Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-23
BOARD GETS FIVE MORE MEN
Number Is Still Six Short of Re.
quired Quota.
Nineteen Of Forty Examined Monday
under Army Draft Claim Exemp-
tion-Nine Physically Disquali-
ned and Seven Absent.


Red. seven failed to appear, two because
they were already seeing service in the
United States army, and five registrants
passed who made no claim for exemption,
at the fourth examination conducted by
The board of exemption at the county court
house Monday.
AS it Is at the present time. there are
"a men in this county who have appeared
for examination and been accepted by the
government, and whether the necessary
six more will be secured from those claim
ing exemption on the grounds of depend
ency will not be known for several days.
From early morning until late in the
evening the board plodded on in an en-
deavor to clean up all the details Of the
examination. in addition to attending to
the examining of four young men from
other jurisdictions.
All four of these young men passed and
did not file claims for exemption. and they
were in every way physically fit. They
are: Leroy Franklin of Wilmington. Del. !:
Robert X. Edgerton of Bennington. and
d. F. Lille also of Bennington: James c.
Norton. the fourth registrant examined,
appeared here because his father is one
Of the examining physicians for the Addi-
son county district.
4. OF those who were physically disquali-
field Monday. one man had but one eye.
another weighed but So pounds. while a
third had suffered from an attack of polio
tmyelitis. Altogether, there were three who
were under weight. The rest of the dis
charged registrants we're suffering from
hernia
William F. Abare Of Charlotte. whose
name is now in the hands of the United
States district attorney, is in the army, ac-
cording to word received by the board
Monday from the acknowledgement at
Montpelier. Felix D. Hallnan Of this city.
now residing in Oswego, n. Y. requested
that the board furnish him with blank
application on August 10. This the board
did, but Mailman has never filled out and
mailed the blank back to the local board.
said a member Monday.
Two appeals to the district board at
Montpelier we're filed at the county court
office Monday. William j. Millham of
Jericho filed a claim for an appeal from
the local boards decision. as did Eugene
c. Lamson Of Hinesburg. Both these ap.
peals have been forwarded to Montpelier
Names OF Mondays 40 registrants fol.
low:
PASSED-NO EXEMPTION CLAIMED
Ernest Benjamin Dragon Of this city.
Frank o. Gervia { Charlotte.
Karl Edward Gaskell OF this city.
Harold Chester Holmes of Essex juno
ZION.
Clifton Elmer Hillary of this city.
PASSED--CLAIM EXEMPTION.
Joseph w. Foley of this city.
Jesse F. Marble Of Charlotte.
Domench Sotiri of this city.
George Francis Butler Of Winooski
Perry w. Eddy of this city.
Ernest Henry Yandow Of Williston.
Robert r. Giddings of this city.
Wallace B. Phelps Of this city.
Giuseppe MILITIA of Winooski.
Horace A. Harrington of this city.
Andrew o. Kinville of this city
Martin Moroccan of Winooski.
Frank w. Tikkonen of Winooski.
Victor z. Shepard of this city,
Edward e. Robar of this city
George yalyou Of Essex Junction.
Clarence David Carpenter of Hinesbure
Charles William Kempter Of this city
REJECTED-PHIsICAL DIsQUALl
FLED.
Joseph A. Myers Of this city.
John I. Wood of this city.
William H. Van Sleet Of this city.
John A. Noonan of this city.
John ]. Deslisle of this city.
Fred Joseph Gonyeau Of this city.
GeOree n. beaupre OF thiS CITY.
William Fondry of this city.
Homer L. Estus Of Milton.
FAILED TO APPEAR.
' Victor ]. Fondry of this city. (Alread
In army.
Robert g. Fielders of Huntington. "a
ready in army.
Henry w. Blackburn of this city. &c,
animation was postponed till later da
upon affidaviO.
Patrick H. O'Kelley of Shelburne.
Otto A. Schroeder of this city.
Floyd F. Garrow OF Essex Junction.
James Lynch of this city.