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In the midst of his work as chairman of the local board, Mr. Chew was appointed inspector, to visit local boards in various sections of the state where the percentage of registrants in class 1 was either higher or lower than the state's average, and assist such boards in working out plans to bring their aver- age up or down, as the case might be, in order that justice might be done to all registrants in their jurisdiction. In the words of the appointive power, Mr. Chew was selected for this work because of his "experience and diplomacy." He devoted con- siderable time to the work.
Mr. Dove, another member of the local board, later in the year took the training course at "Junior Plattsburg" to fit himself for active military service if called to the colors.
THE REGISTRATION BOARD
Closely allied with the local Exemption Board was the Shelby County Registration Board, created in May, 1917, by the appointment of Sheriff Sidney R. Biggs, County Clerk Ed. R. Allen and F. A. Mart- in of Tower Hill, the latter being the surgeon mem- ber of the board.
To this board was delegated the work of setting up the machinery by which the men designated by President Wilson in his draft proclamation of May 19, 1917, as "those who have attained their 21st . and have not attained their 31st birthday," were to be listed in Shelby County, and others in the sub- sequent registrations. In pursuance of this purpose, the board announced its desire of receiving the names of volunteer registrars. The response was instantaneous. J. A. Biedert, J. E. Rhea and J. R. Snapp, all of Todd's Point Township, were the first men of the county to place themselves at the dis- posal of the government for this work. Others quickly followed, until within ten days from the organization of the Board of Registration, it an- nounced the following complete list of registrars for the thirty precincts of the county, the first named in each precinct being the chief registrar:
Oconee-Harry Hinton, C. P. Diefenthaler, J. A. Hendricks.
Herrick-R. S. Woolard, J. E. Adams, John H. Conrad.
Cold Spring-William Fellers, Chas. F. Hunter.
Tower Hill, Precinct 1-John Warren, W. E. Can- non, M. H. Niel.
Tower Hill, Precinct 2-L. B. Fluckey, Charles Ash, J. P. Wilkinson.
Rural-George Galster, Homer Stilgebour.
Flat Branch-Lewis Kuhle, John McGinley.
Moweaqua-S. S. Clapper, K. R. Snyder, H. R. Gregory.
Dry Point-Clyde Howe, S. S. Lorton, T. Ewing Cherry.
Lakewood-J. H. Eddy, Fred Brant.
Rose-Theo Roessler, J. Frank Stillwell.
Ridge-W. R. Calvert, E. O. Corley.
Pickaway-Homer Reed, Ol Stanley.
Penn-H. G. Stewart, W. B. Lindley.
Holland, Precinct 1-J. K. Hoagland, John Hick- man.
Holland, Precinct 2-J. E. Gallagher, H. O. Clausen.
Shelbyville, Precinct 1-J. C. Willard, Geo. C. Bolinger, A. L. Yantis.
Shelbyville, Precinct 2-Ed Fitzgerald, B. S. Yost, C. T. De Monbrun.
Shelbyville, Precinct 3-J. T. Zimmer, C. B. Man- ning, J. J. Baker.
Okaw, Precinct 1-C. E. Coventry, H. O. Wilson. Okaw, Precinct 2-E. P. Chapman, R. J. Herron. Todd's Point-E. S. Combs, Chas. B. Guin.
Prairie, Precinct 1-Charles Meitzner, John M. Patterson.
Prairie, Precinct 2-Dr. W. F. Holmes, George T. Tull.
Richland-J. H. Weber, Edwin H. Easter.
Windsor, Precinct 1-W. W. Rose, Gaylord W. Moberley, James Barton.
Windsor, Precinct 2-Dexter Mahoney, Ezra Shuck.
Sigel-B. H. Kunkler, Will Paxton.
Big Spring-R. M. Bingaman, Clinton Storm, John M. Smith.
Ash Grove-R. O. Watson, D. A. Richman, By- ron Zimmer.
The personnel of the registration board changed somewhat for the second registration, but many of the men originally appointed continued their service
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as long as there was need for it. A few, but their number was indeed small, signified their desire to collect the four dollars per diem provided by the government where necessary to get service; but these were quickly informed by the board that their assistance would not be required, as the waiting list of men sufficiently patriotic to donate their services was always greater than the need.
