Baxter Springs news., 1917-08-16
.lST LIST EXHAUSTED
MORE MEN CALLED
Surprisingly Large Number
Everywhere Claim ExemP-
tiOns-Men in Second
Gall Get Orders

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up for examination in the first
draft not more than half of
Cherokee county's quota OF 268
men for service will be secured.
This was the opinion of the
county exemption board sitting
at Columbus early this week,
after it had completed the ex-
aminations of all who reported in
the first $50 men called.
That being the case about as
many men as were first called
will receive notices this week To
appear next week. The board
began sending out notices Mon
day and several Of the Baxter
boys have already got their calls.
Some 30 men in the first call
failed To appear lor examination
and the board announced this
afternoon that unless these de-
linquents appear within a very
few days they would be ciassed
IA deSerters and so reported to
the government authorities.
Not all of the 30 men are
delinQuents, however, as in the
number who have failed 10 ap-
pear are those who enlisted since
registration day but the board Is
convinced that most OF the men
who did not appear for exanlina-
tion are simply trying to dodge
military service and they stand a
chance of being severely dealt
with unless they appear before
the board in short order.
As each day passes, the men
who claimed exemption and
those who intend to claim ex-
emption on the ground Of having
persons dependent upon them
for support find that their
chances for escaping the service
are growing smaller. The pro-
vost marshal and the war depart
ment are urging the exemption
boards to hew down to the limit
on such claims and the local
board proposes to follow instruc-
tiOns.
Let More Bars Down
The local board was notified
today that the standards of
weight and measures have been
lowered. This ruling will prob
ably cause some of the men who
were rejected by the doctors as
being physically unfit to be re-
called for examination and may
result in some of them being
accepted for service, DR.. ]. Dale
Graham the physician member OF
the board says.
Those who have claimed ex-
emption may find another Stumbl-
ing block in the path which they
hope will keep them away from
the firing line. Acting upon in
structions from Washington,
County Attorney Don H. Ellie.
man, who is the governments
representative at the local draw
ing is appealing every exemption
granted by the local board to the
district board sitting at Topeka.
This is a piece of work which
Mr.. Elleman does not particularly
relish but since he is the represen-
tative cf the government he says
he will appeal each case without
discretion.
On Monday the board began
an investigation of the exemption
claims and the examination re-
ports of the $50 men in the first
call. Final action will be taken
upon the examination reports,
and the fact that a man has
been placed in the rejected list
by the examining physicians
does not necessarily mean that
he will be rejected by the board.
In some cases the board may re-
fuse to grant the rejection and In
others the men win be called for
a re-examination and such cases
will be made more likely since
the standards of weights and
measures have heen reduced.
The board will be unable to take
final action upon the exemption
claims at this time but before
Friday, when the examinations
are to be resumed, the board
will have a pretty fair idea OF
the number obtained for service
out of the $50 and can guage the
second call accordingly.