Camp Lewis Call to Entrain Reinforces WWI Draft List
A roster lists men called to report at Cho teau Montana at 2 PM on August 25 for entrainment to Camp Lewis on August 26 1918. The names include Chauncey Depew Hall Gilman Glenn Elmer Gorton Arthur Benton Walter Gregor and many others from Choteau Fairfield Conrad Perryville and surrounding towns. The pool to fill the quota to 80 is enlarged by volunteers who registered June 5 1918 led by Charles Roll Augustine Rathman Francis Stenson Allen Criswell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Mont
Lewis
Pleasanton
Kan
Clarence BE
Chapman
Brady
Archie Harmon
Monroe
Chauncey Depew
Hall Gilman
Glenn
Elmer Gorton
Dutton
Arthur
Benton
Walter
Gregor
Ingeb
Stanley
Ralph
Foot
Chateau
Joseph
Engélmeir
Ditton
Gistav
Adolph Johnson
Minn
Peter
Gaare
Fairfield
William Frances Downey
Odell
Alonzo Lindsey
Manuel
N. D
Johny Bill
Conrad
Saiaga Stabian
Loma
Duncan
Fraser
Great Falls
John Cunningham
George‘ Armand ‘ Sullivan
White Sulpher Springs
Alex Alexanderson
Farmington
Louis Krouse
Upton
Wyo
Math Klassen
Fleming
Cole
Edward A. Collette
Bobe
William Peter
Barendsen
Walier
Charles S. Roll
Davenport
Iowa
August H. Rathman
Francis
L. Stenson
Allen EB. Criswell
Wmn
Grassman
Arthur J. Burke
Manson
Local Board Inductions and 1918 Registration Call
Inductions include Alden Ray mond Connor and Freeman Vernon Currie for quartermaster corps at Camp Holabird Maryland and Camp Keogh Montana. All men in Teton county born between June 5 1898 and August 24 1898 must register August 24 between 7 am and 9 pm at designated registrars Chateau Conrad Cut Bank Walier Glacier Park. Also notes men trained today for Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Raymond Connor
Choteau
Quartermasters Corps
Camp Holabird
Baltimore
Maryland
Freeman Vernon Currie
Quartermaster’s Corps
Camp Keogh
Montana
Teton County
Chateau
Office of Local Board
Conrad
Local Red Cross notes and Y G Bee Line meeting
The article records Red Cross sewing room activity with August lists of volunteers and totals for August 13 to August 20, including cash on hand and expenditures. It also reports a Chateau county Red Cross balance of 16055.07 and notes a county banquet with remarks by local leaders and a Resolution endorsing the Y G Bee Line highway project and related state road plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ve ‘Jetter
Belleview
Red _Cross
Toom
Mesdames Gorham
Swaine
Mary Read
Maude, Wilcox
Florence Stevenson
Ruby
Ursula Hodgskiss
Ada Logan
Margaret Moran
Delsing
Miss Beal
Teton County
Red Cross
Chateau
Ny Arc
Royal Theater
PowerMorgan
Women’s’ Club
T. O. Larson
America
Messié
Griffin
Kalispell
Linn
White ‘Sulphur’ Springs
Skinner
Great Falls
Campbell
Browning
Frank ‘Guardipee
Scott -Leavitt
Bentlemen
Armstrong
Midette Stevens
Camp
Dodge
Phil S. Cole
A. J. ’ Breitenstein
Falls
Highway Association
Board of County Commissioners
Forestry Department
Montana
Blackfeet
State. Highway Commission
Commission
Belton-Glacier Park
State Highway Commission
1918 Class Call for Camp Lewis Draft Mounts List
A notice lists 20 men from the 1918 class invited to report to Camp Lewis on September 1. Names include Hilmer Johnson Great Falls Oscar B Baker Fowler Wesley F Ficke Valier Tjerk De Vries Valier Joseph L Favot Conrad Cecil C Carey Valier Wm Gaines Conrad Herman L Kirby Lowry and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wowa
Hilmer Johnson
Great Falls
Oscar B. Baker
Fowler
Wesley
F. Ficke
Valier
Tjerk de “Vries
Joseph L. Favot
Conrad
Cecil C. Carey
Wm. Gaines
Herman L. Kirby
Lowry
Camp
Lewis
Change in Delivering by Local Merchants
At the request of the Federal Food Administration the local merchants stop soliciting orders after September 1 and shift delivery to 2 o'clock p m daily. John A Gleason will handle deliveries for all stores and all orders must be in stores by 1 o'clock each day to go out on that day's delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Food Administration
John A. Gleason
Soldier Alf Wagnild Letters From France July 7 1918
Private Alf Wagnild writes from Waynild France on July 7 1918 describing a Bastille Day celebration in France with Pershing and French officers praised, a promotion to private first class, and his growing comfort with army life while hoping for good news at home. He notes mixed longing for home and pride in Allied liberty and the American role in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
France
Persehing
Bastille
Pershing
Igneral
Rosalia c le Wade
Old Sea
PRVT
Alf Wagnild
Co. A Hg. Bar. G
A. E. FP
County farm bureau committee to oversee seed loan
Ogaard assigned as county agent to supervise Montana seed loan logistics. Choteau handles most county duties while Maltby leads Cut Bank area efforts. Konrad, Brady, Collins, and Dutton zones coordinated from Choteau. Citizens urged to report needed or available winter rye and wheat quantities and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogaard
Montana
Teton County
Murdock
Community Farm Bureau Committee
Cut Bank
Mrr
Maltby
Choteau
Chouteau County
Konrad
Brady
County Agent Notes on Winter Rye Wheat Seed and Feed Rates
County agriculture notes urge immediate seed orders for fall sowing of winter rye and wheat. Growers act as a seed clearinghouse to use local surplus and ship in outside stock. Winter rye favored for higher reliability and earlier harvest. Federal Seed Grain loan aid encouraged. Hay and feed shipping rates announced. livestock writers seek feed supply details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Tieton ‘County
Beers
State Extension Service
Draft Law Rules Debate Extension of Draft Ages
Washington reports Attorney General Baker clarifies that married men who support families and are in useful occupations will still be drafted. The Senate adjourned to Aug 24 as the bill moves, with Baker backing a separate 18 to 19 class and limited home training for new registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Baker
House Military Committee
Senate
March
Crowder
House
Sen Ta
Tilson
Conneticutt
Next steps for selling feed at half rate and direct buyers
In the half rate feed sale, the office considers finding the best possible price. The office offers to connect you with direct buyers if you supply at the office. A wireless report says loan applications will be denied unless no seed, no money, no credit, or no other option remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Ogaard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis Aft
A. H. Doughty
Treas
J. GC. Morgan
Council, of Defense
Reeah
Alf
Waynild
Federal Reserve System
THE
First National Bank
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