The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-08-11
THE DRAFT EXAMINATIONS

lfNHlHlfl" report hI INV HtHflfHt NlhHHI.
Iacattons gHto which the men uf West
IFeliciHuas FIRST quota have been placed
| However. it Is apparent that West
IFelictaua will be- able to furnish her
Iquota of ~ mcn and the ten per cent
more than this number as recently
| ordered without having 10 caH uB
Imofr men for examination
| OF the liG mcn called up for cEamb
Iuaunn rs appeared al the court house
this week. \ fow we're AZ home on az
Icouuf of sickness and the examining
physicians will have to examine them
Ihttr. some were unable 10 appear for
examination unlh Friday aud others
fsHl we're cNamined at other places
OF the rs examined twenty-five eere
discharged CA account of physical dis
liability and It is possible that a few
Iolhers may be discharged for the same
reason before the" Beard completes lis
! report Forty claims for exemption
we're filed the reasons given being In
the main dependent relatives. 4 great
or percentage Of white men than uo-
groes applied for exemption Il is eX.
Epeclad that fulIy half of the exemption
claims will not bo allowed by the
II.ocal Board Tho claims from the
EHserors would not have been SO uu-
Nervous had It not been for white en-
pIoyers making an effort to retain their
|laborers.
The examinations were conducted in
! the court room an the mornings of
TUESDAY. "Wednesday and Thursday
! The Local Board composed Of Coroper
w. n. Taylor Clerk Of Court e. s.
Muse and Jaa. II. kilbourue, Was as.
sisted by Dr. James ktIhoufnc. Dr. Sid.
Iury Powell. g : Davidson, G NJ Les.
ter and Elrto Robinson The men in
launches of five or six. we're conducted
before the examiners ia their birthday
clothes Their height and weight were
FIRST recorded, then they were tested
ION hearing end vision. Very few were
Exempted on account uf defective sight
land hearing and comp raiively few on
weight Those who were unable 10
read were handed a card similar to the
one used in the test and instructed Ia
point 70 the letter to which the es-
Iaminer pointed and the pIau worked
|ssry we'll Uf Taylor then examined
them With ghe stpthoscope for heart
and lung action. and also examined the
limbs Chest expansion VAS also re-
Icorded IN this particular Dhe darklps
! showed up poorly Scarcely any Of
them showed u mobility of greater
than two and one half inches and most
OF them had but two Inches. Many Of
the durkies Were badly frightened and
some made paipablc efforts TO feign
disability but uope of them got BY
with It, one Of them affected deafness
land made out like he could not hear
| the regulation whispers Mr. Lester
held the watch very close 20 his ear
land he could not hear H. Mt Lester
held the watch at arms length and
repeated his question The negro sid
Inot know the position Of the watch, and
| said "Yassir boss, hears H." he
Ipassod
At the last station the men were
asked some very searching questions
as to the previous condition Of their
health. Here It was brought out that
( among the darkios there IS very
IFraaf prevalence ef the social diseases
| Here also il was developed that dar
/ kIns ar, very much Ike sheep When
Ithp first 81 q class claimed a pain In
the -ldo or Misery ia the stomach.
Iiha Whole buucE was pretty likely to
make the same claim
A. a whole the darkies took the
= matter rather phHosophjcally, though
Isome we're badly scared Most IT them
were fairly intelligent thoueh come OF
them were very ignorant
Two ar three dafkios. men who were
lawfully welded "hy Mr. Jack Muse.
aud who had children, elected the
admiration of The white men by refus.
ing to file claims for exemption aad
declaring that they were ready to "a
whenever uncIe Sam said SO
The information that Uncle sam
Igaya his soldiers 81 shoes to wear and
paid them $50 a month vas a deciding
factor with others in the matter Of
lnIIng exemption.
IS soon as tho Local lloard completes
. Its report The True Democrat viii be
enabled 70 give the proper classified
tons into which the men Of the frat
tdraFt have been placed
Auother reason why James NJ Mont
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