Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-26
MEN DRAFTED
FOR WAR SERVICE
Unofficial List Given in Order
Drawn for Baxter Springs
and Spring Valley
Township

been figured out that out Of thi
number to fill the county's quot'
26S men will have to 60 from
Cherokee county. Estimating
that to get this number 536 mel
will be included in the first call
That means that the first 53I
numbers drawn will be in th'
first call. Baxter Springs por'
ton will include all number:
found in the first 536 drawn. A
careful checking of the list has
shown that included in the first
= 563 are so men from Baxter
Therefore these first fifty names
have been placed at the head OF
the list as those likely to be
called up first for examination.
The same is also true of Spri ne
Valley township. The first le
named will be likely to be called
up first.
These figures are reached by
estimating that half of the men
called up first will either be re-
jected on account of physical
disability or exempted for some
reason. The number that Baxter
Springs will actually have to
furnish will be close to %. And
for spring Valley township about
10.
It should be remembered that
these figures are not official and
represent simply compilations
made by the News to give its
readers as near as possible an
idea of who will be called up first.
The Official Call
The first call. for drafted men
to report for physical examination
will be issued early next week.
The board is composed of
Sheriff Bob Frazier, DR.. ]. Dale
Graham and Judge j. H. Ellis.
1t will sit at Columbus. Drafted
men will have to 90 to Columbus
on call and will have to pay their
own expenses. !
On the day of the posting OF
the lists, notices will be mailed to
all men wanted at this time,
designating a time when they are
to appear at the Office of the
board for physical examination.
But failure to receive the in
dividual notice through the mail
dues not excuse the drafted man.
Publication of the lists in news
papers and placing them in cen.
tral places in each division will
be construed as ample notice of
draft.
Everyone is to be called; a
claim for exemption does not ex-
empt anyone; all must take a
physical examination.
Men unable to report for ex-
animation because of sickness be-
fore the tenth day following the
mailing of their notices may be
examined at home by communi-
eating with the board before the
tenth day.
Claims for exemption from
service, by men physically quail
fled, will be heard after the phys
ical examinations. They will be
lodged with the local boards in
writing, on forms to be provided
by the War Department for the
purpose; and must be in the
hands of the board on or before
the seventh day following the
mailing of the first notices. In
other words, if an individual has
a claim for exemption and is de-
clared fit in the physical exami-
nation, he will at once make out
his exemption claim and file it.
The claim of exemption must
be made in writing and must be
supported by sworn affidavit. !
Those who will claim exemption
upon the ground of having de-
pendents or being physically dis
abled will have to 60 to the local
board at Columbus, and Others
who claim exemption because OF
their occupation will have to be
heard by the federal board at Fl.
Scott.
In a case where a man has
moved q considerable distance
from the place where he was
registered, by writing back to
the board of his registration he
can get permission to be examin-
ed by the board nearest to the
point where he now resides. He
win not have to journey back to