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moted artificer ; Harry J. Machler, Litchfield, mustered out; Richard E. Roberts, Litchfield, discharged ; Frank Thole, Litchfield, mustered out ; Lewis Whitaker, Litchfield, mustered out.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Albert C. Owens, Litchfield, noncommissioned staff; Sydney R. Davis, Hillsboro, noncommis- sioned staff ; Walter H. Thomas, Litchfield, non- commissioned staff ; Adam Dietrich, Hillsboro, transferred to band; Price W. Woods, Litch- field, noncommissioned staff; William Carter, first lieutenant, Litchfield, mustered out ; Harry T. Wandling Company D, Ninth Illinois Infantry- Litchfield, mustered out ; Albert Fitzgerald, Com- pany I, Ninth Illinois Infantry, Litchfield, mus- tered out.
COMPANY E, FIFTH INFANTRY, I. N. G.
Company E, Fifth Infantry, Illinois National Guard, was organized in 1916, in Hillsboro by consolidating the hospital corps, with a list of volunteers as a branch of the Illinois National Guard. The following are enrolled : Leroy New- ton and James M. (Cotton) Taulbee are regi- mental sergeants and were called to the colors when the Fifth went to the front. The names of Hillsboro I. N. G. boys who may be depended upon to do their duty in the World War are: First lieutenant, Charles L. Hill ; second lieuten- ant, James P. King ; privates, John Beneze, Rus- sell Brown, Earl Campbell, Harold Campbell, Edward Cassidy, Charles Carter, John Dagon, Joseph Dort, Otto Edwards, Thomas Elam, Le- roy Fath, Dallas Fleming, Walter Frame, Roy Gilmore, Thomas Grisham, Keith Hudspeth, Lee Hughes, Glenn Ivy, Lloyd Johnsey, James Knox, James Landers, Earl Landers, Dewey Landers, Jesse Mey, Wayne Lewey, Thomas Manley, John Miller, Russell Moore, Harold Moyer. Cecil Murphy, Darb Purdy, Henry Reghi, C. G. Rich- ardson, Harvey Roberts, Homer Robertson, Andy Robinson, Orville Slagle, George Stevens, Harvey Taulbee, Jesse Taulbee, Bliss Trout- man, Lester Smith, John King, Clarence Rhodes, Edward Rebstock.
The members of the hospital corps attached to the Fifth Infantry when at Hillsboro were as follows : Major G. A. Clotfelter, Hillsboro ; cap- tain, E. M. Eckard, Peoria; first lieutenant, E. T. Douglas, Hillsboro; second lieutenant. J. R. Neal, Springfield ; sergeants, W. L. Winklemann ;
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F. N. Mason; R. Masur; V. Cress ; privates, E. Campbell; W. Canaday; G. Cooper; C. Cress ; O. Dammann; L. Denton ; A. Dort; W. Scherer; F. Stephenson; L. Welge; L. Wiley; Wayne Williamson ; Ralph Kiggins.
A BIT OF OLD TIME NEWS OF LITCHFIELD.
In searching the records of the City of Litch- field with the view of writing a concise history of the city, I ran across the following minutes of the city council which seem to me to be of great interest to all citizens, both old and young.
"April 15, 1865.
"Special meeting of the Council : present, Mayor R. N. Paden, and Aldermen John Lindsey, W. S. Palmer, Thos. G. Kessinger, and D. R. Sparks.
"On motion Council dispensed with regular order of business.
"On motion a committee of three was ap- pointed to draft resolutions expressive of sorrow on the death of the President Abraham Lincoln. The honorable mayor appointed said committee consisting of Aldermen Palmer, Lindsey and Sparks, who retired for a time, drafted the reso- lutions which were accepted, and ordered that a page of these records be dedicated to the mem- ory of our beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, and that the said resolutions be spread thereon. "Resolutions.
"Page No. 170 of the first journal of the city council bears the following :
" 'This page is dedicated by the City Council of the City of Litchfield to the memory of Abra- ham Lincoln, President of the United States, who was assassinated April 14, A. D., 1865.
"'Whereas, information has this day been re- ceived of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and of William H. Seward, Secretary of State;
"'1. Therefore Resolved: That in the opin- ion of this Council the Nation has met with an irreparable loss in the death of our beloved President, Abraham Lincoln.
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"'2. That this crowning act of treason was conceived as that same poisonous and dangerous doctrine that inaugurated the rebellion.
