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LOCAL. U. -S. ARM! d^FlCK HOLBS KECOBB 'OR TAIjJJ KECKHITS91 ENLISTED hS IN YEARy-• ■’ji1Qiie Recruit Rejected ^/Because Sine Pounds lielit-Ninety-one enljstme^s-in the United States army have b^en Secured by Sar-geaot Rich,-local-U...S\fArmy recruit-' ing officer at the headquarters on.Market street, during lt;the',-‘twelve monthsof,1914. •'.. . .. ► •The record by month*jahows a slight uniformity that is raitjfer. interesting ! and is aa follows':. January, .7_,*February. .9, March, 10, April^^itayj -4,‘ June. 4, July. 4, August, 7K.8e^feiuher,:7^October.’ 8, November, ;19'^t^ecember,vll, This;sliowb a Iow tidejSp^he1 .summer months and a.correspd|^ihg Increase as the. biting .blasts^foF^inter begin to appear. ' ■ V-’The. ages of these.^-^feefcy-one;jrecruits ranged from 18;i^r34.yeara; the average, being 22 t-2 yeSfch:7---Thfe-Qlder m eh; in!.nearly al 1 case^aird those who‘ .Sargwmt fileh • hhs.vfM££eco tajl recruits,. nameron froiujthe - ^ahMh^yhi their lot -with; the army 'of. Uncle 9am.. Some :.of.■ the recruits -which were re? ported ; week;have Tailed to pass muster.: Raymond J. .'Waters,, who was under age amV required the consent, of his parents, which; was' obtained, and who. also was a little short weight and was only, accepted at the local station by authority of the officers higher ’up, came to grief. -Raymond was subjected -to- an.examination. at Indianapolis and.then went to Co 1 umbus, where.be was;held for three ..days and then sent to hi a home at. Peru. He was nine pounds short.Paul Gross, also of Peru, gave his age at the local office as 21. At Columbus he was cross examined and admitted-he was only twenty. He was rejected. .. Clifford May of this city , was accepted. .-Alien JJale felt down.when he applied for permission to go .to war. Allen claimed to be twenty-one, but a letter’from his mother declared he was only, 17 and further asked that he be not accepted. •
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Logansport Pharos Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1914
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