Report
by Districts
We give below a
synopsis of the report of Renville County’s United War Fund Campaign.
G. O. Bergan,
Captain Sacred Heart District, cash $6084.50, pledged $4176.25, allotment
$10,224.00 subscribed $10,260.75.
Dr. A. M.
Erickson, Captain Hector District, cash $7874.00 pledged 194.00, allotment
$7,995.00, subscribed 8,068.00
A. Mandel,
Captain Renville District, cash $6,103.00, pledged $1,666.00, allotment $8,032.50,
subscribed $7,769.00.
E. W. Rebstock,
Captain Buffalo Lake District, cash $1,948.95, pledged $2,904.20, allotment
$5,670.00, subscribed $4,853.75
H. Huelskamp,
Captain Fairfax District, Liberty Bonds $150.00, cash $7,775.00, pledged,
$737.00, allotment, $8,400.00, subscribed $8,062.00
J. C. Sampson,
Captain Franklin District, cash $2,242,21, pledged, $1,256.00, allotment $3,675.00,
subscribed $3,498.21
Tim Hurley, Captain Bird Island District, cash
$6,495.20, pledged, $1,029.00, allotment $7,462.00, subscribed $7,524.00
Adolph Wallert,
Captain Danube District, cash $376.00, pledged $1,131.00, allotment $2,537.50,
subscribed $1,507.00
Warren H.
Heins, Captain Olivia District, cash $2,989.08, pledged $4,274.55, allotment
$6,175.00, subscribed $7,263.63.
Wm. Kern,
Captain Henryville Twsp., cash $880.10, pledged $470.00, allotment $1,875.00,
subscribed $1,350.10
John Cheney,
Captain Beaver Falls Twp., cash $1,506.75, pledged none, allotment $1,612.50,
subscribed $1,506.75.
Total
Subscription $65,739.54
County
Allotment $54,000.00
Oversubscription $11,739.54
Posted: February 21, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Letter from Andrew Anderson, Fairfax Standard, 12-12-1918
February 14, 1897 – December 1, 1962
Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex, Dec. 6, 1918
Dear Bro. Leo,
Just got your letter this evening and as I have a little spare time I tho’t I would take advantage of the opportunity and answer it, because in the army we don’t always have time to do these things when we want to.
Well, we have enjoyed some fine weather these last few days. I the day time is is very warm but nights are cold like the dickens and you can imagine how warm our sleeping quarters are. We have not seen any sign of snow so far and I am very glad of it because it is bad enough here when we get rain.
There is nothing on which we can base an opinion as to when we are going home, but I have the expectation, at least, that I will be home for the Christmas reunion. This morning a battalion of enlisted men from Camp Logen came into this camp and as far as I can understand they will remain here for guard duty and relieve us. They have already started demobilizing but as this is one of the largest camps in the United States the decreasing does not show very much.
I got a large box of cake, cookies and candy from a friend the other day. It certainly is fine to get such things from our friends at home and it goes a long way towards making army life pleasant. I don’t know how I am going to manage it when I get back, because it is hard to have two girls, when they live so close together that the one can hear the exhaust when you go and see the other. Wish someone would help me out.
Will now close, with good luck to you all.
I am as ever, Corpl. And. A. Anderson
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Letter from Ernest F Meyer, Bird Island Union, 12-12-1918
Oct. 27th, 1918, Somewhere in France
Dear Sister and all:
Will drop a few lines to-day to let you know that I am fine and here is hoping you folks are the very same.
Well I suppose you think it is a long time between letters, but I didn’t have much time last week, as I was up at the firing line and got back this morning for a rest. Didn’t see Otto yet since I have been here, but might run across him some day.
We are having some fine weather here now. I don’t think it is as cold here as it is there. I suppose the fall work is about all done by this time. Do you ever hear from Otto and also from Otto Nemitz or Willie Laraway I sure would like to see some of them one of these days. As I sit here and write I sure can hear the shells roar. We are quite aways away from the front lines now about seven or eight miles and are going back still farther in a day or two.
I suppose the paper is full of war dope every day. Well, I think the Huns will soon have enough, as they are getting driven back every day. Are they drafting many more men from around there now. I suppose there aren’t very many more boys around there now.
This country sure looks bad where they have been fighting. All full of shell holes and trenches.
I think I will go to the Y.M.C.A. now and get more writing paper as I intend to write about six letters today, so I will get a lot of them in return.
Well, I am glad to hear that everybody got a good crop around there this year, as that sure will help to win the war. After the war I think I will bring a German helmet with me.
