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World War I, in Jennings County


US declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.

    On May 18, 1917, the Selective Service Act was passed authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States. The Selective Service System, under the office of the Provost Marshal General, was responsible for the process of selecting men for induction into the military service, from the initial registration to the actual delivery of men to military training camps.
    The Selective Service System was one of "supervised decentralization." The office of the Provost Marshal General in Washington was responsible for formulating policy and transmitting it to the governors of the 48 states, the District of Columbia and the territories of Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Under the administration of the PMGO it was the states, territories and the District of Columbia which managed the operation of drafting men for military service in World War I.
    Under the office of the Provost Marshal General the Selective Service System was made up of 52 states (or territories) and 4,648 local boards. These organizations were responsible for registering men, classifying them, taking into consideration needs for manpower in certain industries and in agriculture, as well as certain special family situations of the registrants; handling any appeals of these classifications; determining the medical fitness of individual registrants; determining the order in which registrants would be called; calling registrants; and placing them on trains to training centers.
    District boards were established by the President (one or more for each Federal Judical District). The average district board had jurisdiction over approximately 30 local boards, each with an average registration of 5,000 men. The district boards had appellate jurisdiction over the decision of local boards in some claims and original jurisdiction in others.
    Local boards were established for each county or similar subdivision in each state, and for each 30,000 persons (approximately) in each city or county with a population over 30,000. The local boards were charged with the registration, determination of order and serial numbers, classification, call and entrainment of draftees.
    During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. The second, on June 5, 1918, registered those who attained age 21 after June 5, 1917. (A supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918, for those becoming 21 years old after June 5, 1918. This was included in the second registration.) The third registration was held on September 12, 1918, for men age 18 through 45.

June 21, 1917 the North Vernon Sun
Listed the following men who had registered for the Draft - by Township & Precinct

Bigger Township
Precinct North
Ralph E. Anderson Joseph R. Conboy Pleasant Patrick Davis Frank C. Etter James A. Fry
Robert S. Fry Homer E. Fry Richard R. Grinstead Arthur Jay Hayden Asa Ellsworth Haney
Solomon E. Losey Walter C. Lough Earl Mills Earlest Loren Morgan John E. McDonald
Claudius E. Ralstin Joseph H. Schonfield John Franklin Sullivan Rolland E. Stine Jullius Sullivan
Colonel O. Stout Bedford W. Sprowl

Bigger Township
Precinct South
Lonnie Adams Glen Boder Bowers Duther Bailey Burris Brandenburg Clarence Harvey Dilk
Russell Estell Ernest Fewell Clarence C. Forward Henry Fox Clifford W. Fewell
Conard E. Hughes Roy Lee Kinnear James William Morris Clyde E. Paugh Joseph Peterman
Ralph Richey Perry Russell William Schonfield Charles H. Sawyer Charles E. Smith
Russell E. Stell Paul Thompson Neiland R. Tatem

Campbell Township
Butlerville Precinct
John H. Arney Charles H. Anderson Obey M. Allen Lewis E. Brougher John Boyd
Dennis H. Boyd Arthur Porter Beck Charles Beck Walter S. Denton Roman Ebbing
Russell B. Eskins Charles Elliott Harry Goforth Floyd H. Gerber Floyd Hough
Fred C. Huckelberry Orin Jessup Alvin Fellows John E. Kenens Charles Lemmer
Roy Leahigh Albert Laherty Jesse Meyer Charles E. Murphy Richard Matlock
Martin W. McCaulou Wallace O. Poole Herber A. Phillips O.W. Rees Earl Shelton
Roy Shelton Ezra Stanley Herbert L. Whitcomb Everett E. White Arvine Wilson
Harry A. Wildey

Campbell Township
Nebraska Precinct
Charles E. Becraft Ray Beach Arthur Black Adrian Victor Clement Urban Lewis Clement
Glen Cox Phillip S. Davidson Lee Grinstead Emmett H. Jackson Willard Leahigh
Emmerson Mathews Walter R. Nighbert Elmer R. Nighbert Bruce Renfron Fred Struben
Edward Tyler Charles Woolf Robert Woolf

