The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-01-10
SIZES LAReER, TO ACCOMMODATE
EXTRA SOCKS
SOLDIER NEWS AND GOSSIP
Town Boys Physically Equal of coun.
try cousin--slaekers On New
Understanding Out Social
Diseases at Camps

WIN COhSiolo VI measuring lH6 lect
of 5000 men.
An order from the war department
makes this necessary. The order
comes as a result of the discovery
that the mems footwear needs in
crease in size at an astonishing rate
on the other side.
1T is not that the mems feet in
crease in size that causes demand
for larger shoes in France" said the
general but is is that they wear
two or three pair of heavy wooden
socks over there. This naturally
makes larger shoes imperative.
Country Boys Not Superior
Washington, Dec. THE common
belief that country boys are superior
physically to those bred in the city
is not supported by the records of the
selective draft.
A special comparison made by the
provost marshal generals office be
tween ten large cities and ten rural
counties in various parts of the coun
try shows that of 35,017 registrants in
the selected cities, $500 were rejected
while out of 44462 registrants in the
rural areas, 12,432 were disqualified
The result was virtually tie, as 2S.47
per cent of the city boys were rejected
as against 27.9o per cent of the cOun
try boys. THE country lad" says
General Crowder's report, "accustom.
ed to hard labor, may be more mus
cular than his city cousin, but he is
not superior in the possession of the
degree of physical soundness essential
to his acceptance as soldier"
Patriotic Family
Indianola, Iowa, Jan. THE family
of Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ Butler of Ind
ianola is very well represented in the
war. Four sons have volunteered for
service and are enlisted and two
daughters are doing Red Cross work.
Mr. Butler is merchant at Indianola.
His four volunteer sons are: Carl 20
years old, of Company e, 10th Eng
ineers, 41st division, enlisted at Boise.
Idaho; w. B., % years old, enlisted
at Mason City; Ralph % years old,
Company B, 1f8th Infantry, enlisted
at Des Moines; Lee, "a years old,
Company c, 81 Field Signal corps,
enlisted at Madison Wis.
New Route for sIackers
Chicago, Jan. IA great many own
ers of farms have found new way
to become "slackers," according to
district appeal board No. 3.
In series IL of the QUESTIONABLE the
Question in
terms of money value how much the
amount consumed by all persons work
ing on it, and their families
Regardless Of how many acres and
heads of live stock they own. large
number of farmers have answred this
with the sttement that their excess
profit amounts to only 81, 600.
"They do not do this to evade the
draft, because some of them have
waived exemption, but in order Ito
evade paying the income tax" one OF
the board officials explained.
ut is probable" he continued, that
the government will say to the ones
who have not waived exemption: IF
you cannot clear more than a $1,000
year on your farm, you don't belong
there, so well put somebody else in
charge and send you to the army"
immortality Punished
Des Moines, Jan. THE activities
of the state and government officials
to control the spread of venereal dis
eases and if possible to eliminate
them are being extended
Stringent measures are being invok
ed at Camp Dodge to prevent the dis
ease. The entire command is being
inspected twice monthly for traces OF
these diseases. Soldiers incapaciated
for duty from such causes are deprived
of their pay while they are unable to
do their work Severe disciplinary
measures are resorted to in cases OF
men who violate the camp morality
rules.
Soldier Insurance Heavy.
Washington, Jan. 7.-Secretary Nc
Adoo announced today that S62,941 in
surance policies, aggregating $3,l05.-
776,500, and averaging .$S,557 policy,
had been taken out by American SOL
diers and sailors under the war insur-
ance law.
The secretary also called attention
to the fact that Feb. ~, is the final day
on which applications for insurance
may be received. 80
Des Moines, Jan. members OF
exemption board No. 2, Des Moines,
are proud of this record:
In the 1862 questionnaires returned
January 2, seventy-three men volun-
tarily placed themselves in Glass l,
among the first to be called for SER
vice.
Among them we're two married men
each with two children They had
their wives consent and their child
ren's consent to go to the front
when called. But the draft board
while admiring their patriotism, put
them back in class where men with
wives and children belong.
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