Celebrating History: War effort, wool and fall traditions

By Emily Mayer

As the war raged on in Europe, adjustments were being made here in the United States. A second quota list was released and The Havre Plaindealer in its Sept. 15, 1917 issue printed the names of the enlistees who were due to report to American Lake, Washington, on Saturday of the following week for training. Maj. Gen. Henry A. Green, commanding officer at American Lake, said 200 men would be sent to Jacksonville, Florida, for the Quartermaster Corps, to be responsible for supplying the troops abroad. This was a highly desired post and all who served would be officers, startin...