Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

lone DISTRICT
FILLS ITS QUOTA
Second Division of Cumber-
land County Has More Men
on List Than Required

Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 29.-The quota
for District No. to the national
army has been more than reached,
following the latest action of the
board. In District No. /, however,
where a more lenient stand is being
taken on exemptions. but half of the
desired number has been secured and
more men have been called for ex-
animation, beginning on Thursday.
The No. 2 board has announced
that it had refused to exempt any
man who had no children and whose
wife was not an invalid but who was
physically able to support herself. In
view of the Presidents recent ruling,
however, 1t is possible that the dis
trict board will reverse a number of
decisions on this point and should
such be the case larger number
will have to be examined.
In District No. the quota Is rs.
So far if those examined on whose
cases the board has passed so have
been certified for service. SO were
rejected on physical grounds, 101
exempted and II are already in serv-
ice. The board certified absent men
in this total and referred no agri-
cultural or industrial claims to the
higher board.
In No. l district. where the needed
number is 81, so have been certified
for service, including absent men. 61
rejected on physical grounds, "a ex-
empted for dependency, 9 are in serv-
Ice and 16 have had their claims re-
ferred to the higher board.
The latest action by the boards
involves the following:
District No.
Accepted for service-William r.
Kline, New Kingston: Frank n. Reed,
camp Hill; Lawrence d. Weary. Car
isle, r. o.; Emmett O. Leinaweaver,
camp Hill; Alvin H. Bushey. Le-
moyne; Joseph s. Mason, Camp Hill;
RAYMOND Y. Young, Camp Hill,
claims denied; Chic A. Lantz. Boiling
Springs; Charles S. Rapp, West Fair
view; Ralph Kerns, New Cumber-
land; Roy Q. Erford, West Fair
view; Harry II. Greegor, Mechanics
burg; John e. Burger, Lemoyne;
Harry S. Slouther, Mechanicsburg, no
claims; Raymond J. Eckels. New
Cumberland; James wall, Enola;
Harry r. Braught, Carlisle, r. D.,
did not appear.
Rejected for physical reasons
Russell ]. Rupp, Shiremanstown; Will
son L. Miller. Carlisle, r. D.: Roy
Winter, New Cumberland; George J.
Frank, Boiling Springs; John A..
MiXel, Carlisle, r. D.; Chester r.
Wetzel, Carlisle, r. D.; Hoover e.
Brubalker, Shiremanstown; Milton
Hartman, New Cumberland; John
Brady, Enola; Harlan A. Noel, New
-
moyne.
Exemption given for dependence
Lake r. Gise. New Cumberland; Nor
ris F. Warner, Carlisle, R. D.; Archie
r. Burk, Lemoyne; Fermin e. Baur,
West Fairview; George r. Snyder,
West Fairview; Edgar e. Hoffman,
Lemoyne; John II. Hummel, New
Cumberland; Walter d. Martin.
Camp Hill.
Referred to higher board-Charles
w. Kimmel, West Fairview: Charles
r. Strock, Carlisle: Earnest ]. Pyke,
New Kingston; Wayne A. Fisher,
Mechanicsburg.
District No. .
Accepted-Charles e. Russell, Ship
pensburg; Norman G. Stine, Car
lisle; Harvey f. Clay, Carlisle; Sam
uel V. Eppley, Carlisle; Ellsworth I.
Gibb, Barnitz; Albert II. Allison,
OnlppenSDufg; JOhn e. Maurice, Car
Isle, r. d. s, claims denied; John S.
Thompson, Carlisle; Charles w. Wise,
Mount Holly Springs; George Fl.
Beetem, Dickinson; Melvin S. Rosen-
berry, Shippensburg. no claims; Hoyt
c. Stillwell, Stanley, Va, did not
report.
Rejected - Arthur L. Kennedy,
Carlisle; Elmer w. Clay, Carlisle; !;
William F. Bowers, Mount Holly
Springs; Floyd w. Hershey, Ship
pensburg; Wilbur L. Bender, Car
Isle; Joseph II. Drey, Carlisle; Har-
per d. Schraudenbaugh, Carlisle:
Robert L. Culley, Carlisle; J.. F.
Puderbaugh, Carlisle; John r. Phila-
baum, Carlisle; Robert r. Thumma,
Carlisle; Charles d. Zell Carlisle.
Exempted - Charles r. Gabler,
Walnut Bottom; William e. Ames,
Carlisle; John A. Heller, Shippens-
burg; Russell Click. Shippensburg;
Ralph c. Lehman, Newville; James
A. M. Bishop, Carlisle; Floyd w.
Mooney, Shippensburg, r. R. g.;
Emanuel r. Gregor. Newville; Will
liam S. McKeehan, MELVILLE. r. d. 3;
John w. Wolf. MELVILLE, r. d. 3;
Lawrence f. Cramer, Shippensburg;
Paul e. Neff. Shippensburg; Calvin
J. Burr, Carlisle, r. d. 4; William
d. Thompson, Carlisle; Harper d.