Pvt. Charles Jacobs

Pvt. Charles Jacobs

       From the June 15, 1935 issue of 'The Elgin Courier-News'

Co. E       3rd Ill. Nat. Guard, Inft.

        From the March 10, 1916 issue of 'The Elgin Daily Courier'

WON'T OFFER I. N. G. UNTIL WAR DEPT. ASKS ILLINOIS AID

     Springfield, Ill., Mar. 10,- The Illinois national Guard will not be offered to the war department for service in Mexico until the department asks for aid.

     This was the statement issued by Governor's Secretary Sullivan in denying the rumor that Governor Dunne had offered the Illinois national Guard for service in Mexico.

       From the March 17, 1916 issue of 'The Elgin Daily Courier'

VACCINATE MILITIA IS NEW STATE ORDER

     All members of Company E. I. N. G., will be inoculated within the next few days with the typhoid vaccine, in preparation for any possible call to the front.   Captain William R. Peck stated today that he had sent for the vaccine to the government and expected a supply with the necessary instruments in a short time.

       From the March 22, 1916 issue of 'The Elgin Daily Courier'

DENIES I. N. G. HAS ORDER TO PREPARE

     Springfield, Ill., March 22,- "I do hereby officially deny that any order has been given by this department or received here relating to the preparation of the I. N. G. for active service or preparedness."  Signed Acting adjutant general Colonel R. J. Shand.

     The above statement was made by Colonel Shand this afternoon to the United Press in refutation of the report that the I. N. G. commassary officers and quartermasters had been ordered to prepare for mobilization.

       From the April 6, 1916 issue of 'The Elgin Daily Courer'

ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR I. N. G. CAMP

Elgin Militia to go to Fort Sheridan August 6-13

     Springfield, Ill., April 6,- One of the most comprehensive encampments ever arranged for the Illinois national guard was announced today by Adjutant General Dickson.

     Two camps, one at Fort Sheridan, Chicago, and the other at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, will be maintained.   Six battalions of field artillery and the field hospital corps will go into camp with the regular army at Sparta, Wis.   The engineer corps of Chicago will go into the joint United States army camp at Belvoir Tract, Av.   The signal corps will go into camp at Fort Sheridan at a date to be set later.   The first cavalry will take a practice march out of Chicago early in July.   The naval reserves will drill with the Atlantic fleet.

     The regiments will go into camp at Fort Sheridan, as follows:

     First infantry, July 16-23;   Seventh infantry, July 23-30; Second infantry july 30 August 6;   Third infantry August 6-13; Sixth infantry, August 16-20.

     Regiments will go into camp Lincoln as follows:

     Forth infantry August 20-27, Fifth infantry, August 27 Sept. 3; Eighth infantry Sept. 3-16

     The first school of instruction for officers ever held in Illinois will be at Fort Sheridan August 9-16.