The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-07-27
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Examinations Of those in Medina
keOunty whose numbers fall within the
first $50 drawn in Washington q week
ago Ntoday for the first corscription
army, will begin next Monday, July
80, At Wadsworth I. 0. O. F. hall. An
examination will be held the following
day, Tuesday, July 81, in the Masonic
Temple at Lodi, and another on Wed
nesday, Aug. l, at the court house in
Medina. Those to be examined should
report to the nearest of the above
three places to their home.
Those in the first call received their
official notice to appear for examina-
tion on Thursday Of this week. The
notices were dated July "a, and speci-
fled that claims for exemption or dis
charge must be made within seven
days from date Of written notice. As
the first day set for examination in
this county falls on the seventh day
from July "a, obviously there would
not be any time in which to file claims.
According to DR.. III. P. H. Robinson
OF the county board need have no
anxiety over this condition as claims
will be acted upon immediately follow
ing the examination.
Medina's quota is 125, but double
this number have been called for ex-
animation. If 125 men are not Sc
cured for the new army In the first
ESQ men examined, then more drafted
men will be called for examination,
and this will be continued until the
full quota Of 125 men has been Sc
cured. Then the work of the first
draft will cease and all men who have
not been notified will have nothing
further to do with the army question
until the second draft has been or
dered.a When the second draft starts
the work of examining men will COM
inence in the list where the first draft
started.
When the 125 men from Medina
county have been secured, the exanin-
ing board will certify the names to the
proper officials. After that if any
drafted man desires to protest against
service, he has the right to appeal to
a district board, which will probably
have headquarters in Cleveland.
The two great questions that will
determine whether a, man is accepted
or rejected, are these:
Have you any physical defects ~
Have you any dependents 2"
While all will be given opportunity
to file exemption claims, and to prop
erly present those claims, it is we'll un-
derstood that insistence upon absolute
evidence will prevail before any claim
will be allowed. 1t has also been
limited that those who claim exemption
because Of religious convictions, may
be asked to perform other services
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Phvsieal EXAMINATION of fhe men
tie tes,Qn that The government de-
mands too many facts to make the
work rapid.
At first the physician is compelled to
take the mans name and ask hin,
whether in his opinion there is any
thing wrong with him. Then he must
question him whether he has been in
an asylum. The heart action must
be recorded, an examination made Of
( the chest and vital organs, and then
his teeth must be examined and the
condition Of each tooth reported upon,
whether firm, filled, crowned or miss
ing entirely.
Then the throat must be thoroughly
examined and notations made. The
pulse must be recorded and that alone
would require minute. The appli-
cant must also be tested for flat feet.
The question has arisen as to the
liability to draft of city and county
officials. The provisions covering the
case of local public officers seem to
preclude the discharge from selective
draft of any such official If he meets
the physical requirements and is not
entitled to exemption or discharge on
some other ground. It would appear
that the right to discharge applies
only to elected officials whose Offices
may not be filed by appointment for
an unexpired term" OF Medina
county's officials this would apply in
only two cases, that of the prosecut-
ing attorney and county engineer
neither Of whom are in on the first
draft.
A complete list of Medina county's
men drawn in the first conscriptive
draft, appears elsewhere in this paper
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