The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-02-08
LOCAL BOARD CALLS NO
HALT IN EXAMINATIONS
PENDING NEW RULINGS
Physical Tests of Henry Coun-
ty Registrants Began Mon
day As Scheduled.
PHYSICIANS ACCEPT
az AS PHYSICALLY FIT
More Than Fifty Per Cent Of
Class One Men Declared
Good Specimens.

Accepting nineteen for general mil
itary service, three for limited mill
tary service, and discharging four as
physically disqualified, out Of total
Of twenty-six men examined Monday
in the first days physical tests un-
der the reclassifcation Of all regis
tered men the local exemption board
for this county began the medical ex-
aminations Of Henry county's TIA
Glass registrants. DR.. A. A. Oliver
Is the examining physician Of the To-
cal board. The examinations are be-
ing conducted upstairs over Gatlin's
garage on East Washington srteet.
While the majority Of the boards
throughout the state suspended all ex-
aminations pending the receipt of new
regulations from the. provost-marshal
general, the local board proceeded
without interruption, being in possess
sion of the rules which were publish
ed in the current issue of medical
journal. The new regulations, as
received by the Board Tuesday from
Fas9r Rutledge Smith, are as follows:
"Agistrants whose chest measure
ments do not come within the limits
Of TIE table and who have no disqual-
ifyfS .erset are referred to the med
ical ka&isory board.
Accept registrants above 7s
inches in height, when exceptionally
well proportioned. Refer all such
other cases to the medical advisory
board.
Reject registrants Of less than So
inches in height.
"Refer to the medical advisory
board registrants whose height is
more than SO inches and less than
sixty.
"Reject registrants whose weight
is less than 100 pounds, unless it Is
plainly due to some recent illness and
otherwise the registrants have no dis
qualifying defects.
Registrars whose weight is more
than 100 pounds and less than ia
pounds and who have no other drs-
qualifying defects are to be referred
to the medical advisory board.
"Registrants under weight in pro-
portion to their height, unless it is
plainly due to some temporary cause
are referred to the medical advisory
board. When this underweight can
be reasonably well explained and the
registrant otherwise is physically fit,
accept.
"Registrants with overweight are
to be accepted unless the obesity in
terferes with normal physical activi-
ty. Refer all doubtful cases to med
ical advisory board"
A total Of 73 men were examined
up to Wednesday night, Az Of whom
were accepted for general military
service, nine accepted for limited
military service, and % discharged
as physically unfit for service Of any
character. The examinations will
continue daily, an average Of about
twenty-five being ordered to appear
each day, until the full strength Of
Glass has been given the physical
tests.
ma medical advisory board to
which ejsher the individual or the
goveRient may appeal from the de-
cisiorKesf the examining physician,
Thursday moved their Offices upstairs
over 1ke Parisian Office, which loca-
tion offers better facilities and conve-
niencas than the former location. The
advisory board is composed of Drs
J. H. McSwain, A. H. Miller, G. 7
Abernathy and Geo. L. Powers.