Ed Sauter, Sr. was in his fifties, a bit old to be enlisting in the ranks, so it must have been Ed Jr., the baby of the family, now about 25 years old, who was off to prepare for war. It isn't clear whether he had volunteered or been drafted.
According to the draft card he'd filled out the previous year, Ed Jr. had been living in Gary, working for the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co. located there.
A couple weeks later, Charles Lee was doing much better. No word on how Ed Jr. was doing.
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Sources:
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 2 May 1918.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 17 May 1918.
♦ World War I Draft Cards.
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