War hadn't been declared yet but it began to dawn on people that war with Germany meant sending troops to Europe, something that President Wilson had indicated in his request for a declaration of war. The news had been so full of the war being naval, and problems with Mexico, that this hadn't been obvious at first, even though it should have been.
Wilson's speech, however, grossly underestimated the number of men that World War One would require in that role.
In an act that would be shocking today, students at the Laramie High School who were 17 were being encouraged to enlist in the Navy.
And scarlet fever was back.
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