Do you ever hear from Ben Erneste. I suppose he is over here some place now. Well, I don’t know of any other dope to write just now, but will write oftener now, as I like to get mail. You can write three or four to my one, but I will write as often as I can. Did you get the letter I sent with that Christmas card in it? I suppose Otto sent one of them home, too. Well sister say hello to everybody around there for me and tell them to write. I will close now with love to the whole family, I remain as ever,
Private Ernest F. Meyer, Co. B 8th machine Gun Div., A.P.P 740, A.E.F. U.S. Army
Editor’s Note: We do not have a photograph of Ernest F. Meyer.
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George Paul Arlt, Bird Island Union, 12-12-1918
A Soldier’s Sacrifice
George Paul Arlt Dies In France
A telegram from the Adjutant General received Dec. 10, conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. Christ Arlt of Hector gave the sad news that their son, Geo Paul had been killed in action Oct. 8.
A letter was received Aug. 8, saying that he had been wounded by scraps of shrapnel, July 3, which was the last letter received from him.
George Paul Arlt was born at Bird Island, Minn., July 6, 1897 and was 22 years 3 months and 3 days at the time of his noble death. He attended the Bird Island school an on Mar. 22, 1916, moved onto a farm near Hector, Minn. He then went to Montana where he worked awhile. In the spring of 1917 he enlisted in Co. I, 2nd Montana, Inf. But was later transferred to Co. I 163 Inf. and then to Co. H, 126 U.S. Inf., A. E. F. He was stationed at several points in Montana and then moved to Camp Greene, N.C., then to a camp in New Jersey, then to Long Island, and finally sailed from France with his company on Nov. 15, 1917. Besides his parents he leaves two sisters, Hattie and Marie and one brother, Lewis all at home, and many other relatives to mourn his loss.
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War Fund Campaign, Bird Island Union, 12-12-1918
Report by Districts
We give below a synopsis of the report of Renville County’s United War Fund Campaign.
G. O. Bergan, Captain Sacred Heart District, cash $6084.50, pledged $4176.25, allotment $10,224.00 subscribed $10,260.75.
Dr. A. M. Erickson, Captain Hector District, cash $7874.00 pledged 194.00, allotment $7,995.00, subscribed 8,068.00
A. Mandel, Captain Renville District, cash $6,103.00, pledged $1,666.00, allotment $8,032.50, subscribed $7,769.00.
E. W. Rebstock, Captain Buffalo Lake District, cash $1,948.95, pledged $2,904.20, allotment $5,670.00, subscribed $4,853.75
H. Huelskamp, Captain Fairfax District, Liberty Bonds $150.00, cash $7,775.00, pledged, $737.00, allotment, $8,400.00, subscribed $8,062.00
J. C. Sampson, Captain Franklin District, cash $2,242,21, pledged, $1,256.00, allotment $3,675.00, subscribed $3,498.21
Tim Hurley, Captain Bird Island District, cash $6,495.20, pledged, $1,029.00, allotment $7,462.00, subscribed $7,524.00
Adolph Wallert, Captain Danube District, cash $376.00, pledged $1,131.00, allotment $2,537.50, subscribed $1,507.00
Warren H. Heins, Captain Olivia District, cash $2,989.08, pledged $4,274.55, allotment $6,175.00, subscribed $7,263.63.
Wm. Kern, Captain Henryville Twsp., cash $880.10, pledged $470.00, allotment $1,875.00, subscribed $1,350.10
John Cheney, Captain Beaver Falls Twp., cash $1,506.75, pledged none, allotment $1,612.50, subscribed $1,506.75.
Total Subscription $65,739.54
County Allotment $54,000.00
Oversubscription $11,739.54
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John Kronlokken Killed in Action, Renville County Journal, 12-5-1918
February 8, 1889 – November 2, 1918
John Kronlokken, another Renville County young man, with the Expeditionary Forces in France has paid the Supreme Sacrifice. We are not informed as to just when he enlisted with what company he belonged or when he went over-seas, but a thrill of sadness and mourning passes thru the whole community at the sad news that he was killed in action in France Nov. 2nd. John Kronlokken was a brother of Oscar Kronlokken north east from this village and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kronlokken, who used to live on a farm about two miles south east of Renville. The end of the war came very shortly after Mr. Kronlokken’s death. In bringing about that most desirable of all goals, the successful termination of the World War, the making of the world safe for democracy, John Kronlokken offered up his life blood. May a grateful nation never forget the sacrifices and services so nobly and so unselfishly rendered by John Kronlokken and thousands of others who will not return with the returning victors nor partake of the honor and festivities awaiting them.
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