The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-10
TESTS FOR
ARMY LOWERED
The Call Will Be for 251, 900
Men on Septem-
Der |
PHYSICAL STANDARD
NOW LESS EXACTTNG.
Reductions in Weight Are
Allowed-Eye and Ear
Standard Modified

Washington, Aug. lo.-Further steps
were taken by the government yester.
day TO increase the number of men avail
able for service in the new National
Army.
The ruling of the provost marshal
general greatly modified the physical re-
qlirements of man for duty
IF dental work will restore the teeth
so as to meet the demands of proper
mastication, the man with defective
teeth should either be accepted or al
lowed sufficient time to have the neees-
sary work done and be enrolled later,
Gen. Crowder instructed the exemption
boards
Reductions in weight of from five to
- pounds, according to height, and in
chest measurements of one half inch in
cases of men taller than five feet eight
inches, also were allowed.
Regulations in ear and eye tests were
modified slightly so as to exclude fewer
men for defects in hearing and sight.
Wives who worked in offices and fac
tories before marriage should seek EN-
ployment in industry again releasing
their husbands for army service.
This was an official suggestion of the
provost marshal-general's office yester-
day, supplementing Gen. Crowders rul
ing that when the wife is assured "rea
sonably adequate support" the husband
should not be exempted on the ground
of dependents
Officials would not define reasonably
adequate" They said it varied with con
ditions, and that the local exemption
boards would have to decide individual !
cases on their merits. wife with |
young children unable to support herself |
or without adequate support from rela
tives will entitle the husband to exemp- |
ton, it was said.
Gen. Crowder's ruling was an open APP |
peal to relatives to support the wife so
that the husband can 60 to war. The or
der apparently penalties wives who
worked before marriage as against those
who did not.
One third of the first increment of men !
for the National army, or 25l 900 con-
scripts, will be called to the colors on
Sept. l.
They will be ordered to entrain for the
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the first five days of September win
be sent to the training camps.
The first increment of the National
army will consist of 755,700 men. This
number includes the quota of 6s7 900
men first assigned for the entire coun-
try and $500 additional men which
Provost Marshal General Crowder has
ordered conscripted TO make allowances
for disabilities during the training of the
first army.
In compliance with the war depart
ment's latest orders, New York state
will have to have 25,2ss men ready for
on Sept. l. The states en-
tire quota for the first army is 1916
men.
The task of having the necessary men
ready to entrain for the camps is now
the business of the governors of the vari- I
Gus states.
Gen. Crowder has urged the state ex- {
ecutives to impress upon the various ex-
emption boards the necessity of getting s
one third of their quotas ready as quick !
Iy as possible.
Mobilization orders affecting the first /
will be forwarded to the gov r
ernors of the states probably to-day. |
They have been completed and are now j
n the hands of the government printer.
Conferences are on between Gen. Crowd @
n and members of the general staff to /
determine the means to be used in get o
ing the men to the training camps. Fl
Excursion trains may be run. Trans I
to training camps will be pro-
'ided for the conscripts. 1t viii be the
luty of each state to mobilize its men
md furnish them food for their journey.
The states will also give each man a
Geographic form, with which he is to &
eport the time of his arrival to the
amp commander six hours before he ex- p
'ects to reach his destination.
Each state must also make arrange .
nent to fill up vacancies which may be
aused by reflections when the army sur
ICONS put the men through second
'hysical examination. When a man is
elected on the second examination, his c
Dcal board viii be notified, and another B
nan will have to be sent to take his c
lace. ID