Wicker was in Company E and wounded in action at Leech Lake on October 5, 1898; discharged on January 4, 1899, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Federal Marshals requested military assistance from Fort Snelling concerning issues with the Ojibway tribe of American Indians in Northern Minnesota.

The Battle of Sugar Point, or the Battle of Leech Lake, was fought on October 5, 1898, between the 3rd Infantry and members of the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians in a failed attempt to apprehend Pillager Ojibwe Bugonaygeshig ("Old Bug" or "Hole-In-The-Day"), as the result of a dispute with Indian Service officials on the Leech Lake Reservation in Cass County, Minnesota.

Among the ten that were injured were five Minnesotans, Privates; George R. Wicker, Charles M. Turner, Edward Brown, Jes S. Jensen, and Gottfried Ziegler.

[9] In 1899 Wicker wrote and published ("In the Battle with the Chippewas," which appeared in the Illustrated Home Journal of St. Louis on April 1, 1899) his war experience with the American Indians at Sugar Point Minnesota.

George R. Wicker also states that if the tables were turned, the white man would have fought as feverishly as the American Indians have should their land be raped and pillaged by outsiders.

Representative George Wicker was instrumental in getting funds allocated for the Minnesota War Records Commission during his term with the legislature.

The commission collected information and memorabilia regarding the military and publishing a special report regarding the Battle of Sugar Point in which George R. Wicker participated.

CA publications supported Preus's efforts to stomp out the new wave of youthful criminals that was attributed to movies, pool halls, and war experience.

George R. Wicker was representing the Illinois Agricultural Association, and testifying on behalf of several national and State cooperative and farm organizations.

[19] These laws were originally enacted principally to insure to groups of farmers the right to act collectively without violating state antitrust statutes.

From The Cornell Daily Sun: "The different forms of organization found in co-operatives have created a demand for a special kind of agricultural accountants.

This department audits the books of the member companies at regular rates, and helps the co-operatives find the cause of financial losses.