The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-02-22
Only 144 More Men Remain To
Be Ordered To Appear
For Tests.
ORIGINAL QUOTA
MUST BE COMPLETED
Percentage Of Physically Fit
Running High As Exams
Progress.
With only 144 more Class one rex-

With only 144 more Class one reg
istrants to call for examination, the
local board is rapidly getting Henry
county's men classified and certified
as the physical examinations progress
at the rate Of about 40 men per day.
1t is believed by local exemptioners
that the physical tests of "a /" men
will be completed by the latter part
Of next week, whereupon they will
await the call to camp.
Under the new regulations Henry
county is going to be able to furnish
quite lot of men to the nation for
military service, since many of the
minor defects which have heretofore
served as bar to their entrance have
been eliminated, and the percentage
Of accepted men runs higher with the
daily examinations. The new regu-
lations prescribe that there are few
registered men who are entirely in
capacitated for some branch of SER
vice to the government, and accord
ingly small percentage are being
discharged by the medicos.
ksAfter the examinations are COM
plsted, the first step which confronts
skhe local board Vi the completion of
the original quota of Henry county
in Eee frst draft. The original quota
was 160 men, and of this number
109 are now in camp. The first 81
men accepted under the new classif-
cation and examination and certified
for service will fill this quota. 1t is
likely that this number will be order
ed to camp within the next two weeks
although no instructions have yet
been received by the local board as
to the date Of their departure.
It is highly probable that the men
accepted in the second draft, aside
from those required to complete the
first quota, will not be called to ser
vice for more than month. Indiea-
tions point this way because of the
fact that some of the higher up draft
officials are asking additional legis-
lation in connection with inducing
the next call into service. Army or
fcials also understand that call to
arms just at this time would sadly
demoralize the agricultural pursuits
of the nation and it is known that
the government is lending every pos
sible assistance to the American far
mer to insure an enormous crop pro-
duction during 1918. 1t is highly
probable that the second call for
troops will not be made until the
1918 crop has been planted in order
that the farmers will suffer no incon-
venience.
Those accepted or rejected by the
examining physicians since last Tues
day, February II, and "jacketed" by
the local board, are as follows:
Accepted.
Joel Porter Gibson, Horace Doran,
Lester Leroy Adams, Virgil D. Low
rey, Phillip Howard Jones, Herschel
Lee Howard, Rufus E. Norwood, Ben
ME Franklin Cooper, Percell Porter,
John Eli Caldwell, Wayne Johnson,
James Clyde Chandler. Geo. Quit
man Greer, George Edgings, Peyton
Futrell, Gleason j. Butler, John Sims,
Robert C. Newport, Clarence Prince,
Mitch Allen, Fonzo Winchester, Paul
Thomas, Willie Hays Ross, Clarence
Raymond Tharpe, Phillip Green,
Walter B. Harmon. deo. c. Bruce,
j. KeS. McRae, Roxie Tharpe, Homes
P. Coehlan, Jesse Clayborn Harmon,
Delmer Eaker Flake, Clayton Curtis
Nance, Hurley Craig, Willie c.
Rainey, Reuben M. Ross, Horace M.
league, F .Enloe Bennett, Frank
Eugene Cole, e. Crossno, VIM. T.
Tatum Alonzo Gibson, A. Lee
Dobbins, John H. W. Penick, Alvis
Collins, Marvin Clark Collins, Oman
&. Paschnll. Clifton D. Williams,