"3. That while we mourn with the nation at this great calamity, we have an ever abiding hope that the loyalty of the people will carry the Nation through the great struggle until the last vestige of treason shall be swept from the land.
"44. That although we cannot comprehend that mysterious Providence that has thus called us to mourn, we have a firm, abiding hope that the God of all doeth all things for the best.
"'5. That all the country papers be furnished with a copy of these resolutions with a request . to publish the same.
"'April 15, A. D., 1865. " .W. S. Palmer, "'D. R. Sparks, "'John Lindsey,
" 'Committee.
" 'Attest,
" .George P. Fowler,
" 'City Clerk.'
"By May 15, 1861, the citizens of Litchfield were well aware that the War of the Rebellion was not a matter of a summer holiday, as the following resolution passed by the City Council on that date most conclusively proves.
"'Whereas, in the event of the secession of Missouri, and St. Louis falling into the hands of the rebels, the property of the railroad at this point might be in danger of destruction by in- vasion from that state, thus rendering useless an important military road, and
" 'Whereas, in view of this danger, a military company has been organized in this town, as a home guard, therefore be it
" 'Resolved by the City Council of the City of Litchfield that a commission to consist of An- drew Miller be appointed to proceed to Spring- field to confer with the governor of the state in reference to procuring arms and ammunition from the state for the purpose of equipping said company, and that the said Andrew Miller be empowered, on behalf of the city, to enter into such contract with the state as he may deem just and liberal. And be it further
" 'Resolved that the city clerk be instructed to furnish to Andrew Miller a copy of this pre- amble and these resolutions, and that an order in favor of Andrew Miller for the full amount of the expenses of said commission be drawn upon the city treasury.
""'Inasmuch as there is no further record of a report from the 'commission,' its appointment was unnecessary, and the fears of the people were at rest.
"'S. W. Kessinger.' " MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE NAVY.
In view of the declaration of war in April, 1917, it is interesting to know who were in the
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navy from this county at that time. We quote this from the Hillsboro Journal, and will add that this list was largely increased in a very short time.
"We here publish a partial list of Montgomery county 'jackies,' together with the ships Ol which they are serving and the waters in which their ships were when last heard from.
"Harry Purdy, Hillsboro, son of Wm. S. Purdy ; U. S. S. South Carolina, Panamá waters. William Dean, Hillsboro, son of Jos. J. Dean of this city ; 11. S. S. Michigan, Panama waters. Fred Karnes, Hillsboro, son of O. Karnes; with the marines; U. S. S. Vermont, Hampton Roads, Virginia. Frank Barry, Hillsboro. We are not advised as to who the young man's relatives are nor to his ship. Jesse Toberman, E. St. Louis, son of Mrs. Ella Frarer, Hillsboro. Young To- berman is now out on an honorable discharge, but we understand is subject to recall. Linus Jones. Nokomis, son of William Jones, of No- komis. Carl Randall, Nokomis, son of A. K. Randall, or near Nokomis. Lieut. Albert R. Mack, Hillsboro, son of D. W. Mack, of Hills- boro ; U. S. S. Hopkins, now in Pacific waters. Perry Asher, Fillmore, son of the late Wm. Ash- er. of Fillmore, and adopted son of the late Johnny Allen of Fillmore, U. S. S. Arkansas. Mr. Asher is now serving on his second enlist- ment. He is an expert gunner and has had the distinction of pitching the championship base- ball game of the entire fleet. John and Carl Sut- ter, sons of Mr. and Mrs. August Sutter, of Har- vel. Carl Redfield, Hillsboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Redfield, of Hillsboro; U. S. S. Min- nesota, Philadelphia waters. Redfield is now serving on his third term of enlistment and is now chief machinist on the Minnesota. He is at the head of a number of men and it is his job now to guide the ship during his shift. His next enlistment will raise him to an officer's rank and when he shall have served eight more years he will be able to retire on full pay. Wm. Dallas, son of Mrs. Fred Dallas-Jones, formerly of Hills- boro, but now of Royalton; U. S. S. Yorktown. an inspecting vessel. The above list is most likely incomplete. However it is compiled after extensive inquiry." The following are also in navy service : Fred B. Cole, of Filmore; Edgar Copeland, of Walshville; Lieut. Albert Mack, Hillsboro: Water Sawyer, Litchfield; Joe In- gram, Hillsboro, is in aviation service.
