The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
THE FIRST ROLL CALL.
Names Of Those Who viii Answer
Their COnntry'S Summons Under
the COnScriptiOn Act.

on the 9TH of June. Every one
of the $50 persons registered in
Fulton County were drafted last
Friday, and are now to all in
tents and purposes members Of
the army of the Republic.
Of the $50 persons drawn, on
ly 79 are needed just now, and
the five enlistments, cuts the
number down to "a. TO get the
"a, the first 14S drawn will be
asked to report to the local board
composed Of Sheriff, j. L. Car
land, County Commissioner
Frank M. Lodge, and County
Health Officer DR.. j. w. Mosser
in McConnellsburg as follows:
one-third of the 14S in five days;
one-third, in six days, and the
remaining third in seven days
from date of official notice.
The list following shows the
order in which the men were Sc
lected, and while each will be
notified through the postofhce,
the fact that he may not get his
mail will not excuse him from
reporting.
l. your number is included in
the first l4S you will be called
for paysical examination. This
examil lion will begin in five
days fo wing the mailing of
the notice that you have been
called, and continue on the sixth
and seventh day, one-third of
those called being examined on
each day.
If you claim exemption, a
claim must be filed within seven
days after the mailing by the
local board of the notice that
you have been called; you will
have ten more days to prepare
affidavits and present your case
to the local board, and the board
must decide in three days.
If you are accepted or rejected
on the physical examination the
decision Of the local board is
final. On claims for exemption
decided adversely by local boards
you have appeal to the appellate
board of this draft.
No claim for exemption on &C.
count of occupation is made be-
fore the local boards, but direct
to the appellate board. If you
are in doubt about any point,
determine just what you want
to know and consult the officials
of your local board. In most in
stances they are the judges who
will finally decide your case.
The physical tests applied by
the physicians will make the
drafted man represent the finest
type of American manhood. If
he is under 81 inches in height
he can be accepted if he is well
formed and not under 81 inches
tall. If he be over 6 feet 6 inches
he cannot be drafted.
In order to test the legs and
feet of the man being examined
the physician will have him hop
the length of the room, first on
the ball of one foot and then on
the ball Of the other, to make a
standing jump as far as possible,
to run the length of the room
several times in double time,
after which his heart and lungs
are to be re-examined. Minute
tests to determine the vision of
each eye and the hearing Of each
ear also prescribed.
In the matter of teeth. it is re-
quired that the person must have
at least four serviceable molar
teeth, two above and two below
on one side and two above and
two below on the other side, and
so opposed as to serve the pur-
pose of mastication. A good fit
ting bridge or plate, where not
more than one-half of the teeth
are involved, is not disqualifying.
AS may be noticed by the fol-
lowing list Lewis F. Stable had
the honor to be the first man
drawn, and he was drawn by
Secretary Of War Baker, who
soon thereafter turned the work
over to the regular clerks. The
second man drawn was Cyrus S.
johnson, of Thompson township