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These forms were completed by the United States Army Recruiting Officer from information provided by prospective soldiers who enrolled at the Kirksville Recruiting Station during World War I. They were obtained for the Normal School History Museum by Professor EM Violette probably not long after the end of the war.

There are two types of forms included in this collection, an enlistment record and what appears to be the record of the recruit’s physical exam; neither form is labeled and there are different versions of each. None of the versions asks for exactly the same set of personal information, but common to all is: name; age, (date & place of birth on some versions); occupation; current residence; next of kin, relationship & address; physical description; disposition of application (for various reasons, not all were accepted).

This list does not include all the information included on each card but gives enough for researchers to be able to identify the recruit. Unless otherwise indicated, (1) the recruit and his next-of-kin are from the same town and, (2) all towns are in Missouri.

	“A”
	James W Adams, 21, chauffeur, Callao; James Q Adams, father Franklin C Andrews, 18, chauffeur, La Plata; Gertrude Curtiss, friend, Wyaconda Henry W Applegate, 48, carpenter, Brashear; Fronie Applegate, wife Frederick A Armstrong, 28, blacksmith, Brashear; Cora Armstrong, sister, York, NE
	“B”
	George P Bailey, 20, student, Browning; Frank M Bailey, father Lee H Bailey, 22, clerk, Downing; Charley Bailey, father Peter P Bonatto [Baiotto], 19, laborer, Lockman, IA; Katherine Bonatto, mother Joshua Beall, 19, laborer, La Plata; John Beall, father Vern D Boling, 18, plasterer, Kirksville; George Boling, father Lloyd Bondurant, 18, chauffeur, Kirksville; J D Bondurant, father Harold Brasfield, 21, MP operator, Queen City; William T Brasfield, father Vinal H Brenizer, 19, chauffeur, Queen City; D C Brenizer, father Paul R Brockman, 21, clerk, La Plata; Wilbert H Brockman, father Virgil Brookhart, 21, student, Wyaconda; Francis M Brookhart, father Harry T Brooking, 19, shoe worker, Kirksville; Inez Brooking, mother Luther C Brower, 28, chauffeur, Queen City; J M Brower, father Arthur H Broyles, 23, chauffeur, Novinger; Eva F Cain, mother Willis H Burdett, 24, blacksmith, Green City; M S Burdett, father Barton O Butler, 20, cigar maker, Kahoka; Herbert O Butler, father
	“C”
	Allen E Cain, 24, chauffeur, Kirksville; Rosa Cain, mother Myers D Campbell Jr, 20, chauffeur, Kirksville; Myers D Campbell, father Ben T Carder, 34, teamster, Adair, IA; Bessie Largent, sister Galen E Chadwick, 23, chauffeur, Ft Madison, IA; W N Chadwick, father Paul J Chappell, 22, electrician, Auxvasse; Charles J Chappell, father Wilfred W Chappell, 19, metalworker, Kirksville; Etta Chappell, mother Earl M Chesser, 24, carpenter, Novinger; George Chesser, father [there are 2 forms for Chesser; the other lists Mary Chesser, mother, as next of kin] Maurice L Clark, 21, chauffeur, Kirksville; James W Clark, father Claas O Collman, 23, medical student, George, IA; O C Collman, father Kale M Colyer, 20, farmer, Gifford; John Colyer, father Pearl Cooley, 18, farmer, Stahl; Thomas Cooley, father Michael D Coons, 22, farmer, Queen City; William A Coons, father Glecia J Corbett, 18, farmer, Youngstown; Robert G Corbett, father Ralph C Crouser, 20, cook, Edina; Mary Crouser, mother Lawrence D Crowder, 20, teacher, Winigan; Thomas Crowder, father
	“D”
	Dalyah A Davis, 21, auto mechanic, Queen City; Hiram Davis, father, Kirksville Lee Darr, 29, farmer, Novinger; David Darr, father Wallace Dillon, 19, farmer, Kirksville; George Dillon, father, Strathmore, Alberta, Canada Byron Dunn, 20, bookkeeper, Arbela; Peter Dunne [sic], father Sedric Dye, 20, student, Bevier; John J Dye, father