In April, 1917. it appeared that our peace lov- ing country, with its great-hearted President,
was being inevitably drawn into the great world's conflict of arms, air dragons and sea devils, without provocation on our part, and with remorseless disregard for the rights of individ- uals or nations. It is the struggle for_ power, and more power, by the Kaisers and Kaiserism of the so called royal families, against the peo- ple, against Democracy, and against individual liberty of action and conscience.
We have heretofore noticed the organization of a company of militia, in Hillsboro, and here record the fact that on March 31, 1917, it re- ceived the order to go into actual service in the government's defense. The company was quick- ly filled up to about its maximum strength, and respond to the call with promptness and patri- otic ardor. Before starting to the station, un- der the leadership of Mayor Butler, and led by the Mollman Band, the citizens of Hillsboro gathered at the court house and short and stir- ring addresses were made by the mayor, Captain Tuggle, Captain Glenn, and Lieutenant Abbot, the whole city following the boys to the depot in a spirit of deepest regret mingled with patri- otic pride. bidding them adieu and God speed.
The company as recruited was composed of the following : Captain Tuggle of Danville, first lientenant, Charles J. Hill; second lientenant, J. P. King ; first sergeant, James P. Knox, and sergeants, Horton Taulbee and John Dagon, Charles Carter and John Miller; quartermaster sergeant, Joseph Dort, and corporals, LeRoy Fath, John Beneeze, Russell Moore, Walter Frame, Homer Robertson, and G. C. Richard- son ; cooks, Clarence Rhodes and Frank Dunn ; musician, Thomas Allen ; artificer, Lloyd John- sey ; and privates, Norman Buchannan, Harold Campbell, Jesse Cress, Edward Cassidy, Otto Edwards, Earl Felkel, Dalas Flemming, Roy Gilmore, Thomas Grisham, Omar Garrison, Charles Helfer, Louis Hower, Keith Hudspeth, Dorsey Hughes, Lee Hughes, Glenn Ivy, Lloyd Jett, Walter Goff, John W. King, Earl Landers, Dewey Landers, John Laurant, Wayne Lewey, Clarence Lipe, Thomas Manly, Harry Manning, Baxter Mansfield, Frank Mansfield, Trueman Mansfield, Wesley Mansfield, Russell Moore, Cecil Murphy, Robert Nesbit, William Rayne, James Rebstock, Andrew Robinson, Henry Rheghi, Or- ville Slagel, Verne Slagel, Ernest Smith, Estel Smith, Lester Smith, Elmer Small George Stevens, Henry Stokes, Jesse Taulbee, Bliss Troutman, William Walls, Chester Westbrook, Jesse Mey, William Hutchins, Ralph Robinson,
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Clyde Taulbee, Hiram Lafavers, Ace Jododi- zuski, John Holmes, Chester Farmer, Floyd Stewart, Aaron Butler, Frank Carter, Palmer Owens, Roy Gossage, Charles White, B. E. Stur- geon, Lloyd Stout, H. P. Owens, Walter Seibert, Otis Waller, and Samuel Maguire.
These were ordered to be divided, for the time, . precedented in its destructiveness, regardless of into two squads, one under command of Captain Tuggle going to Cairo, Ill., and a smaller squad under Sergeants Fath and Dagon going to Thebes.
HOSPITAL CORPS OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT, I. N. G.
Not only ha's Company E been called into actual service, but the sanitary attachment of the Fifth Infantry, also of Hillsboro, and under the command of Maj .. George A. Clotfelter, has been ordered to be divided into small detach- ments and sent to various locations where there are militia, to cooperate with them, and aid them in such hospital and sanitary work as may be necessary.
Those composing the corps, so far as we have been able to learn, are Maj. George A. Clotfelter, Capt. E. M. Echard, first lieutenant, J. R. Neal ; first sergeant, William R. Winkleman; ser- geants, Frank Mason, Raymond Masur, Lester Denton; privates, Warren Canaday, Frank Clower, Glenn Cooper, Oscar Damann, Amos Dort, Elmer Droste, W. O. Owen, Frank Steph- enson, Lemar Wiley, Wayne Williamson, Victor Root, Goble Collins, Emil French, Harden Nel- son, Clem Cress, Elmer Lafavers, Leo Roberts, Welby Collins, Earl Hendricks, and Louis Spin- ner.
The major part of these have been carefully trained under Major Clotfelter, and are prepared to engage in all kinds of hospital and life saving work.
DRAFT STATISTICS.
The statistics compiled as data in regard to the first draft for military service in the World War in Montgomery County, give information as follows: Total registered between the ages of 21 and 31 inclusive, 3,485; total not called, 2,424 ; total called but rejected, 863; total called and accepted, 19S. The nationalities represented include : the United States, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Greece, Italy, Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, Mexico, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Germany.