Prior to the first registration day, or on June 2, 1917, the Registration Board called in the registrars from all precincts for a school of instruction as to their duties, and practically every man was in the county seat on that day and was coached as to the work required of him on registration day, June 5.
Also in anticipation of registration day, a number of Shelby County boys who were absent or knew they would be on that day, filled out their registra- tion cards wherever they were and sent them to the Registration Board of this county, to be for- warded to the precinct in which their homes were located. The first absentee to register thus was Clifford Schutte of Sigel, who sent his card from Danville to the board and it was forwarded to the Sigel registrars. By June 1 the Registration Board had 89 cards of absentees.
The first registration day was on June 5, 1917. At several points throughout the county it was made the occasion of a patriotic demonstration. This was true in Shelbyville, where Judge James C. Mc Bride, presiding over the June term of the Shelby County Circuit Court, suspended the session for a half hour that he and all others connected with the court might participate in the exercises that took place on the plaza before the county building. A new flag, the gift of State Senator Frank B. Wendling, was raised, a squad from Company H, then on cy- clone duty at Mattoon, came over for the exercises and fired the salute to the flag; Bugler Henry Thompson, also of Company H, blew a salute, the band played "The Star-Spangled Banner," and brief patriotic addresses were made by Ex-Senator Geo. D. Chafee, Attorney F. Roy Dove, Judge J. C. Mc- Bride, Attorney U. G. Ward and Professor H. D. Sparks. The benediction was pronounced by the pioneer minister, Rev. Jasper L. Douthit.
The registration on June 5, with a few belated cards that came in from other boards, totaled 2,172 in Shelby County. By precincts it was as follows:
Oconee
92
Herrick 72
64
Tower Hill, Pct 1.
55
Tower Hill, Pct 2 ..
59
Rural
55
Flat Branch
56
Moweaqua
145
Dry Point.
92
Lakewood
54
Rose
89
Ridge
81
Pickaway
74
Penn
54 .
Holland, Pct. 1.
61
Holland, Pct. 2.
50
Shelbyville, Pct 1.
93
Shelbyville, Pct. 2.
91
Shelbyville, Pct. 3
87
Okaw, Pct. 1.
92
Okaw, Pct. 2 ..
23
Todd's Point
62
Prairie, Pct. 1. 77
Prairie, Pct. 2.
60
Richland
99
Windsor, Pct. 1.
114
Windsor, Pct. 2.
20
Sigel
59
Big Spring.
57
Ash Grove
84
Total
*2,172 ..
*Thirteen additional names
were added later, making the official total 2,185.
Of this total number, 24 were totally disabled; 1,174 indicated they had dependent relatives; 192 claimed occupational exemption, while 760 made no claim whatever for exemption. Three were colored, eight were aliens, and two listed themselves under the head of "legislative, judicial or executive" of- ficers, and therefore exempt from military service at that time.
THE SECOND REGISTRATION
The second registration of Shelby County men took place on Wednesday, June 5, 1918, the anni- versary of the first registration, when all youths who · had reached their 21st birthday since June 5, 1917, were listed.
This registration was directly under the super- vision of the local Exemption Board, which ap- pointed the registrars' and directed all operations. Contrary to the plan pursued in the first registration, booths were not established in all the precincts of the county, but only in central points, where the men of the surrounding territory registered, each at the point most convenient to him. The regis- trars, with the towns in which they took the names of the eligible men, were as follows:
Moweaqua-S. S. Clapper, Ralph W .. Snyder. Westervelt-E. D. Barnett, E. D. Kerr.
Findlay-F. C. Westervelt, R. W. Johnson. Tower Hill-J. P. Wilkinson, C. A. Lowery. Oconee-Ben P. Allen, Charles Diefenthaler. Cowden-B. E. Prater, A. W. Moore.
Clarksburg-J. K. Hoagland, J. W. Prosser. Stewardson-Ralph Voris, A. C. Mautz. Strasburg-John Weber, Wm. W. Engel.
Sigel-S. S. Bigler, Ben H. Kunkler. Windsor-C. C. Firebaugh, R. E. McClain.
Shelbyville-J. J. Baker, A. L. Yantis, Wm. C. Eddy, A. J. Steidley.