	“E”
	Paul Eason, 18, student, Green City; Walter Eason, father Otto Eubank, 18, shoe cutter, Kirksville; Henry Eubank, father
	“F”
	Leroy A Fast, 25, farmer, Knox City; John M Fast, father Roy E Figge, 21, clerk, Kirksville; Harmon H Figge, father Adra B Finnegan, 18, student, Kirksville; Vera Finnegan, sister John H Fisher, 22, teamster, Kirksville; James D Fisher, father Lewis E French, 27, clerk, Lancaster; Edwin L French, father
	“G”
	Raymond B Geoghegan, 21, student, Kirksville; Martha Geoghegan, mother Roy W Grear, 23, painter, Elmer; Nellie V Grear, wife Ollie Greer, 33, laborer, Ottumwa, IA; Emma Rean, mother Solomon Goldman, 38, auto repairman, Kirksville; Joe Goldman, brother, Jefferson City Franklin L Graham, 17, laborer, La Plata; Luther Graham, father Guy Graves, 28, farmer, Lancaster; John Graves, father Ernest B Gunn, 21, shoe cutter, Moberly; Ora Gunn, mother
	“H”
	Charles L Harden, 24, farmer, Gifford; C Harden, father Ross A Harle, 18, clerk, Kirksville; W A Harle, father Cecil H Hays, 27, telegraph operator, Lancaster; McClellan Hays, father Daniel Hendricks, 18, chauffuer, Novinger; George W Hendricks, father Elma Hendricks, 22, laborer, Stahl; Charley Hendricks, father Earl H Hinton, 30, cook, Kirksville; Esther Matkins, sister, Davenport, IA Robert Hoff, 21, student, St Clair; Eugene Hoff, father Harrel L Hopper, 21, mechanic, Leonard; Homer Killinder, uncle Loys Hotchkiss, 19, student, Kirksville; Ada Hotchkiss, mother Silas Hunt, 18, chauffeur, Kirksville; William Hunt, father
	“I”
	James O Irons, 19, laborer, La Plata; Effie Z Hilbert, sister, Marceline
	“J”
	Orley E Johnson, 21, stenographer, Kirksville; Emma Johnson, mother Arthur C Jones, 25, druggist, Queen City; J T Jones, father
	“K”
	Howard M Kildow, 20, teacher, Hansell, IA; Edwin R Kildow, father Orville Kirkpatrick, 23, painter, Queen City; Jake Kirkpatrick, father Warren J Krink, 20, chauffeur, Queen City; Rowena C Krink, wife, Greentop John E Kurtz, 20, student, Wyaconda; Marcus E [or L] Kurtz, father
	“L”
	George E Lagle, 23, teacher, Kirksville; William H Lagle, father Noah C Lawson, 25, stationary engineer, Purvis; I N Lawson, father William B Lewis, 29, medical student, Kirksville; Mrs M R Lewis, mother, Bisbee, AZ Arthur E Linderman, 18, farmer, Novelty; John Linderman, father Ray H Lyons, 19, clerk, La Plata; Mary A Ryon, grandmother
	“Mc”
	Clarence W McConkey, 21, student, Kirksville; C A McConkey, father, Weldon, IL Glenn I McCormick, 20, chauffeur, Greentop; M J McCormick, father Elwood McDavitt, 18, chauffeur, Lacrosse; Fred M McDavitt, father Parke W MacDougall, 23, horseman, Kirksville; Archibald MacDougall, father
	“M”
	George H Macomber, 23, farmer, Queen City; Zebina A Macomber, father Glenn B Macomber, 19, farmer, Queen City; Zebina Macomber, father Joshua Mason, 19, barber, La Plata; Charley Mason, father Roy D Maye, 19, coal miner, Novinger; W L Maye, father Chester L Mercer, 34, farmer, Stahl; Nancy Love, sister, Unionville Leonard W Mills, 20, medical student, Crookstown, MN; Edwin Mills, father James E Minor, 20, clerk, Kirksville; William T Minor, father Kertis Mitchell, 18, farmer, Lewistown; Ida Mitchell, mother Joseph W Moots, 24, farmer, Kirksville; Willis Moots, father
	“N”
	Millard F Neer, 18, farmer, Connelsville; Harry Neer, father Roy B Newman, 18, farmer, Brashear; William Newman, father Francis Newson, 18, coal miner, Novinger; S J Payne, grandfather George D Norfolk, 18, farmer, Kirksville; William H Norfolk, father, Gillett Jesse R Novinger, 29, rancher, Novinger; Samuel A Novinger, father
	“O”
	Pearl G Osborn, 19, miner, Novinger; John F Osborn, father
	“P”