Almost every industry and occupation are rep- resented, agriculture leading.
THE WORLD WAR.
Another great war, world-wide in extent, un- international treaties, and remorseless in its devastation of life and property, and as immoral and unjustifiable as those of the dark ages, and further destined to have greater force on the world's thought, and the relation of nations, as well as of the geographical lines than all the wars of the past century, has been forced upon us, and we reluctantly add this division to our already long chapter of Military history. The flower of our young manhood has responded to the call of the nation, and gone to the front, not the front of the United States, but the front of Liberty in its struggle against the domina- tion of autocracy, and for the freedom of na- tional rights and individual conscience.
On the first call for registration on June 5, 1917, 3,476 men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one responded, being less than a dozen of the whole number eligible. An ex- emption board for the county was created, con- sisting of Dr. H. A. Seymour and Judge M. J. McMurray of Hillsboro, and Hon. William Webster of Nokomis, and as aids they were given Joe Major, Otta Gannon, Carrie Latham, Nellie Bray, Evelyn Wolfe, Marion Irons, Nora Cutter, Bertha White, Bessie Harkey, and Bliss Seymour.
A government drawing, from those registering, took place on July 20, and following that draw- ing, largely by volunteering, the list to enter the war. on the first call was made up, and is, as nearly as we have been able to secure, as follows :
DRAFT REGISTRATION.
On the date set forth for registration for the purpose of selecting an army from those between twenty-one and thirty-one the men of the county responded magnanimously, and after the sift- ing out process of the Board of Exemption in the first call, 106 of the county's quota of 235 men for the National Army, were selected to send to Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky.
Russel Wesley Brawley, Litchfield; Henry Edw. Bitterburg, Raymond; Joseph McKenna. Nokomis; Guy Louis Farquhar, Litchfield ; Carl
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Ernst, Witt; William G. Cress, Harvel; Earl Bechtel, Harvel; Melville Ray Digman, Noko- mis; Edgar C. Hammond, Irving; Joseph Me- hochko, T. Springs; Joseph P. Spinner, Hills- boro; Hiram G. Robertson, Fillmore; Clar- ence John Pare, Witt; John R. Fox, Witt;
Anthony A. Vapos, Litchfield ; Benjamin Hadley, Irving; Clarence Oral Neatherly, Raymond; William N. Phillips, Panama ; Louis Carlock, Taylor Springs ;
Anton Nicolotti, Witt; Lloyd E. Mathewson, Coffeen; Earl Mar- tin, Raymond; Lawrence E. Hawley, Hillsboro; Christian Bertram, Litchfield; David Lindsay, Nokomis; Tony Ferrari, Panama; George W. Flynn, Litchfield ; Edward B. Hilger, Litchfield; Glen N. Neal, Hillsboro; John H. O. Schoene- wies, Litchfield; Premo Tavan, Panama; John Turchan, Witt; John Mikinda, Nokomis; Eury A. Holliday, Litchfield; Lambert Smalley, But- ler ; Fred R. Duff, Litchfield; Antonia Cruciana, Panama ; Tony F. Harmer, Hillsboro; August H. Cooler, Harvel; Arch A. Bunton, Coffeen ; Ernest L. Broughton, Witt; Stephen E. White, Coffeen; Lloyd E. Sturgeon, Hillsboro; Hiram Jones, Nokomis; William A. Daech, Litchfield; Edward C. Bailey, Litchfield; Oscar L. Hughes, Hillsboro; Frank Haigh, Nokomis; Earl Mien- heimer, Donnellson; Roy Koontz, Litchfield; Dennis Bennett, Witt; Fred William Gangwish, Litchfield; William W. Davis, Litchfield; Ed- ward Gronewald, Litchfield; Walter W. Bocke- witz, Harvel; Ur. Martin Kaegy, Litchfield; Alva C. Bailey, Irving; Frank Codemo, Hills- boro; Mike Chervenack, Jr., T. Springs; Jesse Cornelius Jackson, Panama; Fred E. Eaton, Fillmore; Alvin T. Lee, Litchfield; William Griffin, Litchfield; Joe Moracs, Witt; Martin