The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-08-24
FIFTY-TWO MEN REJECTED ON
GROUNDS OF PHYSICAL DE-
FECTS. PER CEN Mt A G. f TO
CLAIM EXEMP PTION AGAIN
LARGE.
EIGHTy.FIvE ARE CERTIFIED
That Number Out of First 266 are
Accepted by Local Board. Indust-
rial Exemptions Will Cut Down this
Number

The medical examiners for the
local draft exemption board completed
their labors in the examination Of the
second contingent of 266 men last
Wednesday afternoon. Since the ex-
animation of the first contingent
some days ago, the war department
has modified the requirements some
what, so that not quite SO large a
percentage was rejected as at that
time. A total Of ffty-two were dis
charged on account of physical de-
fects. Some of this list are to be re-
called for further examination, and it
is quite probable that a few of the
number will yet be accepted. The
board are now in session passing on
claims for exemption, and the list
will undoubtedly be ready for certi-
fication by Monday. There is no
time to be lost now, as present orders
are for the mobilization of the draft
army at the Cantonment in Battle
Creek September 5th.
Out of the first draft of 266, eighty
eight. were certified for the army.
The list appears in full in another
column Of this page. The following
notations should be made in the list
as published Carl A. Gislander of
South Haven and Charles Florian of
Grand Junction have enlisted, and
should not be included. Also Howard
Parks of Paw Paw who made appli-
cation and has been accepted N the
Michigan Knight Templar Ambulance
Unit. Howard left for Flint where
the unit will mobilize, the first of the
week. Those in the list who claim
exemption for industrial reasons are
now in the hands of the District
Board.
Judge David Anderson of Paw Paw
has been appointed by Governor
Sleeper as an agent of the U. S.
War department to represent the
Provost Marshall General. He re-
ceived the appointment last week,
and it might be said in passing that
this position like most of the other
positions in connection with war
business carries with it no compen-
sation. 1t is simply a case where
every man must do his "Bit" when
called upon to serve. The duties of
this agent is to review the work of
the local exemption board. The regu-
lations provide that every exemption
made by local boards on the grounds
of having dependents, is appealed
automatically to the District Board,
and all Judge Anderson has to do
with those exemptions is to certify the
list Of the District Board. Exemptions
by local boards on all other grounds
must be reviewed by the agent, and
appeals made in individual cases in
his discretion. He has nothing to do
with claims for exemption on agri-
cultural or industrial grounds. Such
claims are under the absolute juris-
diction of the District Board. This
Board is now in session in Kalamazoo
and it is probable that decisions will
be reached early next week.
Starting in with the head of the
list of the last contingent to be ex-
amined, the local board will accept
enough men to make up Van Buren's
quota of 1873, and with reserve list
from which vacancies may be filed.
While a large percentage of the men
filed claims for exemption it is ex-
pected that this county's quota can
be filled from the list. In case it
cannot, another list will be summoned
for examination.
Quite a number among those noti-
fed, failed to appear for examination.
Some of course were physically un-
able to come, while others have gone
from the jurisdiction of the board
and cannot be found. Every case
will be investigated, and any will
full evasion of the regulations will
undoubtedly be severely dealt with.