Lakewood-J. H. Eddy, Sam D. Price.
Herrick-R. S. Woolard, Edward Bender.
The registration totaled 209 men, and to this num- ber 61 were added by registration on Saturday, Aug. 24. The latter henceforth were reckoned as of the June, 1918, registration. Four of these men, Harry Arterburn, Ralph A. Kircher and Homer T. Welty of Shelbyville and Aloysius F. Fruchtl of Sigel, reached their 21st birthdays on the day of their reg- istration.
THE LAST REGISTRATION
The fourth and last registration of prospective service men of Shelby County took place on Thurs- day, Sept. 12, 1918, when all men who had attained their 18th birthday but had not reached their 46th birthday, were required to register.
The revision of the age limits was made by the authorities at Washington in order to at one stroke place the man-power of the Nation at the disposal of the Commander in Chief, that by such great superiority of numbers the enemy might be over- whelmed and the war brought to a speedy close.
The men of Shelby responded with alacrity, not alone because of the mandate coming out of Wash- ington, but from patriotic motives as well, and a grand total of 3,364 men was listed. Of these, 3,304 were native-born citizens; 28 naturalized citizens; 17 citizens by father's naturalization before registrant's majority; six were declarant aliens; nine non-de- clarant aliens; 3,358 were whites, and 6 were negroes. Of the declarants, those who had taken out their first naturalization papers, three were from England, one's nationality was not indicated, one was from Russia and one from The Netherlands. Of the non- declarants, one was from Belgium, three from Can-
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THE FIRST DRAFT CONTINGENT-CAMP TAYLOR, SEPT. 5, 1917
ada, one from Italy, one from Russia, one from Denmark and two from Austria-Hungary.
It is interesting to note the number of men of the various ages between 18 and 46. The age table shows the following:
Age.
Number.
18
272
19
271
20
227
21
2
22
1
23
1
24
25
Class
I.
737
198
19 to 36 488
237
Class
II.
286
34
41
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Class
III.
85
2
32
1
Class
820
19
718
3
Class
V
133
17
107
5
Totals
2,061
270
1,386
246
THE CONTINGENTS
From Sept. 5, 1917, the date on which the first eight selective service men were assembled in Shel- byville and sent to the training camp, to Nov. 11, 1918, the local board inducted thirty-four contingents of men.
The induction of the first contingent was made the occasion of a great patriotic demonstration in the county seat, with thousands of people present from the county at large. The exercises were under the direction of the Shelbyville Commercial Club, with the local board co-operating. The latter paid special deference to the eight departing men by en- tertaining them at a dinner at the New Neal Hotel, at which several other persons also were present.
CAMP TAYLOR, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1917
Samuel W. West
Homer V. Riley
Harry W. Belles Theodore Morrell
James H. Stringer
Herbert Ruckriegel
Edward L. Helm
Orie O1 Dilley
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Remaining outside class 5, as indicated, 4,857 reg- istrants.
Seven men were inducted subsequent to Oct. 5, 1918.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF MEN
The classifications of men, as reported by the local Exemption Board following the signing of the armistice, was as follows:
June, '17 June-Aug. '18
Sept. '18
18's
26
27
28
29
30
2
32
120
33
196
34
203
35
189
36
193
37
223
38
195
39
178
40
194
41
157
42
190
43
180
44
176
45
183
The official summary of the several registrations shows the following numbers:
June 5, 1917. 2,185
June 5, 1918.
209
August 24, 1918 .. 61
September 12, 1918 ..
3,364
Other official figures from the records show the
following disposition of the men up to Oct. 5, 1918: Inducted (automatically in class 5), 735.
Volunteered after draft law went into effect, 94. Deceased, other than those in camp, 12.
Placed in class 5 by board, 133.
