The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-07-27
MORE SOLDIERS FOR NEW ARMY
Fifty-Four Selectmen Start from AS
cension on Road to Berlin.

Ionday forenoon for Camp Ham
ock, at Augusta, Ca, via New Or
cans. Fifty-four young men from
II sections Of the parish comprised
he contingent. At the courthouse
rior to falling in line for the march
0 the depot talks were made by DIR.
'rumfield and Sheriff Hanson of the
ocal board, and others. A large
lumber of relatives and friends ac-
ompanied the boys to the station.
IS is customary, the Chamber of
Commerce presented each selectman
With a box Of luncheon, the presenta-
ion address being made by Judge
Edmund Maurin, a member of the
rganization. An innovation was the
election by the Chamber Of Com
nerce Of two sponsors, Misses Aimee
Iaurin and Nerissa Warrick, who
TODD on the platform and handed the
'oxes to the prospective: soldiers as
heir names were called.
The personnel of the detachment
vas as follows:
Sidney James Painter, Gonzales.
Jos. Emile Bouquet, White Castle.
Jos. Evariste Clouatre, Brittany.
Adolph =Bercegeay, Gonzales.
Leonce John Daigle, Dutchtown.
i Charles Gautreau, Gonzales.
Dolphy Braud, ST. Amant.
j. Clehert Rodrigue, Bayou Goula.
Jake Rheams, Hobart.
Jules Guedry, Dutchtown.
Jesse Joseph Arceneaux, Gonzales.
1 Stanley Waguespack, Darrow.
Francis Joseph Daigle, Hope Villa.
Walter Lewis White, Prairieville.
John Baptist Bourgeois, Brignae.
Ernest Sanchez, Mccall.
Philip Young, Gonzales.
J. Andrew Leblanc, Hohen Solms.
Salv. Mistretta, Donaldsonville.
Elisee Marie Melancon, barrow,
Damien Peter Falcon, Chicago, Ill.
Camille J. Esneault, Donaldsonyille.
Nicholas Gaudin, Smoke Bend.
William L. Alexis, Sorrento.
Willard Casso, Donaldsonville.~
Thomas Guedry, Smoke Bend.
Joseph Veimar Gaudin, Opelousas.
Lawrence NJ Case, Donaldsonville:
Archie NJ. Stuart, Baton Rouge.
Morris Terrio, barrow.
Thomas D. King. Lafayette.
John Viso, Donaldsonville.
Morris Growl, Donaldsonville.
James Hy. Smith, Donaldsonville
Felix R. Hebeft, Donaldsonville.
Antoine Sanchez Nc Call.
Johnny ]. Henry Prairievilla.
. Louis 3. Roth, Baton Rouge.
Armand Joseph Lanoux, Gonzales.
Sam D. Powers. McElroy.
Arthur Dry, Gonzales.
John Horn, Lockport.
Alexis j. Jambois, Donaldsonville.
Joseph Forest sLanoux, Gonzales.
Geo. Numa Gaudin, Hohen Solms.
Chas. J. Esneault, Donaldsonville.
Israel Mollere, Donaldsonville.
Carlton Gonzales, Donaldsonville.
Morris 2. Oubre, Smoke Bend.
Nunlas Tillar, Lakes
Paul Hercules Landry, DutchtoWn.
Norbert Duplessis, Duplessis.
Joseph Andre Clouabre, Brittany.
Adolph A. Marehand, Geismar.
Of the registrants summoned to
this quota, Elphege Lee
Beau. Brignac, was excused from
on account os illness; Sidns y
Rodrigue, Bfignae, Louis Thomas
Kelly, Hone al 4 20 oseini jslou7
i III lsa failed
Is appear Cha rles LUSH
ne, Long Island, applied for and was
granted permission to be indicted
INTO service at that place. The places
Of these men were taken by the five
whose names appear at the
bottom Of the foregoing list. Dorcini
one Of the absentees, ar
rived Thursday morning and was
despatched to Camp Hancock on the
1:12 p. m. train.
The last of the July acquisitions
for seIectmen will be filed next Mon
day, when thirty negroes will be sent
to Camp Beauregard.
The physical examination and
Of the registrants en-
rolled in Ascension parish as of June
5, 1918, has been completed by the
local board. Seventy of the SO white
repistrants were placed in Class /.
and fifty-nine of the rs negroes were
similarly classified. Men given de-
ferred classification were listed as
follows: Glass 2, whites negroes
O.; class 8, whites 2, negroes L; class
4, whites s, negroes II; class 3
whites IL, negroes The following
statistics apply to Class men
Failed to appear, none; qualified fo1
immediate service, whites N55, negroes
48.: qualified for active service when
cured. negroes 2: qualified for limit.
ed service, whites 8, negroes s.; ex.
animation postponed, whites 6, ne.
groes 4.
Calls for draft men to move dur
ing August have been received by the
local board as follows: Aug. |, one
negro to Fisk University, Nashville
Tenn; Aug. 5 to 8, four whites tx
Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Aug. Is, five whites to Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, five whites tx
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au
burn, and two whites to Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge
Volunteers are wanted under thu
three last named calls, and attention
is called to the fact that 1918 regis
trants will be permitted to offel
themselves.
The local board has been notified
that the regulations governing thu
physical examination sof registrant
have been modified so as to PERM
the acceptance Of men SO inches il
height and weighing Ito pounds
This will necessitate the reclasslfica
ton of certain registrants previous
~ passed upon.
A circular received by the loca
board from Adiutaft General Nc