The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-24
FINAL DRAF 7
BOARD REPORT
VERY FEW EXEMPTION CLAIMS
FILED BY MEN FROM WHEEL
ING AND OHIO COUNTY.
Very Low Per Capita Cost for Inducing
West Virginia Men INTO
Service.

Irrac; boards "c Wheeling and ON"
count? hav, mad" their final reports To
,hr p:uv!St marshal general. showing |
;ha; ia" average cost per capita at IN
dur;.r!; l"rnl lads int" III" military scr
wee. WAS lower than $3.50. while IN" ,
;,;lii,.,n! average was son.
Wheeling had I.GIi m"u indicted Hnc !
ac,nn'"d y; camp. Tn" city had !'l"u
general scrv.rr men with - claSS"d aS |
r.nlr,lli.. IA yer" held for limited SER
l.cr and g" w"r" d!STUnl!!I"i I'eirr-
n!.uts "a ,hr Cj,y VIZ" CLASSIFIED rs l"I-
lows: l.7"l hrnHndenrl'>:: II" agr'c"'-
rural and IL Industrial
ohio c,unty's hrart! indicted GA men
who were. :,,,.rit"d az camp. Tn" county
had IGn! general %rrv!c" mon. S"f"h
r,.nr>dtnls - limited srrvir" m"n. :" dis
uunlr.,d County dr:rr'u"uls are ii*f"I
rs follows: dependency ST." agricultural
:. industrial 6.
cay and county totals ar" rs follows
o"5S indicted and accepted nj camp;
general s>ryir" r"n. .@.T3T; rrm"dlhIs.
-: limited Srrv:c". H.: dlsQnalifiHd' w.
G"."r:H"nls: d"p"ud"nc:. ".6nb. hHrlcu!-
turtl :. Industrial 81.
Wh""l,uu'& total rcEISt ration was H.
lS5. Thr county Iotal registration was
SID \ ;rluh Total for city and county
! "f lG.%0n m"n registered.
West Virginia %tu"d iwcnty-!lrSt IN
IN. o,,r ..auita cos, Of sending men {"
! camp. Not ono -: IA" states by "hich
sh" Is bounded cam. close /" tho 'I.itilo
Mr;ln.aIn State" average. Just across
, ,hc river IN Ohio. draft boards spcn'
S7.Gc r,.r man. Other n"rhhoring states
vrragrd a& follows: rrnnsyivania,S'."c
! Mnryland SSa5: Virginia. $G.4".: Ken
; tur;;y. Si.%a.
West Virginia sent 12S.S5" white mon
| in the draft and ~ .SG3 r"l"r"d mon. The
! STAT" had STA Of which Wheeling ana
! Ohio county had i5@ moro than 10 per
| cent.
Physical Reflections.
! W"si Virgiuia's physical Projections are
! l:=:ch rs follows: Alcohol and drugs ?.
! bones and jniniS So. dev"lop!ncntal DO
! f,rts rs d,S"aS" If digestive system u,
{ di$ras" Of ears iS9. disease OF "y"S. co..
. flat fnoI, -, v"n"rral GHnitn-urinary DIS
| cases -. n"!.v"n"r"nl 81. heart ana
: hi,.nd vHSs"ls al. hernia 100. mental de-
+ r.c!rnry ISL. nervous and mental dSor-
| G"rS l90. tub"rcuiuuS respiratory 3?".
! respiratory (n"n-IuhcrCulnuSl IS. dis
: cas-" If skin 403. teeth ~. disease nf thy
: road %. tuberculosis (non-rrSpiratnry>
! fS, all other defects I43. cause not given
! s.. Al camps 9.oS2 West Firginans
! were rejected because OF physical &C.
| f"cis Of which lni were r"nrrral. "%f
! flat feet. 2"5 because q: d"t"c,iv" t""in.
! and - because Of us" Of alcohol and
drugs The national average for rcJcc-
lions nj camp was ST. per cent. West
! Nirg.nIa'S prrCrntag" wa3 1913.
! President Wilson was appealed Ia by
: 81 Wo<t NirginianS who claimed OK
. rmntion from tho draft. 0f these the
, President affirmed :. modified ; and
lid - act IN II.
/ In n" alien enemy registration West
I Virginia registered 99.3lS aliens. or
/ which CSC wrS" German males. Tho de-
! par:mcnt Of juSjir" also had listed "S6
. German mainS FROM Il years upward.
! West Virginia registered !+2lTf nor.
! or thcs" Gs.Sil wcr" married or ALL
Der cent Draft boards exempted 63."S1
married mon ar 90.51 oc ail married reg
istrants In tho entire state 1853 sin
slr mrn registered or 50.S7 per cent "c