WWI - Excerpts from The Times Picayune – August 1, and August 4 through 13, 1917 -- Orleans Parish Submitted by: Rosemary Ermis Source: Times Picayune – August 1, and August 4 through 13, 1917 Date: November 2003 ************************************************* Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http:/www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 1, 1917 ADJUTANT GENERAL CALLS ALL TROOPS TO U. S. SERVICE In accordance with paragraph 2 of the proclamation of the President, dated July 3, 1917, all members of the National Guard and all enlisted members of the National Guard Reserve of the state of Louisiana are drafted into the military service of the United States as of an from the 5th day of August, 1917, and shall, on and from that date, stand discharged from the militia. All of them have been ordered to report to Colonel Frank P. Tubbs at Camp Nicholls on that day, together with the enlisted members of the National Guard Reserves. Officers of the National Guard Reserve and officers and enlisted men of the staff corps and departments are not included in this draft. ******************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 4, 1917 DRAFT TO SAVE MORE THAN WAR WILL DESTROY The tremendous advantage of one feature of the greatest draft the United States has ever seen, which has hitherto escaped general attention, has been pointed out by a member of one of the local exemption boards, and that is the fact that it is furnishing a general health survey of the young men of the United States. "My personal opinion is that this will save more lives than the war will take from the first draft," he said. Many of the men our board has examined have never been in the hands of a physician before in all their lives. Many of these were rejected because of diseases of which they were absolutely ignorant, and chief among these disease is consumption--incipient consumption. Particularly among the negroes we have examined we have found a startlingly large percentage of incipient tuberculosis. This means two things: First, that now these men know they have consumption, it is not too late for them to overcome the disease, with proper care and living conditions; and second, that the people will wake up to the dangerous prevalence of the white plague in New Orleans, and will take active steps to combat the disease at its source." Among the interesting statistics given out by this board member is the fact that approximately one man out of every thirty called for examination is a genuine shirker, and the variety of excuses given is equally interesting. Some of these shirkers, particularly among the less well-to-do, have wives who have hitherto been employed in various occupations, adding their earning to the family income. These wives have suddenly given up their positions, in order that they may be "wholly dependent" upon their husbands for support. One young man offered as his claim to exemption from military service the fact that he was a member of a Bible class. No lawyers will be permitted to present exemption claims. Marriages contracted since the conscription law went into effect will not be counted as valid claims for exemption in any event. U. S. RADIO SCHOOL ATTRACTS EMPLOYE (photo) Herbert W. Smith, formerly of the circulation department of The Times-Picayune, left Friday night for the government radio school in New York to complete a course in wireless telegraphy. Mr. Smith began work with The Times-Picayune in his native town of Mandeville, La., as agent for the paper there. His good work came to the attention of his employers and it was not long before he was asked to come to New Orleans to work for the paper, where he has been for some time and has risen to a responsible position. The government's mental and physical examination netted him a mark of 100 per cent. Mr. Smith is very well known among the younger set of New Orleans, and besides the many friends to see him leave last night, were his two sisters, Corinne and Hilda Smith. His mother and father and three other sisters now are at Mandeville. ******************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 5, 1917 CANNOT ESCAPE MILITARY SERVICE BY NOT REPORTING Any drafted man who believes he can escape service by not reporting to his local board for physical examination when ordered, is making a mistake. Unless these men report within the time limit, they will simply be put down as "acceptable" without further investigation, and will be certified to the War Department, which