Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-13

Is per cent Of Names quota will be
entrained for the camp at Aver Mass,
has not yet been determined and the
adjutant general Of Maine, Brig. Gen.
George Mel. Presson Of Pennington,
has asked the provost marshal general.
Maj. Gen. E. H. Crowder at Washing
ton for Geographic notice as soon as
the date is decided upon. Because of
the long distances to be travelled and
the length of time required for a no
tice to reach the men and for the men
10 reach the entrainment point. Maine
local boards require about 10 days no.
tice.
The press dispatches stating that the
camp at Aver is now filled to it's ca
pacity and that more men cannot be
sent there until some Of the earlier
arrivals are assigned to other organ
izations or other training camps, are
believed here to be approximately cor
rect and to explain why the date for
the entrainment of the balance of
Names quota has not yet been an
nounced.
When the last Is per cent go for
ward, there will be sent at the same
time men to take the places of those
rejected at The camp by the National
Army surgeons. This percentage is
very small in Maine, about per cent,
but in every case some other man must
be sent TO FIJI the vacancy. The fact
that this percentage Of reflections is so
small is causing considerable favorable
&C mment, for it is generally conceded
that in the examination of National
Guard organizations upon their entry
into federal service the number Of men
rejected by the regular army surgeons
runs from Is to 35 per cent At the
present rate Maine will have to deliver
not more than 1900 men at Aver to fill
the net quota of 1921 men.
The six local board jurisdictions in
the First Division Of the Judicial Dis
trict Of Maine, Androscoggin County
No ]. Androscoggin County No ..
Franklin County. Sagadahoc County,
York County No. ! and York County
No >, have called 2507 men for physi-
cal examination. OF this number 1854
presented TIE mselves before the board
issuing the call and 33 were examined
for these boards by other boards. max
ing total Of 1857. OF the balance Of
go. many are not "s!ackers" but are
men who enl sted in some branch of
the military or naval service. and have
Q Their rot received their notices of call
have II ought that. being in the ser
- m. These cases will De worked out
rough the adjutant general of the
= M a Washington
Dt ne men called who submitted to
nhys cal e..cm:nation. l0ls We're accept
d ply sically sound. This means that
the men called about one-ha!f were
INfit This lamentable fact could only
ice disclosed through the operation of
some such law as the Selective Service
A.. Advocates Of universal training
wtA use ii as a most potent argument
Tor the Inauguration of some nd of
3 law compelling every youth TO un-
ierco instruction in personal hygiene
ard physical culture il connection with
military training.
Up 10 date 80 men have been cert-
hcG n the district for service at Aver,
a more than enough to I'll the required
quota Of 217 men Some loca! boards
have large surplus and some have
barely enough Some OF the men certi-
fed have since been released through
appeals to the President and some Of
the men certified have failed TO appear
fox entrainmen;, and have been report
ID - the adjutant general or the army
a deserters.
on the whole the results Of the 1917
draft IN the first district are considered
highly satisfactory. AS compared with
the Civil War draft. il is perfection.