Center Township
Precinct No. 1
Roscoe L. Atwood Herbert Goff Bevis Ralph Earl Boyle Bert Baker Harvey Roy Cline
William Colbert Edward Chambers Virgil Clarkson Albert C. Doney Edgar B. Downs
George S. Day Ruben Day John Harvey Green Harvey S. Grow Charles H. Green
Charles Hudson Hill Joseph M. Huffington Leonard George Hallawell Elbert Davis Hill William Haight
Warren Algrich Hallock Roe Hudson Lee Walter Johnson Everett Avery Kelley Fred Kelley
James William Lancaster Cyril Edward Leeds Roy James Morgan Frank M. McCaslin Mort R. McCaslin
Frank McCleland Charles Owings Gilbert Owens William Pharis Owings Verne Maxwell Rice
Walter Louis Reichle James Stuart Randall Clyde Earl Rubottom Robert Lee Russell Floyd A. Roush
Maurice Littell Smith Otis Arthur Swaney Oliver Sandford Simmonds George Ernest Staples Clarence M. Stearns
John Dudley Stemm William E. Sheets Herbert R. Silver Arthur Edward Shinolt Lawrence Dudley Shoemaker
Fred LeRoy Schuyler Albert Ernest Smith George T. Thomas Clarence A. Talkington Roger Arnold Tripp
Jesse Roland Vance Ernest Tripp Verbarg Clendis Beverly Wilson James Willard Wilson Ernest F. West
Marvin Byron Watkins Joseph E. Winsor Clarence Victor Yager Graham Roye Young

Center Township
Precinct No. 2
Frank Hukill Adams Herman Frederick Auerswald Charles S. Albert Edward H. Blair Ronald T. Ball
George H. Buchanan Herbert Bernard J. Bacher William Bertman Mose Bertman Christian Beck
Homer Lawrence Blankenship Raymond Brooks John L. Coquerille George H. Canfield James A. Carter
William H. Clements William Cannon Marcus R. Connelly Fern Colbert Levy Colbert
Forrest Campfield Edward Day Charles Frederick Driver George Washington Driver Fletcher Dowd
Vern Davis Merl Dickason Earl Vincent Egler Aaron Edward Euler Hobart G. Beck
William Andrey Ertel Edward W. Eder Hobart Nelson Evans Clarence F. Ewbank Chas. Gregor Flecker
Roscoe H. Ferverda George Washington Fiedler Frank Fields Roy A. Fennimore Forest Fields
William D. Fiedler Charles Albert Gares Ersa F. Gooding Howard C. Green Isaac Gindler
Euclid T. Gaddy John C. Hutchings Will John Haney Bert Leroy Hudson Leo Webb Hudson
Joseph Horstman Silas Hartwell Fred Hartwell Earl Herche Fred James Haney
Chas. Joseph Haney John Craig Irvine Ira Jonas Klett John L. King Geo. William Klein
Will John LeGrand John Lancaster Chas. Harold Long Francis M. Lauth Thomas Lewis Lee
Lawrence Mehling Edward Murphy Fred Stearns Matthews Carey Ryker Macdonnell Homer L. Matthews
John Martin Grover C. More Thomas John Murphy Frank McGill Donald Samuel McLeod
John Willard Noon Clarence Theo O'Haver Glendale Perry Edgar Andrew Platter Fred Possman
Albert Rosenberger, Jr. Harold Lewis Stearns Benjamin F. Stagman Woodford Albert Stearns Earnest W. Swift
Ernest H. Semm Simeon I. Stearns Lawrence Everett Sprickerhoff Otto Talkington Oscar V. Vance
Eugene Kenneth Vance Anton H. Wegener Archibald Wood James Wood, Jr. Edward L. Weisenbach
Corbett Whitehead Claude Wm. Youngblood Victor Zimmerman

Center Township
Precinct No. 3
Charles Newton Anderson John Lewis Ashby William Walter Barton Chester Lamont Bridges Roy Barlow
Albert Barlow John I. Booher Charles Alfred Bushel Vernando Isaac Carey James Roscoe Carlock
Thomas Michael Clerkin Cecil Carson Stanley Edgar Duffy Walter Day Ben J. Ernstes
Louis George Eder Carl Herman Funke Silas Fox Fred James Fields Jacob Foga
Leo Peter Flecker Edward Joseph Hester John Roscoe Holland Everett Burt Hughes John Herche
William Joseph Haag Bruce Herbert Willard Walter Jones Lora Albert Johnson Basil King
Carl John Krein Ernest Klingner Henry Washington Krein Harrison Kelley Edward Bernard Kirchner
Otto Funke Fred Clark Lockwood Ralph H. Linkhart Frank L. Long Leo Joseph Lee
Arthur Miles Clarence Ludlow Morgan Ferdie Miller Elmer Perry McMonigle John Walter McFadden
George W. McLaughlin Harry Herbert McCaslin Bert Fitzgerald Roberts Fred Carl Rapp James Ross
Eli Sherman Robertson William Riley Ross Perley Russel John Henry Riplinger Robert Sadler
LeRoy Smith Ernest Luie Shedd William South Ezra Thomas Carl Wilkerson
Charles Scott Willman Earl Woolman Cecil Wildey Alvin Jacob Wetzel Chester Leroy Wildey
Russell Wildey Gus Webster Orlan Rood Wilson Stanley Emil Wirth Earl Willman
Harry Huddleston