will treat them as deserters in case they fail to obey orders. DRAFT LAW BACKED BY DEATH PENALTY DESERTER INCURS Registered men who resist the selective draft law face court-martial for desertion and the possibility of execution for desertion in time of war. The whole military and civil power of the federal government and the civil power of the states, cities or counties will be employed to bring them to book. DID NOT RESPOND TO DRAFT ORDER The board of exemption for Division No. 13 has furnished the following list of names of persons called by that division to appear for physical examination whose notices were returned to the division unclaimed. Failure to file claim for exemption or discharge before August 7, will preclude them from ever doing so: Mitchell Camus, Nelson street. Eugene Johnson, Seventeenth street and Protection Levee. Ed Johnson, 527 Walnut and Magazine streets. Caesar Johan Backe, 5925 Camp street. James Mexico, 8405 Cohn street. Joseph Adams, Holly Grove and Gen. Ogden streets. William Rantanen, S. S. Nelson, dry docks, Algiers navy yard. Algiers. Homer John Allen, 123 Walnut street. Joseph Sullivan, 3133 Short street. Paul Herbert Nunez, 1337 Adams street. Marcell McMannus, 8015 Forchey (Forshey?) street. Ellis T. Boudreaux, 1405 Burdette street. Murphy Wilson, 922 Hillary street. William Young, 1014 Arabella street. Sam Sca_tino, 529 Henry Clay avenue. Frank Mussachia, R. F. D. Box 169, New Orleans. Henry Jackson, 1112 Webster street. Henry Flornee Heaton, 8626 Green street. John James Rollins, 814 Newton street. Albert Poleate, Alix street. Jacob Sharp, 617 Homer street. Buduy Brown, 1226 Elmira street. TEST ELIGIBLES IN NEW ORLEANS QUOTA OF DRAFT The members of Division 12 are driving themselves like day-laborers to deliver Uncle Sam the quota of men. On the top floor of a high school are doctors, ten of them, and every one of the ten a recognized expert in his line. Uncle Sam wants no damaged goods. IN THE HANDS OF THE DOCTORS--John Doe has never been in the care of a hospital, and his physical condition has never hindered him in the discharge of his civil duties. As a result, as John Doe climbs up the steps to the top floor, he betrays the characteristic nervousness of any man who is facing the unknown. As a matter of fact John Doe is about to get something which money could not buy for him -- a physical examination, not by a family practitioner, but a physical examination, each stage of which is conducted and supervised by a specialist. The system in use at Division 12, is in fact, modeled after the system of the famous Mayo Clinic. In room No. 1 John Doe sheds the conventional artificialities with the artifact clothing he strips from his body and enters upon the first step of the long tour which will pronounce him perfect or flawed, as the case may be. It is an odd sight, among the school desks, to find in one corner a slim, lithe-muscled athlete with an obvious pride in his well-knit nudity and in another a group of negro day-laborers, awkwardly stripping the clothes from their shining bodies. With a "dress-on-the right" precision John Doe approaches the scales where Dr. John Signorelli announces his weight, height and chest measurement, all of which are noted down on the examination slip. Before John leaves the room, Dr. A. J. Cohn assisted by Dr. Herbert Meyer has examined his teeth, and the findings are recorded on the examination slip. Out into the hall and into the next room John pads, his barefeet making no sound on the hardwood floor. Here Dr. W. D. Phillips, with the assistance of Dr. Roy Harrison, makes the general body examination, detecting such blemishes as minor deformities or skin eruptions, if they are present, with the all-seeing glances with which they sweep John from head to foot. FEELING FOR DISEASE--In the third room is Dr. Ignatius Tedesco. His hands and wrists are encased in taut-stretched, polished rubber gloves. Dr. A. Mogabgab is assisting Dr. Tedesco. "Up on your toes now," says Dr. Tedesco to John Doe. "All right--cough. Again. All right--once more. Put your hands behind your head--now bend over--all right. Put him down O.K., Doctor," he says briefly, and John Doe knows that he is declared free from the dread taint of "social disease." Dr. James T. Nix and his assistant Dr. A. Henriques, takes charge of John Doe in the next room. Their duty is to search out and detect articular and bony deformities, flat feet and the like. "Up on your toes," Dr. Nix commands John Doe again. "Jump up and down that way--don't