The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-03

ton OSten, County Auditor u. Ia.
Kennedy, and DIR. c.. j. Holman,
having been waiting for photographs
of the blackboards at Washington
bearing the numbers drawn for the
draft army. IN Il
On the arrival of the plates the
board will begin to mail notices to
all men summoned on the first call.
That will probably be Thursday.
Physical examinations will prob
ably be begun early in August. The
examinations will probably take three
days Each man will be summoned in
the order of his liability
Any person absent from the terri
tory in which he is called must file
an application for an examination by
another board within ten days. The
application must be accompanied
with satisfactory proof of his failure
to appear before the original board,
He will then be granted permission
to be examined by board in what
ever territory he happens to be. Per-
sons who are ill must file affidavits
to that effect, at least one Of which
must be examined where they are
confined.
Forfeit the Exemption.
Men. who fail to appear on the day
notified or who, fail to furnish salts
factory proof of their inability to do
fed for military service. The order
will be changed only when the board
is certain that it Yves impossible for
the man to appear and to give his
reasons for so doing.
! If the person examined is found
physically qualified by the original
examining physician, he will be SO
listed. If he is rejected, however, he
must be re-examined- by a second
physician Should the two men dis
agree the board will pass upon the
matter. In cases of doubts physicians
are instructed to decide in favor of
the mans qualifications for service.
The Physical Limitations.
Men must be from sixty-o one to
seventy eight inches in height and
must weigh from 11S to 211 pounds.
Chest measurement at expiration
must be from thirty-one to. 38A
inches. Variations in weight from
eight to twenty-four pounds are al
lowed according to height. The chest
expiration may also vary from one to
two inches.
T, ITO be accepted, men below sixty
four inches in height must be of good
physique, we'll developed and muscu-
lar. Variations in weight above the
standard are not disqualifying unless
sufficient to constitute obesity. I'm
less exceptionally well proportioned,
men above seventy eight inches will
probably be rejected. X
Causes for rejection on the physi-
cal examination include lack of nor
NAL understanding, chronic or con-
tagious skin disease, old fracture of
skull, curvature of the spine, catarr-
hal and other ear troubles, bad eye
sight or eye diseases, deformities of
mouth, nose, or fauces, pronounced
goiter, diseases of lungs and heart
especially in fiat or malformed
chests, chronic inflammation of the
stomach, chronic diarrhea, dysentery,
hemdrrhoids and anus, syphilis
natism, severe sprains, permanent
contraction of muscles, webbed
fingers, mutiliation of either thumb
loss of fingers, and defective feet.
Claims For Exemption.
Claims for exemption or discharge
must be filed within seven days after
the date on which the notice to re-
port was mailed. The following are
the, only grounds for exemption by a
local board:
That you are an officer, legislative
executive or judicial of the United
States, a state or territory, or the
District Of Columbia.
That you are a regular or duly or
dained minister of religion.
That you were on May IS, 1917, 6
student preparing for the ministry II
any recognized theological or divinit,
school.
That you are in the military o,
naval service of the United States.
That you are a subject of Germany
whether you have taken out papers
or not.
That you are resident alien wht
has not taken out first papers.
In addition to claims for exemp
ton, claims for discharge may b
made on any Of the followin,
grounds which are the only grounds
for discharge by a local board.
That you are a. county or munich
pal officer.
That you are customhouse clerk
That you are enjoyed by tn
United States in the transmission o
mails.
That you are an artificer or work
man employed in an arInory, arsenal
or navy yard of the United States.
That. you are employed in the sery
ice of the United States (under Ger
tain conditions). :,
That you are licensed pilot regu
larly employed in the pursuit of you
vocation. ~,
That you are a mariner actuall
employed in the sea service of an
citizen or merchant within the Unite
States.
That you are married man wit
a wife or child dependent on you TO
support.
That you have age or infirm par
ents dependent upon your labor TO
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