Center Township
Precinct No. 4
Arthur Immanuel Anderson Walter Baker Lester Joseph Cathey Raymond Chester Beck Leo Dennis Clerkin
Joseph Roy Davis Howard Downs Edward John Ditlinger George Elmer Davis John Elmer Everhart
Charles Luther Grubbs Albert Grubbs Hugh Monroe Gibson Willard John Gloye William Herche
Samuel VanDyke Hale Frank Hock Clarence Monroe Hyte Benjamin Arthur Higgins Floyd Hamilton
Francis Henry Joines Thomas Resse Jeffords Carl Juengst George H. King William Kelso
William Edward Ketcham Vernon Cecil Kutchback Myron Scott King Erven Large Jacob Large
Robert Ledford Andy John Meyer Joe Miner, Jr. Harold Hiram Mitchell Albert Anthony Miller
George Henry Miller Clarence Leroy McCauley John Daniel McCauley Charles Elliott Nelson Homer Francis Ogden
John Louis Pool Henry George Schuck Albert C. Schierling Fred Thomas Schulthies Walter J. Schierling
George Landon Stout Arthur Edward Siener John Albert Sparks Charles Walter Siener Jacob Carl Thenis
Lester Thomas Charles Walter Vaughn Leonard Weber, Jr. Albert Sullivan Wolfe Curtis Whitehead
Samuel Richard Woolman William Tyler Wilkerson Thomas Corwin Worland Earl Lester Young John Lambert Young
Geo. H. Ebbing Herman Werner Ebbing Frank Skinner Walter Wildey

Columbia Township
Precinct No. 1. North
John Celie Allee Wm. Henry Black Arthur Beaty John Elmer Black Leroy Lincoln Cook
Walter Cruser Ben. J. Dickhoff Louis J. Dickhoff Joseph B. Dickhoff John W. Evans
Fred C. Ernstes Jesse Farris Ben Griner Benj. Hull Earl Hendricks
John Johnson Ira Elmer Jordan Everet Manlief Clem E. Montgomery Frank M. Montgomery
Leo F. Montgomery Earnie Ponsler Lawrence O. Pickett Ora Pickett William F. Rogers
Frank Reynolds Ira Raymond Smith Harry Owens Smith Sidney Smith Seth M. Shinolt
James Steining Ray J. Sutton Clarence F. Tower Joe Tatman Charles T. Tiffany
Matthews D. Woods Raymond O. Woods Henry Young Scott York Roman Zapfe
Albert Zapfe

Columbia Township
Precinct No. 2. South
Daniel W. Blackburn R.H. Brumfield Newton Buchanan Jesse F. Burgess John R. Barnes
Roy L. Boswell Leroy Campbell Ollie E. Campbell William H. Dillard Joseph A. Hamilton
Joseph A. Hill Clyde C. Hinds John E. Johnson Micheal A. Kline John A. Low
Samuel R. Moore Jacob J. Ponsler Albert F. Price John A. Ralston Herbert E. Sporleder
Ernest C. Smith William E. Schneider Benjamin H Spear Peter C. Schneider Roy F. Sutton
Roy Sporleder Henry H. Speer John W. Troutman

Geneva Township
Precinct No. 1
John C. Amick Roy Beesley Vance S. Curtis Charles E. Clayton George A. Cooper
Marvin H. Clayton Leo Dieringer James Emly Guy M. Hazard Homer S. Hulse
Calvert H. Kelly Clinton E. Legg Harry Mote Roscoe Olds Floyd D. Perry
Ernest G. Roy James F. Ritz John C. Rockey Roe T. Sarber Walter S. Shilnolt
Edward L. Tierney William F. Tierney John L. Tierney Forest F. Unrue Ora O. Wilds
Edward Wilds William N. Wilkerson James Wilds George W. Wilson Thomas Youngs

