Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-02
1881 EXAMINED;
BUT 185SELECTED
Physical Reflections Number
Only PAS, But SIG Men
Claim Exemption.
MANY, REASONS ARE GIVEN

With the draft examinations having
been on for nearly week. figures
compiled today show that only 1s5 men
have been found QUIT of approximately
1881 examined whSSwere physically
fit and did rot search around for some
Exemption plea on which they could be
excused from service With the National
Army. =.
Figures available from the eleven
districts show a total of 1,2ol ex-
amined. The percentage of physical
reflections Is not high, totaling but 245.
However. men are claiming exemption
m every conceivable ground.
a The number who have claimed eXemp-
ion to date total 576 Not all of these,
;owever, will be granted exemption from
, service. The boards are awaiting the ar
N-ival of TIE supporting afiidavits for the
exemption claims. when they. will begin
making decisions and certifying men to
! ''e District board. The period for ming
= ~ supporting atiidavits VIII not Sioss LOS
from the date of filing of their claims 1or
Exemption
In several instances the boards find men
who regret that they have to be turned
down for physical reasons, but are willing
and ready to have the defects rejected.
Ninth Finishes Physical Tests.
Physical examinations of the men
summoned on the first call. represent
ing 200 per cent of the quota of sew
Henry D. Cooke School. were complet ID
yesterday afternoon. Notices have
been sent out to $50 additional men to
appear before the board. Examinations
for these additional men will start
Monday and continue through Tuesday
and Wednesday. In order to expedite
examinations the hour for starting has
been changed from 9 o'clock to 8
o'clock in the morning.
Twenty-nine men of the 200 per cent
hrst-can men were pronounced physi-
cally fit and not making exemption
yafms are eligible for the new Ma
tfonal Army. A total of thirty men
were rejected on being unable to meet
the physical requirements. The rest
of them claimed exemption.
1.-TWO men who were summoned to ap-
year for examination before this board
3ave not been heard from and are unac-
and give good excuses for their belated
appearance they will be certified as ell
gible for the Army They are Harry JEFF
ferson Freeman. who gave his address as
ployed as a waiter in Fort Myer. Va. and
Eugene Ferdinand Gordon, who gave his
address as 2506 Mozart place and his oc-
c02aIop-a as p janitors assistant in the
were examined yesterday, out of whom
twelve were accepted, not claiming any
exemption: twenty-three claimed exemp-
4iCns and nine were disqualified because Of
physical disability.
! Examinations in the Seventh.
OF the first 10 men called for ex-
animation by the seventh division
board there were only 9s examined.
Those who were not examined were
either in the military or naval service
or aliens ard one failed to report.
The name of the man who failed to
report is to be turned in by the board
as being acceptable for service, and it
is stated he is subject to arrest on a
charge of desertion.
The quota for this division Is fifty
Eve. In)the first list of men examined
out eighteen passed the physical ex-
animation and did not claim an exemp-
ton Forty-two of the men were phys
ically disqualified and thirty y-eight