Creation Date

September 22 1917

Description

Upon the entry of the United States to World War I, which officially took place on April 4, 1917, drafts were performed to help bolster up the military all over the country. In Fillmore County, the first call for the draft came on September 22, 1917. Local photographer Moen & Palen photographed the group enlisting that day with a couple members of the Fillmore County Draft Board, Sheriff E. K. Blexrud and Dr. George A. Love. This is the photo of the First Call of Fillmore County Selective Draft for World War I. In the back row from left to right are Helmer O. Skaar, Oscar Gillund, W. L. Cheney, Oswald Engh, Clarence Seelye, Benjamin J. Bothun, Norman T. Sundby, unknown, Charles G. Schmelzer, Moses Owens, Coleman D. Bumgarner, George W. Bickness, Edward Van Sande, Sheriff E. K. Blexrud, Dr. George A. Love, William L. Dunn, Arnt I. Gullings, Garman Magnuson, Clarence Sickle, A. J. Keller, Irwin Eugene Torgerson, Herman Knutson, Garlon Ellise Harrington, Oren A. Helle, Alfred Olson, Arthur Anderson, and unknown.

In the middle row from the left to the right are Arthur C. Applen, Clarence Paul Grebin, Elmer I. Benson, Clarence Eugene Marchant, Emil E. Evenson, Fred A. Warner, Clarence Grimley, Arthur William Noble, Paul H. Neuman, Walter Edwin Larson, Albert Zink, Henry M. Lomen, unknown, William David Holton, Clarence R. Fingerson, Edwin B. Stromme, Arthur A. O. Krahn, Melvin H. Tofsted, Mathias C. Forde, Kenneth Ray Palmer, Selmer E. Helleland, Melvin Bernard Benson, Martin Oscar Eggebakken, Melvin R. Nohre, Steen Soum, Frans O. Thompson, Oscar Darbo, Frederick W. Bloom, Merle Liebold, and George P. Halvorson.

In the front row from the left is an unknown man, Lloyd L. Ferguson, Arthur E. Finnerud, Peter Inglebret, Jacob Medhaug, Alfred F. Thompson, unknown, Frederick Ramaker, Le Roy Hauge, Albert Frederick Henke, Merrill C. Benson, William Francis Garry, Millard M. Horton, Charles E. Moore, Richard E. Jones, Vernon S. Dovenberg, Thomas Francis Mooney, Albert D. Melum, Ernest Larson, John Vanderbosch, Clarence J. Dent, Henry Haugen, Floyd O. Riehl, Earl L. Tarte, John H. Brokken, Austin Torgerson, unknown, Clarence W. Nesheim, Paul Herman Blager, Thomas Frickson, Frank C. Cornwell, and Carl J. A. Mueller.

The photo is in an original, simple wooden frame painted brown and black in a marblized design.