Name/Title
War Dept./ Order of Induction into Military ServiceScope and Content
Order of the Induction into Military Service
of the United States.
The President of the United States,
To William Beekman
(Christian name) (Surname)
Order Number 172 Serial Number 167
Greeting: Having submitted yourself to a local board composed of your neighbors for the purpose of determining the place
and time in which you can best serve the United States in the
present emergency, you are hereby notified that you have now been selected for immediate military service.
You will, therefore, report to the local board named below
at City Hall, Ripon Wis. (Place of Reporting) at 5 p.m., (hour of Reporting) on the Ninth day of October, 1918, for Military duty.
From and after the day and hour just named you will be a soldier in the military service of the United States.
signed by: F.A. Preston
Member of Local Board for _________________
Report to Local Board for: Local Board for Division No. 2,
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Ripon, Wisconsin.
Date 9-25-18
Form 1028. P.M.G.O. (See Sec. 157, S.S.R.)
# at lower far right corner: 3-5115Acquisition
Accession
2015.0041Source or Donor
Mrs. Vivian GraunkeAcquisition Method
Donation