The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-03
SELECT DRAFT
BOARD PICKING
10 men TO DAY
Will Serve Cass County in
Liberty ArmyMust
Report September 6
AUDITOR AWAITS
ROUTING ORDERS
Fifty-two Out of 1O4 Occu-
pational Claims for Ex-
emption Granted

The members of the Cass county
select draft board without any fuss
or feathers went to work on Labor
day, this morning selecting the first
nineteen men who will serve Cass
county in the national army.
A list was compiled by Auditor w.
r. Tucker and Sheriff A. NJ. Ross, in
Guiding those who. asked that they
be placed among the first 10. The
others were notified by telephone. 1t
was expected that the first five per
cent would be reached by the noon
hour and that the official list would
be ready for the press. about that
time.
To Report On Sept. 9.
These men will report to County
Auditor Tucker at o'clock next
Thursday morning when the roll call
will be taken. From then on until
they move to Camp Dodge. the con-
centration point, the men will be fed
and cared for. by the government.
During the stay in Fargo the govern
ment allows so cents a meal. 1t is
very probable that the men will be
accommodated at the Waldorf hotel,
the select draft board intending to
take this feature up with the man
agement Of that hotel this afternoon.
per cent reached the county auditor
late Saturday afternoon from Gov
ernor Frazier and read: y
! BE prepared to send nineteen men
| to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Sept. 6.
Routing instructions follow by mail
Make sure that your agent is sup
plied with through tickets to Camp
Dodge.
Second Call Within Two Weeks.
| Although no official action has been
taken by the draft board, it was said
this morning that the second call for
lregistrants to the number of about
Sept. 10, IL and u. This call is now
imperative to get the quota of 3S7
from Cass county in view of the fact
that the district board in session at
Bismarck Saturday allowed 50 claims
for exemption on Industrial grounds
alone after considering 104 claims, for
Just so per cent of the industrial
claims considered were allowed.
Short 20 Men Now.
The Cass county board certified to
the district board 399 names or twelve
more than the quota for Cass county.
The district board has granted 50
claims for exemption on occupational
grounds, leaving 40 men short of the
quota assigned. 1t is certain that
further claims will be allowed by the
district board in cases Of dependent
relatives. when the board sits to
n consider these claims.
Await Routing Orders.
County Auditor Tucker is now
4 awaiting the receipt of the routing
orders for the, first nineteen men.
Whether the men would leave Fargo
on the evening of Thursday for Camp
Dodge, he was unable to say. The
only information regarding this point
came in the telegram from the adj
jutant general last Saturday which
said routing instructions will fol-
low by mali. Berths, however, will
be provided the soldiers on the trip.
Tuesday afternoon at / o'clock the
Cass county examination board will
go into session again for the purpose
of examining a number from outside
districts. Included in this examina-
ton will be a number of Cass county
drafted men who have not appeared
before the local board as yet. 1t is
reported that 81 Of the 744 drafted
men in Cass county have not appear
ed.
The list Of men granted exemption
on industrial occupations by the dis
| trict board is as follows:
OccupatiOnaI Exemptions.
4 3403-William II. Kahler, Fargo.
548-W. N. Miller, Durbin.
| 775-Dennis j. Ford, Wheatland.
1264-Peter r. Borderud.. Kindred.
3992-Frederick II. Corbett, Fargo.
| 1014-Emil Buck, Hunter.
i 1323-Carl H. Lokke, Warren.
l14S4-Paul e. Westlund, Fargo.
i 606-Earnest Kapaun, Alice.
/ 182-William Albert Ruccekert, Ayr.
/ 1099-William Dahm, Page.
/ 75-A. A. Prev, Armenia.
] 772-Arnold A. Kresse, Wheatland.
/ 2730-Edward T. Conmy, Fargo.
/ T57-John Peter Brooson, Gardner.
1300-Palmer c.. Thrane, Kindred.
i 1SS7-Martin r.. Lee, Argusville.
Il 1294-Adolph Dokken, Kindred.
/ 933-Rfchards G. Heur, Sheldon.
/ 355-Edw. F. Nessemeier, Casselton.
| 1611--Edward y. Iwen, Armenia.
/ 31-Alfred l. Lebus, Davenport.
| 1817-Carl Laurietzen, Whsatiand. w
677-William Dickson; Erie.
15S0-Georges f. Morgan, Page.
| 269-Victor NJ. Monson, Argusville.
10l6--Leland oliver Lane, Hunter.
| 493-Henry s. jacobson, Kindred.
244S-Clin Lucie, Fargo.
| 21OS-Ralph A. King, Casselton.
637-Odin Ellis Ross, Ayr.