Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1917 — ELEVEN RECRUITS REJECTED [ARTICLE]

ELEVEN RECRUITS REJECTED

Bad Teeth Caused Several to Fail in Enlistment. Major Chittick of Frankfort, medical examiner for the Indiana national guard, was in Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon and examined forty-eight of the new recruits to Company M. The result of this examination reduced the total strength of the company to ninetytwo, eleven applicants having been rejected. The chief cause of fajlure to pass the physical test was bad teeth, and it is probable that some of the young men will have their teeth attended to and apply again. Fourteen of the new recruits were unable to appear at this examination, and If these should all pass it would bring the strength of the company up to JO6.