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01.1 I’Tipton Guardsmen Expected to Take Training1 at Hattiesburg.MORE NEW RECRUITSOneRe{Mr j Fifteen men “heat tlie draft ,and enlisted this week in Com-? .pany E. local national guard unit, j | Captain Graydon Harrison, com-, I niarding officer. announced r j Saturday. Seven cf the Ways; all jfont one a member -of'the Knights I (of Columbus, enlisted as a squad (so that they will bunk together during their year in training.The men who have enlisted in j the Guard company include El-, | don Dugan. Joseph Hickner, John . |R. Miller, Stanley L. Smith, Clair ; :B. Hanshew. Joseph (R. Crum,, i Fred L. Holman, and Harry A.Acci ma tes lective of eve will bin the uringty’s Qbe aro cf mer IS, Int 750 in nation, first ct of 2.5 figureTiptfirst ctless th tional big cai this co its quc ceived.! Riley.Ii The seven men who enlisted asa -squad include Robert A. Biltfc.j James R. Land. Hugh KennethWasI tive se made p which ibe callthe 8trainee!. *monedyear. Thethe qucFifth21,087;52.497;Kirchner. 'William J. Mattingly.John B. Mattingly. Robert E.|Tolle and Louis F. Weber. Tolle | Capt r i is Grand Knight of the K. of C. chapter.Their enlistments brought the guard strength up to 71 men. still short of the full strength quota, i Captain Harrison pointed out that j unless the guard company went at full strength, probably men would be drafted from this county.The opinion that there will be rno men drafted from this county during the first year is wrong, he said, because as yet the Guard !company not enlisted to its full strength. Until that time, every eligible man in the county is subject to draft.He went to Indianapolis FridayWash every 2 the nat1 t a nlrtlr tin n rvmilitary be call the ne cial cor Unoff16,936,( 35, incl the 48
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Tipton Tribune

Tipton, Indiana, US

Sat, Oct 19, 1940

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