Geneva Township
Precinct No. 2
Shelby Allen C.J. Adams James C. Brooks Faun O. Barriger John R. Collins
Harry B. Crippen Clarence F. Davis Arthur C. Davis Perry Easter Arvil Foist
Freeman R. Ferrenberg Carl Foist John R. Greathouse Wallace A. Hines Norval L. Hines
Mark E. Hammond John B. Hoskins Samuel H. Little Leonard C. Miller Urven Manley
Horace H. Manley Q.E. Miller Claude Polland Russell Smith Ormal G. Sealock
Edgar Sharp James H. Sanders Randolph W. Smith Joe Welch Robert M. Wiley

Geneva Township
Precinct No. 3
Horace S. Adams Marion H. Amick George E. Amick Fred C. Ammerman Chester Amick
John Byron David C. Banister S. Leroy Carson Walter Clayton Stanton K. Clapp
Roy Carson Ernest Cain Fred Combs Everett A. Carson Carnes John Carnes
John Day James Davis Harry A. Davis Virgil L. Findley Ottis Ray Gividen
Harry A. Galbraith W.H. Hanaway Jesse W. Hubbard Roy F. Haerne Harrison C. Hook
Will H. Hall Joseph Hook Forrest Ray Hearne Perry Jones Archie A. Long
Willard Milholland Cleo Miller George W. Neal Frank Patton Elmer Quick
Elmer J. Smith Carl Shaw Everet Sweany Wm. A. Schoentrup Chauncey Tuttle
John R. Thompson Charles R. Tuttle Arlie S. Tomlinson Horace C. Underwood W.T. Vancamp
Albert Welch Clarence S. Wilkerson James H. Carter

Marion Township
Precinct No. 1
John James Allyn Homer Bridges Hollis Brooks Roy Dayton Bridges Carl Bridges
James Stevie Combs Jacob Downs Berlie Curtis Dart Harold Robert Donnell Samuel Clifford Deputy
Fred Omer Donnel Carl D. Deputy Vernie Marshall Deputy Irby Curtis Deputy Charles Irvin Derringer
Samuel Harrison Eacret Hamilton Kasper Foster Floyd Everett Gruber Merrit Hien Hollis Johnson
Frank Ernest Johnson Charles Emerson Keith Alfred Roscoe Kinder Ira Raymond Kinder Henry Krenning
James Arthur Kinder Clarence Allen Kysar John Kain Fred Farr Lowry Charles Walter Lewis
Benjamin Franklin Lewis William Harold Marling Alfred Moore Delmar Mousa Albert McCammon
Allen LeRoy McIntire Levi Clarence Olderson Thomas Orille Peacock William Wells Robinson Cecil Ross
Roscoe Randolph Ross Adna Green Richardson Ernest Lawrence Southerland Freeman Hugo Spall William Albert Sparks
Fred Milford Sparks Velmer Harbin Slarp Wilmer Spall Fred Trapp Clifford Tribbett
Ivan F. Tobias Seth Ernest Tobias Elton Wetzel Fred Everett Wise Louis Orval Wetzel
Ira Walter Wells Alfred Henry Wetzel Boyd Sage

Montgomery Township
Precinct No. 1
William Blades Arthur L. Bailey Albert E. Bridges William C. Bridges Homer W. Burtch
Frank Bowne Maurice Bonesteel Chauncey Buchanan Howard W. Corya Melvin C. Corya
Ira Homer Corya Hubert Cain William Henry Carson George E. Deputy John Logan Dixon
Murray G. Eador Burle S. Eador Lewis C. Finch Ray E. Fansler Arnold R. Humphrey
Ernest J. Hudson John W. Humphrey Lee O. Johnson Everett Keys Ennis Kain
John P. Kysar Guy Emerson Law Clarence Landon Robert Lambert Raymond Maupin
Otto W. Malcomb Leo Malcomb William Conway Martin Roy Nixon Roy Ray
Lloyd Seegers Claude M. Tracey Virgil Lee Vanarsdall Chauncey Buchanan

Sand Creek Township
No. 1. East
Levi Black John Bias William W. Carey Cecil I. Clarkson Edner Cooper
Asa Cassill Herman Daeger Albert Daeger Clarence Day Lester H. Dixon
Charles Dierringer Charles T. Ferdinand George C. Grunert George J. Haag John E. Kellar
Kern P. Kellar F.M. Low Paul Matern Robert McCammon Kelsie Richel
Earl Rogers Thomas S. Starkey Irvin Tungett

