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r.ONE HUNDRED MEN CALLED Wm. G. Montgomery, Muldrow. FOR DRAFT-OF MAY 20. [James Benge, Vian.COJess G. Squares, Greenwood, Ark.Eighty Eight Will Go to Ft. Riley J. A. Baker, Vian.ThTwelve Substitutes In Call to Fill Vacancies. Special Train Will^ Carry Draft to TrainingCamps.Chas. M. Jackson, Gore.Arthur H. Shirley, Satliaw. Samuel Bolin, • Blackgum.Ed. Renfro, Sallisaw.•Jess Thompson, Van Buren, Ark.Another Called Expected Before James A. Johnson, Sallisaw.June 2nd. , Mat McMurtr/, Tulsa. -! Hunter Jumper, Gore.One hundred young men have been John M. Ford, Muldrow. esj.called to Teport to the Local Board, Chas. A. orth, Muldrow. er€Wednesday, May 29th, to fill the Stand McCoy, Vian. anlt;draft of eighty eight required of this David C. Nottingham, Akins. ^county on that date. Twelve sub'‘Albert M. Bean, Sadie. ! ^stitutes have been called to fill va- Geo. M. Matthews, Brent. ! ^cancies that may occur on account of Homer Howe, Sallisaw.failure of any member of the draft George Wagers, Gans.to answer to the summons sent them Den J. Garvin, Hanson,to appear op that date. jWill J. Landagin, Gore.The first 88 men on this list, as it Robert E. L. McGough, Woodville. ^ appears below, will be taken in the Elmer Cherry, Muldrow. arl(order in which their names are lis- Clem V. Faulkner, Muldrow. :ted. The Board has endeavored to Oscar Sheppard, Vian. inrelieve the real farmiPg element in Herbert B. Ramey, Muldrow. co)Class 1 from being sent in this draft Kioh Smith, Box^ and have worked earnestly to pick George Thomas, Sallisaw. only those who could best be spared Wellard Tuggle, Russelville, Ark. from the farms at this time. How- John Henson, Gore. | ^aever, the large number in this draft Wm. M. Mayfield,,Muldrow. required of them to take some men Luther Hood, Tahlequah. who would have been deferred if more Sira Wilson, Marble City, men had been available in Class 1. I Walter O. Dailey, Vian.After this draft all men in Class 1 Lee Roy Martin, Gans. will be taken in order number as the Thos. C. Long, Sallisaw. remaining members of this Class are Omer Wilson, Muldrow. farmers, and the Board are required John Coleman, Long, to fill the drafts from this Class. |J. C. McCrady, Monett, Mo...These boys will leave Sallisaw, Clyde Perceful, Roland.Wednesday, at 1 P. M., on a jypecial John Morgan, Sallisaw. trtrain over the Iron Mountain, which Johin W. Tyner, Gore. . , | ouwill carry. therif to Ft. Riley, Kansas, Columbus Benge, Akins. for training aftd service in our Na- Chas. Helton, Sallisaw. jtional Army. Chas. Owens, Redland.The first seventy seven men on the Thos. Gv Roach, Muldrow. list below did not ask to be deferred Albert M. Cooley, Blackgum. on account of agricultural occupa- Lee Taylor, GansList of Men Called to Be Entrained Robert Bridges, Braggs.on the Chas. Henry Rogers, Vian.James W. Jones, Gans. Lee Orrick, Hanson. ..Grover C. Morton, Sallisaw. .Henry Walker, Vrona. \3\Harry Abner Williams, Akins. j^hn M. Woodward, Long. jWm. Lee Gragg, Roland. Roland R. Cox, Sallisaw. ' 1Mark Doshier, Gore. .. I Allisadh Riggs, Mulberry, Ark. |Dlt;Erby Marion Parks, Dewar. Levi Langley, Long* ! “Josh A. J ones, Patterson. Luke Washington, Long. i 1John Cook, Muldrow. _ -/ Carl O’Neal, Christie.Earnest .Bibb, Redland. Samuel Halloway, Spiro.Dolier .Long, Vian. Thos. L. Huff, Akins.E. G. Stewart, Muskogee. Chas. Cookr Blackgum.Anderson Smith, Gans. Bill Chuie, Gore.Alfred Lollis, Redland. Lewis J. Cooke, Brent.John Sullivan Kyle, Carthage,: Mo. Dogs Bias, JLiberty.Farris O'Neal, Christie. Jolm Walters, Vian.top of the list. The others filed Willie Sayre, Vian.claims for deferment, but were draft- Sam Crosslin, Gans. ^ ^ed for the reason that'no substitutes Alpha Newton Howe, Sallisaw. g.were available in Class. 1. ‘ .Thos. B, Wafford, IJanson. . . . ^Jas.’Edgar, JonesV Quinton. vJohn Ellis Pearson, Sallisaw.Joe D. King, Webber Falls. i R. E. Hunter of Memphis, Tenn., ai*- *John Nofire, Sallisaw. rived in Sallisaw today to be withGeorge P. Williams, Gore.. . . him and to visit reatives here. iClayton A. Roark, Vian. • I Rerf Cross, “The Greatest MotherJas. W. Lane, Muldrow. ' in the World/’Arthur Adams, Stone Bluff.ovethfcitgeinamicitWin;offirMinasT1tion, and were therefore placed at Thos. Leroy Eubanks, Sallisaw. j ^ofalt;gitia:!w;r:Oscar Morgan, Muldrow. George Thos. Hargesj Vian. )aThos. Lewis, Brent.John McReynolds, Sallisaw. Jas. Cfias. Breedlove, Gore.Capt. C. J. Hanks, of Germantown, Tenn./ a cousin of Mrs. John McEa- ® George W. Rodgers, Muldrow. chin of this city, who is Visiting at *Robert Wells, Muldrow. - i.-------:4.» tthe McEachin home has been quitejohn Noisey, Box. . ! ill since his arrival. His niece, Mrs. v1a
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