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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
2
A bitter charge against War Department policy and exemption boards. The writer questions why married men with dependents are drafted while single volunteers are rejected and calls for congressional oversight to protect the conscription system. The piece defends the draft's democratic aims and urges improvement.
Fifty Iowa volunteers in the Rainbow Division face a general re examination at Camp Mills New York as Gen Mann demands only top physical form for deployment. Col Grissinger and Major Hughes describe a rigorous weed out process to ensure no weak sisters join the front lines.
A 1918 draft notice explains that Iowa districts may revoke local exemptions, drafting married men with no dependents or only one dependent. It cites rules authorizing discharge for dependents and notes district boards may override local boards, affecting men already called.
The Jefferson County Board was overruled in 28 cases where each man has a single dependent. Names include Orville C. Ferrell Waldemar E. Schoen Georges Cochran John Ralph Soboski and many others across Fairfield Batavia Lockridge and nearby towns. Several exemptions were sustained for those with more than one dependent. Also reported is the death of F. T. Frazier of Hope Arkansas, formerly of this area, and a visit from Mrs. Ira B. Perry of Grandville Ohio to her sister Mrs. S. A. Power.
A federal rule limits discharge of dependents residing abroad as a charge. Persons claiming discharge due to dependency cannot be discharged on grounds that such discharge is advisable under congressional act.
All evidence has been heard in the partition case J Vaught et al v Ren L Vaught et al. Arguments likely Monday afternoon as court adjourns. Several cases were dismissed including Damm v Loving, Damm v Roberts, Beisharr v Brom, Boldyva v Brom, Matthews v Junkin, Matthews v Cooper, Barrow v Taylor Smith, American Sales Book Co v Elliott, Dunlevy v Pierce.
The Samuelsons thank friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their baby and for the floral offerings. The note ends with a political exhortation urging votes for the Prohibitory Amendment on October 15.
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