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Duluth News Tribune - Wednesday - February 27, 1918
BOARDS NEAR END OF EXAMINATIONS OF A1 DRAFT MEN
Third District Board Will Examine Last Consignment of 50 Men on Thursday.
Reception and parade for the draft contingent which departs this morning for Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, will be conducted at the direction of the Commercial club. The parade will form at the courthouse at 11:15 o'clock and the march will start at 11:30 o'clock.
In the lines as escort to the Duluth draftees will be the Fourth regiment and Home guard, and the G. A. R. drum corps. The draft contingents will follow, and citizens will fall in at the rear.
Parade will be on Fifth avenue West, south to the Omaha depot. At the depot the Commercial club reception committee will provide the departing National army men making up the first draft quota, with smokes, fruit and candy.
The third Duluth draft board, yesterday called 50 men for physical examination on Thursday. This is the last group of men registered in class 1, to be called. About 163 questionnaires have not been returned, and the owners will be listed as deserters. Some men called for physical examination failed to appear, and they will be examined later. Many of these failing to appear it is believed are men who have moved from the city and as yet have not had time to have transfer cards issued to their new districts.
Twenty-five Qualify.
For examination yesterday 65 were called, all but 20 of whom appeared. From this number 25 men qualified for service were secured, seven for limited service, one was disqualified and 19 referred to the medical advisory board.
Daniel Mahoney, head of the board, last night stated, "Men included in the draft should remember that the burden of answering calls is up to them, and therefore in case of leaving the city change of address should be given to the draft board, the men will be considered as deserters even though they fail to get this notice because of change of addresses."
Those accepted for regular service yesterday were:
Guy Levine 821 Fourth Ave. South Sigurd J. Duclett 1020 East Sixth St. Conrad H. Sloan 218 West Third St. Leo Martin Maloney 321 East Sixth St. C. Geo. Sponnick 236 S. First Ave. E. Oscar William Cale 1025 East Third St. Joseph Szcyzgelski 1113 First Ave. W. Andrew Wm. Gustafson 123 West Superior St. John Kristiansen 317 Lake Ave. North Julius Paul 213 Third Ave. East Joe Wierchowski 518 East Eleventh St. Frank Adam Wieczarkewier 918 Eight Ave. East Isadore Simon 406 East Fifth St. Jacob Bernstein 223 East Third St. Carl Martin Christensen 246 Lake Ave. South Nels Nickolsen 818 Sixth Ave. East Joseph John Walkowiak 717 Fifth Ave. East John A. Johnson 224 Second Ave. East Edward M. Hart 918 East Sixth St. Ralph John Hestrom 1129 Seventh Ave. East Arnold Walter Johnson 3724½ Lake Ave. South Roy Hartwig Flaaten 614½ E. Fifth St. Otto Smuland 504 East Fourth St. John Beverly McCormick 204 Lake Ave. South James Maher 124 East Fourth St.
Accepted for limited service:
William H. VanSchalck 214 Fourth Ave. East Nick Schwartz 719 Ninth Ave. East George Hestrom 1129 Seventh Ave. East Rubin Shelgren 119 East First St. Arthur Trombley 124 First Ave. East Arvid Hager 814 Third Ave. East Joseph Chisholm 513 First Ave. West
In addition to the 52 men examined from the third district, the board examined 15 men from out of town, bringing the total examined yesterday to nearly the record.
The fourth district draft board called 36 men, from which number 20 were secured. Four were held for the medical advisory board, two were rejected, six transferred to other boards, two given extended time, and one was booked for limited service. Those accepted were:
Oscar A. Erickson 4120 Luverne St. Arthur Borgeson 414 West Fourth St. Benjamin Mishler 1103 East Third St. Ernest G. Hagberg 229 Fifth Ave. East Wm. C. Prescott 4316 McCulloch St. Henry Nelson 2131 East Water St. Elmer Kaner 429 Twelfth Ave. East Fred J. Guernon 310 East Superior St. Paul H. Wagner 1127 East Seventh St. Alexander Anderson 1127 E. Fourth St. Conrad L. Larson 201 Luther Ave. Samuel Wefsburg 214 Third Ave. East John L. Mullen 314 Osak's St. Julius A. Keppler Rhinelander, Wis. Fred Northrop Duluth. Fred Nesbitt Wilkesbarre, Pa. H. J. Drew Cloquet, Minn. Adam Schaeffer Duluth. Elmer O. Nettestad Cooperstown, N. D.
Accepted for limited service:
Roger Woodbudy 1735 Wallace Ave.