The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-14
NO MORE NOTICES
UNTIL EXEMPTION.
WORK IS THROUGH.
District No. 2 Quiet; ExamIna-
tlons In No, 8,

Not until after the exemption claims
Of every man has been thoroughly con-
sidered. will the second city district
exemption board send out notices to
other men to appear for examination.
100 More Needed.
Mayor Overholser. chairman OF the
exemption board OF the second city
district, said today that he does not
believe it will be necessary to order
more than one hundred additional men
to appear for examination in order to-
obtain the quota for the district l33
men.
Out OF the original 266 ordered to
report before the board, ninety-four
men have already been accepted tor
military service by the board. This is
much higher average than was at
tained by any Of the other city dis
tricts.
Mayor Overholser and the other
members of the board have decided to
exempt married men only when by TAX
ing him, his dependents would become
public charges.
why should we exempt one man,
Just to put another in jeopardy" asked
the mayor
The mayor said his board had decidA
ed to comply with the instructions to
the letter that is:
Reject all claims for exemption on
dependent relatives claims unless the
said dependents would become a public
charge
Exemptions Firt.
No additional notices will be mailed
to men OF the Second district until all
papers filed by the men in the first call
have been passed on.
The mayor said today that II would
take his board until the last part OF the
week to complete their paper work on
the original 266 men and that 1t would
be Monday before any more men are
ordered to appear for physical exam'-
nation.
mo person will be allowed to appear
personally before the exemption board
nor can they be represented by attor-
neys," said the mayor today.
"They must file their afiidavih and
their case will be decided entirely or
ito merits. This is the law and we are
going by it."
AccsptAncss High.
approximately one Out OF every four
men examined today in district No. J
was accepted for the national army.
Nine men out Of thirty-eight examined
passed the physical examination and
did not make any claims for exemp-
ton. Only thirty-nine out OF fifty or
dered to report today appeared when
their names were called at the Emer'
gency hospital, where the examinations
are being made.
Fifty more men have been called fof
examination in this district this after
noon and one hundred have been or
dered to report tomorrow. 1t is be-
lieved by the members OF the exemption
board that the quota of 100 will have
been filled before these additional 20C
men have been examined. Eleven men
failed to report today. Unless they re-
port by tomorrow afternoon tor ex-
animation they will be certified as
| physically qualified. All notices OF
filing claims for exemption must bt
turned in at the office Of the exemp'
ton board not later than tomorrow.
Physically Fit
The following men were found physi.
cally qualified and did not make an,
claims for exemption today; William
Thomas, Joe John Cadek. Simmi,
Goodwin, William Allen Hunter, Rob.
ert Smel,zer, Samuel A. Todd. Valli,
Osborne, Thedford Hudson Literal
Charley Mather Simmons.
The following men, physically quail
fled, claimed exemption:
Lafayette Quincy, Perry NJ. Schwartz
John L. Craig, William Eagan Har,
per Garland NJ, Owens, Gordon B
Chapman, William Edward Weaver
Calvin Henry Person, William c. May
hail. Lewis Mckinley, Floyd John Belt
Ray A. Porter, Walter w. Wilson
Douglas Neville Jones, Burley lie,
Avery.
Physically Disqualified.
The following were found to b,
physically disqualified for military ser
vice; George Robinson, Joseph Evani
Lee, William Charles Berry Josey
. William Earl Boyd William Ear
Groves, Paul A. Stimmel Oscar lie,
Cordell, John Galen Allen, Home,
Beans, Claude Roberts, Clarence Free
Needham, Clarence Clifton, Allen Holt
James Donelson.
! Albert 7. Neel has been Transferred