Honor Men Report at Rockford Camp

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Featured Link: Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Feb 1918, p. 1
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Type: Articles
Notes: New draftees presented with a comfort kit, Sweater, helmet and pair of socks by the north shore war organizations as they departed for Camp Grant in Rockford. Organizations such as the Woman's Committee of the Wilmette Home Guard in Wilmette, Navy Auxiliary of the Red Cross in Winnetka, Woman's Division of the Glencoe War Emergency Union supplied the kits and knitted articles. George J. Pope, chairman of the local exemption board, was in charge of the men assisted by other board members, Fred A. Smith, Dr. Rufus R. Stolp. Description of the first day at camp.
Date of Publication: 28 Feb 1918
Subject(s): Draft
Military camps
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.288349
Language of Item: English
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