The Dickinson press., 1917-08-11

The Stark county exemption board,
composed of County Auditor }. l.;
Hughes. Sheriff T. N. Hartung and
DR.. J. w. Bowen, began it's tedious
grind Thursday morning OF examln-
inc and hearing Of exemption excuses
from those called in the recent nation,
wide draft. The board was assisted
in it's work by DR.. H. A. Davis and
Draft Sleuth A. J. Osborn.
A quota of twenty-four drafted men
are being called for examination eacn
,day, It was the general belief that
oniv 72 men need be called to fill the
REQUIRED apportionment of 36 drafted
men from Stark county. Many more
exemptions are being asked for than
was at first supposed, however, ana
the call for examination will undouDt,
edly have to be issued to 70 or lOo
: additional men.
Many amusing incidents happened
during the. medical examinations. One
man Who had never before complained
of poor hearing, had turned almost
stone deaf. Another ssammered TO
such an extent that one of the exam
iners stated that it would never 90
to promote him to a command IN Ine
- army. because the detachment under
his charge would be annihllated pe-
fore he could form the necessary
words to give the retreat command.
Another man, born in Germany, was
not sure whether or not he could see'
and as he was unable to read or name
anv letter of the alphabet, it was
quite difficult for the examining phy-
sician to come to a decision. The man
in question was finally shown the. PIC
tire of the Kaiser and asked It ne
knew what it was. He replied that u
looked like a man. When questioned
If it was not likeness of Kaiser Will
helm, he answered that he did not
know as he had never seen has picture
before. .@.i
Although the local exemption board
works rapidly, the members use dlll,
gent care in examining every man ana
giving every attention to his claims
FOR exemption. All exemptions for
vocational reasons, are passed upon
by the state board, the local board
only passing upon the physical quail
fications and exemptions. asked De-
cause of dependant relatives.
E, Drafted Men Examined
The following drafted men have
been examined by the local exemption
board up until the time of this paper
going to press. H. Following each name
is noted the exemption claimed, IT
any, UP until Friday noon:
1888. Mathew Markless Smith,
Belfeld: Rejected for physical dlsa-
bility. ;,
2-45O. Theodor Sudenko, Richard
ton: Passed. Exemption claimed be-
cause of dependent rela tives.i.
1854. Joseph Beohm, Richardton.
!: Passed. Exemption claimed because
]. of dependent relatives. ~
4-1095. Peter Shift, Jr., Gladstone:
Passed. Exemption claimed because
of dependent relatives.
5-783. Gilbert Petrick, Dickinson:
Rejected for physical disability.
GILT. Martin J.. Larsen, Dickin-
son: Rejected for physical disability
1887. George Kiwimagi, Dichn-
son: Passed. No exemption claimed
at time of examination, but may later.
1887. H. A. Mackoff, Belfield:
Has already made application for de-
partmental service. tt.a..-..-E.
9-676. Bernhard Kunz, Villa: Re
jected for physical disability.
1850. Bill Henry Draeger, Tay-
lor: Already enlisted in Company K,
First N. D. Regiment.
12-1185. Kenneth F. Clark, Dickin-
. son: Passed. Exemption claimed be-
cause Of dependent relatives.
1864. John George Herbst, Dick
inson: Passed. No exemption claim
ed at time of examination, but may
later. Mr.. Herbst was married only
14-s45. NIX Nix Decker, Dickinson:
Rejected; physical disability.
1886. George Anderson, Taylor:
/. Passed. Exemption claimed because
of dependent relatives. sss.4
16-l267. Harry Boehm, Dickinson:
Passed. No exemption claimed.
1856. Albert Smith, Dickinson;
Passed. No exemption claimed. Il
18-548. John Janoschek, Dickin.
son: Exemption will be granted be-
cause he is an alien.
1926. Leo McKeever, Dickinson
Passed. Exemption claimed because
of wife and child.
2O-1237. II. 3. McKeever, Dickin.
4. sons: Passed. No exemption claimed
21-784. Ben Schmidt, Dickinson
Passed. No exemption claimed.
s 22-755. Matthias Remsing, Glad.
q stone. Passed. Exemption claimed
dependent relatives.
55sssgs 23-107. Theo. r. O Neil, Dickinson
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