come down on your heels. All right--come here." Dr. Nix takes John Doe's hand in his, bending back each joint of finger, wrist, elbow and shoulder. John Doe's vision is tested in the next room by Dr. F. S. Mioton and Dr. J. P. Larose. Occasionally a difficulty presents itself--illiteracy. "What's this?" asks Dr. Mioton of a negro. Dr. Mioton points to the letter "O," and the negro, who cannot read recognizes it nevertheless as "O." But the next letter to which Dr. Mioton points--the letter "V"--presents a difficulty. "Make the shape of the letter you see with your finger," patiently persists Dr. Mioton. And with his fingers he correctly shapes a "V." Out in the hallway Dr. A. B. Gaudet is making tests of hearing. "Washington, St. Louis, forty-five, New Orleans," and the like he whispers, moving closer and closer to John Doe until the latter repeats each whispered word correctly. Small chance for shamming here, for if John Doe stimulates deafness the searching ear, nose and throat examination he receives at the hands of Dr. W. T. Patten in the next room, where the results will unfailingly reveal the trick through the exposure of organic soundness. Dr. Patten, in a white surgeon's gown, sits on a high stool by two basins, one filled with antiseptic and the other with water. In the last room Dr. W. A. Love and Dr. Harry Zengel are making the fateful heart and lung examination. The sound cases are sent back into the hall at once, but the doubtful cases are held at one side of the room for Dr. George S. Bel, who is the medical member of the local board of Division 12, and who passes the final inspection on all the John Does examined. The doors of this room are closed, for all noise must be excluded, and the many John Does stand nervously awaiting their turns. John Doe is anxious and small blame to him. Flat feet, poor teeth or myopic eyes are defects, to be sure, but still nothing to get excited about. But a diseased lung . . . or a defective heart . . . Downstairs, after the examination, eligibles throng over to the table where Norman Walker, the third member of the exemption board, is seated. They are clamoring for exemption blanks, but they are courteously refused. "Not until the results of the physical examination are known," Mr. Walker explains. "If you fail to pass the physical test, you will not have to file exemptions. If you have passed, you will be notified." ****************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 6, 1917 ALIENS OF ALLIES TO BE DRAFTED IN NATIONAL ARMY Negotiations with the Allies for drafting their citizens into the new national army will be entered into immediately by the State Department in accordance with the resolution recently passed by the Senate. This will require revision of treaties in the case of Italy and Japan and a common understanding with the other nations involved. *************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 7, 1917 NEW ORLEANS HONOR ROLL IS ANNOUNCED An honor roll of New Orleans youths has been announced. These young men enjoy the distinction of having joined the Marine Corps "The First to Fight," when the first call for volunteers went out. Most of these "Soldiers of the Sea" now are in France, standing behind "Old Glory." Victor J. Hubert, 3111 Robert; John J. Coate, 6048 Annunciation; Reginald L. Gabriel, 2031 Perdido; Clarence E. Carroll, son of Mrs. R. M. Fontain, 427 Fayette; Lazard Bailey, nephew of Mrs. June Frank, 1719 Clio; Francis Grismore, 2510 Valence; Joseph Grusich, 633 Spain; Charles Dariocourt, 1912 Bayou Road; John E. Barrios, 1235 St. Andrew; Albert P. Godfrey, 5816 Patton, and Alex Aucoin, 1235 St. Andrew, were among the first to answer their country's call. FRIENDLY ALIENS INVITED TO FIGHT AS VOLUNTEERS The ranks of the new national army were opened formally today to friendly aliens as volunteers. A ruling by Provost Marshal General Crowder directs that all such aliens who waive their right of exemption on nationality be promptly accepted for service. WILL FEED FIRST 'SAMMIES' IN WAR (photo) In Sunday's paper it was intimated that Captain George Luberoff, who was the crack quartermaster sergeant at Jackson Barracks before he was commissioned in the Quartermaster Officers' Reserve Corps, was evidently at work in some port in France, where the New Orleans negro stevedores are helping to unload the ships. The news was conformed Monday with the additional information that Luberoff was the assistant superintendent of transportation at the port hinted. Later in the day