of Nephew’s French War Cross
Mrs. Calista P. Burnham of Baraboo receives a clipping from a Platteville Colorado newspaper about her nephew Kenneth Squire being honored with a French War Cross for bravery. The clipping continues on the last page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calista P. Burnham
Baraboo
Platteville, Colo
Kenneth Squire
Sugar Shortage Warning For County Canning
County deputy food administrators met at the courthouse to hear a Madison federal agent warn that sugar scarcity will worsen. They were told not to issue more 25 pound sugar permits for canning and grocers should stop selling that amount. The speaker added flour conditions may improve by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Predicting Call of Class 2 Men in September Draft
U.S. military leadership expects Class 2 men to be called to service by September unless ages are raised by Congress. Proposals approved by President Wilson and Secretary Baker would extend draft ages to 20 to 36, or to 40 for munition plant labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Marines
Army
Congress
Gen. Crowder
Wilson
Baker
St Pauls Lutheran Votes to End German Education in School
Directors at St Pauls Lutheran Church of Janesville vote to abandon German instruction in the parochial school as English becomes the dominant language among pupils. All instruction will switch to English to ensure understanding by the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church At
Janesville
Remedy 13 Giver for Leaf Hopper
H. W. Hawkins reports on War Garden progress in Baraboo and provides kerosene emulsion instructions to combat leaf hopper on late potato vines. Prepare stock by dissolving soap in water then add kerosene, dilute with five and a half parts water for spraying. turn leaves to expose undersides during application. Also recommends black leaf 40 as a cheap alternative available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Hawkins
Baraboo
Five Gold Stars In Service Flag At Mrs Rawlins Home
Five gold stars hang in the service flag at the Louisville Kentucky home of Mrs Nina Rawlins a Canadian native who just received word from Montreal that her son Quill Watts Hayes 33 a former Princess Pats member and former Toronto newspaper worker was killed in action in France. Three other brothers were killed in action Crawford Hayes Roy Hayes and John B Hayes while George Hayes and the family’s only son George Formsby serve in the British forces.
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Nina Rawlins
Canada
Louisville
Montreal
Quill Watts Hayes
France
Mr. Hayes
Toronto
John B. Hayes
48Th Highlanders
Crawford Hayes
Roy Hayes
Highlanders
Marne
George Hayes
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Devils Lake
Winnie
Sons of Eau Claire Farmer
William Schaefer, Jr
Lawrence
William Schaefer
Wissota Dam
Cadott
I. B. Roe. Stanley
Brother
Co. I. 26Th Inf
Baraboo Boy
Arthur Argyle
Alfred
Atk
Princess Pats
Mrs. Rawlins
George Formsby
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