The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-10
68 OF lO2 MEN
PASS PHYSICAL
TEST FOR ARMY
Seventeen Rejected Will Be
Summoned for Second
Examination.
SECOND CALL LIKELY
FOR ADDITIONAL MEN
Registration Board Will Notify
Men Examined Whether
They Passed Test.

Sixty-eight men of the 102 summon
ed before the Registration Board in
Jackson yesterday were found phys
ically able for military service, s17
were rejected, with orders to reappear
before one of the examining phys
icians of the board, while twelve fail
ed to appear. Five were found to be
doubtful. That was the result of the
examination of the first day of the
men called in Cape County for the ar
my draft.
OF the twelve who failed to appear,
seven are either in Company l. or in
the band of the Missouri Sixth, which
would automatically exempt them
from answering the draft call. The
remaining five who failed to appear
are considered automatically drafted
and will be so notified by the Regis
tration Board.
The above figures show that two
thirds of those examined yesterday
were found physically fit for military
service. A number of these, however,
claim exemption. 1t is estimated that
about one-ffth of those summoned for
the first call have already claimed ex-
emption, and in view of the fact that
still two days remain to submit this
claim, it is believed that more will pre-
sent their claims before that time
Therefore, it is believed, a second call
will be necessary in order to get the
required 153, the quota Cape Girar-
deau County must furnish for the ar
my draft.
The II men who were found phys
ically unfit yesterday will receive no
tice when to reappear before the Ex-
amining Board. Of these DR.. G. w.
Vinyard found 9, and DR.. D. G.. Seib-
ert to be disqualified for military
service. Those rejected by DR.. Vim
yard will be later examined by DR..
Seibert, and vice versa. If their ex-
be exempt from military service and
receive their final discharge from any
draft rules. The same procedure will
be applied in the doubtful cases found
by the two physicians.
Both physicians said they found the
physical condition of the men excel
lent. Most of them were without any
physical defects. The principal cause
for rejecting his men, DR.. Seibert said,
was on account of bad teeth. DR.. Vim
yard said he had no specific physical
defect which made his men unfit for
service. None of the men examined
will know definitely whether he was
accepted until notified by the board.
A total of So exemption blanks have
been issued to those who were sum-
moned on the first call. Forty of these
were returned yesterday with the affi-
davits substantiating the claims for
exemption. All who claim exemption
are given seven days from the date
the notice of their call was issued to
file their application for exemption.
An additional ten days from the date
of their filing the exemption claim are
given them to furnish the proof for
their claims.
The office of County Clerk Blucher
Sperling was filled all day with men
who claimed exemption and by their
dependents. Many women carrying
small children accompanied their hus-
bands in order to sign the affidavits
for their exemption claims.
The majority of those who ask to be
exempt from the draft service based
their claims upon the dependency of
their wives and children. Many also
asked to be freed because of the de-
pendency of their parents or brothers
and sisters.
The examination of those called be-
fore the Registration Board yester-
day began early in the morning. At
o'clock in the morning a great num-
ber of these men were assembled in
front of the Courthouse waiting to
undergo the physical examination.
County Clerk Sperling, assisted by DR..
Seibert and Sheriff Hutson, helped DR..
Vinyard. Prosecuting Attorney ].