The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-25
SECOND CALL ISSUED FOR zoo men.
Examinations TO BE Held Next Thursday Friday and BAT
ugdey-Total of Ill Men Thus FAR eertned TO LIS
trict Board-Forty-odd Needed to Complete Vuota-
Exemption Claims Disposed o.


board has completed it's work IN con-
nection with the classification OF the
first contingent of men summoned
for army duty, and the record MADE,
both as to the time consumed and the
results accomplished, will stand hgh
in the states percentage column. Inc
final figures are as follows: Number
of men summoned, 278; failed to re-
port, rs, Of whom have enlisted;
alien residents, subjects of Germany,
not examined, 2; total number ex-
amined, 251; rejected as physically
deficient, 80; accepted, and not clam
ing exemption or discharge, b2;
physically qualified, but claiming ex-
emption, 1O2; exemption claims de-
MED, "a; claims granted, 7S.
Albert Tyson, of Woodville, Miss,
and Joseph Francois, of Donaldson
vile, who had failed to report for ex-
animation up to last Saturday and
were listed among the absentees'
showed up this week and were eN-
amined. Tyson was found physically
qualified, and filed no claim for ex-
emption or discharge, making the
sixty-second man SO classified. fran
co.'s failed to measure up to the
physical requirements and was dis
charged.
Of the thirty-four exemption claims
remaining to be passed on up to the
time our last issue went to press,
seventeen were denied and an equal
number granted, as follows:
Claims Denied.
Peter Capo, Donaldsonville, son OF
widow.
Hannibal Julien, Hohen Solms, wife
or child.
Joseph Johnson, Lauderdale, wife
or child.
Shedrick johnson, Timberton, wife
or child.
Nathan Robert, Burnside, wife or
child.
Felix Comeaux, Donaldsonville, son
of widow. :,
John Thompson, Donaldsonville,
son of aged or inirm parent or par
ents.
Reuben Scott, Timberton, son OF
aged OF infr1n parent or parents.
William Tasker, Donaldsonviite,
son Of aged or intirm parent or par
ents.
Harry Leroy Sturgeon, Gonzales
son of aged or infirm parent or par
ents.
Tom Johnson, McElroy, son of
widow.
Ernest Hubbard, Hope Villa, son
of widow.
James Sidney Brown, Prairieyille,
brother of child under 16.
Edward Guedry, st. Amant, son OF
aged or infirm parent or parents, and
brother of child under Is.
Louis Kirkland, Mccall, wife OF
child.
Henry Collins, Mobeay, wife OF
child,
James Falkins. Donaldsonville.
Claims Granted.
Eugene Delaney, Smoke Bend, wife
; or child.
Leon Simon Geismar, Geismar
alien, subject of Germany.
Thomas Milton, Mccall, wife o.
child.
Morris Green, Modesto, wife Of
child
Albert Milton, Duplessis, wife O
child.
Philip Hampton, Dreyfus, wife o.
child.
Albert johnson, Belle Helene, wife
or child.
Seborn Pentlon Norton, Galvez
wife or child
|, JOS. Rosemond Braud, Jr., Geismar
wife or child.
Joseph Arthur Loupe, Brittany
wife or child.
Emile NJ. Houillon, Donaldson
, vile, wife or child, and son OF
widow
Mckinley Smith, Gonzales, wife o
child, and brother of a child under l6
, Pierre Joseph Becnel, Mccall, sol
: of widow.
: Isaac Delaney, Modesto, wife o
2 child.
$ Tony Arasha, Prairieville, wife 0
/ child.
/ Sidney Peter Templet, Brittany
: wife or child.
l. Sam Brown, barrow, wife or child
: Only three applicants for exemr
ton have appealed to the distric
{ board from the rulings of the loca
) board. They are: Emmett Brad
? ford Holbrook, Donaldsonville; San
!. 70. Aydell, Burnside, and Joseph HS
! Little, Prairieville. The district boar
: is now in session at Baton Rouge an
h will consider these cases in du
) course, together with appeals tina
y NAV be pressed in behalf of the COX
y eminent by the attorney appointe
for that purpose. C. c. Weber ha
been designated to look after til
governments interests in this parish
and is vested with authority to cor
0 test before the district board any e1
. emptions granted by the local boart
The local board has so far certifie
y to the district board the names c
!; eighty-six men not exempted OF Gil
, charged, and twenty-five absentee
- making total of III men availabl
for the new army from this parish
q Ascension's quota was originally fixe
i at 1879, and instructions have sine
- been received increasing this numbt
by ten per cent, hence some fort,
h two men are needed to complete OF
:. contingent. To obtain these a SCI
% ond call has been issued for 20
v registrants to appear for examinatlo
next Thursday, Friday and Saturda.
g Following is a list of the men sun
# moned:
f Notified to Appear Thursday, Aug. 30.
d Order Serial