Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — ALFRED THOMPSON REJECTED [ARTICLE]

ALFRED THOMPSON REJECTED

On Recent Examination Was Found to Be Under Weight. Alfred Thompson, who has been engaged as an ambulance driver in France since June, has written his parents that all Americans in the service were recently taken over by the government, at which time they ■were given a rigid physical examation. He was found to be under weight and was rejected, and will probably be discharged soon. However, he desires very much to continue in the service and if unable to get in some other branch in France will try for a place in Italy.