The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-12
Classification Under QuestiOnnaires Bings
Up Many Questions Requiring Inves-
tigatiOn Of Mass of Data
EXAMINATION OF
MEN START SOON
S.leCImen of First Class to Fill Percent
Of First Quota; Many Volunteer
Workers Needed

Additional physical examinations of
the drafted men will be made, start.
ing about the first of February and
arrangements are already under way
for a place to conduct the examina-
ton 1t is expected that the exemp-
tion board Will have passed upon
enough drafted men by that time who
will have been placed in the first
class to fill the necessary per cent
that viii be needed to fill the last in
crement OF the first quota. Just how
soon after this it will be before the
second call is made is not known as
yet and nothing has been received
from the government stating at what
time the call will be made.
Members Of the exemption board
are being kept busy making the clas-
sifications from early morning until
Iata at night A unique plan has been
worked out whereby every mans card
Is gore over hg ts'e diff7raa. aea
who examine all of the questions
and the answers that have been
made Where they have been filled
out properly and all of the questions
have been answered clearly and CON
cisely the board members have little
trouble in making the classification
but there are some who are claiming
exemptions, who make it plain upon
the face of their missionaries, that
they should not be granted deferred
classification and these are the ones
that are taking up the time of the
board.
One member OF the board examines
the missionaries and separates them
into three classes, the first class, the
doubtful class and the deferred class.
Those whose names are placed in the
doubtful class are taken up later by
the majority of the board and thor
oughly examined in detail before 1t
is finally passed upon. In many in
stances letters have to be written to
places where the registrant formerly
lived. Some men have claimed that
since registering they have found that
they were not within the draft age.
These instances are causing consid-
cradle trouble in that the board must
spend Il great amount of time in look
ing into the matter.
While classifications are being
made all of the cases that have been
appealed to the district board on in
dustrial and agricultural grounds are
being mailed to the district boards.
Aside from this all of the question
naires must be recorded and certain
information from them must be
copied and all must be stamped twice
before they are ready to be filed
Upon examination of the question
naire cf one Grady county man it
has been found that the young man
has claimed deferred classification
because Of dependent relative. The
young man also claimed to be the
possessor Of certain real estate and
personal property. Upon investiga-
ton it has been found that he had
not been supporting his father, and
neither was his father dependent on
the son, but on the other hand it has
been found that the young man does
not own the real esttae as he alleged.
1t was found that his father owns the
land, and, in fact, the father supports
the SON. This young man will be call
ed before the board and asked to rec
tify the misstatements he has made
If he does not he will be tried on the
proper charge for the offense.
Another man registered as being oi
certain age, but since has found
that he is eight years older than he
was when he registered last June and
shows his sincerity in stating the
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