M. Bray, Litchfield ; Cecil H. Cramer, Litchfield ; Otto C. Steinbick, T. Springs ; John Kacura, No- komis; John Daly, Nokomis; John L. Jones, Cof- feen ; Clarence O. Mitchell, Barnett ; Joseph Ma- jor, Hillsboro; Robert Emmett O'Brien, Litch- field ; Donald B. Davis, Litchfield; John H. Marsh, Waggoner; Maurice Toberman, Fill- more; Parry Sumner Hampton, Donnellson; Ettore Cinotti, Nokomis; William Fines, Noko- mis; Mike Prebeck, Witt; Joseph Miller, Mt. Olive; Paul Blazick, Nokomis; Adrien Charver- on, Hillsboro; John Panieri, Witt; Joseph E. Whalen, Litchfield; Walter Henry Bakeman, Litchfield; Ralph Augustus Bridge, Nokomis; Frank J. McGee, Nokomis ; James Douglas Skel- ton, Litchfield ; Oscar Johnson, Raymond; Claude
D. Reubart, Fillmore; Henry Bias, Harvel; Roy Earl Wefenstette, · Farmersville; Peter Cashin, Waggoner ; George Starkey Stevens, Donnell- son ; James Edgar Long, Walshville; Jesse Joe Meyer, Coffeen; Delbert Gass, Fillmore; Ches- ter L. Hill, Chapman ; Herman Hendricks, Mor- risonville ; John Booher, Coffeen; Henry T. Wempen, Raymond; Clay Rogers, Irving; Ar- thur W. Littleton, Harvel; Wm. L. O'Brien, Litchfield ; Harry Verne Evans, Nokomis; Joseph Pinson, Harry Don Duncan, H. W. Bartling.
The second contingent to go from this county to Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky., who went from Hillsboro, October 3, 1917, were as fol- lows: Willis A. Downs, Irving; Jesse Spangler, Irving ; Henry L. Stockamp, Litchfield; John W. Englehoff, Raymond ; Leo W. Spitzer, Litchfield ; Peter Meyers, Jr., Barnett ; Otto Fritz Monke, Walshville; Arthur C. Edwards, Hillsboro; Dal- las Fardell, Walshvile; Roy M. Emmons, Litch- fied; Roy Hannabarger, Fillmore; William M. Rhoades, Jr., Hillsboro; Mike Jasecko, Witt; Walter J. Meyer, Witt; William McIlheran, No- komis; Thomas Parry, Witt; Lester Phillip Bauers, Nokomis; Claude P. Allen, Litchfield ; Claude Mace, Farmersville; Martin Bashel, No- komis; Arch P. Kinder, Litchfield; Harry Lee Potts, Raymond; Jacob M. Law, Litchfield ; Martin Bote, Nokomis; James Wilton McPher- on, Litchfield; William E. Sharp, Nokomis; June Dammann, Hillsboro; Robert E. Lentz, Hillsboro; Earl D. Brue, Litchfield; Raleigh Scott, Hillsboro; Enrico Cioni, Witt; William Dodds, Nokomis; Cleo Otwell Smith, Hillsboro; Elmer Edwin Rainey, Hillsboro; Homer L. Parkill, Hillsboro; Basil F. Greenwood, Litch- field; Andy Hovenac, Taylor Springs ; Jesse C. Root, Hillsboro; John J. Trainor, Hillsboro ; Thos. G. Jones, Witt; Steve Garuzubek, Litch- field ; Thos. Sommerfield, Witt ; Clarence Homer Denny, Harvel; John Chervinko, Witt; Frank Shopo, Hillsboro; Ray Criswell, Hillsboro; Ben- jamin H. Brockman, Nokomis; Arthur E. Mann, Hillsboro ; George L. Rintz, Austin Petten.
Some of the third contingent was as follows: Agastino Gongals, Taylor Springs; Harten N. Stenzel, Litchfield; William E. Seelback, Ray- mond; Steven E. Cassedy, Litchfield; James Reid, Nokomis; George Barzini, Nokomis; Rob- ert Reed, Nokomis; Edgar D. Groves, Litch- field ; Henry T. Jannsen, Nokomis; Harold W. Charles, Litchfield; William Rasetta, Nokomis; Anthony Caderko, Taylor Springs.
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COMPANY E, FIFTH I. N. G.
Company E, which was composed almost ex- clusively of Montgomery County men, was dis- banded, to make up other organizations, and the men assigned to such divisions as their sery- ices were most needed. The following shows the . service. reassignments in part :
122nd Machine Gun Battalion: Major G. A. Clotfelter, M. C. 130th Infantry ; Captain Ed- mund E. Douglas, M. C .; First-lieut. Julius Seidel, D. C .; Sergeant Hardin Nelson ; privates Charles Clotfelter, Leo Roberts, Welby A. Col- lins, Clement Cress, Oscar Dammann, Amos Dort, Earl Hendricks, Homer A. McHugh, Clark Messimore, Dressor Rice, John Roberts and Louis Spinner.
