Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
EXAMINING MEN
IN TWO COUNTY
DIVISIONS NOW
Board in Northern Part of
County Starts Work Today;
twenty-five on First Call

Work on examining the drafted men
of the third county district was start
ed this morning at Elizabethville. OF
the first twelve men summoned for
the tests six passed and the other six
were rejected. OF the six men passed
four claim exemption on the ground
OF dependents. One unusual exemp-
tion claim was given by man who
says he gets sick when in a crowd.
The first two foreigners examined ex-
pressed their Willingness to fight for
the United States. but do not want to
fight in France. They are Austrians
by birth.
Tomorrow forty men will be called
and the same number each succeed
ing day until the quota of 1913 men
has been reached.
The board of the second county dis
trict is examining the last of the 317
men summoned for the tests to-day.
OF the number called to noon to-day
only thirty-nine had passed and had
waived the exemption claims. One
hundred additional men will be called
for examinations next week. Imme-
diately after the work of examining
the first number called is finished this
evening the board will begin work on
the exemption claims. The board
hopes to pass the first thirty per cent.
of the men required from the district
from the first 317 men called, the
other seventy per cent. will be made
up of men to be called later. AS the
first contingent has been ordered into
training camps by September it is
necessary that the men come from
the number called first.
or the first thirty-eight men exam
ined this morning, fourteen failed to
qualify physically. six passed and the
other claimed exemption on the
grounds of dependants. OF the num-
Der called this morning, five men
failed to report to the board: they are
Samuel Baer. Swatara; RosalIo Ro-
darte, Lucknow: Lawrence T. Burns,
1915 North Fourth street; Basilio Pc
truccio, Swatara. and ]. S. Living
stone.
After being told by the physicians
that he had passed the required phys
ical tests, Pasquale Di GULL expressed
his desire to be enrolled in the Ital-
ian army as he wanted to fight with
his ellow-countrymen. Ralph A.
Fiore. detective for the Hershey
Traction Company. has been the in
terpreter for the board. He has sold
more than one hundred tickets for
the Red Cross Society minstrel which
VIII be given at Paxtang Park Sep
oAAN by tilC SOCltlN Oh IndI
place.
The board of the second city dis
trict examined two men this morning.
They were stephen B. Rhawn, who
passed the tests but claims industrial
exemption; the other is Norman NJ.
Nissley. Abilene. Kan. passed
The names of the men examined
until noon to-day were: Benjamin
Ponapei, passed; Paul Comacca, re-
1ected; Edgar Rhan, passed; Clifton
K. Fair, passed; Harry Longenecker,
1925 South Twenty-ninth street
passed, dependants; Wilmer w.
Steele, rejected; Charles w. Steph-
ems, passed; John A. Hoax, reject
ed; Cloyd r. Knupp, rejected; Emil
lie Sansoni, passed; Elmer o. Hum
mel, Hummelstown, passed, depend
ants; John A. Umholtz, enlisted; An
tinio Surace, rejected; Harry Stin-
taam, rejected; Reuben o. McClain,
enlisted; Herman Carl, Linglestown,
passed, dependents; Daniel Reise,
Hershey, passed. dependents; Ray
mond Fitting, Oberlin, passed, de-
pendants; George B. Dean, rejected;
Henry +. Rhoads, Hershey, passed,
dependants; n. B. Dean, 1916 North
street, passed, dependents; Elmer E.
Noggle, rejected; Herbert Singer,
Dauphin, passed, dependants; Floyd
r. King, Penbrook, passed, depend
ants; E. L. Yottey, Oberlin, passed,
dependants; Samuel j. Bell, repect-
ed; Norman Nornhold, rejected; Le-
panto Cifeni, rejected; John Arnold,
Bressler, passed. dependents: Ray
mond Keim, passed; William Cru
Der, rejected; Lloyd Keiter, rejected;
George r. Etzweiler, Hershey, pass
ed, dependents; Franklin Limero,
Oberlin, passed, dependents; Joseph
Hinkle, rejected; Leon Garman, PEN
brook, passed. dependants; William
passed, dependents, and Spencer
Scheffler, passed, dependents.
The second distict men failing to
file a claim for exemption before
tonight will lose that right after to-
day, and those who have filed claims
will have ten days from the date of
their examination in which to file
reasons supporting their claim.
However, many have already filed
their reasons and these cases will be
among the first to be considered by
the board after the last of the ex-
aminations are held. If after all the
cases have been acted upon, it is
found that the district quota has
not been obtained, the board will
issue a call for additional men to
report for examination and will sum-
mon double the number that is lack
ing of the quota.
OF the 110 men examined yester-
day 20 passed the required physical
emption. Thirty of the number
called for the day failed in these
tests, six did not report and the
others passed but claimed exemption
on the grounds of dependants.
Those accepted for the national
army are: Nikola Zivanovich, Bress-
ler; John r. McNeal, 212S Boas
street, Harrisburg; Alfred H. Spang-
ler, Pembroke; John w. Seitzinger,
Hershey; William D. Garman. Pen
brook; John 4. Grove, Rutherford
Heights; Cloyd S. Bower. 1o4 Ed
ward street, Harrisburg; Herman E.
Hetrick, Harrisburg, r. D. 4; John
L. Ramsey, Piketown; John P. Sheck-
art, Hershey; Frederick c. Pitt, Dau-
phin; Andrew j. Heck, Lucknow;
Martin A. Goss Harrisburg, r. D. 5 !;
George e. Schurerer, Hershey; Jack
Proctor, Harrisburg. r. d. 8; Earl r.
Hanshaw, Oberlin; Clayton Keller,
Humm melstown; Marvin N. Stouffer,
Harrisburg, r. d. 8; Antonio Lucci,
Rutherford Heights; Sylvan T. Blot,
Hershey.
Claiming exemption for support
Hummelstown; Charles NJ. Stepp,
Enhaut; Joseph Jansen, Jr.. Enhaut;
Guy Shannon, Dauphin; Erwin
Henry Bashore. 1907 Boas street,
Harrisburg; Charles T. Cassel, 202S
Boas street, Harrisburg; John l..
Smith, Piketown: Grant A. Cassel,
Rutherford Heights; Ralph w. Fen.
ner, Humm elstown; Jesse ]. Shriver,
Paxtang; Arvin E. Stricken, Dauphin;