The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-06

Notices OF call and to appear for
physical examinati ton for military
service of Cass county men, pursu-
ant to the act of congress approved
May Is, 1917, were being prepared
at the Office Of County Auditor w. r.
Tucker this afternoon and will be
placed in the mails Tuesday night.
These notices will be mailed to TIA
men, double the net quota Cass
county is to furnish on the first
draft. The first third of this num-
her, or 264, will report at the court
room in the Cass county courthouse
Tuesday, Aug. IA, where it is planned
3S will be examined an hour. The
board of examiners will work eight
hours a day commencing at o'clock
each morning.
The second two-thirds will report
on the fifteenth and the balance on
the following day.
Outsiders Seek Examination.
The exemption board held anoth-
err meeting at the Office of the coun-
ty auditor this afternoon. Announce
ment was made then by DR.. p. H.
Burton that several outsiders had
asked to be examined by the Cass
county board. This resulted in 4
ruling from the physician which 1t Is
trusted applicants will follow and
which will lave them expense.
Men subject to the first call and
who wish to be examined in Fargo
mould write their local exemption
board and ask for an order. This
will be directed to the applicant, and
should be certified to the Cass coun-
ty board which will then fix time
for the examination. According to
DR.. Burton, it is imperative that the
outside man has this order from his
board.
Names His Assistants.
DR.. P. H. Burton, the examining
physician on the Cass county exemp-
ton board, has named seven Fargo
doctors to assist him in the work.
They are DR.. c. N. Callander, DR.. w.
G. Brown, DR.. Paul Sorkness, DR.. A.
G. Carpenter, DIR. NJ. McGregor, DR..
C. Kachelmacher and F. o. Gron-'
void.
Considerable interest is being TAX
en- in Fargo over the working out of
the details of the exemption board in
Minneapolis and other larger cities
of the country. In Minneapolis
exemption claims from ten districts
run from 40 to 80 per cent and that
the exemption board expects to sum-
mon another list for examination
Iully as large as the HrSL contingent
called. Similar conditions may pre-
vail, in Cass county, it is believed.
Gets Instructions.
According to instructions sent out
to state exemption boards from Bis
marck the question of whether
man will be in a better position to
support dependents by enlistment in
the national army will determine to
a great extent the liability of married
men for service.
The notices call the attention of
the members of the boards to the fact
that a soldiers pay is not less than
$50 a month and that all clothing.
subsistence, medical treatment and
housing are furnished him.
Under the law, relates the order.
he may allot any portion of this pay
to a dependent. Many soldiers re-
ceiving $50 a month are easily able
to allot $25 monthly to the support
Of dependents.
an case of death in the line of
duty, the government will pay to the
beneficiary designated by the soldier,
six months pay. Boards must deter
mine whether as a matter of fact the
person claiming such discharge will
not be in as good or better position
to support his dependents after selec-
ton for military service that he was
before. If such is the case, of course,
discharge should not be granted.