Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
EXEMPTION BOARDS
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
OF This City's Quota of 7ss, Already
532 Men Have Been Certi-
fled for Service.
NO. 2 BOARD NEEDS TWENTY
Exemption Board of Division Is
Close Behind, Needing Only Twcn-
ty-One Men-Houng Rudd Applies
TO BE Sent in First Quota.

Details OF raising the first quota of
men from Richmond for the drafted
army Of Uncle Sam have been about
completed by the five exemption board
offices scattered throughout the city
and only a few minor matters need TO
be s,raigh,ened out now before the
selected men for Richmond Will be
ready for service in the United States
Army.
According 10 statistics gathered
from the five exemption board offices
in Richmond. this city has already
bSe men ready IN be sent 10 the can
tonmenis. This number includes men
who have been certified by the various
exemption boards to the district board
as physically fit and also having no
cncumbrances to keep them from serv-
ing in the army AS the quota from
Richmond is o,Ny 7SS. IL can be seen
the work OF selecting men from this
city is fast nearing completion. To
this number. however. 10 per cent is
TO be added 10 give margin for future
reflections.
Many of the exemption claims al
lowed by the exemption boards may
not be sustained by the district board.
DIVISION 40. ONLY
TWENTY SHORT OF QUOTA
Division No . of which II. Watkins
having completed it's quota than any
OF the other boards in the city. SO
far 4+5 men have been called for eN-
animation and out Of this number l52
have been certified 10 the district board
rs physically fl 10 serve in the army
and free from exemption claims The
quota of men assigned to this division
is iTc and as there are yet several
aSsentees to he examined. IL is thought
-n IN no
sur0rloncd TO make IN the quota.
Division No 3 of which Harvey At
kinson is chairman. is running the
second division close race for hav-
ing furnished its quota of men and is
only twenty-one men shy of the re-
auired number. SO far in this division
total of $50 men has been summoned
have been certified TO the local board
as physically fit for service and not
having any ground Of exemption.
Division No. 4 OF which G c orge
". Rogers is chairman, has summoned
more men than any of the other di-
visions. Five hundred and seventy
two men have hccn examined in this
district OF this number 100 have been
certified TO the district board AS the
quota Of men for this division is l6l.
siHty-one more men are needed
WANTS TO co WITH
FIRST CONTINGENT
One OF the most unusual cases to
come before a local hoard since the
work of drafting tho men from Rich
mond was begun came before Mr. Ell
lerson yesterday in Division No ..
Leon Otis Rudd, Of oo30 West Grace
street. and a member OF the firm of
Rudd Brothers. came before the hoard
to be examined. He is fine phvsica
specimen and passed the physical cx-
animation easily. When asked what
exemption claims he wished to file he
replied. II have none and ! wish TO be
sent In the first quota of men to leave
this city for. the cantonment"
Rudd is twcnty-three years of age
and is the first drafted man in Di-
vision No. who has begged to be
sent along with the first contingent Of
men. His request that he be sent along
with the first quota can hardly he al
lowed. as the order of his draft is he
low the first quota
James +. Phillips. Jr.. chairman of
Exemption Board No. l. announced yes
terdaE that he had summoned 100 new
men 10 he examined on Thursday and
Friday of this week. So far this Of :
VISION ia siytv-nine men short of i,s
quota, and the summoninE OF the 100
additional men was..done in an effort
10 bring tho number. of eligible men
up to III" quota assigned