Jones County Military WWI Draftees

29 July 1918

WWI Draft April 29, 1918, Jones County, IA

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"My grandfather, Louis Ortgies, is third from the right side, front row. He never made it to France, but came down with the swine flu and was completely out of it for three months; he didn't know where he was when he finally came to in a hospital in Georgia. His wife had not heard from him or anything about him for three months while she tended to the farm all alone. My grandmother said she felt that the flu weakened my grandfather and it was a long time before he was able to do much. He died in 1948 so I never met him."

Charles J. Holub, Monticello; Charles Fritz, Oxford Junction; Louis Ortgies, Anamosa; George N. Kurt, Cascade; Herman Englebarts, Amber; Lester T. Fairbanks, Anamosa; Lowell Cozart, Olin; Frank A, Royden, Scotch Grove, Claire M. V. Hall, Martelle; Ralph Irvin Glenn, Olin; William G, Donnelly, Anamosa; Carl Schneiter, Monticello;Willis Boots, Morley; August Gerdes, Monticello; Dennis S. McNamara, Anamosa; George Rickels, Monticello; Bernard M. Fagen, Onslow; Tobias Tobiassen, Monticello, John Henry Peters, Monticello; Ralph Peter Crim, Monticello; John Phelps, Monticello; James Kraus, Monticello; Henry Bartels, Frank H. Lane, Morley; Frank A. Athen, St. Cloud, Minnesota; Leslie L. Fishwild, Wyoming; Eugene Edwin Young, Monticello; Joseph J. Delay, Monticello; Anton Siebels, Monticello; Charles Quirk, and lastly John Martin Marek, Anamosa.
As published in the Wyoming Journal August 1, 1918.

Steve Hanken

24 August 1918

INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT JONES COUNTY BOYS IN WAR

ANAMOSA, Iowa, Aug. 24 -There are various items of interest from the Jones county boys who are at the front or in various camps: Paul Sherman who was wounded in the head by a bit of shrapnel and was in the hospital where he met Francis Flaherty, who had been gassed, writes of meeting a Cedar Rapids nurse, Miss Belle Starke who has often been in Anamosa, and made him feel almost as if he were at home.

Edgar Schuchman, who was sent to Ft. Bliss, Texas, is working at his trade of horseshoeing: he took part in a recent contest between 100 men in that branch of the service and won fourth place. Earl Royer who was rejected on physical examination at Camp Gordon, refused to be rejected and got a position as motorman at Camp McClellan, Ala., and is driving a truck.

Earl Barker who is in the engineer corps somewhere in France, writes that he is engaged in laying out prison camps for the Huns. Leo Byerly and Lee Sanner are in the Officers' Training camp, machine gun division at Camp Hancock, Ga., and making good progress toward receiving commissions. Hubert McGuire is in training at Camp McClellan, Ala., in the automobile mechanics. Grover Underwood is in the army radio school in North Carolina and at present is assisting in farm work. Ray Mills, who is now a lieutenant, is handling a bunch of colored men, but he says they are easy to manage and make good soldiers. Lorenz Lorenson, who is now in training at the University of Texas, thinks Iowa has that country beat, says any little town in Iowa is ahead of Austin, and all the towns are way behind the times. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gavin have three boys in the service, another waiting for his call and the fifth will come under the next draft.

From The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Saturday, August 24, 1918, and submitted by Sharon Oltmanns.

5 September 1918

WWI Draft Sept. 5, 1918, Jones County, IA

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66 JONES COUNTY MEN GO TO DODGE SEPT. 5

Part from the 1918 CLASS
To Be Entertained By Townsfolk on Evening Before Their Departure

ANAMOSA, Ia., Aug. 31 - In the call for 8,000 men from Iowa to go into training at Camp Dodge, Jones county has to furnish sixty-six men, of which 15 are of the old class one and fifty-one are from the class of 1918.

There will be demonstration in the afternoon and evening of September 4 and the band will accompany them to the train the next morning.

The following will go:

1917 CLASS
No.	Name	No.	Name	No.	Name
285	W. F. Bates	1629	William Moran	1665	Leroy Jauque
417	Newton E. Ireland	1640	Earnest Smith	1668	Bernard Heiken
628	Clayton Countryman	1642	George Moenk	1669	Cecil James
849	Henry Patrick Hughes	1645	Henry Mere	1670	Leon Hanson
1063	William Mead	1648	John Caspers	1671	Leonard Ahrendson

1918 CLASS
No.	Name	No.	Name	No.	Name
2	Arthur Wilcox	32	Leo Loster	68	Herman Egger
3	Nial Paul	33	James O'Shea	70	Edward Frasher
5	William Walters	34	Henry Benhart	73	Thomas Eichorn
8	John Dieteker	36	Louis Sazma	74	Harold Yount
9	Max Sievers	41	George Rynerson	75	Arnold Fred Storm
10	Harm Folkers	42	Charles Gardner	76	Floyd Propst
13	Edward Zimmerman	46	Edward Buresh	77	Elmer Meineke
14	Ralph Otten	48	Clare Aitchison	78	Harold Klahm
15	Earl McLaughlin	52	William Larson	79	Louis Benischek
16	Edward Paulson	55	John Husmann	80	Otto Powlishta
17	Glen Lynch	56	Frank Lassak	83	George Schafer
19	John Fechtman	57	Gerhard Brockholm	87	John Weers
21	Adlebert Blood	60	Edward Brady	88	Fred Bolken
25	George Yarolem	61	Herman Hotz	90	Basil Gavin
26	Andrew Steiner	62	Palmer Vaughn	91	Harold L. Young
28	Melvin Dolphin	63	Lacy Coker	96	John Gesie
30	John Kray	65	Henry Henrichs

From The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Saturday, August 31, 1918, and submitted by Sharon Oltmanns who says:
"The only one I can match the name to is my grandfather George Moenk. He is in the second row, 10th from the left."

Unknown Date and Individuals

WWI Draft Unknown Date & Individuals, Jones County, IA

Photo contributed by Alfred Koos, 13 Nov 2015. If anyone is able to help identify the date the photo was taken or the identity of the individuals, please contact Alfred and the Jones County IAGenWeb Coordinator.