The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20
War Activities in
Sedgwick County

Now that the selective service draft
for men for military service in the
war with Germany has come to
close, the citizens of Sedgwick county
will, no doubt, be interested to know
what has been accomplished by the
Local Draft Board under the selective
service law.
The work of the Board commenced
with tie registration of, June 5th,
1911, Of all men in the county. be
tween the ages Of 2l and 81 years,
at this registration 35S men were
tered, the local board has no record
other registration was held for men
who had reached the age Of 2l wears
and at this registration there were
81 registrants. On August oath, 1918
another registration was held for
those who had reached their 2lst
birthday, at which 6 registered, and
later on, September 18th, 1918, a gem
eral registration for all men between
the age of 81 and 45 was held at
which 62l registered. making total
Of 1916 registrants in the four regis
trationS.
The nationality of the several reg
istrants We're as follows;
Native born citizens ------ 726
Naturalized citizens ----------43
Total 769
Foreign Born
Russia rs, Japan AS, Mexico II,
Greece %. Sweden ). Germany 4, Bel
gium 2, Bohemia 8, Austria 2, Armen-
ia 3, Switzerland l, England Den
mark /, Norway /, Syria l, Spain /,
Scotland l.. Luxemburg /, Italy l,
Total PAT.
These registrants were classified
disposed Of as follows:
Number over age of sc years. not
called 301 number physically disqual-
flied 18; number qualified for limited
service only 20; number failing to
appear or return questionaires and re-
turned as delinquents 20; number ex-
empted on account of dependencies
176: number exempted on account of
agricultural occupation 1873; number
exempted on account of being aliens
112; number cancelled registration | !:
number indicted in filitary service
by local board 10; number voluntary
enlistments 13; number remaining in
class SO; number remaining in class
. 9; number remaining in class I !;
Total 1016.
! There were a number of other vol
untary enlistments from Sedgwick
county from men who were not regis
tered, the local board has no record
of these, consequently the number
cannot be given here.
The local board was originally COM
posed of o. s. Humble. stone, sheriff
acting chairman; Mrs. Lily z. Laba-
ree county clerk acting sectary; and
DR.. d. NJ. Cook, county physician.
Mrs. Labaree resigned and on July 10,
1917, A. F. Perrier was appointed on
the board as secretary to succeed Mrs.
Labaree, later on, Mr. Geo. H. Thomp-
son was appointed to succeed Mr..
Thunderstorm, resigned as chairman.
The heaviest part of the work was
performed by Geo. H. Thompson, A.
F. Perrier and DR.. D. NJ. Cook, DR..
Cook assisted by DIR. F. G. Dutton
who subsequently enlisted as sur
geon in the army, conducting the
physical examinations. Mr.. Charles
NJ. Robson was appointed govern
ment appeal agent and rendered valua-
Bile service to the local board. An
advisory board was appointed, con-
sisting of Judge G. H. Austin, chair
man and Roy T. johnson, Geo. E.
| Hendricks, Judge W. H. Pound, Jas.
| A. Buchanan and f. w. Sherman. as
associate members. The advisory
board rendered faithful and valuable
| service in assisting registrants to fill
out their questionaires, these men de-
/ voted their time and services as pa
| triotic duty without compensation.
| Prior to September 1st, 1918, all
the members of the local board de-
voted their time and labor without
compensation. The principals and
teachers of our high school and grade
school have frequently and cheerful
| ly assisted the local board in its work
and too much praise cannot be given
each of them for the loyal and valu-
able service rendered.
Miss Gladys McCue, an accomplish
ed young lady volunteered her ser
vices in assisting the board in its
pressing work. This young lady
worked many days and evenings with
out compensation. gladly doing her
work from sense of loyalty and
| patriotism. The members of the
board accord her unlimited praise for
the good work she has done.
1t is due Messrs Thompson, Perrier
and DR. Cook to say that these gentle
men have devoted their time and best
energies in the performance of their
duties as members of the selective
service board, the arduous and varied
duties imposed by the regulations re-