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CAMP TAYLOR, TUESDAY, SEPT. 18. 1917 -Courtesy Shelbyville Democrat
Martin G. Ulmer
Will Lueas
Guy E. Sherwood
Flmer F. Tabbert
William R. Wiley
Wiley Warner
Chas. R. Rosine
John E. Wicker
Morris C. Wallace
Charles H. Strohl
Tracy M. Hoy Austin Mosely
Tames F. Lawhorn
George E. Shipley
Alpha E. Largent
Roma T. Brownlee
Thomas E. Gregory
Clarence Bixler
Grider HI. Moberley
Harry F. Campbell Clo C. Osborne
George Owens
George P. Dowd
Earl K. Lugar
Otto E. Shipley
Carl Holley
Gay Blackstone
Pete G. A. Cutler
John A. Simpson
David F. Hinton
John Serihner
Howard E. Lemons Curtis T. Leaf
Luther J. Ringo
CAMP TAYLOR, TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 1917
Cloyd Wright
Linder Milligan
Ifenry Anderson
Calvin Butler
Isom Gransor Stalcup
Birney S. Ilite
Jacob Perry Harry T. Culberson
John A. Towers
Clyde Briggs
Rennie L. Frazier
Jaek Horn
Earl Johnson
Lloyd A. Johnson
Elza Dodson
Fred M. Martin
Edgar Leon Whitlatch
Jesse Mars
Harlin Leon Askins
Wm. Ray Perry
Fred C. Curtis
Charlie Monroe Neal
Roy R. Pureell
Garland J. Storm
Charles Brown
Joseph Lamb
Gilbert T. Delaney
Claude F. Phipps
Walter E. Norberg
Vivian Roadarmel
Charles Edward Reaman
John W. Farris
Foster B. Storm
ORDNANCE TRAINING, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 1918 O. Stanley Smith
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1918
Delbert Warren Jones Rollie Edgar Mose
Arthur Herman Swanson Robert Erwin Nichols
Thomas Stephen Jester
George Sigler
David Bennett Hill
Roche C. Gordon
Vollie L. Tressler Lauranee Gleason Glenn II. Hunt
CAMP TAYLOR, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1918 Melvin A. Staab George A. Fouste Edwin W. Engel
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1918
Benj. O. Heitmeyer
John J. Campbell
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1918
Frank McIntire
Reman H. Harlan
Ilorace J. Clerk Verne Howard Coffman
CAMP TAYLOR, SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 1918
Frank H. Barnett George J. Shaw
C. T. Weakley Raymond Kingston
Lester Gordon Orval C. Metzger
Otto O. West Samuel C. Brauer
Scott E. Giles William E. Rominger
George E. Agney
Emert Frailey
Albert H. Woods
Charles L. Meredith
Roscoe B. Walker
Joseph Eash
Eddie Batson
Leslie Milford
Andrew E. Ruff
Edward F. Fox
Murphy A. Herron
Herman T. Bruns
James Irl Darst
Edler E. Johnson
Orville W. Hinton
William R. Beck
Norvell Garrett
Otto L. Swanson
John Emery Frost
Guy E. Morford
Gustav H. Cress
Charles Virgil Suttles
Warren S. Bivins
John G. Rakers
Hershel Bateman
Nelson W. Moss
Ralph Horn
William J. Helleman
Boyd Bridges
Ray E. Dush
Floyd Aneil Christy
Truman A. Hayward
Ivan P. Abbott
Amace Earl Smith Carl H. Gatchell
Lawrence E. Heitmeyer
Areh E. Dill
Reason J. Davis
Miles Hinton
Harley P. Ragan
Howard C. Hastings
Irvin T. Sehroek
Norman R. Wallace
Ray Young Ira S. Baird
George Butcher George E. Bayless
Earl A. Smith
John I .. Schutte Howard M. Doyle
John F. Taniges
John L. Fluga
Jehu B. Donnell Elmer Fritz
Herman T. Yoakum
Batsie A. Godwin
Barney C. Holthaus George F. Furr
Henry C. Lading
Elmer Wiley
John H. Raker
Orlando F. Patient Elgin T. Swiney
Walter O. Welsh Willis H. Wirey
Wm. H. Stevens
Lawrence H. Sudcamp
John F. Hott
Tohn E. Stapleton
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Walter A. Cushman
Harley Gill
Noah W. Shride
William Otto Curry Lewis Brown
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THIRTY-THREE MEN TO CAMP TAYLOR, OCT. 2, 1917
BRADLEY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, PEORIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918
Jesse L. Tallman Russell H. Chapman Verner Eiler
CAMP DIX, WRIGHTSTOWN, N. J., TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1918
Lawrence Horn
Melton Jerrold
Charles C. Engel
Emery Largent
Harry Elliott Phillip Lamson
Roy Sills
Jesse J. Chapman
William E. Sarver
Fred Leonard Severns
Grover C. Storm
Merritt Nance
Maxwell Pugsley
Warren R. Stephens
John D. Sarver Benj. Largent
Don C. Walker
Michael Roberts
Mell Banning
Ilomer G. Fowler
Clarence L. Miller.