Sand Creek Township
No. 2, West
John Frederick Dieringer Roscoe Everroad Clarence O. Fredenburg James Gootee Alfred A. Hooker
John N. Kane Paul Lewis Ray Curtis Pike Clarence R. Parks Roger Asa Pence
Guy Lester Parks Lewis Ardery Pool John Clark Renn Robert Roy Roane William Grover Milholland

Spencer Township
Precinct No. 1. North
John C. Armstrong Guy Charles Beatty Alfred Earl Baumgartner Oda Elmer Coffey Rolla Harrison Darringer
Burt William Foreman John Edward George John Hancock William G. Hall Odus Daniel Irwin
Earl Kelley Walter Dale Legg Roy Martin Larabee Charles Ray Long George W. Miller
John Ross Harry Ritz Ezra Beunet Ringer Frank Jacob Reichle Claude Albert Ritz
Ray Redding Noah Henry Taylor Willard Manfred Wohrer John William Whitcomb Everett Woodson
Fielding Estay Wohrer

Spencer Towhship
Precinct No. 2. South
William Adolph Estel Barnes Edward Baker Walter Barkman Luther Bedel
Claude Beedle Howard Crockett Lloyd Downs Henry Elsner William Fisher
Frank Fisher Henry Haines John Hauersperger Albert Hauersperger Rev. Henry O. Hunger
William Hale Charles Harrell Lee Johnson Francis Maschino Victor Maschino
August J. Elsner Raymond Mote Orion O. Martin L.I. Marsh Henry Maschino
Dolph Nealis Roy Nordloh Everett Ream Herbert Riordan Loyd Rich
Leo Richart John Sullivan Robert Stanton Edward Schafer Andrew Speck
Howard Tate Andrew Updike Nicholas Vogel George West William Walker
Geo. Fergus Bandeen

Vernon Township
No. 1 East
Valentine Joseph Biehle William Scott Bowerly Thomas Franklin Bowerly Jesse Oliver Burbank Irvin Bolden
Clifton Arthur Castor Joseph Homer Clarkson Elmer Franklin Dausch Jessieman Roy Dixon Ivo Russell Evans
Henry Virgil Ferguson Earnest V. Granger Herbert Curtis Grimes Carl W. Green John L.N. Grinstead
Ora B. Horton Carl William Heilman Fred Dee Hinchman Henry V. Hulse Roy Earl King
Floyd W. Keesling Ray McDonald Walter H. Parker Roy J. Pettiford Carl E. Patrick
George W. Skinner Howe Stewart Charles A. Stout William Henry Simpson Chester Jackson Thomas
Kenneth Ellsworth Vanscoy Clyde J. Wheeler Thomas Edward Willman John Werskey William Oliver Yates

Vernon Township
Precinct No. 2. West
William Ahrmann Byron Ale Archie Roy Cosby Carl C. Callon Joseph Wesley Dean
Charles E. Dawson Clarence Eugene Dawson Stewart E. Euler Arthur Edward Fox Ben Henry
Frank Hartwell Leonard Hartwell Joseph Cecil Hartwell Anthony Monday Lorin William Oyler
Clyde Reed Charles Arthur Rayborn William Henry Reynolds Jesse James Skinner Joseph Webster Stearns
Howard Walt Willis H. York

Lovett Township
Precinct No. 1
Gilbert Vernie Abel John Branham Ross Baker George Branham James John Boardman
Forest Clarkson Erby C. Deputy Clyde Thomas Derringer Jay Thomas Ferguson Charles Amos Graham
Ivan Gasper Walter R. Green Arthur Frederick Hein Benjamin Edward Hedden Frank Hoffman
Horace Metcalf Hopkins Raymond Henry Hoffman Wesley Holman Jesse Herbert James Forrest Kinder
Frank Drennen Leatherman Burton J. Malott Fred Elbert Mousa Thomas E. Morrison John Gerald Moorehead
Forest Alvin Marsh Arthur Roy Morin Ervin Myrick Amos Myrick Dessa Fletcher Meek
Levi Harold McCarter Delbert Pfeiffer George Wesley Palmer Trafford Rufus Port James Walter Rowell
Fred Clark Perry Homer Ernest ROss Clifton Seeger Forrest Worn? Shepherd John Albert Short
William F. Seegers Alvin Karl Clarence Shepherd Ralph Monroe Trapp Raymond A. Trapp George Samuel Tribett
John Herbert Trapp George Harvey Trapp Frank Wainscott Bernard Harry Wrap Clyde Pleasant Walker
Orvil Yeats


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