The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-23
FLAT FEET NO BAR
TO MILITARY SERVICE
One Time Vet Trouble to Keep Good
Men From Being Soldiers
Is Cast Out.
DO NOT IMPAIR MEMS VALUE
Draft Takes Skilled Paper Box
Worker and His Employers Offer
Large Advance in Order to Fill His
Place Quickly.

No person can be exempted from
service with the draft army on the
ground that he is in the military SER
vice of the United States, If he has
not been enlisted, appointed or en-
gagged in such service prior to the time
he was called by the local board, IL
was ruled yesterday in telegram re-
ceived by the district board from the
provost-marshal, Men who have bee n
drafted may be commissioned as of
ticers or accept positions as field
clerks as easily after they have been
indicted into the national army as
before. When a man is. awaiting in =
formation as TO "a oorn tssion. or
appointment as field clerk, and he
Is called by a local board, he should
appear for examination, and II ac-
cepted. and he later receives his APP
pointment, he will he permitted to
leave the drafted army All such men
will be credited on the net quota of
the division in which they appear
Flat Feet No Bnr.
The provost marshal also
ruled yesterday that fiat feet are not
a bar to acceptance for the national
army. He pointed out In telegrap hic
Instructions received at the office OF
the Acknowledgement, that with the
groes fat feet are frequently found
which do not impair the value of the
registrant as soldier. In all cases
IL stated no man must be rejected or
account of fat feet. or for any other
physical defect. unless the EXAMINING
physician is positive that 1T makes him
UNIT for service,
With the drafting Of Robert NJ, Live
ly, who was employed at the Fibre
Board Container company. on Williams
burg avenue. this company ia without
a man skilled In paper box work, and
Yesterday announced that II would pay
an increase of twenty-five per cent oveI
the pay received by Lively to get ;
man at once who can do the particular
kind of work wanted. Any persons in
terested should apply to the compan,
Immediately.
In Division No. 8.
Examinations were under way yes
men OF the 500 called for this weel
appearing for examination. 1t wa
stated at the office OF the board tina
only 124 men have been secured GU
of SIS called. This is the highes
percentage Of reflections to be record
/ ed in the city, and ii Is believed tina
call for additional men will be re
quired to get the quota assigned t
! the division.
At Division No, 1 100 men hav
been secured and cert fled to the dis
trict board. About $50 men hav
been called In this division, and 1t
thought that the entire quota for tn
division will be obtained from tina
number The board is working o
exemption claims, many of which wi
be rejected. This board yesterday de
| MED the claims of the following per
sons. Freddie w BEDFORD. Q Hollan
street: Nathan Tatarsky. 1908 Eas
Franklin street Joseph A. Carter, 81
North Thirtieth street: Anderson 7
| Cosby. 27l9 East Marshall street, ap
| Emmett Warren Jackson, 2Sos Eat
Leigh street.
Senator G. Walter Mapp. Senator
H Walker. W. Bullitt Fitzhugh an
others from the Eastern Shore an
Northern Neck counties were visitor
AT the office OF the district hoard yes
terday. end conferred with the chain
man. Edwin =. Cox, regarding ma
tiers bearing on the operation OF til
draft in their respective localities.