William L. Owens
Orval J. Sprague
J. C. Osterday
Mahlon Tidd
Vern C. Powell
Charles D. Williams
James F. Robey
Charles O. Workman
William R. Reynolds
Ralph Williams
Roy Algood
Walter L. Severe
Robert L. Brownback
William E. Stucker
Arthur R. Fouste
Thomas J. Farris
Clarence Benfield
Adolph G. Schwerdt
Claud Cyrus Barr
Sadi Viseur
Rex Henry Bechtel
John C. Winnings
William S. Burnett
Ralph C. Waters
Charles Cameron
Justin Aloysius Domas
John P. Fought
JEFFERSON BARRACKS, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918
Grant Bechtel
Earl E. Cohoon
Decie Ditzler
Esco Dill
J. B. Duckett Joseph W. Fought
Chas. W. Flesch
Calvin Head
Cecil Hemphill Arthur Edward King
Louie J. Kruger
Chas. E. Mills
Wm. S. Macklin
John Carey Kuhl William A. Ludwig
Charles L. Montonye Ira P. Nichols
Hubert Pike Clifford A. Rodgers
John Leonard Stretch
Arthur Tull
Maurice A. Sullivan
Earl Stansberry
Delmar Lewis Tucker
Anson McD. Wilson
Orion R. Welty
Cecil Wanus
Ledger M. Storm
Paul K. Theobald
Walter S. Carpenter
Raymond L. Thompson
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CAMP SHELBY, HATTIESBURG, MISS., MON- DAY, MAY 27, 1918
John Allen Leslie E. Cox
Thomas Anderson
Earl E. Cheatham
William R. Bowman Clyde A. Compton
Chester F. Bethards
Everett L. Davis
Elza Franklin Ginger
Press Beard
Forrest Griffith
Earl S. Campbell Robert Riley Hulett
John W. Cummings
Ernest B. Cosart
Lester C. Cannon
Conrad Dobson
William J. Daugherty
Charles Thomas McIntosh
Ernest C. Graham
John Matthews
Ervin Hulett
Fred HI. Miller
E. Wallace Holin
Ed II. Ostermeier
Harry A. Hood James A. Page
Albert V. Horn
Stephen Roy Portwood
Claud D. Lugar
Harley E. Reynolds
Bernard J. Moberly
Lloyd Read
Henry G. Mueller
Henry A. Rozene
Tesse W. Mays
Chester W. Sphar
Charles Wilson Bertie N. Bryson
Emanuel L. Taylor Esco C. Jones
William Whitrock
George B. Roberts
Guy E. Krieble
Jesse B. Bright
John A. McCoy
Elmer Dodson
William L. Waters
Bert O. Spates George E. Moore Roscoe Tony Clark
Robin Stamper Charles Meitzner
Samuel Jackson
Rollie W. Larimore
FORT THOMAS, KY., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29,
1918
Jacoh Lester Bennett
Forrest Brown
Bertie A. Brown Walter J. Brophy
Paul L. Bixler Pete Credi
Arthur R. Clow
Harry Lance Dill
Orion E. Elliott Edwin H. Faster
John Floski
Earl T. Geer
Richard Gregory
Morris Hancock
Bert H. Helton Grover C. Horn
Wm. F. Moore Mindie Orr John R. O'Neil
Ellsworth Perry
Chas. Rittgers
Clarence Suttles Roy H. Satterthwaite
Garrett H. Young
William H. Hays
Harley Wesley Hoy
William Otto Lockhard
Fred E. Lemons
James Raymond Powell Glenn G. Austin Harry E. Storm
Alva C. Forquer
Henry Popendicker
Vernon C. Leo
Ross A. Blair
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ELEVEN MEN TO FT. OGLETHORPE, GA., JAN. 10, 1918
FORT THOMAS, KY., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 Jess Bland Tony D. Ethridge Charles H. Poole
Clyde E. How Ward A. Phillips Roy Venters
Grover Weathers
LEWIS INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, MAY 16, 1918
Everett E. Douthit
BRADLEY INSTITUTE, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1918
Harold E. Rosenberg George W. Williams
Charles Throckmorton
VALPARAISO, IND., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918 Orley P. Hilsabeck John H. Mauzey
RAHE AUTO SCHOOL, KANSAS CITY, MO., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918
Haldon B. Ayars John T. Kensil Otto Garrett
Guy H. Bridgman Lester N. Mowry Cecil S. Hudson
Samuel H. Cartmell Albert L. Barth Forrest W. Manning
Ross W. Henry Howard Bridgman Horace B. Whitaker Howard M. Woolard
VANCOUVER, WASH., SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1918 Orthie E. Coffman
FORT MONROE, VA., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918 Luther F. Simpson
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SYRACUSE, N. Y. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918
