WWI Inductees in October, 1918

The pipeline for draftees in World War I accelerated throughout the war and was showing no signs of slowing even as peace talks were rumored and/or underway in October, 1918.

This list of Clay County men appeared in The Harvard Courier newspaper on October 17, 1918.

I initially figured that the reference to Fort Kearney, California was an error, but upon a bit of research, there really was such a place. Fort Kearny was an army post established on July 18, 1917 north of San Diego. It was named after Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny. The post operated until October, 1920. The site is now the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.