The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-09

General Goigas and communicated
Il to the governors Of tho states for
information Of local boards. The
changes may recall some Of the
men who have been rejected.
Seventy-six registrants had been
examined and about dozen eligibles
for aelective service who claim no
exemptions of any kind had been &C.
cepted,% when the Burleigh county
board adjourned for lunch at noon to.
day.
Physical disqualifications ran much
higher yesterday afternoon than dur
ing the forenoon. The board worked
until midnight last night without add
Ing greatly to the number of men posi-
lively accepted for service: The num-
Der of notices of claims for agricul-
tural exemption is growing These
claims are not filed with the local
board, but with the state board. A
number of registrants, however, have
notified the local board that claims
for agricultural exemptions will be
fled
Letting Bars Down. =,
An important letting down of the
bars as to physical qualifications was
announced from the adjutant generals
office this morning, following receipt
OF telegraphic instructions from Pro
vost Marshal Crowder. The So local
boards were advised that reduction
Of from five to six pounds Is allowed
In the minimum weight of registrants
measuring 81 to 67 inches; seven to
eight pounds in registrants measuring
67ato. 50 inches; nine to ten pounds in
registrants measuring 70 to "A inches,
and II pounds in registrants IS inches
or, more in height. A reduction In
chest measurement of e.llaif inch in
registrants above 68 inches is allowed,
providing there is no lung trouble,
Well fitting artificial teeth, dentures
or plates are accepted in lieu Of miss
ing molars; men may be accepted
with either eye not quite up, to the
more rigid tests heretofore laid down,
and any discharge Of the ear, perfora-
tion Of tho tympanum or dry ear Is
not held disqualification.
Registration Data. ",
Registration data compiled this
morning by Charles Leissman of the
adjutant generals Office shows that
81 legislative, judicial or executive of.
fcers registered in North Dakota on
June 5, 737 registrants were totally
disabled; 22,732 indicated dependent
relatives; 1874 cited occupati0nal ex-
emptions; these classes being includ
ed among the white citizens and de-
clarants from friendly countries, of
whom there were total Of 57,688,
27,S76 of this number claiming no OK
Dependency.
A new ruling from Provost Marshal
Crowder on the subject of dependency
wired local boards today notes that
the general basis for arriving at de-
pendency is the spirit of the select
service act. which authorizes the pres
ident to discharge registrants when
ever it appears advisable because the
loss of his civil income will infiict
hardship upon his family. The act,
General Crowder advises, aims to
avoid leaving any dependents with
lack of support But where support
from other sources is available, dis
charge is not held advisable. as In
cases where the parents or other rela-
tives are capable and ready and will
ing to provide for wife and children
during the absence of the husband:
where a wife owns land which has
produced an income with the labor OF
her husband, but which could be rent
ed easily and certainly; or where the
salary or wage of the husband Is con-
tinued in part or in whole by a third
person or where it alone or with the
soldiers wage added is adequate to
the support of the dependent wife,
children, widowed mother. infirm faith
error orphaned child under 16 &,
Burleish County Registrants.
Burleigh county examinations In the
last "A hours have resulted as fol-
lows Charles Happier, rejected, deaf
and dumb; Thomas Costello, claim for
Earl james Nixon, reject
ed, bad hearing: Harry bernstein, re-
jected, under weight: Walter James
C. Haney, accepted Hugh E. Loomis,
claims agricultural exemption; Joseph
Kreitzer. accepted; Alex Mcclellan,
disqualified: George Wah-
Ter, passed; Tiderman P. Brunnick,
dependent mother and agricultural
claims: Simon Peter Olson, dependent
wife and child: William NJ. Murnane,
rejected. under weight; William Aug
ust Larson, dependent wife and child;
Ray C. Dorland. physically disquali-
fed Carl Verne Erickson. claims az
ricultural exemption: Ed Deitg. MONT.
disqualified: Hans Garness.
disqualified; Charles H.
physically disqualified;
Jesse F. Miller. claims exemption for
wife and child ,nd employ
ment in postal service: Jacob Wagner.
dependent wife and child; Orlando
Welch, physically disqualified; Roy
Kroll, accepted; Leo A. Meyers, ply
Con, ;nuod mn k,.S0 ThrnA1