Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-08
THE LOCAL BOARD
CONTINUES EXAMINATIONS

Nine Men Found Qualified Thursday,
and Four Are Referred to Medical
Advisory Board, While Action Is De-
ferred in One Case-InterestingC Gases
Before Board
Before DR.. w: H. Harris. medical adj
wiser for District Board No. of Ken
nebec county. IA registrants of Glass 1
appeared Thursday for physical exam
ination with the following result: Nine
were found qualified for military SER
vice, four were referred to the Medi-
cal Advisory Board. action was de-
ferred in one case and one regiStrant
was referred to another medical adj
visory board for physical examination
Found Qualified for Military Service
Andrew Petkevitch, 20 Clinton ave
nue., Waterville.
Noise Dirosley. 80 Clinton avenue.
Waterville.
Arthur b. Cunningham. Kinder
hook street, Randolph.
Ephraim Cooper, North Vassalboro.
Joseph Stanley Grenier. Il Willow
street. Augusta.
Percy Elmore Morgan, f. F. d. No
3, Gardiner.
Theodore Laliberte. l25 Northern av-
enue, Augusta
Maurice William Smiley. IL Bond
street. Augusta.
Sydney Fred Foye. 43 Patterson
street. Augusta.
Referred to Medical Advisory Board
Joseph E. Pelletier, 1l9 IL Northern
avenue, Augusta.
Earl Winslow. AZ State street. Au-
gusta.
Carroll A Smiley. Albion.
Duncan Brember Hail. 20 Winter
street, Augusta.
The case of Leslie w. Cove of Brat
tleboro, VT, was transferred to the
Brattleboro Medical Advisory Board
Action was deferred in the case OF
John Mowak Of Augusta, who although
desiring to fight for this country, is ar
alien who came here from Austrian Po-
land The question is being determin-
ed oy the adjutant generals depart
ment whether he is to be claSSed as
patriotic American or as an alien en-
envy.
An interesting case was that OF An
drew Betkevitch of WaterVille, who Is
as fine looking a specimen OF youht
manhood as has been before the board
He is a Russian Pole who wants tt
fight for his adopted country and he i
now employed in the wooden mills al
North Nassalboro. For over three year:
he has not heard from his parents a
Wilma. which place has been captured
by the Germans.
It should be understood that regis
trant living at a distance from the
place where he registered. may apply
TO his local board for transfer to the
local board where he now resides foi
his physical examination, making APP
plication either by letter or telegram
This will save him the expense OF q
trip home. One young man VINO dc
not understand this, recently came &c
Augusta from Massachusetts to take
his examination.
One Resistant examined Thursday
walked from his home at Albion to
Fairfield only to find that he was OBJ
liged to walk from there to WaterVille
10 get the train for Augusta.
The board will examine Is men today
and l. men Saturday. Cards will be
sent out today for a class of 40 to ap-
pear before the board for examination
on Friday, Feb. Is, beginning at II a.
M.
Twenty men will be examined Mon
day. Feb. II and 90 men on Tuesday,
Feb H. No physical examinations
will be given on Wednesday and
Thursday Of next week
The members of the board are very
pleased with the spirit in which the
registrants are taking hold of tho
matter and are pleased 10 say that
there are no slackers among the men
yet called. And it is pleasing to notice
the fine class of young men who are
coming before the board for examina-
ton.
Ordered to Report Saturday, Feb. 9,
for Examination
4s6-Osip kasper, 6S f. Maple street,
Waterville.
47S-CharIes Leslie Hatch, r. F d.
No. IS, Box 6. Gardiner
416-George W. Gordon. 16 Water
street, Randolph.
419-Ernest Wilbur Hunt, Crosby
street. Augusta.
4e2-Ivan Leeman Howe, IS Green
street, Augusta.
499-E,zora Michal Thomas, r. F. D.
No. s. Weeks Mills.
5o1-Earl Frederick Harvey 102 Ban
gor street. Augusta.
505-Phillip Bonsant, % Mill street,
Augusta.
506-Linwood True Pitman, Portland
Evening Express. Portland
507--William JOHN Daley. Jr North
Nassalboro.
5os-Cyril +. Pomerleau. care Loose
Wildes Biscuit Co, Fitchburg Mass.
509-Melvir c. Harrison, Albion.
Sill Charles Edwin Lessor. 2o6 Wa
ter street. Augusta.
51s-John Burgess, SO Grove street,
Augusta.
521-William Tilton Russell, r. f, D.
No. 6. Augusta
Under the orders issued by Unites
States Marshal J. S P H. Wilson for