Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1917 — A Slacker’s Trick. [ARTICLE]

A Slacker’s Trick.

Newark, N. J., May 17.—A new avenue of escape for the “igenus Slacker", whereby the could igdve a plausible excuse for not serving this country, was discovered by Sergeant Earl McManus of the United States Marine Corps recruiting station here today. A young man Who was weld up to the mark physically, failed to ipass the color perception test, which is a part of the regular examination given to all applicants. Those who fail are given a small card l showing that the holder had offered his services to the government in good faith, but _ 'had been rejected for physical disability. The man’s anxiety to secure one of these cards aroused the. sergeant’s suspicions, and, after being closely questioned, the slacker admitted that he had deliberately “faked” the color test to secure a card. Sergeant ■ McManus says that ‘the “ooffior test slacker” is the most, novel, likewise despicable type of delinquent that he has encountered, up to the present time.