	Elsworth Pennington, 19, painter, Queen City; Boon Pennington, father Fred D Pennington, 23, farmer, Queen City; Boone D Pennington, father Glenn F Piper, 22, chauffeur, Queen City; I S Piper, father Michael D Piper, 18, barber, Queen City; I S Piper, father Loyd W Pleasants, 18, machinist, Wyaconda; Charles W Pleasants, father Ralph Poole, 16, printer, Downing; John W Poole, father Clinton R Post, 19, farmer, Kirksville; Newton Post, father Benjamin F Power, 19, baker, Hurdland; Samuel E Power, father Thomas Power, 21, baker, Hurdland; Samuel E Power, father Edward J Pratt, 33, plumber, Rock Island, IL; Robert L Pratt, brother, Parsons, KS Glenn E Preston, 22, farmer, Kirksville; Vanda Preston, sister Cecil M Propst, 20, student, Brashear; Robert Propst, father
	“Q”
	Lee Quintal, 19, student (clerk), Kirksville; Jeanne Quintal, sister
	“R”
	Ralph B Reed, 21, chauffeur & mechanic, Fleishchmanns, NY; Zopher E Reed, father George D Reesman, 35, plumber, La Plata; David B Reesman, father John R Reynolds, 24, physical director, Greentop; T.C. Reynolds, father William H Robinson, 21, chauffeur, South Gifford; Mrs W A Robinson, mother William D Rumble, 19, coal miner, Kirksville; Leonard Rumble, father
	“S”
	John B Sanders, 19, farmer, Memphis; Thomas R Sanders, father Fred Shaw, 19, student, Kirksville; Fred E Shaw, father Virgil W Sholley, 20, miner, Novinger; Marry Chrisman, mother Vernie V Sloop, 21, chauffeur, Queen City; Samuel Sloop, father John C Smith, 23, laborer, Kirksville; W N Smith, father Manford F Smith, 18, shoe cutter, Kirksville; James T Smith, father Frederick S Speiser, 20, chauffeur, Green Castle; Charles Speiser, father Melvin P Stivers, 20, shoe worker, Kirksville; James Stivers, father Joseph J Stone, 26, teacher, Macon; James Stone, father Ellis W Stribling, 21, laborer, La Plata; Barbra S Stribling, mother Cyrus E Sullivan, 21, farmer, Breckinridge; John Sullivan, father, McPherson, KS Richard Summers, shoe worker, Kirksville; John W Summers, father Fred H Sumner, 21, chauffeur, Novinger; Edith Sumner, mother Benjamin W Sylvester, 18, electrician, Kirksville; W H Sylvester, father, Martinsburg, IA
	“T”
	Johnnie Teters, 18, chauffeur, Scotland Co; Mrs David Teters, mother Earl F Tucker, 21, electrician, La Plata; Mary E Tucker, mother William Turner, 18, miner, Kirksville; Mary Peel, sister
	“U”
	[none]
	“V”
	Charley Vansickle, 18, laborer, Humeston, IA; Robert Vansickle, father James Vestal, 25, railroad section crew, Novinger; John Vestal, father, Stahl
	“W”
	Elmer D Waffle, 19, farmer, Kirksville; William A Waffle, father Gail C Webber, 19, student, LaCross; James A Webber, father Rufus Wheeler, 24, farmer, Greencastle; S M Wheeler, father Webster White, 18, farmer, New Boston; G C Roan, friend Loran M Whitelock, 16, student, Kirksville; John M Whitelock, father Dana N Wilcher, 18, chauffeur, Kirksville; Mrs Nelson Wilcher, mother, Moberly James H Williams, 38, fireman, Kirksville; Margreet Williams, mother Roe G Williams, 21, welder, Novinger; E C Hutchins, grandfather Frank E Wilson, 29, student, Farmington, IA; Amanda E Wilson, mother Deane B Winger, 20, chauffeur, Kirksville; David Winger, father Archie W Wood, 19, student, Kirksville; Sadie Wood, mother Clarence Wright, 36, chauffeur, Kirksville; Martin O Wright, brother Edward D Wilson, 28, clerk, Gibbs; George W Wilson, father George G Winn, 16, shoemaker, Kirksville; George S Winn, father Milard Wiyrick, 18, laborer, Kirksville; James Wiyrick, father
	“X”
	[none]
	“Y”
	Vance K Yeager, 30, chauffeur, Kirksville; Eva Yeager, mother William T Yore [no age, occupation, residence or next of kin listed]
	“Z”
	Harry H Zugg, 21, chauffeur & tailor, Lancaster; Mary E Zugg, wife

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