Camp Reminds
- of Draft Days
Voelker Recall* the Men Who
Went Before the Color* for
Their Country
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By Carl M. Voelker
Having spent the fifth anni
versary of my entrance into the
military service for the World
War under canvas in the same
camp I did in 1917 my mind
naturally reverts to the stirring
days when America’s youth was
called to the colors by means of
the selective service draft.
Physical appearances at Sea
Girt today are not different than
they were in 1917. The troops are
sheltered under the same kind of
canvas and the army ration feeds
them. Regulars assigned to the
camp are on every hand and there
is an air of expectancy in view
of the stand taken by the govern
ment in the strike situation.
The scenes of lblv at the state
encampment grounds are brought
vividly to mind. For many years
I had made Ventnor my home and
as the publisher of its only news
paper I was naturally interested
in what was going on back home.
Ike Sweigart and Jack Westcott
appeared in camp one day. They
were very welcome. It was good
to see somebody from home. They
told me some of the Ventnor boys
had enlisted and had gone oil to
fight. They told me about the
registration of the Ventnor youth
under the draft law. I remember
also Charlie Rupp and his wife
driving into camp one day. They
remained here until after even
ing parade and they seemed to be
thoroughly imbued with the spirit
| of the military game. Charlie
especially evinced a strong de
f Bire to don a uniform and go with
us. But of course that was-out
of the question because Majorie
certainly had something to saj
/ abou^t that. ^
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But many Ventnor boys did go
to war. They made enviable
records- . They served in various
outfits and quite a number were
in the navy.
When the list of honor men of
Ventnor was prepared it was
found that there were 113. Harold
W. Faunce and Charles G. Heck
ler, Jr., representing respectively
the First and Second Ward, were
the first men called. Their num
bers came out in the second
hundred drawn.
Just in passing it might be well
to call attention to the fact that a
Jerseyman enjoys the honor of
having conceived the form of
receptacle to be used in the selec
tion of draft numbers. Charles
R. Morris, of Elizabeth, N- J., a
former army captain, personally
secured the glass fish bowl into
which were placed the numbers of
the men who had registered on
June 5, 1917.
Vntnor City, having been a city
under 5,000 population was under
the supervision of the sheriff in
sofar as the draft law was con
cerned. At that time Joseph R.
Bartlett was high sheriff of At
lantic County. He is now a
popular Ventnor resident. The
local registrars included James G.
Scull, E. Burt Gifford and William
Kuhl. Fifty-eight men registered
in the First Ward, while 55
registered from the Second Ward
| Out of the total of 113 registered
24 were called.
While no actual record exists
I and it would be next to impossible
I to determine exactly the number
of men from Ventnor who served
in the military or naval forces of
the United States during the
World War, estimates based on
careful inquiry and statistics
available indicate that at least
100 service men hailed from
Ventnor.
As a result Ventnor now has a
post of the American Legion with
a membership of over 75.
In consequence of the ex
periences in actual tactical opera
tions many changes have been
made in the tables of organization
of the United States Army, which
no doubt would interest many of
the men who served the1 colors
during • the war but who have
since paid little or no attention
to the development in the army.
A regiment of infantry is now
composed of nine rifle companies,
four headquarters companies, one
howitzer company, one service
company, which includes the
band, and three machine gun
companies. In action a battalion
is under command of a lieutenant
colonel with a major under him as
executive officer. A medical regi
ment with the usual ambulance
and sanitary companies are now
a part of every division.
It is my privilege to be the
plans and training officer of the
114th Infantry, New Jersey Na
tional Guards, now in camp at Sea
Girt. My work places me in con
stant touch with the command
ing officer and in time of war and
at the front accompany the col
onel on his tours of reconnaisnace.
The troops will remain here until
Alienist 5.
HONOR MEN OF VENTNOR
Ernest S. Albertson, Frank Brady,
David Braunstein, Roy F. Bowker, Vin- i
cent A. Beechman, Joseph P. Bowker, j
Alfred Cardillo, Edward A. Crosta, John
C. Donaldson, Italino DeVitis, Sydney :
Dela Rue, John J. Dunn, William C. Ely,
Allen B. Endicott, Jr., Paul B. Fry, i
John Fry, Harrold Wm. Faunce, Taka
Fugii, James Aston Headley, Reginald B.
Helffrich, Frederick M. Harmon, Alfred
R. Holmes, Gilbert T. Harris. Everett
Higbee, Horrace G. Imlay, Russell Frank
lin Kelley, Hugo "Krause, Edward F.
Klein, Jr., Warner Lindsay, Jr., Frank
P. Lindsay, Frank Lftwis Maulick,
Walter Thompson Margerum, Edward W.
Martin, Harry W. Pryor, Russell B.
Risley, Maurice Risley, James C. Russell,
Chas. R. Rosenberg, Jr., Chas. E. Rupp,
John James Stringer, John Burleigh
Smith, James C. Samuel. Joseph Eugene
Swickerath, John B. Scheidell, Edwin M. ;
Spence, Frank C. Seiberling, Howard C.
Somers, Morton Setelman, Vivian N.
Smith, Herbert "Yates Smith, Enoch !
Smith Turner, Paul Tappan, J. Raymond
Turner, Joseph B. Townsend, 3rd, Mark
B. Thornhill, Amos W. Wentzell, George
F. Wingate, George C. Walker.
' SECOND WARD
Eugene N. Apel, Richard H. Allen, !
Ralph G. Brooks, Chas. E. Boylan, Harry
M. Chambers, Walter Conklin, Howard
Lee Campbell, Millard Erwin Cuskaden,
Edwin Chambers, Henry H. Clayton,
Oscar R. Davis, Harry L. Deyl, Theodore
S. Elder, Norman N. Gale, Albert E.
Greenwood, Paul Gaskill, Conrad Gaskill,
Wm. E. Hoopes, Chas. G. Heckler, Jr.,
James Hargraves, Fetszo Iwazunie,
Iwataro Iwango, George Herbert Jame
Bon, Byron Jenkins, Joe Kaplan, Geo.
A. Korvacs, Francis Wm. Keen, Leigh K.
Myers, Walton B. Mussen, Paul R. Mar
tin, Edwin F. McHale, James W. Muro,
J. W. Muntz, Hugh M. Newlands, John
W. Purnell, Fred Plum, Maurice Y.
Royal, Horace F. Smith, Jr., Joseph Paxil
Scott, Elton Eugene Sullivan, Anthony
Siracusa. Jr., Peter Siracusa, Rodman E.
Sheen, Carroll E. Stiles. Wm. H. Smath
ers, Victor C. Stebbins, Earl Budd
Sitley, Raymond S. Stevenson, Joseph H.
Shinn, Chas. P. Tilton, James R. Valli
ant, Harry C. Whitaker. Alfred C.
Walker, George Warraner, Reginald V.
Williams.
EX-SERVCE MEN, ATTENTON
Under the Act of Congress pro
viding compensation for men dis
abled in the World War an im
portant provision of the Act
relating to the time limit for
filing claims thereunder is called
to the attention of 9II who may
have been injured or parents who
may be deponents of those who
died as a result of military or
naval service.
Claims must be filed within
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