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Article below tells of John W. Haight joining the New Jersey State Militia along
with two other “Hackensackers”. 

Written by:
Bob Meli
June 28, 2016

 

THE EVENING RECORD
August 27, 1917
The Evening Record August 17 1917

     ONLY FIVE MORE
            MEN NOW NEEDED
                   FOR NEW COMPANY
           The Hackensack company of the
      New Jersey State Militia needs but
      five more men to bring it up to full
      war strength.
           Three more Hackensackers——
      George W. Van Valen, 6 Temple avenue,
      Frank Haymart, 19 Temple avenue, and
      John W. Haight, 21 Johnson avenue——
      have enlisted.
           The company will be mustered in
      tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the
      local armory by Lieut. Ely, of
      Rutherford. All members of the company       are ordered to be present. 

 

Click on each veterans' name in the article above to navigate to their web pages.

 

Background image of the Recruiting Office obtained from:

http://avichetri.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/the-london-that-nobody-knows-final-presentation/