Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-27 | Page 20 | Physical Tests of Draftees to be More Strict

I I PHYSiCAL TESTS TESTS' OF I DRAFTEES TO BE BET BEMORE MORE STRICT T Reject Rejections ons at t Camps Will Decrease Under New Regulations I I. I Orders received today by Captain If Ii V. V FitzGerald ald draft executive of officer officer ot- ot for Utah cancels all alt induction calls for lor the d five day y period beginning beginning begin begin- ning October 7 1 i. i Utah Uta h had been called Ito to to furnish men for lor entrainment to Camp Lewis Tl e The canceling of induction Induction induction tion calls is due to the the quarantine on cantonments due to the spread of Spanish influenza The orders from General Crowder apply only to men men called for entrainment entrainment entrainment entrain- entrain ment to Camp Camp Lewis October 7 7 Whet Whether er the order will affect the limited limited lim lim- led service men called to tb entrain Monday for Ft Logan Colo or the themen themen themen men called for October 14 to report to the commanding officer at Vancouver ver vcr Barracks Wash to aid in getting out lumber for aircraft production is undetermined Rejections at camp in the future will be less than in the past accord ing to Captain W W. Brown Ewing medical med medIcal med medical ical aide to the governor governor Under recent recent orders from General GeneralI Crowder local boards are cautioned to examine the men thoroughly for tor physical defects and not to send mento men mento to mobilization atlon camps obviously unfit for service ce Utah's record in the number of men rejected af after r being sent by local boards to mobilization camps is much less than the national average ac according according according ac- ac cording to Dr Ewing