it was learned that he has been promoted, in service if not in rank, and has been detailed as quartermaster of one of the largest of the American army camps in France. It probably is the camp nearest the front, from which the first American troops will go into action. ******************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 8, 1917 ORLEANIAN WINS ARMY COMMISSION Robert W. Nolte is one of six young candidates for commissions in the engineering corps, U. S. A., who were notified at Fort Leavenworth last Saturday that they had won their goal, and were ordered to report to the Seventh regiment of engineers. Lieutenant Nolte is a New Orleans boy, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Nolte, and attended Tulane University. He took a course in engineering in the Texas A. and M. College, from which he graduated with honors. He is 25 years old. He was among the first to apply for admission to the training camp for officers at Fort Logan H. Roots, and was among the first six sent from there to Fort Leavenworth to complete the training in engineering. TWENTY-TWO MEN FAIL TO REPORT IN DIVISION 11 There are registered with the Eleventh Division local board twenty-two men who are skirting the edge of disaster. The names given below are those who have failed to report for physical examination in this division. If they do not report, their names will be certified to the army without further ado. If, in that case, they still continue to be "willful missing," they will be classed and treated as deserters by the army authorities. Following are the names: Charles Bernard, 1920 Toledano street; William Castay; Samuel S. Bolds, 3439 Clara street; Thomas James Malley, 3619 Camp street; Manuel Butt, 2839 Belmont Place; John Dan Williams, 4116 Annunciation street; Robert Berniby, 1931 Foucher street; Walter Beal, 2025 Foucher; Henry Joseph Guidry, 3936 Prytania street; Edward Syril Johnson, 4014 Tchoupitoulas; Charles E. Naylor, 3501 Carondelet, R. Lee Owen, 3606 Chestnut; Frank Davis, 1022 Amelia; Lucia Cassard, 4122 Magazine; Peter Mangiaracina, 2719 Louisiana avenue; Nathan Spears, 1104 General Taylor; Walter Lee 2212 Foucher; John E. Kelly, 1931 Foucher; Hodge Dickerson, 2213 General Taylor; William Adams, 2624 Louisiana avenue; Joseph Madison, 725 Amelia; James Vaughn, 3153 Calumet Ave., Chicago, Ill. *********************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 9, 1917 200,000 DRAFTED MEN TO BE CALLED TO COLORS SEPT. 1 On September 1 the War Department will call for not to exceed one-third of the quota from each state to be entrained for mobilization camps between September 1 and September 5. "Surgeon general advises that in order to prevent the terrible ravages which result from the introduction into the army of that dread disease of the eyes known as trachoma, the lids of every recruit be everted to insure the absence of the disease and that any border line or suspicious cases be referred to an ophthalmic surgeon, especially qualified in this line." RULING ON DEPENDANTS--Boards are authorized hereafter to deny exemptions to married men whose wives are solely dependent upon them, but where the parents or other relatives of either wife or husband are willing to assume the burden of her support during his absence. The same course is to be followed where any drafted man employer's agrees to continue his salary as a patriotic duty. A third supplemental ruling provides that where a man has supported his dependents by his own labor on land which he owns and boards find that the land could be rented to advantage so as to continue the support for the wife derived from the rental, exemption for the man may be denied. NINETEEN MEN FAILING TO REPORT ARE ACCEPTED Two of the thirteen New Orleans local boards have completed the physical examinations for the first group of men called. These are the boards for Division Four and Division Twelve. In Division Twelve the nineteen men who failed to respond to the call for examination will be certified to the War Department for the army, and they will be treated as "accepted." In the records of the board for the Eleventh Division the name of Charles E. Naylor appeared as having failed to report and was so published in The Times-Picayune of Wednesday. A correspondent has written to state that Mr. Naylor is now at the officers' training camp at Fort Logan H. Roots, where he has been for the last three months, and "that it is an injustice to call a man a deserter who is already serving his country." Joseph Picone, who was registered with Division 12 passed the physical examination, put in his claim for exemption on the ground that he had a wife to support. The claim was not allowed, and Mr. Picone's name was posted as having been accepted for service. