Weekly journal-miner., 1917-08-15
Another Call Fixed
 For Early in Week
1l5 MEN EXAMINED EX- CLUSIVE OF ALIEII s; FEW TURNED DOWN ON PHYSICAL GROUNDS AND 51 WILLING TO GO.
(From Tuesdays Daily)

Fourth in number, first in size, yes terday'S quota of registered men will probably produce larger number of real, good, willing soldiers than any other batch yet examined. There were 145 men who went through the examination room. Of these, less than a score were rejected for physi- cal disability, and 5l filed no claims for exemption. Compared with last Tuesdays record of 30 not filing claims, this shows an increase of near ly 50 per cent.
 Again a record was established. While awaiting the medical corps, some members of whom understood the next examination was not until today, Dr. Finn and an assistant handled 30 men in an hour.
 The work of calling the roll started very soon after o'clock. The court room was packed to its capacity. Down a few numbers, the spieler called the name, John Dineen!'
 "Hy-ah!'
 The voice came from below stairs, and was accompanied by sound like a chamois leaping from crag to crag. Dineen, who IS from Clarkdale, emerged into the room on full lope, his face flushed and his breath coming in pants He was greeted by storm of laughter and applause. Dineen passed a grand examination and made no exemption claims. He will be cer- tified tomorrow.
 In the afternoon, the board started a drawing of the next 794 numbers, raising the total called in this county to 23S2, or two-thirds of the number of registered in the county. If this new batch doesn't raise the l25 sol diers to some respectable figure, the board will have to begin shooting in some married folks and others.
 There was pause in the work yes terdav afternoon, while the board looked puzzled over telegram from the State disbursing officer. Had all who have filed exemption clafms heard the boards anxious discussion of the telegram, they would have stood aghast As received here, the wire ordered without the slightest reservation, that all married men be held for service as non-combatants, whether they had dependents or not. A long-distance talk with the dis bursting officer disclosed the fact that in transmission, letter TT had be- come figure "l," changing the entire meaning of the message.
 As it stands, no religious objector is to be exempted on the grounds he is a member of q well established sect. whose creed prohibits its mem bers from going to war. All these, passing physical tests will be assigned to non-combatant duty in the training camps and in the army, but will have to serve, just the same.
 The board was almost as worried as the married men would have been. Members wondered 1T the message meant they should stop drawing and send the first 397 men if found physl- cally fit, regardless Of whether they had dependents. The message said that men received for nou-oombatant duty would be credited to the States quota.
 During the drawing, one young fellow expressed a desire to know where he stood as regards a bootleg charge held against him. He IS out on bond and his bondSmen will not let him leave the State. He passed physical examination, and had no proper claims for exemption, except an affidavit from his father saying he was born in 1897. Asked why he reg istered. he stated he did not care to have his bondSmen know he was under age, for fear they would apply to his father. and he didn't want the old gentleman to know he had got m trouble. He is willing to go to the army if his bondsmen can be satisfied, and some way can be found to hold up the charge.
 This chap is not the first of the sort. In the course of four days of
 
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