Weekly journal-miner., 1917-08-08
(From Tuesdays Dailv.) Today is the day!

Today IS the dayl
 This is "der tag" for Yavapai coun- ty-not to start a war like Kaiser Bill did, but to begin the last operation in the third step toward selecting an army to put the aforesaid Kaiser Bill on the bum"
 Seated beneath a faded campaign Autograph of Woodrow Wilson, bear ing the now plaintive slogan: Peace with Power - He Kept Us Out of War;" the local board for Navapai county will begin this morning at / o'clock to gaze upon the first third of the double quota, called for physi- cal examination.
 All the 265-or that part of them who show up-will be marshaled in the Superior court room. \ dozen at a time. they will be called--ffo the ante-room of the Elks' Ls.lSes ..som here, they will proceed one at time into the lodge room, where, instead of the usual rites of the order, they will be given a severe examination by a flock Of trained medicos and assist ants.
 The Initiation.
 First, they will face Vim. Sleek mann, recruiting officer for the navy, who will test eyesight. Sieokmann explained to a Journal-Miner man yesterday that long experience had taught him how to detect a man "faking" on an eycsight test. This means that the registrants must ad, init that they can see and read the letters at 2O, Is, 10 feet, if they can.
 From the station of the eye, the candidates will be conducted to that of the ear. Here, they must undergo another test that will determine with true military precision whether or not they can hear the ticking oi watch or whispered word at certain pre- scribcd distances.
 Next, the candidates are divested of all clothing, and in their birthday suits. they will retire behind a screen, where half a dozen surgeons and physicians will take them in hand. The first thing on the program. IS weighing and measuring. The candl- dates must tip the beam at certain weights, corresponding to their height. chest and other measure ments. The stethoscope and the tele- scope and a few other scopes will be applied to determine heart and lung efficiency and the State of bother organs. From this point, the men will return to their clothing, get dressed and submit their teeth to an examination by an expert dentist.
 This concludes the personal scru' tiny. Then comes the appearance be- fore the draft board, which will he seated in the court room, surrounded by clerks, and attended by City Clerk Frank (. Whisman, who IS equipped to seal baths, as a notary public.
 The Serious Part.
 The first question to be asked will be. What is your physical rating? The answer will be found on the slip, handed to each registrant by the doc tors. Next, the registrant will be asked if he claims exemption. If he does not. he will be listed at once and dismissed with instructions 10 watch for his notification for service in the training cantonment. If the registrant is not physically fit, he is given a cer- tiicate of discharge-either permanent or temporary, depending on the seri- ousness of his physical defects.
 To those who desire to claim eX- emption a claim blank will be handed. These must be made out and sworn to before the notary. The proper af- fdavits for the mans case are then