Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-07
1853 Up
FOR PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION
ONWEDN'SDAY;
BOARD READY


The first 153 men whose names appear
among the first 45S of the draft list of
Cameron county will appear at the office
of the Cameron County Board in the Mer-
chants National Bank building tomorrow.
the examinations to begin ut o o'clock in
the morning, the men TO be called in the
order in which their names were drawn.
c. l.. Jessup, secretary Of the hoard
announced today that the board i 'righk
up" with IFS work, and with three physi-
clans available for the work Of the physis
cal examinations, the examinations should
move with dispatch. The statement Of
two or three men who called at the board
Offices today TO the effect that they would
not appear for the examination resulted
in the attention of the seectives being
called TO the fact that If they did not ap-
pear they would automatically become
members Of the army and their failure to
answer their call would result in activity
in their direction by agents of the Depart
mant of Justice, which has been charged
with the duty Of searching out slackers.
Charges of desertion will be the result.
The board today received the following
telegram FROM the state adiutant general
This department j. in receipt of the
following telegram from the provost mar
shall general: ''In reference TO voluntary
service Of aliens. Please call the atten-
tion Of all local boards Immediately by
wire "a the following ruling Reports
reaching his office recently Indicate that
IN some quarters the belief prevails that
friendly aliens who have not declared
their intention 10 become citizens but are
ready and wiling 10 serve, are disqualified
from entering the military service Of the
United States and therefore they must
take out first papers before they can be
accepted.
1T Is regretted that such q mIsunder-
standing should have arisen. The quail
fcations for voluntary enlsments In time
of war are no more restricted TOR service
in the new national army than for the
regular army. Such alien -deelarants
are virtually volunteers. The selectlve
service act provided for their registration
but il did not regard them a being under
any ndDlllN tb NtINt ~
gave them full liberty to claim exemption
when called by local boards.
"Now that information reveals their
willingness in large numbers 10 decline this
exemption and To accept service in this
war against the common enemy of our
civilization il should be accepted when
ever upon summons they fail 10 claim their
right of exemption. They are assisting
the cause If their own country by aiding
the United States "a triumph in this war
The more of them that enter the service
the better for il this war will be removed
the cause of dissatisfaction in some quar-
tiers that. although the qnota was based
on total population. including aliens, the
actual draft reached only citizens and
dcclarantS Local boards are directed 10
facilitate IN every way the acceptance Of
friendly alien non declarantS for military
service and thus to enable them 10 do
their share 10 assist the country which
has given them q refuge and an honorable
living"
The following appear for examination
tomorrow:
Order Serial
n" M
- 25S Julian E~pino~a Velasco. wy
D. 45S lose Antonio Lavios.
3-l436 Lcandro Leo~.
- s5l Tho-. u. Marchbanks. Jr., Sn.B.
5-lS9i Benigno Muno~.
G-lS7S Yndalacio Roiano.
7-IO95 Charles a. Stewart.
S-1O13 Jose Navarieo.
9-ll55 Daniel "A. Trevino, Santa Maria.
/ 10 ISJ Tibuercio Ruel. In Feria.
ll-lSl3 Manuel Ochoa. Point Isabel.
l1-lS5S Francisco Estrada.
l3-l752 Edubiee- Cara. san Benito.
1l-lll7 EXquiO Gonzales.
15-l511 Pedro Garcia. San BentO.
l6-l7lS Julio Cornado.
l1-1lg5 Jose Nillarral.
IS S31 Nicolas A. Cara.
1G-203G FREDERICK Ilerrero. Rio Hondo.
20 337 Arturo Mrales-
1l-- G7G Francisco Garcia. Harlngen.
I~22- 275 Charles II. Humber, Sebastian.
23- 500 Luis Ilumada.
24-llS5 Gregoria Tamaya. Point Isabel.
% 564 Jose Guadiana, San Benito.