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Picone appeared in the in the office of Division 12 in the Sophie B. Wright High School brandishing a copy of an afternoon newspaper and demanding to know what the local city board of Division 12, the press of the city of New Orleans and the world at large meant by it. Walter Breffiehl, the clerk of the board, finally elicited a relatively coherent tale of Mr. Picone's wrongs. "Here it says," stormed Mr. Picone, pointing to his copy of the paper, "that I'm a hero--that I'm an honor roll. That's not true. It says I haven't claimed exemption. I have claimed it, only my claim was not allowed. Now what's my wife going to think. She's not going to have sad feelings over me, when I go--no, she's going to have hard feelings. She's going to say, 'He's not sorry to go, he wants to go. He wants to go away from me.' That's not right." The Times-Picayune takes pleasure in informing Mrs. Picone that her husband did all in his power to avoid conscription. ***************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 10, 1917 FAILED TO REPORT--Following is a list of persons called by local board who failed to report and submit to examination: Wallace A. Serpas, 6002 Dauphine street; John E. Dixon, 5200 St. Claude; Joseph Adragna, 614 St. Maurice avenue; Henry R. Lemmler, 839 St. Ferdinand; Henry Charpio, 1507 Lafayette avenue; Ernest Bowman, 2519 Flood street; Charles V. Hudson, Gentilly and Seven-Mile Post; Paul Lopiccollo, 2634 Dauphine street; Frank F. Vargas, 1025 Desire; Frank S. Colombo, Lizardi and Roman; William F. H. Duelfer, 1026 Pauline street ******************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 11, 1917 VOLUNTEERS, NOT SHIRKERS In respect to the publishing of the names of men who have failed to appear before the different exemption boards to undergo physical examination, The Times-Picayune has received numerous complaints from persons claiming that the names of their relatives have appeared under this head erroneously. Practically all of the complainants state that their relatives or friends who failed to appear did so because they were in the United States army, navy or marine corps. It is the fault of neither The Times-Picayune nor the exemption boards that the names of these men have been published. Every man who was to have appeared before the exemption boards was officially notified of the fact. The relatives or friends could have notified the members of the various exemption boards of the facts they have in hand. Henry Joseph Guidry, 3936 Prytania street, whose name was published among those who failed to appear before the exemption board of Division No. 12, is in the regular army. Young Guidry enlisted at Jackson Barracks July 10, and now is a member of Company M, Seventeenth United States infantry. A. A. Guidry says the exemption board was notified of these facts. CHARLES E. NAYLOR IS NO SLACKER The Thirteenth District Exemption Board announced Friday night that the name of Charles E. Naylor, 3503 Carondelet street, had been erroneously given to the press as a slacker, with the statement that he had failed to appear for physical examination when notified. Mr. Naylor is in training at Fort Logan H. Roots and was one of the first to volunteer in the service of his country. Mr. Naylor was registered in the Eleventh District. The correction came from the Thirteenth District through Hampton Reynolds, clerk, a friend of Mr. Naylor's. Mr. Reynolds received a telegram Friday from the Fort Logan H. Roots officers' training camp student asking him to "set matters right." CANDIDATES CALLED TO TRAINING CAMP FOR COMMISSIONS The names of the 374 men to go to the officers' training camp at Leon Springs have been released for publication by Lieutenant R. R. Lyons of Jackson Barracks. All of the men have been invited to attend a "get-together" smoker to be held at the University Club's quarters, 624 Common street, so as to become acquainted before they report for Leon Springs, August 26. The complete list of names includes the following New Orleanians: Alexander, Edward C., sergeant First Company, C. A. C., Jackson Barracks Archambault, August B., First Company, C. A. C., Jackson Barracks. Atkinson, William E., 1313 Milan St. Aydell, Jerome J., 1000 North