The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
Twelve Physically Fit Men
Will Not Claim
Exemption
CORPS OF PHYSICIANS
WORKS WITH SYSTEM
Blair Fails To Report; Credit
To Be Given County For
Lieut.. Haynes

Indications, according to Chairman
Columbus Ewalt of the local draft
BOARD are that as many men eligible
Tor military service will be obtained
from the so who were examined Mon.
day as from the 70 men examined two
weeks when 15 men, physically fl
and claiming no exemption, we're GER
titled to the district board.
The work of examining the so men
Monday was handled with system and
facility. DIR. Larimore, physician of
the local board, was in charge of the
medical examinations. Assisting him
were DR.. l.. l.. Williams, DR.. N. r..
Eastman and DR.. Fl. w. Blair, while
DR.. G. X. Conard and DR.. F. F. Dowds
made the denominations. Clerks
were: Bert o. Evans, John S. Got.
shall, Howard Huntsberger, Lee Rus
sell and Dan Houck. Court Bailiff
Patrick Purcell proved an invaluable
aid to the board in taking care of men
for examination.
AS the result of the days work, Sc
men were passed physically, reject
ed and cases suspended Twenty.
four presented claims for exemption,
2 made no claims, one man, Frank l..
Blair Of S13 East Burgess street, fail
ed to appear and thereby forfeited his
right to examination, while another
man, Charles B. Fike, was certified to
the Akron board for. examination
The following men, passed, present
ed claims for exemption because of
dependents: Edgar Briggle, Stanley
Vail, Arthur Black, Clarence Bishop,
Charles Eagle, Elmer Borden, John
c. Grubb, Lacy l.. Tinnin (colored) =,
Clarence Smothers, Edwin Jacobs,
Lawrence Buoy, John Dagres, Albert
Scheff, Clifford Workman, julius
Kremple (parents), Charles Bonsell,
Noel Beal, Clyde Robson, Harley
Stake, Warren Horton, f.. L. Spohn,
Edward Gilbert, Colonel Long, Will
liam ID. Bates.
The following men, passed, made no
claims for exemption; DIR. Walter Dix
on, Leslie Wise, Harry Mahaffey, Har-
ry McClelland, Peter Perkins, Emmett
Freeman, Jesse Nyhart, Harry Ban
bury, George Stewart, Arthur Mink,
Ernest Melick and Robert Tucker
The followed men were rejected:
John Kirklin, Frank Mickey, Ray Fos-
ter, Bert Grill, Donald H. Harper,
Harry Lockwood, John Condor and
Harry Mckenzie.
The cases of the following men were
suspended Justin l.. Durbin, Fred c..
Sebold, Otto P. Ransom and Charles
II. Spencer.
Robert Tucker, who was found ply
sically fit and who made no claim for
exemption, lives in Buckeye City. He
was married the latter part of July
Charles II. Spencer. whose case was
suspended, is printers devil" on the
Fredericktown Free Press.
Second Lieut.. Harry Haynes, who
received his commission for work
done in the officers reserve training
camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind, appeared before the local board
late Monday afternoon to secure his
exemption from the draft. Lieut.
Haynes order number is 2O5. Ar
rangements we're made for him to Sc
cure certificate of his appointment,
in duplicate, from his commanding Of
ficer. One of these he will file with
the local board and one with the adJu-
tant general. The local board will
mail the certificate to the district
board and secure credit for one man