The Detroit times., 1917-08-04
TOExAMINE
100000 TO
GET QUOTA
Most of Those Not Re-
jected File Exemp-
ton Claims

~ u apparent now that nearly
100000 OF the drafted men I'm De
troit Will be called for examination
TO supply the clty's quota OF 1879
men Tor The national army Experts
figure that not more than one in
each eight will be- available for the
nghting machine that Uncle Sam
viii send TO France
This became evident Friday morn
ing when the boards In the second
and third districts were flooded with
men fling exemption claims Near
ly all OF tho claims were perfectly
valid and g. 4. Huyette. chairman
OF the board in the second district.
which comprises the upper end OF
the First ward estimated that his
district would not get more than
one soldier out OF each six men ex-
ahmed
Al noon Friday only II men in
that district had been examined and
passed who had not indicated that
they would flle exemption claims on
perfectly valid grounds More than
100 had then been examined n was
not certain that several OF the 10
would not have exemption claims
but they had not voiced them They
have five days in which 10 file the
claims
Of those examined in this district
n was noticeable that most OF tho
married men were perfectly ~
physically for service while the I'M
married men those without OK
emption claims were rejected for
physical reasons Thus il would ap-
pear that a married man is healthier
than bachelor The chief physical
faults were underweight. bad teeth
and bad feet The examiners be
lieve the married men are in better
physical condition because OF the
advice and helpfulness OF their
wives
The experts say that IL n will TO
quire six or seven men 20 supply
a single soldier in the so-called silk
stocking wards the ratio will be
much higher IA the MANUFACTURING
districts. whore many viii be ex
cmpted because they are aliens
Or Grinth Thomas. who l. or
ganizing an ambulance com oany 70
take 20 France and who - police
surgeon FOR years has had great op
portunity 90 get a line on the gen
eral health OF the community. thinks
nine 20 ono is not going 10 be far
from the proportion OF rejected men
The quota In the second district
Is 1924 and the chairman Of the
board u planning 20 examine ~
least 1000 men 20 get his quota
The third district. which en-.
A l..
not expected 10 fare better. The
headquarters in tho Central high
achool was crowded Friday morning
with mon there 20 ciaim exemption.
and practically all had valid claims
Times reporter asked the board
member in charge If he had not
been able 20 accept single man as
yet
Il wouldn't say that We couldn't
accept one az The drafted men who |
has shown mp so far he said |
Even IN an orchard hit by blight |
one may occasionally End an apple |
that escaped II, but IL Is going 10 |
be hard picking 10 find men ~"
In this district on Thursday 20 |
men were given physical examIna- |
tions and ~ were found 90 be ac-
ceptable from the physical stand |
point yet all claimed exemption. |
and with one or two exceptions the |
claims must be allowed as the law |
provides for eXempting men with |
such claims.
In the manufacturing districts the |
men do not hold mp so well physical /
~ because OF the nature OF their |
u.ort Tbare a. "a Qroafar mum hot. ~ L
aliens and the foreigners marry |
earlier which means smaller pro
portion of acceptances' than in the |
residential districts, which accord |
ing 10 experts now would make II |
quite probable that the total num- |
Der OF the quota must be multiplied |
by nine or 10 TO get the number OF |
men needed