Spanogle, whose name was on the program, thought best to decline to speak on account of the lateness of the hour and the great amount of work in organizing that yet remained to be done in a limited time. Mark Spanogle also declined to take up time for the same reason. Patriotic songs were sung at intervals by all those present, and Mrs. Roy Harshman rendered a favorite, "Keep the Home Fires Burning," as a solo, to the pleasure of the audience.

An invitation was extended to those present to join the Red Cross Chapter, and seventyfive members were enrolled as quickly as their names could be written down. Ed Morris was then elected president of the chapter, Mrs. G. J. Hunt, vice president ; Mrs. Mark Spanogle, secretary ; and Miss Mabel Johnson, as treasurer.

Memoriae Day Decoration day took on an added appreciation in 1917. Exercises were held on May 30,

with Attorney Fred A. Wright, of Scottsbluff, as the speaker of the day. Those present proceeded to the Forest Lawn cemetery for the purpose of decorating the graves of the soldiers buried there. Three veterans of the Civil War were buried in this cemetery: Comrades Brown, White, and Milledge.

Early Recruits

Morrill county's sons began to pour into service at the very first opportunity. All three of her young men, Thomas F. Neighbors, George Irwin, and H. R. Van Home, who left for Fort Snelling, got through the preliminary examination and were assigned to companies for drill. In communication Mr. Van Home had the following to say :