Rocheblave street Baccus, Embury D., 1748 Jackson avenue Baggens, Philip H., 571 Joseph street Baker, Winthrop P., 1905 Calhoun Barnett, James M., 1310 St. Andrew Beck, James Jr., 2331 Constance street Berger, Charles R., 1634 Clio street Bittenbring, Albert, 819 Antonio street Borie, Bernard S., 8424 South Claiborne avenue Bourgeois, Felix E., 8223 Cohn street Bridgeman, Samuel T., 4238 Bienville street Brogan, Lawrence E., 1462 Webster street Burgoyne, John E., Battery C., Louisiana Field Artillery, Camp Nicholls Burrell, Chester DeW., 2835 Chestnut street Bush, John G., 5911 Pitt street Carter, Albert J., 4000 ST. Charles avenue Casserly, James G., 1620 Thalia street Cheney, George M., 1303 Peters avenue Chase, Dean, 417 Magazine street Childs, Sol N., 2301 Peters avenue Clark, Captain Oliver C., Camp Nicholls Clement, Nemours H., 1124 Jackson avenue Cole, George P., Machine Gun Company, Louisiana Infantry, Camp Nicholls Cook, William A., First Louisiana Field Artillery, Camp Nicholls Commagere, John A., Jr., 1800 Bayou Road Conrad, Frederick D., Care Swift & Co. Croom, Noeman B., 3418 Laurel street Cusick, Albert J., 1372 Camp street Dale, Joseph W., 6042 Coliseum street Dart, Benjamin W., 904 Canal Bank Building Dart, John, 904 Canal Bank Building De Laverne, Joseph H., De Soto Hotel Dennis, Edward W., sergeant Second Company, C. A. C., Jackson Barracks Dimitry, Thomas D., 4901 Camp street Elliott, Fred L., 310 Customhouse Building Evans, Berry G., 822 Camp street Ewin, James F., 1016 Hibernia Building Farley, Earle T., 2125 St. Charles avenue Feibleman, Sidney L., 1406 General Taylor street Fletchinger, Charles F., 826 Common street Foudriat, Donald P., 4018 Banks avenue Frith, Edwin H., 1905 Calhoun street Fromman, Frederick W., 1216 Coliseum street Ganucheau, Frank P., 1439 North Johnson street Gheen, Russell T., Care Southern Pine Association Gillespie, John J., 2641 State street Gleason, Harold A., 814 Roosevelt Place Goldberg, Maurice M., 5007 Prytania street Goldman, Jake A., Fifth Company C. A. C., Jackson Barracks Grima, Alfred, 1604 Fourth street Grout, John C., 8414 Panola street Hammond, W. S., 1126 Washington Hansen, Carl C., 711 Broadway Harp, Charles E., 822 Camp street Hefferman, Hugh N., care Louisiana State Board of Health Hayer, Own H., 703-705 Canal street Higgins, Donald H., 1418 Terpsichore street Hadden, Challander, 6303 West End boulevard Howard, Louis C., 3513 ST. Charles street Hughes, Louis C., 2127 Dauphine street Hughes, David, 611 Frenchmen street Indest, Robert L., 2435 Esplanade avenue Jackson, Charles T., 132 St. Charles street Jacobs, Harry, 213 New Orleans Court Building Johnson, Samuel C., Company L, First Louisiana Infantry Jones, John H., 1310 Constantinople street Kay, William L., Company D, First Louisiana Infantry, Camp Nicholls Keen, Richard G., Company H. First Louisiana Infantry, Camp Nicholls Keeny, John R., care Louisiana State Board of Health Kernaghan, Whitney J., 1222 Jena street Koch, Walter A., 1252 Esplanade avenue Koch, Richard, 2627 Coliseum street Kurtz, Louis Sergeant, Quartermaster Corps, Jackson Barracks Lahanier, Eugene F., 3144 Maurepas street Leath, Walter J., 1329 Prytania street Bourgeois, Roy L., 1607 Pine street Lemonn, Jacob, 6317 St. Charles avenue Levi, Henry, Lorraine Apartments, St. Charles avenue Lewis, Charles G., 2011 Prytania street Lewis, John Harry, 1620 Eighth street Limerick, Holt, 838 Common street Lyon, Benjamin A., 1410 Parkerson place McAbee, Daniel H., Company D, First Infantry, Camp Nicholls McCarthy, Charles E., 7704 Sycamore street McCord, Harry E., 8225 Pritchard Place McFetridge, John F., 4810 St. Charles avenue McKenney, Coryell, 1323 Octavia street Mackie, _epie, 4104 St. Charles avenue Maddux, Nebille W., 9126 Belfast street Mangun, Claude L., 611 St. Charles street Mabry, Edmund R., 1631 Seventh street Martin, Joseph F., 1228 St. Charles street Marx, Harry, 131 South Rampart street Mayer, Arthur P. S., 1725 Burdette street Mayer, Herbert B., Company L, First Louisiana Infantry, Camp Nicholls Merkl, John George, Jr., 1610 North White street Michel, Francis R., 357 Walnut street Monteser, Walter R., Farragut street care E. P. Howell, Algiers Moore, Morris A., 1125 Terpsichore street Morgan, William D., Supply Company, First Louisiana Infantry Mottram, Francis DeL., 20 Neron Place Moulin, Albert E., 1724 Elysian Fields avenue Mulnix, Frederick K., 411 Rampart street Newton, Isaac M. S., 420 Whitney-Central building Nichols, Clarence T., 116 Barrone street O'Bryen, Jno. W., 