The Arizona copper camp. [volume] (Ray, Ariz.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-06
HAS M'CLUSKY
PULLED WIRES TO
ESCAPE DRAFT?

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 5.-The ex-
emption of H. S. McCluskey, agitator,
regent of the University of Arizona,
and Governor Hunts chief lieutenant
in the !. w. W., from the draft on sthe
ground of tuberculosis, promises to
equal, if not to exceed, in public in
terest the fight being made by Har-
old Steinfeld, one of the captains of
industry of the state, to escape the
army.
McCluskey is of draft age, he is sin
gle, and he has low order number.
When it became apparent that he
would be drafted, the Hunt forces
were greatly concerned, fearing that
they were. about to lose one of their
best organizers. McCluskey was duly
summoned to appear for examination,
his order number having been
reached, and his entrance into the
military service of the army seemed
imminent. He had registered at Je-
rome, but went before member of
the medical advisory board in Phoe-
nix, who happened to be good friend
and supporter. of Governor Hunt. Mr..
McCluskey, who appears to be in the
best of health, stated that he had not
been treated for tuberculosis and had
not been ill, but the doctor who ex-
amined him suddenly discovered that
he was suffering from tubercular ac-
tivity in his left lung, and rejected
him.
A Husky Specimen
The examination showed that Nc
Cluskey is six feet one inch in height,
weighs IT'S pounds, and in every re-
spect except the alleged tubercular
activity, is in the best of health. He
has no heart or other trouble. The
examining physician endorsed on his
QUESTIONABLE the following:
physically defective and not physi-
cally qualified for military service by
reason of pulmonary tuberculosis.
He also noted the following on the
questionable:
Tuberculosis of upper lobe shown
on X-ray screen. Tubercular fixatiCns
positive"
1t is pointed out that no plate was
made of McCluskey's lungs. He was
evidently examined through a flori-
scope, and it is said by physicians of
long experience, that LESSONS thus
shown clear up in a short time and
are not necessarily active.
Instructions Plain
The instructions to examining physi-
clans on the questiCnnaires of tuber-
culosis are very definite, and were in
the hands of the members of the adj
visory board who examined McClus-
key. A few questions will show that
it is not intended that an otherwise
healthy man with old scars or slight
indications of tubercular activity
should be exempted on this ground.
These instructions say, among other
things, in dealing with tuberculosis:
%Incipient tuberculosis of the apex
is often enormously diagnosed be-
cause the Importance of minor differ
ences between the two sides is exag-
gerated and because signs of a healed
lesion are considered to indicate an
incipient lesion.
with regard to the first, it is not
too much to say that, given suffi-
GENTLY minute examination, there
would be few men who would fail to
show some signs which might be in
terpreted as having pathological sig
nificance.
''The truly incipient tuberculosis Of
the apex generally escapes attention
when in an active state.
'.'The important question is whether
the signs present indicate healed
or active process.
"In cases of ambulant subjects in
apparently good health the presump-
ton is that the above signs indicate
an old, not an incipient lesion.
"The attention of examiners is espe-
cially invited to the necessity of ex-
ercising great conservatism in their
Interpretation of physical signs over
the apices.
Interpretation of such signs as in
dicating active tuberculosis would in
many cases do the government great
injustice, leading to the exclusion of
men who are fit for service.
Fit McCIuskey Case
1t is pointed out that these instruc-
lions exactly fit the case of McClus-
key From his outward physical ap-
pearance, he is apparently ycnug
man of splendid health. If the X-ray
screen did disclose lesion of an apex
of the left lung, it is evidently an old