Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-13
REPORT Of LOCAL
 EXEMPTION BOARD.
Total RegistrantS 1885; Total Induct. ions SO6; Board Holds First Rank In Efficiency.

Local exemption board No 1, 0
 Whica Edwin Looseley is chairman
 has compiled a short resume of tb,
 work of the board since it's organlza
 tiOn. This report shows that Boar(
 No. l has registered 1885 registrants
 and inducted into the military service
 of the nation S57 of America's fight
 ing troops.
 The board ranks first in efficiency
 It's work has been commanded by the adjutant general of different Oc6as- ions.
 Of the registrants inducted from this board 413 were negroes and 393 were whites. Coupled with voluntary enlistments; it is probable that over l 900 men which should be credited to this board were in the service
 The records of Board No. were closed December 9, but the offices are still open winding up the business, such as answering correspondence and attending to other unfinished busi- ness.
 Following is the report:
 The board held it's first meeting July IT, 1917 with A. tH Powell, chair man; w. C.. Hudson, secretary and Dr. E. c. McMlllen, medical advisor These members resigned January 15 and were succeeded by Messrs Loos- ley and A. M. Barrow.
 In the registration of June 1917, there were 1853 registrants, of whom 290 white men and 359 negroes were inducted. The registration of June 5, 1918, and August A, 1918, added 163 registrants, "A whites and A negroes of whom were sent to camp The reg istration of September 12, 1918, was a total of 2,469 men, divided as'follows: 19S were IS years old, 1915 were be- tween the ages of 19 to S6, and 1,256 tween the ages of g to 45. Of this registration only.29 white men and 10 negroes were inducted. The signing of the armfstice cancelled one of the largest calls in the history of the board. The total number of men in- ducted into the army from the board was COG. Taking into consideration the voluntary enlistments, it will be seen that Pine Bluff furnished nearly 1000 men.
 Men of the ages 37-45 were not clas- sified, did not fill out questionnaires and were not called for physical ex- S%AVA0VAOu AlO WQo d1SO CIuc Ol LIC l8-year-old men.
 ], An understanding of the enormous work of the board can be had by the fact that there were about 20 blank forms to fit all occasions to be han dled, and that each registrant had about 15 of these which had to be, filled out from the questionnaire or registrant card, all of which were filed so that they could be found at a moments notice. Also it must be re- iMembered that correspondence was necessarily kept up with most of the. registrants in regard to calling! for physical examination, filling out ques.. tiOnnaires, changes of address and many other details. The form for each registrant had to be handled about 50 times. Reports to the adjutant gen eral were also required.
 In many cases local boards from all over the state sent physically disqual- flied men to camp. In one case One- legged man was sent to Camp Pike. BOard No. was never guilty of this, and the number of men discharged be- cause of physical disqualifications is 8 remarkably small percentage for the number sent, only 57 men being returned, and most of these because the examining physician here had different instructions in certain cases in regard to disqualifications that the examining authorities in the camps did not have.
 The work of the board is not quite finished MT. Looseley has received information that he is to examine the questionnaires of the men who are now in camp and find out by, whom they were employed when they enter ed the army and to address communi- cations to the employers asking if they could again employe the men who are soon to be discharged. Thus the government is using the eXemp tion boards to get the jobs for the men in civil life from which they were