The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
FIRST DRAFTED
MEN TO REPORT
ON WEDNESDAY,
County Exemption Board Sends
/, Out Call for First 15S Reg
istrants to Appear
SEVERAL ALREADY ENLISTED
Master List Posted this Afternoon
and Further Enlistments are
Not Permitted

The first SO of Benton county's reg
istered army draft men will be called
to appear before the local exemption
board next Wednesday, August 8, the
second SO will appear Thursday and
the third So, Friday.
Benton county's official list as COM
piled from the master list was posted
at the court house this afternoon and
all men whose names appear in the list
are now prohibited from enlisting in
any branch Of the service.
The first call includes the first 161
names on the registration list as pub
lished in the Courier-Reporter last
week, with the addition Of Frank A.
Dresser, Of Richland, whose serial
number is 357 and who stands 156th
on the liability list. With this one ex-
ception the names and serial numbers
published last week down to number
1852 were correct but there was jump
in the liability numbering from 135 to
140.
IL from this first call Of 158 men the
board does not secure 70 who are elig-
ible for service, persons bearing iabil-
ity numbers from 159 (162 Courier
Reporter list) will be called before the
board until the required quota is Sc
cured. The government estimates that
after the local boards have secured
their quota there will be a shrinkage
of at least 10 per cent as some Of those
held by the local board will secure ex-
emptions by appeal and others will be
on final physical examina-
ton. Consequently all boards will be
asked to qualify ten per cent more
than the districts quota. This means
that 81 will be required in this county.
In checking up the list it was found
that not less than Is Of the first 158
have either already enlisted or been
rejected by some branch Of the service.
Lawrence Erickson, whose number
is 25s and who is the first man up,
has already enlisted in the battery Of
field artillery, being recruited by Lieut..
F. r. Jeffrey. Henry Schireman, Of
whose liability number is 13,
has made application for enlistment in
the navy and expects to leave for Sc
attic today. Frank Mason, No. 18,
and L. ID. Lape, No. 20, Of Prosser,
and Sydney Jameson, No. 33, Of Rich
and, have enlisted in the field artillery.
Clarence Copeland, No. 81, of this city,
has just returned from Seattle where
he was rejected for enlistment in the
navy. Fred Phillips, No. AZ, enlisted
some time ago in the engineering corps
and has been in service for several
weeks. Lorraine Christian, No. 81, Of
Prosser, and Sam Hadley, No. 62, Of
Finley, Charley Sonderman, No. 81,
Alfred Cotton, No. 112, of Prosser,
Charles Holmes, No. 124, Of Paterson,
Charles Feely, No. 141, have all en-
listed with Lieut.. Jeffrey, while Roby
of Finley and Bruno Spor-
eder, We're rejected for enlistment in
The same battery.
According to official dispatches pub
ished in the state papers recently
5hese enlistments are not to be cred
ted on the draft quota and Benton
county will be expected to furnish 70
men in addition to those who have al
'eady enlisted. With this number out
md with a large percentage Of the
,egistrants married men it is probable
hat the quota will,no be secured out
If the first call Of 158.