The Conscription Act of 1917 required that all men between the ages of 21 and 31 register for the draft on June 5, 1917. Eighty-one men from Warren Township registered on that date, as follows (name, followed by post office address): Armande, Francesco, Warrenville Bauman, Andrew H., Warrenville Bennett, David L., Plainfield Bernecker, Morris B., Warrenville Betzold, John E., Millington Bicknell, A.H., Plainfield Brunnhoezl, Fred, Plainfield Cano, Joseph M., Gillette Carlson, Oscar, Warrenville Cavalier, Alexander, Martinsville Cavaliere, Carmine, Martinsville Chalus, Antone, Martinsville Chute, Edward, Warrenville Coddington, C. A., Plainfield Coddington, E. D., Plainfield Colton, Albert L., Martinsville Cooper, Peter J., Plainfield Creeden, Dennis, Plainfield DeVoto, Joseph, Plainfield Dickinson, John A., Warrenville Doepper, John F., Plainfield Dublin, Isador, Warrenville Faulkner, Richard, Plainfield Felldin, Einer, Plainfield Flammer, C. D., Martinsville Friday, Peter, Jr., Warrenville Geiger, Frederick, Martinsville Giddes, LeRoy, Martinsville Gunton, George H., Martinsville Gunton, Walter, Martinsville Harrison, Claude, Warrenville Hauser, Karl M., Warrenville Herlich, Robert J., Warrenville Hilmer, Herbert H., Millington Hirschbein, Chas. H., Plainfield Hirschbein, Theo. H., Plainfield Jennings, Chas. E., Warrenville Koenen, John, Plainfield Koskinen, Nels C., Warrenville Lerch, Chas. W., Plainfield Levitz, David, Plainfield Mantz, Judson C., Martinsville Merolla, Frank, Plainfield Meyer, Fred. L., Martinsville Miller, Charles, Martinsville Miller, Edward, Martinsville Muller, Joseph F., Plainfield Muller, William F., Plainfield Newbold, Chas. E., Warrenville Newton, Joseph, Plainfield Newton, Kenneth, Plainfield Nuse, George W. Jr., Martinsville Pavillard, August J.. Plainfield Perry, James, Plainfield Plock, Charles M., Warrenville Pope, William A., Warrenville Possien, Frederick E., Plainfield Possien, Victor A., Plainfield Reinmann, Percy H., Plainfield Reinmann, Peter J., Plainfield Roddy, Harold K., Plainfield Sanders, Ambrose G., Plainfield Schneider, George, Martinsville Sedlik, John, Plainfield Seitz, Charles, Bound Brook Seitz, Philip, Jr., Bound Brook Smith, Harvey, Plainfield Smith, William, Plainfield Spencer, George T., Plainfield Stine, George R., Martinsville Stine, Jacob Martin, Martinsville Strout, Leeman, Warrenville Tatum, George M., Plainfield Thorn, Owen, Warrenville Van Nest, William S., Martinsville Wharton, Lewis M., Plainfield Wiegand, Lewis, Martinsville Williams, Arthur S., Warrenville Winn, Arthur George, Plainfield Wormser, B. T., Plainfield Zimmerman, Wm. F., Martinsville There were at least three subsequent registrations before the war ended. In August the Exemption Board for the 1st District of Somerset County began the task of selecting those to be drafted. Two men from Warren Township were selected: Fred. Geiger and Percy H. Reinmann. [Somerset Messenger, 7/11/1917, 8/22/1917] © Warren Township Historical Society |