Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-14 | Page 2 | Class 5 Men Soon to be Looked Over

ClA 5 M MEN SOON ON TO Of BE OV OVER Many Rejected Draftees P PI I It t Is B Believed Will WillBe F Be B Reclassified for 5 Special Limit Limited d Duty V WHILE 1 HILE Utah's rejections for VV V military service for total an and physical disability are very few as compared to many other states and the state is well below the national many class G 5 men will wiIl be reclassified for special and limited military service when the physical examinations are inspected l land and scrutinized by Surgeon General Gorgas says says Dr W. W Brown Ewing medical aide to Governor Bamberger In charge of the work of ot collecting the physical examinations from local boards for transmittal to Washington Under Tinder orders from Provost Marshal General Enoch H. H Crowder all aU local boards have been ordered to send to state headquarters their physical al examination examination examination ex ex- ex- ex reports on class G 5 registrants registrants registrants regis regis- trants in order that the they may be besen besent besent sen sent t to the office e of Surgeon General Gorgas for scrutiny by medical In Inspectors Inspectors inspectors In- In to determine whether some remediable defects may mot Ht be cured and other registrants reclassified for limited d service As m many riy of the registrants were ere examined under standards which have since been Continued Contin d on page 4 CLASS 5 MEN I IS S Continued from page 1 I. r pg modified a certain percentage of the themen themen themen men may be reclassified Many men were rejected under the first examinations who would would- be accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac under the new standards for limited service Dr Ewing declares Men lIen with one eye flat feet and other similar defects now can be taken for I limited service serice The work vork is progressing slowly on account of the defection of some local boards lards Dr Ewing declares Not more than 50 per percent cent of the te reports reports- reports have been received at at state headquarters While a few boards sent in their reports re reports reports re- re ports promptly others failed to r spond to the summons