The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-23

With certifcation of three more men
for service in the army and the dis
charge OF a dozen more who had claim
ed exemptions on account of depend
ents, the Kenosha local exemption
III ,noae its lss. announcement to-
day previous to the examination o.
men called for the second call. There
still remains in the hands of the board
half dozen claims for exemption
which are to be disposed of and these
will be taken care of just as soon as
the board has all the facts in the cases
before it, 1t is probable that several
OF the remaining claims will be certi-
fed to the district board for examina-
ton and final decision.
The board is now busy laying plans
to get the first unit of the National
Army from Kenosha ready to start in
to actual training. On September 9Th
ninety men from Kenosha, selected by
the exemption board, will be expected
to entrain. The plans for the transfer
of these men to the cantonment camp
either at Battle Creek, Mich, or Rock
ford ILL.,, are now being made and it
is expected that the Kenosha men will
be moved without any delay and that
they will be among the first men to
reach the cantonment Many of the
kenosna men who have been appointed
as officers for tn new National Army
will leave on next Monday for Battle
Creek to act as the advance guard for
the coming of the army. 1t is under
stood that the men will not be divided
into the various branches of the serv-
ice until after they have completed
their first training at the cantonment.
With the first bunch of men called
for examination practically out of the
way, the members of the exemption
board started work Tuesday night on
the long list of men making up the
second call. Many of these men ap-
peared on Tuesday night ready to file
exemptions. The board has certified
for examination in its first list prac-
tically all single men and il is expected
that nearly enough men to fill up the
Kenosha quota viii be secured from
the men TO be examined on next Mon
day. The married men and men who
have exemptions on the race of their
registration caeds have been called for
the examinations on Tuesday. The
members of the board are tightening
Up the lines every day for exemptions.
Men who believed that they had been
discharged on account of bat teeth or
on account of the fact that they were
slightly over or under weight have
been called for denomination. The
members Of the board feel that with
these stragglers and with the single
men in the new batch that the Keno.
sha quota will certainly be made up
out of this call.
There have been few appeals for ex.
emption to the district board from de.
oisions of Che local board. Speed i
going to be necessary if the men now
called are examined and certified in
time for them to go with the men to
Battle Geek the first week in Septem,
Der The list to 90 with the fir com
pany from Kenosha has not as vet been
announced but it is believed that the
men will be taken in the order Of the
draf3 and in The order they were certi
fed for service.
me work Of the Kenosha county ex
emptlon board is now practically com
pleted. The one hundred men required
from the county are all closing up theil
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