The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-22
HAWAH'S QUOTA WILL
Be CALLED OUT SOON
Authorization For Transportation
and Meals For Draftees Under
First Call Is Received From
War Department - Examina-
tons Rushed

Authorization for transportation and
meals for the draftees under the first
call from the war department for Ha-
waif's first quota to the national army
has been received in Honolulu.
This is considered an indication that
the draft call for Hawaii is not far
distant and only is withheld until the
general call is issued for the second
quota upon the mainland.
That the war department does not
intend to let Hawaii slip by this time
has been evident for the past six weeks
because of urgent requests to the sclec-
tive draft officials here to speed up
every angle of the work in connection
with the filling out of til" question:
nalrPs and the medical examinations Of
Class | men, which are now unIrr way.
The war department, in orI"r to aid
this work, has just permitted tire"
army doctors to be enrolled as mr,l
cal examining board to max" tour
of Kauai, Maui and Hawaii and do all
this work, and they will be engaged on
this phase of the draft within short
time.
The physical examinations have now
been conducted for four nights, with
the examining doctors AMI their clerks
and assistants working in teams. Last
| night forty-twO men were r<nmrnri,
fifteen being accepted and twenty Srv
en- referred to the mrdicnl nINIsorv
board for further classification.
SO far the examiners in DIVISION No.
| have examined one hundrrd and S"v
enty men, of whom eighty five have
; been accepted as fit for service, nine
have been rejected and seventy SIX re-.
ferrd to the advisory board.
This Is just the beginning Of the
physical examination on this island Of
in the neighborhood of POO men. The
work is all being done by volunteers,
both the physicians and their assistants
giving freely of their time to the work
Of the government. Every man is given
a thorough physical examination and
the report on each is made out in trip
licatc
Division No. has two teams at work,
each with five doctors and eight clerks
and assistants. The teams work alter
nateIy. Those who are busy on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday nights are
Doctors Sinclair, IIodgins, Mori, Rogers
and Macdonald, with the following
clerks: Davis Olson, chief clerk; Harry
Stone, Harry W. McCluskey, ID. G. will
hanson, William Williamson, DIR. c. +.
DOwson, j. W. Love and Il. X. Brown.
The team working on Monday, Wed.
nesday and Friday nights is: Doctors
shepherd, Morong, Farrell IInnrhrtt
and Jackson, with the following clerks:
James Spalding, chief clerk; j. +. Nor
gan, A. q. Bulge, Il. =. Anderson, W.
G. Matthias, A. Podmore, Jack Guard
and c. 7. Schaefer.
A board for District No. > will be
organized for work on Monday and
volunteers will be needed it numbers
equal to those at work III No |. Cap
tains for the teams Of assistants will
be selected soon aud their names an
bounced. Those willing to put in II
good deal of real work in the cause
may apply to the captains.
Every doctor who has been Gekcd to
take part in this examination work
this week has responded, giving every
hour asked. Not one has found an rN
cusr to decline. -
The National Guard questionnulrc
campaign is progressing fuvOrabIy.