Show Selective Service i 1 01 1 4 Local Boards have been instructed to forward questionnaires as soon as the details of ot the Inserting of order num num- numbers numbers bers has been completed for those regis regis- registered registered on July 1st Details of ot the completion of or the order and etc of the registrants who registered on July 1st have been completed and as soon as such procedure has been examined and checked by the Local Board tho the clerk will proceed to forward questionnaires to those regis regis- trants I All registrants are asked to complete their questionnaires as far as possible poS before going to the Advisory Board for checking and completion The delay In inthe tho the fact that such documents have not been completed Interferes with the ac activities ac- ac activities activities of ot the tho Board and and so it is best for all concerned to complete such docu docu- document document ment to the best of your our ability and and then have such questions ready for tor as as- assistance assistance when you approach the members of ot the Advisory Board All registrants are asked to kindly re refrain re- re refrain refrain frain from intruding upon a member of ot the Advisory Board while he Is at work A schedule for each registrant will be mailed with the tho questionnaire stating where when and etc such board will convene kindly convene kindly comply with the sched sched- schedule schedule schedule ule as outlined PHYSICAL J. STANDARDS FOR Selective Service registrants in Utah today were urged by Acting State Director Director tor H. H H A. A A Rich to learn the fundamental physical standards of ot this thi nations nation's arm arm- armed armed armed ed forces consult their doctors and den den- dentists dentists dentists to determine whether they conform to these standards and to have defects corrected prior to examination by the local board physicians Pointing out that such action by re registrants re- re registrants registrants would constitute a distinct service to their country and to the in individual in- in individual individual registrant Major Rich said that the men could not of course be expected to learn highly technical details of ot the standards However he asserted they can acquaint themselves with the basic re re- re and upon consultation their own physicians or dentists deter deter- determine determine determine mine whether they are physically qualified qualified qualified fied according to the general standards Although the Local Boards and the armed forces forced are the final Judges of ot a 0 registrants registrant's fitness Major Rich said that registrants would be able by following tho the suggested course to make some ome de determination de- de determination determination termination of ot their chances of Induction induction induction tion as as physically fit it without waiting wafting to tobe tobe tobe be called before a a. local physician Fur Fur- Furthermore Furthermore he ho emphasized men who learn they have physical defects and have re- re ones corrected do as to qualify themselves for tor training will wUl render pa pa- patriotic patriotic service to their country and provo prove their own He said Learn the minimum physical requirements as laid down by the Selective Selective Selective tive Service Regulations Consult your family doctor or dentist one or both If tr you discover or suspect that you fall tall short of ot what is demanded of you Follow their advice let them put you ou back into good condition If it arrangements can bo be made on a mutually satisfactory basis it if If not let iet them direct you to the near near- nearest nearest nearest est clinic hospital hO 1 ital or social service agency best suited to your particular needs Enumerating some of the major physical requirements Major Rich Biel listed 1151 1 the following I 1 1 I. Teeth requirement r An adequate number of ot serviceable teeth te th 6 biting and 6 6 chewing teeth t three pairs of each that are aro ro opposite to each other when chew chew- chewing ing ipg Fillings crowns dummies d es and aDd fixed fix d L i Continued sed on Page Four t Selective Service Continued from Page One and removable bridges may make teeth acceptable 2 Height Height and weight requirements Examining physicians will use discretion and Judgement In accepting registrants with slight variation In ratio of or height and weight provided It tt Is ts the opinion of ot the examining physician that the variation Is 15 correctable with proper food and physical training but no regis regis- registrant registrant trant may be bo accepted whose weight Is less than pounds or whose height Is less than CO GO Inches or greater than 78 inches 3 Eye 3 Eye requirements The Tho vision should be moderately good in both eyes J or capable of being rendered so by glasses gla es Test cards are arc read at 20 feet I The army requires each registrant to be beable beable able to read at 20 feet teet without glasses I what the normal person can read at feet without glasses provided d the same matter can be bo read by the registrant at 40 feet with the use of ot glasses Mild l degrees of squint color colorblindness colorblindness blindness and small operative scars do donot donot not necessarily disqualify 4 Ear 4 Ear requirements Hearing should 1 bo ho b good In both ears capable of de- de detecting low conversational voice sounds at 20 feet In a quiet room Hearing is considered acceptable If such sounds can be heard at 10 feet 5 Genito urinary organs and veneral disease Requirements ts The be kidneys bladder and genital organs must be free of serious disease and the urine free of albumen and sugar Acute gonorrhea and early syphilis are so readily cured that they will not constitute a basis for per per- permanent permanent manent rejection Standards listed constitute only a frac frac- fraction fraction fraction tion of the physical requirements Ma Ma- Major Major jor Rich said If however registrants will assure themselves that they conform to those specified they will take a ma ma- material material material step toward preparing themselves for training he declared and urged to have them consult their doctors and dentists for further advice and without delay I NEW SELECTIVE C SERVICE REGISTRANTS Men who registered under the Selective Selective Selective tive Training and Service Act of or July 1 I 1941 and whose order numbers were determined In the National Lottery of or July are subject to the same rules of ot individual classification as the youths who are enrolled previously Major H H. A. A A Rich emphasized today Under no circumstances will the tho new group of ot potential trainees be classified and considered for possible pO military training en bloc Major Rich declared Eack man will have his order number by which his Local Board will consider his classification and no local board can classify the individual until his number is reached except In case caso of ot volunteers he be said The be National Lottery served as a guide for every Local Board to Integrate its new registrants ts among those who registered regis regis- registered registered last autumn and that must be bl carried out so that the recent registrants will consider their cJ Ulca- Ulca r tion only In n a n fair and equitable ration to those men not yet inducted Major Rich asserted He Ho pointed p out that it was obvious that the tho new registrants who had received the relatively low order numbers would be he classified sooner than those who had received the higher numbers Id like to stress the fact again said Major Rich that there Isn't any dif dif- difference difference dif dif- difference ference between treatment of the new registrants and the old registrants In any ony respect whatsoever They are treated exactly alike aUke The same rules of defer defer- deferment deferment deferment ment apply to both Both have hove the same right of appeal The Tho Interests of or both are protected by the government In the same manner And each case is 15 consider consider- considered ed Individually when the registrants registrant's order number comes up regardless of whether he registered July 1st or pre pre- ELLEN L. L BROOKS Clerk Local Board No 17 Summit County Coalville Utah August 4 1941 |