Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — BOARDS ARE MADE PUBLIC [ARTICLE]

BOARDS ARE MADE PUBLIC

EXEMPTION BOARD LIST SUBMITTED TO PRESIDENT NOT TO BE CHANGED. Indiana exemption boards under the selective draft system law, were made public Monday after Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, had notified Governor Goodrich that the list of names of such boards, which had been submitted some time ago by the executive, had been used by President Wilson without change, as his selection for the local boards in the state. * Section 4 of the selective draft law refers to the creation of these boards as follows: “Such boards shall have the power within their respective jurisdiction, to hear and determine, subject to review as hereinafter provided, all questions of exemption under this act, and all questions or claims for including or discharging persons or classes of persons from the selective draft, which shall be made under rules and regulations prescribed by the president, except any and every question or claim for including and excluding or discharging persons or classes of persons from the selective draft under the provisions of this act authorizing the president to exclude or discharge from the selective draft ‘Persons engaged in industries, including agriculture, found to be necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment, of the effective operation of the military forces, or the maintenance of national interest during the emergency.” The list of the boards named in this state by Governor Goodrich were accepted by the president without alteration. The board named from this county and contiguous counties are as follows: JASPER. Nichols, Jesse E. McColly, Benjamin D. Johnson, Dr. C. E. NEWTON. Hosier, Charles E. Spinney, Arthur J. Glick, Dr. Q. E. CARROLL. Pearson, Charles C. McCormick, Thomas. Carney, Dr. John R. WHITE. Reagan, Dr. J. N. , ~ Sellers, Emery E» Loughrey, William. BENTON. Carter, Frank. Duffy, George. LePage, Dr. Arthur.

Bicycle tires, the largest line in the city. AU neiw stock at the old low prices. Also bicycle repairs and repairing.—Main Garage.