The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10

Examinations by the third district ex-
emption board were continued yesterday
and ITO men were examined. OF these
ITO, So claimed exemption, Ii were ac-
cepted, % rejected because of physical
reasons, II failed to report, were already
In the service, and were transferred to
other districts for their examinations.
Dependents continue to be the principal
claim Of those desiring exemption.
A negro named Sam Hood came UP to
the board yesterday and withdrew his
claim of exemption. He stated that he
had been examined on Wednesday, and
that he had filed a claim OF exemption.
Since then he had been thinking the mat
ter over, and decided there was no rea-
son why he should not serve. He voiun-
tarily withdrew his claim and will now
go on in the army.
EVADES QUESTIONS
A young man named Ray Gallamore
was caused to be arrested yesterday by
Chairman Pepperman of the board on the
charge of evading a question The young
man, who comes from Sayreton, acted as
though he were crazy. He said he could
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all questions directed to him. When a
nickle was placed in his hand and he was
asked what it was. he replied that it was
q strawberry. He was turned over to the
secret service department, and is now
resting in the county Jail, awaiting inves-
tigation.
1t was announced yesterday that Gov
ernor Hendersons district board will take
offices on the twenty-first floor of the
Jefferson County Bank building, and that
the board will soon be ready for business.
This board has control of exemptions for
all of north Alabama.
The examina ton of men will continue
today and unless more waive their
claims of exemption, more men will have
to be summoned than was thought neces-
sary at first. The board must work as
rapidly as possible in order to have a
third of its quota ready by September l.,
as has been requested.
ROLL OF HONOR
The honor roll Of men that were ac-
cepted yesterday and did not file ex-
emption claims is the following: Vivian
Maxwell Jones, Ed Lewis, Bob Gardner
.(c), Jessie Buell. wooten, Willie Thorn
as (c), James Balser (c). Fred McDan-
iell. Ellis Pearson Co, Joe DeBardel
ben (c), Virgil Upton Roach, Clarence
sLoveman Green.
Those who were rejected because of
physical reasons were Southern Noble
Storey, Joshua Galloway (c), James
Bell Co, Tom Tierce Pitts, Robert Cob
bins (c), George walker. Jess Herman
Judd. Owen Stanley Perry (c). Henry
William Jungermann, John Carlton
Rowe, Carl Adral Sharp. Samuel An
derson Howell, Samuel George Frey,
John Keller Higgins, Lewis Daniel (c).
Herman Eugene Carter Carl Duncan
Garden, Samuel Smith Sadler, William
Marsh Acker, Lester Ray Deal, Jesse
Pickett (c), Jake Rose.
The following are already in service:
William Fife Womack, Stark L. Daniel,
Pinkney Gay Hogan, James Edward
Cook, Prather Elmer Lockhart.
The following had their examinations
elsewhere: Fred Franklin Cocker, Willie
Louis Broughton. Jimmie Melvin Tuck
err. John ALIVE Henry.
The following failed to report for
their examinations. If it is shown that
the cause for this failure to report was
not the fault of the man. he will be
given another opportunity to be ex-
amined, but If he wilfully of carelessly
neglected to come, he will be reported
as Stacker to thesgoVernment: Her
man McCord (c), Will Stanford (c)
Wallace William Cook, Henry Grady
Prickett, Mitchell Peterson (c), Trant
McLemore (c), George Finley Co. Ben
Robertson (c), Dewey Lee Ayers CO.,
Fash Thompson (c), Homer Todd (c),
Willie Buford Watson.
EXEMPTION CLAIMS
The following filed exemption claims.
Those who see the name of anyone
whom he knows to have no real de-
pendents in this list, he is requested by
the officials to report 1t to the board
SO they can look into the matter and
see that no one Is exempted not en-
titled to it,:
Willard ,Cranston Gossett, Robinson
Pierce Clark, Joseph Leland Parker,
Raymond Cook (c), William billiard, Ce-
eli, Halbrooke McMurtrey. Asher Ber-
nard Collier. Clements Jenkins Everett,
John Henry Carter (c), Ruffin Robert
son (c), George w. Hendrix. Ike Smith
(c), Gordon Thompson, William Horace
Wood, Stanley George Beles, Elvin Ar
cher Hasten, Henry Hughes Brazeal,
Earl Vanderbilt Posey, William Harry
Poe, Fred Taylor, Louis Nathaniel Phil
lips, Carl Sidney McClendon, Albert Eu-
gene Cross, Forrest Sharp Aderholt, Rob-
ert King Kendrick, Willie Milford Wat
son, Thomas Lesley Dtsheroon, Howell
Crews, Joseph John Klein, Stewart
Alvin Bliss, John Garlenlon Chapman.
Jim Williams (c), Monroe Parker Gillian,
Lanzo Keith Co. Ellis Littlejohn. Thomas
Blanton Winton. Mack Brown, Robert
Smith (c). Will Roe Esters (c). Carl Craig,
Jesse Abe William, William Herndon
Anesworth, August Herman Dahkle. Iris
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