Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-25
WILL EnTRAIN
II DRAFT men
HERE APRIL |
Iocal Board Gets Official Orders
Fixing Quota From Rock Is
land GA Next Call.
an WILL 90 TO CAMP DODGE
Unofficial Dispatch From SPRING
heId Says 1863 Men viii BE
Called April }.

The local eN5 mptOn BOARD TO-DAY
-sce,ved official orders from the
.sigtant generals Office at Spring
3ssid 10 entrain II men tor Camp
hodge. Monday, April l. This VIII
10 the quota ioT district No. 1 ot
Po.k Island county On tile call iOr
varch % and FIVE succeeding days.
Tho clerk al the local board is tC-
AN preparing a list OF the men
Who Will 90 April J. The list OF
names will be published tomorrow
Only white men. from class !,
shvsically qualified for active mill
fsrv service. viii go on this call.
The registrants will be called in
order number. This batch Of men
will leave Rock Island a 2:05 the
afternoon of April 4. gong to pes
Hoines and from the Iowa capital
10 Camp Dodge by interurban.
AL unofficial dispatch from
springheid late Saturday states
nat district No. / Of Roch Island
county will send 1853 mel to Fort
,ROsencraus. Cal. on the call for
April 3 and succeeding I'VE days.
The local board has "a Yet received
no official notice of this call. that
IS with regards to tile quota To be
furnished By The local district.
According TO the Springfield dis
patch the other districts in this
part OF the state will furnish he
following quotas Moline, PIG men
to Fort Rosencrans. CAL Mercer
county, q men to Fort Morgan.
Mobile. Ala. Hancock county, Iii
men 10 Fort RosencTans, Cal; Nc
D0n0ugh county. l04 men to Fort
Rosencrans. Cal. Warren county.
IS men to Fort Morgan. Mobile.
Ala: Henry county. 131 men to
Jackson barracks. Now Orleans.
La. ant two boards in Knox couE
~ l3S men To Fort Sch-eyen. Sa-
lanah. Ga
That the farmers are taking full
advantage o. the privilege accord
ed them by the war department. is
evidenced By the great number
coming into the local hoard and
asking for eXeE ptiOn. Some farm
ers are under the impression that
they VIII secure absolute eXemp-
ton. This is not true Farmers
are being given a deferred call
date. and Will only be exempted
Gnril harvest time. next fall ThOss
seeking eXemp ION on this order
must produce an AFFIDAVIT. showing
that their services are absolutely
essential to the planting and cult
waiting o. crops ard not other farm
work. Those swearing falsely TO
dodge military service Will be
prosecuted.
Guy A FIeCk has been reported
lack by 'hc medical board as ply
slcally unfit for military service
and Louis L. Buggee. local regis
irant, who is now in Nlnnepeg.
Canada, has been held for limited
service Charles T. Lucas. local
draft man. now residing IL For.
Worth, Texas. has been induced
into the military service there
with permission of The local boar |.
Harry A. Lane was sent to the
Columbus barracks If OHIO this 1T
e7noon. having enlisted as an cleo
lrical engineer, in the engineer
corps
Called for Examination.
The following registraEts with
low order numbers and whose ap-
pears were denied by the district
BOARD. have been called for physi-
cal examination: Tony Silvia. Pc
Ter CaugEe. Albert Jansen. Henry
J Ffnkelstein. Emil Johnson and
Henry G. Young.