Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-22
TWO WILL GO
IN OLD DRAFT
No New Men in Class / to Be
Sent to CantOnments I'm
til Later
BOARD is INDUCING /.
VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE
Every Branch Open to Men Who Have
Registered-CannOt Get Roster
of Rusk Soldiers

Every day county clerk MunrOe is
called upon to answer questions about
the draft. From other sections comes
the news that men are expected to be
called in the next draft. In order to
set everybody right here YOU are.
No second draft has been ordered
The men called now are the balances
of the quotas in the first draft made
last July.
Under that call Rusk county was
asked for 12S men.
But 126 had already volunteered.
Therefore only two were actually
required Three were passed and mott
fled. They were Joseph Forchette
Ernest c. Cote and Guy McGlothlin
FOrchette was sent, disqualified after
physical examination. and county clerk
was notified not to send any more men
to Camp Grant.
Hence from the day Forchette was
discharged Rusk county has had no
men in the service of the L. $. who
were drafted.
On the call for Il completion of this
first call both Cote, of Willard, and
McGlOthlin. who is out in Utah will
have to go.
None of the men now being exam
med will go under this call for final
percentages of first draft.
When Il call for more men-a new
draft-then those is Glass l. having
passed the physical examination with
approval, will be eligible. That may
be three months away.
Can you volunteer now? You can
1t is called being 'inducted.' -Four
men have already gone from Rusk
county Another one. NimrOd Clark,
who it will be remembered figured
i'm the News-Budget's list of resident
aliens, being unwilling to enter either
the service of the United States or
Canada. has enlisted.
He viii go to Vancouver Barracks
III the spruce production section
Since the publication of the News
Budgets story. he has taken out his
first papers.
Publication Of the names Of the men
who did not report their questionnaires
has reduced the list now to 8. Two
men have been heard from. both i'll the
service. The last one is Timothy
HennesSey now at Camp Grant
When Clerk MunrOe was in Madi-
son last week he made an effort TO
secure from the adjutant general.
list of all the men from Rusk county
in the service Secretary Doyle of the
Chamber of Commerce has also been
endeavOring to secure such Il list, with
names of nearest kin. so that i'll case
of q repetition of the Tuscania disas-
ter. or any other casualties i'll the bat
tie front. the right sort of Intelligence
would be available The roster would
be placed in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms.
Gen. Holway told Mr.. Munroe that
he. the general, had been i'll Washing
ton trying to secure the information
but with 1000 clerks the department
was far behind. AS soon as available
he would have Rusk county along with
the others.
DR.. Landmark is busy daily making
examinations of Glass l men.
Eighteen men a day are being exam
ined for the army 10y DR. Landmark
now. He has rejected about 30 per
cent of them. They are sent to Marsh
field to the Medical Advisory board of
the medical district there and re-eXam-
ined if rejected by DR.. landmark So
far not a man has been turned down.
20 men went TO Marshfield Tuesday
evening. Their fare and board is paid
while there.