Leo B Dust Thomas A. Pierce
William L. Kelly Daniel A. Smith Philip L. Cutler
LEWIS INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, ILL., WED-
NESDAY, AUG. 14, 1918
Floyd L. Biggs Earl W. Nichols
ARMOUR INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, ILL., SAT-
URDAY, AUG. 31, 1918
Ervil E. Duckett James Claud Slater
CAMP GRANT, ROCKFORD, ILL., TUESDAY,
SEPT. 3, 1918
Ralph E. Navis Charles H. Sexson
Jesse Gill Robert Gill Edward Price James F. Stivison
Clem E. Hofman Charles E. Reiss William F. Tull
Walter Senn Hoover
CAMP FORREST, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1918 William Clucas William H. Thomas Hubert Turner Earl Bryan Tull James Tucker*
John A. Metzger
John Pollman Harry Earl Waltrip Joe Whitrock
Edward C. Schoch
CAMP CUSTER, MICH., THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1918
Thomas E. Alward Harry E. Riley
W. J. Ashenbremer Edward Hartman
George H. Banks Earl Helton
Homer E. Banning Harry Hilliard
Thomas F. Barding Edward Hoehn
Theodore C. Bigler George C. Hott
Arthur L. Boldt W. O. Humphrey
Dale F. Boyer Grover C. Johnson
M. H. Bridgewater Earnest E. Brown Ray W. Carpenter Glenn Carroll
James R. Christy
Lester O. Curry
Henry T. Curtis
Raymond Denier
Harland Dickinson
Robert J. Dobbs
Hansel E. Dush
Chas. Cyrus Engel Cecil B. Francisco William H. Fritz
John Getz
Clarence Griffin
Oba L. Guthrie
Irvin Hardin
Noble Moore Wm. J. H. Koester James E. Lee E. B. McClellan
Raymond L. Ward Lester Winnings Ray C. Woodworth Harry Arterburn
CAMP GRANT, ROCKFORD, ILL., SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1918 Burley C. Westenhaver
ARMOUR INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, ILL., FRI- DAY, SEPT. 13, 1918
John R. Wilson Welling Bolt
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, MOOSEHEART, ILL., WED., SEPT. 18, 1918 Orlie Lester Eversole
JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MO., MONDAY, SEPT. 23, 1918
Morris O. Dihel William C. Eddy
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, WEDNES- DAY EVENING, AUG. 14, 1918
Hugh M. Wortman Orville Eversole
C. O. T. S. FIELD ARTILLERY, CAMP TAY- LOR, KY., THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1918 William Frederick Aichele
Harry C. McDonald
John D. McGrath James Burl Moon Louis R. Mose
Raymond F. Mose Martin H. Mueller Richard N. Noling Martin J. Nippe
William C. Johnson Raymond Noling
William E. Jones Chris M. Kircher
Howard R. Ordell Russell T. Orberg
Carlos M. Perryman Earl Pricc
James O. Price
Everett Scroggins Dwight M. Snell
Charles W. Stone John H. Swanson Curt H. Thompson Arthur Unruh
Ernest M. Weber
Douglas Stewardson Joseph H. Sudkamp Oscar Thomas
Roy Williams Chas. S. Yarbrough Martin Tiemann
Robert Hardin
William E. Harrison
Charles C. Klauser Charles A. Roessler William A. · Sanner
Hugo F. L. Rechlin Alva O. Reynolds Irvin W. Rozene Harrison G. Sidener Harry Sexson
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FIFTY-SEVEN MEN TO CAMP DIX, WRIGHTSTOWN, N. J., APRIL 30, 1918 Legal Advisory Board
An important arm of the selective service ma- chinery in Shelby County was the Legal Advisory Board, the prime duty of which was to assist the registrants in properly filling out their question- naires and advising them about matters pertaining to their service. The board was created Dec. 19, 1917, by the appointment of Attorney Geo. B. Rhoads, chairman, and Attorneys W. L. Kelley and Robert I. Pugh associate members. Later, when Mr. Kelley entered the service, he was superseded by R. T. Eddy. The board organized and imme- diately appointed all members of the Shelby County Bar associate members. These members, including Attorneys W. H. Chew and F. R. Dove, members of the local Exemption Board, were: Attorneys J. J. Baker D. A. Milligan W. E. Lowe
