World War I - Men Drafted From Clark County IL 1918 - Surnames U-V

Compiled by Ron Cornwell and typed by Cindy McCachern

The following list of names were published in the Clark County Herald newspaper during 1918.  A check under a given date indicates that person appears in an article in the newspaper on that date.  A description of the articles are listed below.

January 23, 1918 - Final classification of registrants by the District Draft Board.

February 6, 1918 - A list of those called for physical examinations

February 13, 1918 - A list of those failing to pass their physical examination.

April 24, 1918 - This is list of men sent to Camp Dix, New Jersey, for Army service.

May 29, 1918 - This is a list of men sent to Fort Thomas, KY, under charge of Roy Hardway.

May 29, 1918 (2) - This is a list of men sent to Camp Gordon, GA, under charge of Harry Downey.

May 29, 1918 (3) - This is a list of men sent to Jefferson Barracks, MO, under charge of Arthur Chapman.

June 12, 1918 - This is a list of 142 men who reached the age of 21 since June 5 of last year and were registered in Clark County.

June 12, 1918 (1) - This is a list of men sent to Rake Auto School in Kansas City, MO, for training.

July 10, 1918 - This is the order that Clark County Army registrants were drawn to be called to report for the draft.

July 31, 1918 - This is the final classification of registrants for the draft.

August 14, 1918 - This is a list of registrants called to report to training camps at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Camp Forrest, Lytle, GA.

August 28, 1918 - This is a list of men newly called for training camp.

October 16, 1918 - This is the order in which the September registrants for the draft were drawn.

    1-23 2-6 2-13 2-24 5-29 5-29 5-29 6-12 6-12 7-10 7-31 8-14 8-28 10-16
Ulrey, Elza Martinsville     X                 X    
Ulrey, Irvin Martinsville               X   X X      
Umbarger, Hobart B. Martinsville               X            
Umbarger, Robert Martinsville                   X        
Vanhorn, Luter Greenup                         X  
Vanscoyk, Clem Westfield X                          
Van Sickel Frank Tildon                             X
Veach, Obe Marshall X                          
Veach, Otto Marshall                   X        
Veach, Otha A. Marshall               X            


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