Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-02-15
FIRST NATIONAL ARMY
Status of Fulton County at Close of First Draft Under
Selectve Service Act-Activities of Local Military
Board Opportunity to Enlist BY Registered
Men-PatriOtism Growing

ne report Ol bue ITONOSL udISildl .
General to the Secretary Of War on
the first draft under the Selective
Service Act of 1917, has been issued, |
and presents some very interesting
facts from which may be deduced the
standard of patriotism which prevails
in the United States: such deductions
make President Wilson's statement
that the United States is in this war
to q finish and will stay in it until
a peace can be secured which shall
make the world a safe place for a
Democracy and assure the rights and
liberty of all people, no idle words,
but a statement of the resolution of
a nation by which it will stand to the
last minute and die, if it has to die,
fighting.
The total expense of the first draft
was $5,211 ,965.38 - S1.69 for every
man called and $493 for every man
accepted for service.
Ohio came under the average, with
S4.51 for each man certified for SER
vice.
There were 9,5S6,50S men regis
tered; of this number 3,062,949 were
called for hearing or examination;
less than one-third, or 32.16 per cent.
OF the plumber called 1857 1868 were
certified for service, 34.30 per cent
and 65.70 per cent, or 2,025,5 re-
jected, exempted or discharged.
The per cent of men in Ohio called
who were certified for service is 81.
OF the total number of persons called
by local boards only 8.1S per cent
failed to appear and these were by
II L.. L,I
enlisted or been commissioned be-
tween the time of registration and
the call of the boards; some had died
and there we're others who were mad
vertently carried on the books of To-
cal boards, as "failed to appear"
The record for Fulton county in the
report is as follows:
Total registrants ....... .1745
Gross quota ................. 2O0
Enlistment credits ....... sc
Net quota .................. l4Z
Called for examination ........1105
Failed to appear .............. 80
Accepted physically ...... 765
Rejected physically ............ 302
Total claims for exemption ... $50
Claims allowed ............. 515
Claims disallowed ........... 121
Certified to District Board ..... 5Z4
Accepted at Camp Sherman. ... 1OS
Still due on first draft QUOTA. "a
The last number, "a, has been re-
duced in the last few days by the en-
listment for special service Of 13 reg
istered men, bringing the total num-
ber of men from Fulton county due
on the first quota down to 81. These
men are liable to be called for at any
time after the middle of the present
month. The authority was given To-
cal boards to enlist registered men
for service in the Land Division OF
Signal Corps at Fort Leavenworth
Kan; Infantry, at Camp Green, Char.
lotte, N. c.; Aviation Section, sigma
Corps, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.
as-Brick Layers only; and Spruce
Production Division Aviation Section
Signal Corps, Vancouver Barracks
Vancouver, Wash. All enlistment:
thus secured are to he credited on the
quota of the county. This order wa'
limited to February II; on Wednes
day of this week Judge Wolf received
a telegram from Representative JONI
S. Shook giving the information tina
the time had been extended on thi
order for two months; so that regis
tered men of the first class who de
sire to enlist in either of the branche
of service mentioned in the foregoing
may upon application to the clerk o
the local board and passing the phys
ical examination, do so until April IL
Clerk Harold Ham has enlisted Vi
to Wednesday of this week, 13 of Ful
ton county's registered men. For tn
Spruce Production division at Vancou
yer, Wash, Clarence Fewlas, Fred
erick McKeen, William Herald, He
mer H. Elton, Clifford Elton, Willar
Gum, Roscoe Bachman, Ray Lavel
James Griesinger, and Harry V. Gam
ber, all of whom left Wauseon Wed
nesday morning for Vancouver. The
will travel at the expense of the gov
ernment in Pullmans and be furnishe
their meals en- route in the Pullma
diners. William W. Wales and Georg
Henry Snider enlisted for the sam
service Wednesday afternoon, an
left for Vancouver Thursday morr
ing.
Dudley Skeels enlisted for servit
in the Land Division of Signal Corr
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, and le
Wauseon for that point Thursds
morning. Mr. Skeels was formerly
this branch of the service as a Sc
geant, served on the Mexican bord,
and was honorably discharged.
These days are busy ones for Il
Local Board; examinations are b
ing held; about 80 were examined {
Wednesday, 80 more are called Fl
Friday, and another lot for Thur
day, the 21st.