The courier-index., 1917-08-17
Lee County Men Who Will Serve in Army Under the
 New Selective Draft Law


 466 names drawn in the big lottery at Washington. While practically 85 per cent of those in the first draft claimed exemption, the board grant ed exemptions in only 32 cases. Fully half of these were only tempo rary. the men being ordered to re- port to the board again on November i. for further consideration of their cases. One hundred and thirty-three men out of the 466 were physically disoualified. Thirty-one failed to show up for examination. Under orders from the war department these thirty-one are certified to the adjutant general for military service. Of this thirty-One, however, it has been learned that one man, Benjamin Bowden, had already enlisted in the army; Clyde Church of Council has been reported to the board as totally blind Ben Farr of Marianna, who had failed to report has since responded, has been pronounced physically fit, and was ordered to hold himself in readiness for military duty; Oscar Vaughn Marianna, another who failed to report, is said to be sick with acute tuberculosis; Willie Cole man of Ebling, who failed to appear for examination, has since reported to the board. The other names on the pink" list are J. P. Foster of Askew, Virgil Lovelace of Brickeys, Henry Strong of Marianna, Rider Gooden of Marianna, Sylvester Flyers of Marianna, Sam Blakely of Council, Ira Johnson of La Grange, Alex Will son of Aubrey, Willie Farris of Hick- man, Ky, Ruben J. Franklin of Mari anna who was transferred to Birm- ingham, Ala, Will Davis of Haynes, Wm. Robt. Hill of Marianna, Van Smith of Askew. Henry B. White of Aubrey, Scott Spencer of Marianna, Geo. Robinson of Council, Leon Sharp of Marianna, Will Jones of Rondo, Freelen Roy Roberts of Brickeys, Chas. Collins of Brickeys, Louis Per " of Mrianna and Willie Franklin of Moro
 Government agents will apprehend these men and place them in the army, if physically fit, and if unfit they will probably be punished for failing to respond to the order for physical examination.
 Those who were granted exempt ions, either permanent or temporary, are as follows:
 Gladney Johnson of Palestine, Ed King of Council, Bert Clifford Dodd of Marianna, Lacey Kennedy of Mari anna, Ben Banks of Mariana, Rt. 3, Neele H. Bickerstaff of Moro, Neal Holden of Haynes, Greene w. Farm CT of Aubrey, John Stephenson of Brickeys, Ben Frank Wolfe of Hay nes, Earl Jose Wyeth of Helena, Robert Taylor of Council, Eagle Price of Haynes, Nathaniel Conner of Marianna Rt. 1, Wiley Hogan of Moro, Jesse Sneed of Marianna Rt. 1, William Garrett of Haynes, William Cooke Boone of Marianna, Marvin Samuel Jones of Marianna, Mat J.. Smith of Marianna Rt 8. H. B. Piper Of Brickeys, Oscar Apple of Little Rock, Ivan Swindle of Marianna, Henry Baird Cobb, Marianna, Ausie Griffin of Goodwin, Jim Miller of Ma rianna Rt. 1, John Lockhart of Moro, Hillory Trash of Wheatley, Geo. w.. Howard of Haynes. Ernest V. Nor ment of Thomasville, James Graham or Haynes, Robt. Hines of Soudan.
 Under orders from the war de- partment the local board will have complete charge of the drafted men until they are delivered to the mobi- hzation point designated by the de- partment The men will be sent to the camp in four contingents, thirty Der cent being called to service on september 5, thirty per cent on Sep tember 15, thirty per cent on Septem- per 30, and the remaining ten per cent at time yet to be designated Ine men will be called in the order in' which they were drawn. They must report to Marianna not earlier than twenty -four hours and not less
 IWCiNc uOuTS IIOHl tuc uouA .ney are scheduled to entrain. The local board will serve proper notice on the men, advising them when they must report to local headquarters in Marianna.
 The list of Y27O, which with the 31 men on the 'ipink" list, constitute eotal of 301, who will constitute Lee countys contribution to the new army, is as follows:
 Henry Cheers, Marianna Willie Iu Mcdowell, Marianna; Dewitt Bow en- Marianna: George Sterling, Coun- on' John Parker, Clifton; Wade montgomery, Marianna; James Long, sudan; Robert Jones, Rondo; Tim Clark, Jr.. Moro.
 :, harold Brewer, Marianna; Alfred ue Davis, Marville; Emmett Wood alu' Aubrey; Richard Taylor, Brick rvs Tollie Arnold Copeland, Rondo; nomer Graham, Marianna.