Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-03

aminations In dispute and In the later
months of tho draft their work In
cluded the REORGANIZATION OF men not
| only from Marshall but Tama county,
The physicians on these boards were
Drs. r. T.. Keyser and Nelson Merrill
all the time and DR.. Cobb part OF the
time.
Clerical Work Of eoahd.
After serving for only few weeks
Clyde Morse left the service OF the
board and for a time Miss Smith did
the work Early in the fall OF 1917
Miss Luetta knight was appointed
clerk OF the board. In the carly months
Of the draft the questionable had not
been developed and claims were made
or waived at the time OF the physical
examinations. The QUESTIONABLE ala
not come into use until late in 1917.
All during the summer Of 1917 the
local exemption board had It's oilices
IN the quarters of the county auditor.
1t soon became apparent this office
would not provide room. so late In the
fall the boards office was established
in the second floor of the court house
ordinarily occupied by the grand jury
This move WAS made early In De-
cember 1917, and the board. then nav
ing authority 20 employ a chief CLERK
engaged Mrs. Charles X. Vyskocil, with
Miss knights as assistant
Edgar Resigns; Gard Appointed.
The first formal meeting OF the
hoard in its rev, quarters was heia
Dec Is. Sheriff Edgar resigned as
me mber of the board Dec. "A and Dec
IS. Marion Gard was appointed to sue
coed him and was elected chairman.
Later Mrs. Vyskocil and Miss knights
resigned and Feb. 2. 1918, Miss Agnes
Swift, OF near Gilman, was appointed
chief clerk. Sha continued in the SER
vice OF the board to the end. Sept, -
1918. Orville Lands, OF this city,
registered man held for limited service,
was indicted by the local exemption
board. who recommended that ne De
assigned as clerk with the local board.
He came to the board as a private OF
the army and served until the work OF
the board was finished.
Many Volunteers Helped.
With the introduction of the system
Of questionnaires the work OF the
board so increased that 1t was neces-
sary to have both more room and more
help. The room problem was worked
out by the supervisors partitioning OH
the north end of the east court room
and dividing IL into three rooms. All
thru the existence of the board the
east court room was useo ror physical
examinations.
Both in the early months Of the
draft and much later, when demand
was made for hurrying or completing
the work volunteer help was called
for. Patriotic men and women aided
the board at different times. During |
periods Of much longer time when |
more help was needed Principal L. II. |
Shuey. of the high school. when ap- I,
pealed to, sent members Of the COM
mercial classes and other pupils of the |
high school who rendered valuable as
sistance OF these there were at diff |
ferent times more than sixty assisting |
the board. Other clerks were employ |
ed for short times, Carl A. Worries be- |
ing in service Of the board longer than |
any of the others.
Other Aids to Board.
An important assistant OF the board
and in the work of the draft was the
legal advisory board, of which Judge |
B. F. Cummings. G. II. E. 1Boardman
and c. H. VanLaw were members. |
They appointed the entire Marshall
county bar as members also and these |
lawyers spent great deal of time as |
sisting registrants in filling out ques-
tionnaires From early in the process |