123rd Machine Gun Battalion: Captain Elmer M. Eckard, M. C .; Sergeant Raymond Masur ; privates Amel French, Homer Harris, Earl Kel- ly, Harold Moyer, John Navarunski, Frank Clower, John Brooks, Harold Wiley.
124th Machine Gun Battalion: First-lieut. John R. Neal, M. C .; Sergeant Frank N. Mason ; privates Walter O. Terry, Warren Canaday, El- mer Droste, Elmer Lefavers, Victor B. Root, Lynn O. Welge, William F. Whitman, and Wayne Williamson ; Sergeant first class, William L. Winkelmann, M. D., 10Sth Field Signal Bat- talion.
Company E will be known as Co. A, 122nd Ma- chine Gun Battalion.
IN FRANCE.
The following from this county are now in France : Kenneth L.' Seymour, Raymond; W. Burress Seymour, Raymond; Phillip Moore, Raymond ; Cecil Crabtree, Raymond ; Lawrence lounker. Raymond; Earl Miller, Raymond ; Robert McAdams, Nokomis; Grey Allen, Noko- mis.
The county is also honored by one woman, Miss Jane R. Anderson, of Butler, who is now in Hospital Battalion 18 in France. ·
AVIATORS.
The following residents of Montgomery Coun- ty belong to the Aviation forces, and are now reported on their way to France: Newell Bar- ringer and Marion C. Smith, of Hillsboro, in the Ninety-second Aero Squadron ; John L. Good, of Hillsboro, in the Twenty-first Aero Squadron,
and Oscar Ludewick, of Hillsboro, in the Twen- ty-fourth Squadron. Joel McDavid, of Hills- boro, is now flying in the training aviation camp at Belleville, Glenn Cooper and Homer Parkill, of Hillsboro, and Richard Matthews and Thomas Smith, of Witt, are also in this branch of the
OTHER FIELDS.
In addition to those attached to the com- panies named, there are others in various posi- tions and commands, a full list of whom we have not at hand, so we can name only a few: Dr. A. W. Lindberg, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Med- ical Corps, from Hillsboro; Dr. Ross Griswold, Medical Corps, now in France, from Litchfield ; Harold Blizzard, Battery 1, Seventh Provisional Regiment, from Coffeen ; Burris Seymour, Com- pany B, Twenty-third Regiment, from Raymond ; Kenneth Seymour, Company B, Twenty-third Regiment, from Raymond; Maj. Walter C. Short, now with General Pershing in France ; William E. Cole, Ft. Sheridan, with Officers' Reserve Corps ; Joel McDavid, in aviation train- ing station at Belleville, from Hillsboro; Carroll McDavid, Ft. Sheridan, Officers' Reserve Corps, from Hillsboro; Dr. R. D. Snerley, lieutenant in Dental Reserve Corps, from Litchfield.
THE RED CROSS MOVEMENT.
This history would not be complete without some account of the heroic work of the "Stay at Homes," hence we give such information as we have at hand, adding that this report is not complete as Litchfield and other points are do- ing their share, and are not here reported as we have not the data at hand. The follow- ing is from the report of the Secretary of the County Red Cross Association :
Treasurer's Report, October 12, 1917. Money Received-
Hillsboro
$1,824.13
Nokomis
709.53
Harvel
156.11
Raymond
249.00
Miscellaneous donation
28.15
Donnellson
158.10
Butler
139.00
Irving
233.78
Coffeen
158.00
Farmersville
377.00
Waggoner
135.00
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Woodside
122.20
Witt
608.00
Fillmore
301.20
Walshville
83.00
Total .$5,282.19
Balance on hand $1,538.08
Disbursements-
Forwarded to headquarters $2,178.50
Returned to Chapters 978.87
Total expenditures, including local ex- penses, supplies and materials. 586.74
Balance on hand 1,438.08
$5,282.19
Motion made, seconded, referred and carried that the report of the treasurer be received and turned over to the proper auditing committee.
Report of the secretary then read and ap- proved as follows :
This report includes all memberships reported to me to date. Probably each branch have on hand some additional members not yet re- ported.
Nokomis: Nokomis 523 annual members, in- cluding 11 charter members, and 13 subscribing members, making a total of 536.
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