Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-08

Francisco Garcia will head the honor
roll of soldiers from Cameron county un-
der he selective draft Although twenty.
five names had been called before Garcia
came in for examination he was the first
selective to be examined who claimed nc
exemption. Garcia il twenty three years
old and registered from Harlingen. The
young man speaks English and seemed
very much surprised when he learned that
he was the first man chosen. Garcia was
No. 81 in the draft list.
The first man to be examined at 9:l0
o'clock this morning was Julian Esparza
Velasco, who held number 25S. the first
number drawn from the glass bowl when
the selection was made in Washington
yelasco, who Is an employee of a local oil
company, claimed exemption on the
grounds Of having a dependent wife and
Of being an alien.
Whatever else may be said of Cameron
county young men they are healthy lot.
Only one man ont of the first twenty fiv.
examined by 1890 o'clock this morning
failed to come up to the physical require
mcnts. This young man. Mexican, was
under the minimum weight limit, 10
pounds, and had defect that the exam
ing surgeons pronounced to be barring.
At 10 80 o'clock nine men Of those sum
moned had failed to appear but a men are
coming in for examination after their
names had been called and passed. the
number of those failing to appear will be
reduced to minimum by night. Failure
to come before the board causes n man To
be marked available for duty, and as the
majority of those appearing are claiming
exemptions, very little trouble on this
score is anticipated.
Al one o'clock this afternoon only TWEEN
tynine men had been examined. which
means that the board will be forced to
work into the night To complete the exam
ination of the 153 men summoned for to-
day. Because of unfamiliaritv with the
work and shortage of clerks the passing
of men was necessarily slow this morning.
Now that the work has been organized
much faster time will be made with the bal
ance Of the examinations.
Henley Brown. a negro employee of the
government at the quartermasier' depot
twas the second man examined today by the
.selective draft board who claimed no ex-
emption. Third place honors will 90 Ia
Lauro g. Cavazos of Brownsville. Al
O'Clock this afternoon 125 men had been
called. Many Of these did not appear but
the reason for the much more rapid hand
ling Of the men than marked the morning
work J. due To the physician and clerks
becoming more familiar with the work. The
board now expects 10 finish its labors be-
fore supper time. whereas this morning il
was forecasted that the work would last
into the evening hours.
The records at one o'clock showed that
fifty five names had been called. twenty
nine men had been examined. only one mar
not claiming exemption was passed, and
eight men had been disqualified upon ply
steal examination.
Of the tweniy-six men not responding Il
the call some are known To have enlisted
in either the regular army or the nationa
gnard. The exact number of these has
not been checked out.
Dependents. wives and children, fathers
and mothers, ard being an alien are IN,
exemption claims being made by the selec-
tives, and the claimants are. in the cErs'
ease, supplied with the necessary blanM.
one to be filled in by the applicant. one
by his wife or other dependent, and one
by the disinterested head of another fam