The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-06-22
DRAFT QUOTAS DEPART.
Many Young Men, White and Coiorcd,
f. Leave for Training CamFSk


Leave for Training camk
Ascension sent three young men
to New Orleans last Saturday aft, :
noon in response to a call for gral l.
mar school graduates with mechani-
cal skill and experience. They were
Hubert Richard and Sterling Moore,
Of Donaldsonville, and Sullivan Walk
er. of Gonzales. all being volunteers
under the draft They will attend
the school of instruction at Tula ne
University. Quite crowd of reia-
tives and friends assembled at the
depot to bid them goodbye, and rs
has been done on the occasion Of the
departure of previous increments,
each Of the men was presented by the
Chamber of Commerce with a box
containing food and smoking ma
terial. Appropriate remarks, wee
made by Edmund Maurin. On a
later train John P. Forcha, Jr.. Of
Donaldsonville departed for Van
couver, Washington, where he VII
engage in spruce production wo K
being carried on by the military
aeronautical branch. Young Forcha
was one Of seven white Ascension
registrantsj qualified for limited ser
vice who recently volunteered for IN
duction into the army under tie
terms of call opening the way for
such men to join the colors.
The colored people turned out in
large numbers to say farewell to the
contingent of negro selectmen WHO
departed for Camp Funston Thurs
day afternoon. AS usual, the men
were given substantial dinner at
True Friends Hail. and there was the
customary parade from the court
house to the depot The Claiborne
Williams brass band, after filling an
engagement at Fullerton, returned to
Donaldsonville on the :l2 p. m. tram,
Just in time to participate in the DEM
onstration. Upon assembling at the
courthouse Thursday morning, the
negroes were addressed by DR.. D. c.
Brumfeld, member of the local draft
board, who impressed upon them the
Importance of complying with vari-
Gus sanitary regulations which he out
lined, and by Walter Lemann, chair
man of the parish council OF defense,
who explained to the men the pro
visions of the soldiers and sailors,
insurance law and urged them to
avail themselves of the opportunity
thus afforded them for financially
safeguarding those dependent upon
them. Before leaving the courthouse
in the afternoon the men were adj
dressed by Mayor E. K. Sims, and at.
the depot brief talks were made by
Judge Edmund Maurin and Caleb o..
Weber. There were 70 men in the
party, including FIVE alternates and
three non-residents entrained by the
local board in behalf of the local
boards Of ST. John, st. Charles, ard
division No. /, New Orleans. The.
aabsentees numbered fifteen, Of
whom one showed up shortly after
the departure of the train and two
others reported Friday morning, all
being sent to camp on the afternoon
west-bound train Friday. Another
is in custody in New Orleans,
two presented certificates that they
were unable to travel, and one wrote
n mission lis BE- inductsa into
" yss ffisss So g HIaegaa Is q
Lens duplicated Eyes teste Y s.
out the use gi,f st drugs traits afss viii be
,snt to Camp Beauregard on train
No. % tomorrow afternoon to take
the place of men rejected for physi-
cal disquaIifcations The personnel
of this replacement quota will COM
prise:
William Thomas Williams. Brignac.
Joseph Henry Hotard, Mccall.
~. Gins (yaOdin Smoke Rpna
4, Joe Mistretta, Donaldsonville.
Lawrence Jefferson Burche, Port
Hudson, La.
Joseph Oliver Babin, Acy.
Louis j. Leblanc, Gonzales.
On Thursday, June q, detach-
ment of twelve white men will be
sent to Camp Pike, leaving Donald
sonville on train No. 81 at 1929 am.
Those selected to constitute this con-
tingent are as follows:
Pierre Thomas Loumiet, Donald
sonville.
Joe Sanchez, Donaldsonville
Andrew Louis Tearney, Mccall.
Paul j. Babin, Duplessis.
Frank Cary Robertson, Donald
sonville.
Arthur Lass, Lake.
Wildun Wilbur Hudson, Hobart.
Leon Weiss, Donaldsonville.
Stephen Edgar Davis, Jr., Donald
sonville
J. Wallace Curse, Donaldsonville.
Robert Joseph Michel, Donaldson
vile.
Andrew Just Babin, Dutchtown.
Alternates.
Eugene Rome, Smoke Bend.
George Rodeillat, DonaldsonvilIe
Of the above, Messrs. Weiss, Davis,
Curse, Michel, and A. ]. Babin vol
UNFAIRLY rendered themselves for in
duction under this call, waving their
respective order numbers. Mr.. Ba-
bin is deputy clerk of court of AS
cension parish. Mr.. Robertson has
for long time been employed as an
by the Louisiana State
Board of Health. He is Il son of
Capt. and Mrs. W. T. Robertson, of
his city. Wallace Curse, son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Curse, of Port Bar
cow, is presently located in Erie, Pa.
Still another call was issued for
men to be trained for technical SER
nee at various educational institu- .
ions throughout the country. AS TX
'efore, only registrants qualified for
General military service, and having s
t least a grammar school education, j
we're eligible. Volunteers under this I
all were enrolled until June 81. in c
lusive. and in Ascension We're as fol- Y
ows: Clarence Fernandez, Charles s
Iaurin j. WalIie Higgason. Alexis s