(First World War) Rare Broadside, MEN WANTED FOR THE MOME GAURDS BDETGWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 40 MARRIED OR SINGLE… ([Williamsport, Penn?: 1917], [SIZE].

An exhortation, made soon after the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, urging those who have not gone overseas to “… do your bit at home and enlist in the HOME GUARDS… The duty of Home Guards is to protect the interests of those who are left at home, and to stand ready to aid and assist the Government in keeping peace within our own folds. The Home Guards will be ready in cases of riots, Floods, Fires, etc., to lend aid at any time called upon by the Public Safety Committee. these Guards are being formed at the suggestion of the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, Jas. B. Krause. Men who have been found physically unfit owing to some minor detail, and men who, owing to support of family cannot join the colors, can do their part by enlisting in the Home Guards…”

James Barber Krause (1854-1923) was a prominent Williamsport, Pennsylvania attorney, who the State. In March 1917, the Governor of Pennsylvania appointed him as a member of the Committee of Public Safety for the Defense of Pennsylvania.*

Mounted to a board, marginal chipping dampstains and soiling as shown, else fair to good condition overall. Sold as is.

(EXA 5365) $550
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^* “Two Hundred Residents Selected by Executive for Public Safety Committee” Wilkes-Barre Times, 22 Mar. 1917, page 8.