The Donaldsonville chief., 1917-09-15
SECOND SQUAD CALLED OUT.
Detachment of Sixty Men to Leave
for Training Camp Sept. 10.

Ascension second lucTeMeHt "
drafted men will leave for Camp Pix
next Wednesday, the 10Th inst, &C
cording to present calculations.
The following are those who vii
comprise the contingent:
George VIM. Blunt.
Joseph Christian Gaudin.
Arthur Montero..
Joseph Brashears.
Rudolph Young.
James C. O'Neal.
Carville Marchand.
Leonard B. Gaudin.
Estress Braud.
Belton Bentley Broussard.
Lazard Leonce Babin.
Lawrence Perdue.
Joseph Daigle.
John Frank MARITIME.
Felix Comeaux.
Harry Leroy Spurgeon.
Edward Guedry.
Peter Capo.
Emmitt Bradford Holbrook.
Frank Sotile.
Samuel D. Aydell.
Louis Joseph Bourgeois.
Fred. J. Landry, Jr.
Of the claims for exemption re.
naming to be considered by the loca
board at the time our last report was
presented, the following have been
favorably acted upon:
ar John Lawrence Templet, Brignac
wife or child.
Charles Jones, Donaldsonville, wife
or child.
Theodule Henry, Gonzales, wife or
child. b
Henry Hall, St. Amant, wife or
child.
Sam. Bias, Donaldsonville, wife or
child.
Philip Irwin, Burnside, wife or child.
Sylvesty Christy, Prairieville, wife
or child.
Following is list Of the claims de-
MED, mainly for the reason that the
necessary proof in substantiation was
not furnished by the claimants:
Silas Serile Gonzales, Gonzales,
son Of widow.
Austin Joseph Hebert, Dutchtown,
son of widow.
Ernest Cooper, Sorrento, wife or
child.
Jerry Love, Donaldsonville, son of
q widow.
Joseph A. Hodgeson, Galvez, son of
aged or infirm parent or parents.
Clabon Medine, Mccall, son OF
aged or infrm parent or parents.
Louis Henderson, Donaldsonville,
wife or child.
John Richardson, Geismar, wife or
child, and regular minister of religion.
Willie Johnson, McElroy, wife or
child.
Walter Lewis, Prairieville.
With reference to the claim of Silas
Serile Gonzales, listed among those
denied, Mr.. Gonzales wishes it known
that he desired to withdraw his claim,
and SO notified the exemption board,
who, however, were without other re-
course in the premises than to let the
claim go through the prescribed
course Of procedure and eventually
be classified as denied for want of
proof. Mr.. Gonzales states that he
is ready to answer the call, and with
Murphy G. Painter, of Gonzales, also
accepted for service, he visited Don
aldsonville last Saturday and applied
to the board to be included in the Sec
ond contingent of men sent forward
from Ascension.
The claims still pending before the
board are as follows:
VIM. Henry Porter, McElroy, wife
or child.
Augustin Coupel, Mccall, wife or
child, and son of aged or infirm par
ent or parents.
Ulysse Rome, Smoke Bend, son of
aged or infrm parent or parents.
Robert Williams, McElroy, wife Or
child.
John Davis, McElroy, wife er child.
Otis W. McAlister, Galvez, wife or
child.
Parish Caine and William Henry
Porter, of McElroy, who were pre-
viously recorded among the absentees,
showed up this week and were ex~
both measuring up to the
physical requirements. Game ex-
pressed willingness to be classified
ss ready for service, but Porter filed |
\ claim for exemption on the ground
If dependent relatives.
Philip Trepagnier, Of Donaldson
lille, and Conius Ebert Powers, of
dcElroy, likewise listed as having
allied to report, were also heard from
his week, the former having applied
or permission to be examined before
he local board at Rockford, ILL.,, and
he latter for permission to be ex-
mined before the local board of
dadison parish, Louisiana, at Tai
llah.
Joseph Dixie Rogers, of Acy, who
ras reported in our last issue as be- +,
1g in the Charity Hospital at New .
'rleans, recuperating from a surgical /
peration for appendicitis, appeared
efore the local board this week and
fter being examined was granted E
iseharge for six months. i
Elihu Root says, "There are men J
aiking our streets who ought to be I
lken out at sunrise and shot for h
eason." G