Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1917 — DRAFT BOARD IS AT WORK [ARTICLE]

DRAFT BOARD IS AT WORK

Large Percentage of Men sk for Exemptions. The Jasper county exemption board, consisting of Sheriff McColly, Clerk Nichols and Dr. Loy, assisted sby Drs. Washburn and English and Clerks C. M. Sands, D. J. Babcock and- Robert Loy and Attorney E. P. - Honan, begun the grind Monday morning of examining the 112 drafted men who were called for the first three days of this week from which to se ure the necessary fifty-six men to fill our quota. Of the forty men called for examination twenty-one were passed on physical examination; twelve rejected for various causes; one, Claude G. Maxwell of- Remington, was examined at South Bend and passed there; three were found to be suffering from disabilities from which it was thought they would recover soon, with proper treatment, and their cases continued to a future date, while three, Emil •t~ - Hanley, Ross B. Robbins and Clyde Fisher, presented blanks showing that they had enlisted in the \U. S. .service since the draft was made. Twenty-one of the forty examined had filed exemptions on account of having dependents—-a wife and, in most cases, children. Following is the list of those examined in the order in which they were drawn: 1 Carl W, LeathermanPassed 2 -Fred E.. .Robey (x)... .Passed 3 Ellert E. Shumaker (x)Passed 4 . Grover M. Cregemile....Disqualified 5 Everett Walker (x).....Passed 6; Charles N. Webb (x)..Passed 7 John H. Luers (z) 8 Floyd L. Tanner ;(x) Passed 9 William Klinnert, eon. 4p. m. Aug. 21 10 Charles A. GuttrichDisqualified 11 Jeff Randolph (x)Passed 12 Abraham Keyzer (x)Passed 13 Emil Hanley (z) 14 Thomas Swart Disqualified 15 Arthur B. Cavindish (x) Passed 16 Ross B. Robbins (z) 17 Henry W. Cords Disqualified 18, John Duggins (x) Disqualified 19 William E. Keener..... .Disqualified 20 John Kauffman (x).Passed 21 Henry Van Wienen Passed 22 George W. Bernhardt.. .Disqualified 23 Edgar F. Duvall (x) Con. to Oct. 5 24 Melvin Long" . ...Disqualified 25 Robert H. Hurley (x) Passed 26 Dirk Vander Bent (x)Passed 27 James Kriz Disqualified 28 Clarence Bowman (x)Passed 29 Claude G. Maxwell.... Ex. elsewhere 30 " Fred B. Wagner (x)Passed 31 Jefferson E. Cooper (x)Passed 32 William Rex Ott (x)Passed 33 Harry Milner (x) Disqualified 34 George G. Casey Disqualified 35 Teddy Miller ‘ (x)Passed 36 Orvil H. Crisler (x)..Passed 37 Simon Wilbur Con. to Sept. 5 38 Ben May .Disqualified 39 Clyde Fisher (z) 40 Roy M. Burch. . . Passed 41 Harold F. Pullin. .Disqualified 42 Ray D. Anderson. . . .Con. to Oct. 5 43 John A. Moosmiller....Passed 44 George F. Moore Disqualified 45 Henry Ray Milner..... .Disqualified 46 Charles C. Sommers ..Passed 47 Willie I. Plotte. .Disqualified 48 William 11. Martin Disqualified 49 J. Lee Mutter (y)Passed 50 Edward Sekema (x)...Passed 51 Lee W. Rardin (x)Passed 52 John S, DeArmondPassed 53 Albert Henry Rosing (z) 54 Joseph E. Hallett (x)Passed 55 Vernon R.. Sterns.. .Passed 56 L. L. McDaniel (x).Passed 57 William E. Marlin Passed 58 John W. Mills ...; Disqualified 59 Louis W. Misch ..Passel GO John Walstra (x)Passed 61 JohnKony .Disqualified 62 Ernest Smith Passed 63 Everett J. Kimble Not in yet 64 Harry Hays Not in yet 65 Frank Earl Biggs. •. . Passed 66 Joseph J. Thomas Passed 67 Frank W. Goss....Passed 68 Carl Weickum Passed 69 Louis A. Millqf Disqualified 70 Othel Caldwell . Passed 71 Woodhull I. Spitler (X)Passed

x _Filed exemption on account of dependent wife or wife anjl children. z—Enlisted in U. S. ‘service since draft was made. y—Alien religious student. It is understood that several of those not indicated above as having filed exemptions took out blanks and were to file them yesterday, that being the last day for filing exemptions of the 112 in the first call.