Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1917 — SEVENTEEN ARE REFUSED CLAIMS [ARTICLE]

SEVENTEEN ARE REFUSED CLAIMS

Second Call Is Expected to Complete First Quota THIRTY-FOUR ARE DRAFTED Married Men Without Children Are Given Little Consideration When » Asking for Exemptions. The Jasper county conscription board concluded its work Monday in connection with the first 112 men called. Seventeen claims for exemption >were denied, and with the seventeen who successfully passed the physical examination and did not ask for exemption, this makes a total of thirty-four men from this county from the first 112 called. Most of the claims for exemption denied were from men who were married but had no children. Two or three were made on religious grounds, and one on the grounds of a dependent mother. The names of these thirty-four men were certified to the district board yesterday as having been legally drafted and eligible for service. Those who asked for exemption but were denied same, together with the township from which! they were drafted, are as follows: Ellert E. Shumaker, Marion John Kaufman, Union Clarence Bowman, Barkley Teddie Miller. Carpenter Orval H. Crisler. Marion Roy M. Burch, Rensselaer John A. Moosemiller, Hanging Grove Leo M. Mutter. Jordan Joseph Hallett. Wheatfield Ben Grube, Fayetteville, North Carolina John Shields, Milroy r Glen Overley. Rensselaer y Perry F. Naylor. Barkley Tunis Snip. Jr.. Keener Clarence V. Sayer. Marion Orla Clouse. Rensselaer Arthur Battleday, Rensselaer Following is a list of the names certified to the district board, and who did not ask for exemption: Carrol W. Leatherman, Carpenter Henry Van Wienen, Keener William Ott, Walker John DeArmond, Kankakee Vernon R. Sterns. Barkley Louis W. Misch Wheatfield « Ernest Smith, Carpenter Joseph J. Thomas, Newton Carl Weickum. Marion Othel Caldwell, Marion Herman Goepp, Barkley Delevan J. Babcock, Rensselaer John Kriz, Newton f Charles P. Potter, Union Oscar J. Stemble, Wheatfield Fletcher D. Minniear. Marion Harold L. Fidler, Jordan Exemeptions were granted to the following who passed the physical examination: Fred E. Robey, Gillam Everett Walker. Newton Charles N. Webb, Union Flovd L. Tanner, Barkley Jeff Randolph. Barkley Abram Keyzer. Keener Arthur B. Cavendish. Barkley Robert H. Hurley. Jordan Dirk Vander Bent. Keener Fred B. Wagner. Carpenter Jefferson E. Cooper, Keener Charles C. Sommers, Milroy Edward SeV-ma, Keener Lee»W. Rardin, Union L. L. McDamel Walker John Walstra. Union Frank W. Goss. Carpenter Joseph F. Nagel. Barkley Jesse H. Beecher, Jordan Menno S. Chupp, Union Otha Spriggs, Barkley Homer Meyers, Walker Albert Ross Ramey, Marion Charles Marchand. Milroy Robert F. Osborn. Pontiac, Illinois.