WWI - Draft Exemptions
Source: Indianapolis News 31 Aug 1917 p 22
LaPorte, Ind Aug 31 – Indiana District Board of Appeals No 1 has acted as follows on appeals from Fountain County:
Exemptions Refused
The board made subjoined cases in favor of the Government, the men being held for service and their names certified to the provost marshal:
Archie A. Ahaxton, Attica
Edgar S. Anderson, Silverwood
Clyde F. Auter, Attica
Granville Babb, Attica
Taylor H. Bantz, Wingate
Reid Bartlett, Attica
Len Bowman, Hillsboro
Englebert P. Broesche, Attica
Milo Bushong, Wallace
Henry O. Cable, Covington
Earl W. Carter, Kingman
Emmet K. Clouse, Waynetown
Asa Cruea, Covington
Fern C. Dodge, Newtown
Charles Forrest, Veedersburg
Leo Fugate, Attica
John E. Gates, Attica
Richard Gentry, Silverwood
Fred Glascock, Veedersburg
Lloyd Gott, Mellott
Clifford Grady, Veedersburg
Lee Van Graves, Kingman
Lawrence C. Greely, Veedersburg
Con Hamilton, Attica
Mahlo Hancock, Attica
John L. Harbert, Covington
Walter Harden, Attica
Hugh F. Hayes, Attica
Walter H. Hegg, Covington
Hardy Helms, Veedersburg
Girth M. Hicks, Attica
Chester Keller, Stone Bluff
Robert Raymond Keller, Covington
Stephen I. Keller, Covington
Dale C. Kerr, Attica
Thomas C. Kirby, Covington
James H. Liberty, Mellott
Ralph McAllister, Mellott
Chace C. McDermond, Attica
James L. McMahon, Covington
Elba O. Martin, Covington
Byron F. Meyers, Waynetown
Earl M. Myers, Kingman
Carter L. Morrison, Attica
Marshall A. Newman, Kingman
William H. Newman, Covington
John O. Nicklas, Covington
Charles E. Odle, Veedersburg
Herbert R. Patrick, Cates
George L. Pugh, Attica
James B. Pearson, Attica
Oral Austin Pearson, Yeddo
George H. Remster, Attica
Archie Reynolds, Hillsboro
Frank H. Rodgers, Veedersburg
Homer Royal, Veedersburg
Court Ruck, Veedersburg
James F. Small, Hillsboro
Charles O. Smith, Veedersburg
Scott Smith Veedersburg
William Ed Smith, Hillsboro
Archie Standsbury, Wingate
Charles F. Starnes, Hillsboro
Jesse C. Stephens, Mellott
James M. Swindler, Kingman
James M. Watts, Covington
Freeman Webb, Veedersburg
Caleb P. Whitsman, Cates
Earl L. Wilkinson, Wallace
Henry C. Wood, Newtown
Clarence W. Young, Covington
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL CASES
In the following cases, in which the board had original jurisdiction, it refused to grant the exemption and held the men for service, their names being certified to the provost marshall:
Stanley Beever, Hillsboro, Industrial
George Burnside, Attica, Agriculture
William M. Carlysle, Hillsboro, Agriculture
Samuel E. Davidson, Veedersburg, Agriculture
Glenn C. Galloway, Covington, Agriculture
James George, Attica, Industrial
Peter George, Mellott, Industrial
Ondus E. Hadley, Kingman, Agriculture
Deed Janes, Attica, Industrial
George Jollief, Attica, Industrial
Ora Manlove, Attica, Agriculture
Hugh O. Mantland, Attica, Industrial
Ben C. Martin, Wingate, Agriculture
Clyde C. Martin, Attica, Agriculture
Vergil Martin, Covington, Agriculture
Isaac L. Mitchell, Attica, Agriculture
Russell M. Neal, Agriculture
Carl H. Palin, Newtown, Agriculture
Lloyd K. Poole, Attica, Agriculture
James R. Stacker, Attica, Agriculture
Ransom Wagoner, Hillsboro, Agriculture
William Todd Ward, Veedersburg, Industrial
Gene D. Wilson, Wingate, Agriculture
EXEMPTIONS GRANTED
In the following Fountain County cases the appeal board granted exemptions on the grounds stated and discharged the parties:
Byron M. Allen, Kingman, Agriculture
John F. Brassar, Attica, Dependency
David H. Brooks, Attica, Dependency
Louis Bruce, Attica, Industrial and Dependency
Benjamin H. Bullock, Yeddo, Agriculture
P. Dale Cantwell, Attica, Dependency
Herschel Cary, Newtown, Dependency
James Ray Fewry, Attica, Industrial
Charles E. Gilmore, Attica, Agriculture
Harry L. Hicks, Veedersburg, Dependency
Orval G. Johns, Hillsboro, Dependency
Alva Livengood, Hillsboro, Dependency
James F. McDermond, Attica, Industrial
John P. Marmount, Attica, Agriculture
Ben Earl Merriam, Covington, Dependency
Leslie K. Mitchell, Newtown, Dependency
Glenn A. Morgan, Veedersburg, Agriculture
Charles F. Pearson, Attica, Agriculture
Robert R. Rice, Wingate, Industrial
Rex Rush, Veedersburg, Dependency
Guy G. Shoaf, Veedersburg, Dependency
Grant Shumaker, Covington, Dependency
Clarence Stonecipher, Covington, Dependency
Charles Strong, Mellott, Dependency
James Ray Tittle, Covington, Dependency