Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-27
.CERTIFY.NORE
DRAFT men FOR
army SERVICE
District Exemption Board
Grinds Out List Of Sc to
Hold Themselves in Read
mess.
Not Likely That Quota to Be
Called Oct. 3 Will Be Re-
duced as Expected in
Some States-Ada County
Board Gets Action on Men

Qualification of an additional Sc men
from southern and eastern Idaho
counties for service in the new nation
al army was the task performed by
the district exemption board today.
They are to hold themselves in readi-
ness for the call on Oct. 3. when an
other 40 per cent of the states quota
will entrain for American Lake. The
certification includes IL men from
Bingham county. Z from Fremont
county, % from Owyhee county, ~
from Franklin county and 26 from JET
ferson county. Qualifications were al
so made from Lemhi and Power
county but the names have not as yet
been checked They will he ready for
publication Friday, in all probability.
NO WORD ABOUT REDUCTION.
No word has been received by either
the adjutant generals department or
the district or county board that the
slated 40 per cent quota for Oct. may
be cut to 90 per cent. Utah, 1t was
learned has received notice unofficially
that such reduction was to be made.
This report is to the effect that orders
have gone to nearly half the states,
getting different proportions, but until
Ine QUOTAS 10 ne tdilCu ouS ALVIN Gil
states are definitely decided upon, the
provost marshal generals department.
declines to make public the new order.
It is believed those states referred to
are included in the groups that send
men to training camps other than
American Lake, the camps not being in
condition to handle all of the men
under the first call at this time.
BUT SHORT TIME LEFT.
Members of the Ada county board
were before the district board today
urging certification of additional men
In order that the 40 per cent required
of this quota can he notified they
must report for military duty. Oct. 8
falls on next Wednesday and the board
has only a short time in which to get
action.
d. L. Carter of Cambridge, a mem
Der of the board, is not sitting with 1t
He was delayed from reaching Boise
by floods and washouts along the Pa
,ific & Idaho Northern railroad.
The following are the Qualifications
authorized by the board by counties:
BINGHAM COUNTY.
M. NJ. Hansen, Blackfoot; Ralph B
. Noeber, Fort Hall: Earl Schureman
Shelley; Elvin Charles Mecham, Firth;
, Clarence NJ. Aldous, Sterling; Her
/, bert 3. Terrell. Mountain Home;
John Becker, Aberdeen: Rex Bert Dun
lap. Colorado Springs Colo; Andrew
. 4. A. Stroh, Aberdeen Earnest Petri
Lober; Arthur Davis Unkefer, Boze-
man, Mont.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Murlin A. Peterson, Franklin: Ell
mer Choules. Preston: lVo J. Sperry
Clifton; John e. Nielsen, Preston; La
, vonx A Marshall Weston; Spared f
Huff. Franklin: MILFORD w. Barlow
Robin: Raymond S. Chekkets. Weston;
Ariel l.. Olsen, Mink Creek; Welvin p
Alder, Preston Alferd Kern, Preston
Noel j. Carter, Preston: Bernice r
Parkinson, Franklin Lewis A. Bing.
ham, Banda; Nathan G. Neelev
Franklin; Arthur Walgreen, Mini
Creek; Ezra G. Lewis, Preston; Roo
ert A., Campbell. Weston; Archie i
McCombs, Preston; Jesse Henderson
Clifton; Frederick E. Porter, Preston
George S. Viewer, Whitney; Millarc
LOFTS, Preston; Leroy Archibald