W. C. Headen Milton Barbee J. E. Dazey R. T. Eddy.
W. H. Ragan S. S. Clapper
Robert Jarnagin William Baum
R. R. Parrish
W. H. Whitaker G. D. Chafee
William H. Craig E. A. Richardson W. B. Townsend
J. E. Crockett W. O. Wallace Walter Rose
George M. Hudson T. C. Dove L. C. Westervelt
U. G. Ward A. L. Yantis
The work of the Board grew rapidly, and as it in- creased branches were organized over the county and soon there were associate members in every town. The list of such who took the oath of office and gave considerable time to the work of the Board, is as follows:
SHELBYVILLE
Elza C. Smith John W. Yantis
E. A. Johnston
Chas. W. Waggoner E. R. Knecht
John A. Tracy J. E. Kieffer L. R. Tallman Cecil T. DeMonbrun W. H. Wyckoff
James F. Kull L. B. Weber Henry Faster, Jr.
George B. Kull Martin Kull
John C. Quinn Benjamin Doll P. H. McClory
O. A. Jewett R. N. Thompson Edward Cosart D. R. Walter James W. Jones F. M. Morgan
S. S. Lorton B. E. Prater
Leo Perryman Rollo R. McMillen
Edward Nance
A. W. Moore
Stuart Nance
Bert W. Lester C. A. Moore Dudley Cosart
John B. McCauley
E. P. Ziegler
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SIGEL
X. B. Dougherty
C. J. Simmons
William L. Quatman
George R. Dunlap Joseph B. Gier
B. H. Kunkler
Edward L. Wittkopp
CLARKSBURG
John K. Hoagland E. C. Graybill
TOWER HILL
Charles A. Lowery O. C. Maze
HERRICK
L. C. Kessler J. A. Hadley H. S. Stafford H. O. Kesler
Burl Corley
C. B. Latimer
WINDSOR
Dean Parrill
Joseph H. Dunscomb
A. W. Askins E. S. Combs
1Tugh S. Lilly W. G. Rice W. W. Griffith FINDLAY Thomas C. Birkett O. E. Stumpf
LAKEWOOD J. II. Eddy
Sam D. Price L. F. Parr C. A. Askins
MODE
R. A. Groves
Roy C. Fleming
Frank Larimer
A. C. Mautz Elmer Streng
STEWARDSON R. A. Peters H. H. York, Jr.
J. C. Duddlesten MOWEAQUA K. R. Snyder TROWBRIDGE R. M. Bingaman Frank Kennedy Joseph W. McClory James F. Hughes
COWDEN
John M. Heslin
William Harris O. O. Barker Frank D. Parker STRASBURG A. M. Boling M. R. Storm
C. F. Lee
C. W. Wallace
J. C. Willard W. C. Kelley A. J. Steidley W. W. Hartsell
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-Courtesy Shelbyville Democrat .
FIFTEEN MEN FOR SPECIAL TRAINING, JUNE 14, 1918
TEN MEN TO CAMP FORREST, GA., SEPT. 5, 1918 -Courtesy Shelbyville Democrat
-Courtesy Shelbyville Democrat LIMITED SERVICE MEN, FOR CAMP GRANT, SEPT. 3, 1918
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