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Show oo 'EXEMPTIONS are BEING ESTIMATED WASHINGTON, July 26. Reports of the first selection boards to fill their quotas for tho selective draft army are eagerly awaited by Washington Wash-ington officials becauso they will give the first defiH-to information as to tho probable percentage of rejections to bo expected among the ten million registrants reg-istrants for physical reasons or for dependents. All available statistics indicate a probable rejection of one in every four for physical disability. In particular localities this will vary' greatly but the average for the whole country is. expected ex-pected to be between 25 and" 30 per cent There Is no available data as to dependents, however, or as to how many must bo excused under industrial indus-trial exemptions. It appears probable that peculiar results will bo brought out In some districts. If tho reasoning of some officials is correct, the lowest rejection and exemption rates will be disclosed In well-to-do communities, such as tho suburbs of large cities, where men of comfortable Incomes mako their homes. Sons of such men, it Is suggested, have had better food, better caro and better surroundings than tho factory hands of nearby towns, and they should bo in better physical condition. In factory towns on the other hand, the rejection rate for physical disability disabil-ity probably will be high. The fact that the men are confined six days a week at their machines undoubtedly will have affected their physical condition. condi-tion. Virtually every married man of those registered in these places is the sole support of his wife-and children and such men cannot be taken. Also if the industry in which they are engaged en-gaged Is vital to the carrying on of the war industrial exemptions will run high. Only reports from selection and district dis-trict boards in typical communities, however, can show exactly what is to be expected. Roughly, tho war department depart-ment has estimated that two men must bo called for every soldier accepted, but they realize that the returns may toll a far different stor3 oo |