The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-08-03
DOCTORS EXAMINE
FOR MEDINA's QUOTA

That the draft quota Of Medina
county will be greater or less than the
125 hitherto counted on, was indicated
in a telegram received Monday even
ing by H. E. Hers, president Of the ex
amining board, from Governor Cox.
The telegram is AZ follows:
Disregard the official notice Of
Medina county's quota and re-
turn it to this Office at once
(Signed) JAMES M. COX.
This is taken to mean that 125 will
not be the number drafted from Me-
dina county. HERS, however, has been
given no information that would show
whether the number is to be raised
or lowered.
Il One hundred and thirty eight men
Of the first 375 names in the county
were given their physical exan1irla-
ton at Wadsworth on Monday, by Drss
NJ. r. Miller, r. L. Johnson, G. a..
Bolich and M. w. Everhard Of Wads-
worth and Drs. Il. .,P. II. Robinson and
C. d. Freeman Of Medina. The doc
tors went through with the details ct
the examination with great care and
speed, reporting that the men as a.
whole werei in good condition physical
lv. and that as a result, the proportion
that passed the examination will prob
ably be large. No cases OF attempts
to evade by giving false statements as
to ailments, were reported.
At Lodi on Tuesday, 80 young men
were examined by Drs. Robinson
Brintnall, Waite, Crunn and Whitaker
and the examination Of the rest OF the
ATS men was made in Medina ofI
Wednesday by Drs. Robinson, brinSS
nall. Freeman, Strong, Gleason, Waite
and Crun. In Medina, 145 were ex.
amined, 100 the number who should
have appeared. Of the 10 who failed
to show up. it is known that a few had
enlisted after their number had been
drawn in the draft. Some. it is prob
able had misunderstood what was re1
CURED Of them, while it is pretty GER
tain that others sought to avoid the
examination. Each one Of the 15 men,
however, will have to answer satlss
factorily for his absence, or suffer the
consequences, which 1t has been pro
missed, will be anything but agreeable:
In Medina, at least, the exaninitae
physicians did not have to wait f0f'
applicants. Long before the hour set
to begin the work, a crowd OF YOUNG
men swarmed around the entrance 70
the court house, apparently aIlxiolle
to have it over with. The work 9t
the physicians was divided up, sosN
examining for bad eyesight or defTc
tive hearing, others the nose 1zout|'
a,ssl thTsaf and stil athe1 faf h6 M
defecs of one kind OF a60tf6 The
Few who tried to put ita0Ver the
doctors by feigning defects, certainly
made mess Of it. One, whose NUM-
Der is known, placed his hand to his
ear in strained effect to hear what
the doctor said to lin, but apparent
lly without success. The physician
quietly asked him to try his hand at
the other ear, w&ereupon the hand
took its place with promptness. The
fellow turned ashen with surprise and
chagrin as the physician winkedT an
eye and registered hearing as "per-
feet"
The manner in which the examina-
tions were conducted makes it impos-
sible to tell haw many were accepted
or rejected. This cannot be determined
until the records Of all the physicians
have been checked up. However, DR..
Robinson estimated that the percent
age Of reflections would likely run
from 10 to 20, per cent. The results
win be ready for announcement at
least by the first Of the week, accord
ing to DIR. Robinson.
It is known that a large number Of
those examined will file exemptions,
but as they can file them with any
notary, it Is impossible to give a salts
factory list at this ime.
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