1706 Palmer avenue O'Donnell, Wm., L., 1538 Fourth street O'Kennedy, Dennis A., Battery A, First Louisiana Field Artillery, Camp Nicholls Parham, Frederick D., 1429 Seventh street Phillips, Wm., R., 7407 St. Charles avenue Posey, Edward L., 302 New Orleans National Bank building Potts, Ewell C., 1833 Bayou Road Powers, Jas. T., 1715 Cleveland avenue Quinius, Edward P., 2221 Chippewa street Raley, Wilson L., Sergeant, Second Company, C. A. C., Jackson Barracks Reavis, Thos. H., 1823 St. Charles avenue Reily, Jas. W., 640 Magazine street Rhodes, Roy K., 1908 Marengo street Rodgers, Edward W., 7839 Nelson street Roloff, Robert P., Sergeant, Quartermasters' Corps, Jackson Barracks Ryan, Cyril D., 2406 Jena street Ryan, Warren F., 2406 Jena street Scarlett, Geo. C., 1729 Coliseum street Salcer, Richard C., 1020 Third street Semple, Harold F., 1040 Audubon street Sevier, Kirby W., Box 26 Sharp, Richard H., 7325 St. Charles avenue Shields, Jno H. Grunewald Hotel Sinnott, Jas. B., 5411 St. Charles avenue Slawter, Bernard E., 7717 Sycamore street Son, Jac A., 525 Canal street Sprague, Frank E., 802 Peters Steckler, Henry A., 8221 Zimple avenue Taylor, Arthur W., 1338 State street Todd, Alexander T., 522 Bourbon street Tournillion, Richard B., 3843 Ulloa street Upton, Jno. Miller, 7922 Elm street Vairin, Nugent B., 19 Audubon Place Van Hook, Franklin J., 9022 Nashville avenue Voskull, Walter H., Weather Bureau office Walmsley, Carroll B., 2507 Prytania street Ward, Joseph F., 930 Webster street West, Howell F., Fifth Company, C. A. C., Jackson Barracks Westfeldt, Gustaf R., 528 Gravier street White, Thos. M., Postoffice Station "B" Williston, Edgar P., Sergeant, Ordinance Officer, Jackson Barracks Wood, Harvey C., 543 Calhoun street Wooton, Chancellor F., 1213 North Dupre street Woulff, Maurice R., 2658 Canal street FOUR ORLEANIANS WIN COMMISSIONS IN REGULAR ARMY The names of four young men from New Orleans are included in the list of successful candidates for appointment as second lieutenants in the regular army, issued by the War Department. They are S. D. Marks, Jr., formerly a private in the First Field Artillery, Louisiana National Guard; David J. Chaille, George W. Booth and Marcel A. Gillis. With the exception of Lieutenant Chaille, who will be attached to a cavalry regiment, they are all assigned to infantry. ***************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 12, 1917 FAILED TO APPEAR--Division No. 6 gave out the following names of those who failed to appear for examinations: E. P. Richard, 2910 Grand Rt. St. John George Wilson, 1822 O'Reilley Frank Keffman, 3521 Maurepas. James Anderson, 3039 Bourbon. William Castain, 2020 North Broad. Peter Manago, 3705 Duplessis. W. R. Roche, 2120 St. Anthony. H. Lawrence, 1824 St. Claude. A. Sinnette, 2439 New Orleans Alick Wever, 3528 Paris. Alfred Joseph, 1445 Bourbon Placide Adams, 1432 North Johnson Leon Garcia, 1518 Laharpe. Walter Thomas, 2217 Augbrey. Joseph Foster, 1137 Touro M. Boudeau, 2833 Bourbon. Fred Jacques, 2422 Bourbon. Walter A. Cellos, 1529 Esplanade. Joachim Sanchez, 620 Kerlerec Walter Alix, 2202 Royal J. P. Wilkinson, 726 Frenchman. A. Garcia, 3609 Hamburg A. W. Joseph, 2410 Elysian Fields L. Emelein, 1431 St. Bernard A. A. Mouton, 1635 North Galvez Louis Gonzales, 1680 North Dupre Joseph Hamilton, 1113 Touro Edward Morris, 1933 St. Claude Charles E. Trainor, 612 Kerlerec Haywood Augustine, 1347 Annette F. Schwartzenberg, 2106 N. Claiborne FAILED TO REPORT-- Division 7 Joseph Carriere, 2037 Marigny W. J. R. Taylor, 2525 Chartres Vasile Haholas, S. S. Omoa Michael Dentici, 2241 Chartres Oscar Morely, 2231 N. Claiborne ********************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune August 13, 1917 NEGRO SEGREGATION IN ARMY URGED ON WAR DEPARTMENT Washington, Aug. 12--Efforts are being made by influential civilians to win the indorsement of the War Department for the proposal to assemble all the negro regiments, either already organized or to be formed from the men who are drafted, into a separate division. That enough negro officers for the lower grades could be had without trouble is held to have been proved by results at the Fort Des Moines negro training camp. The candidates there are about to complete their instruction and official reports from the officers in charge say a large number of the students can be used to officer the negro units. In addition to the units in the regular army there are two negro regiments in the National Guard--the Fifteenth New York and the Eighth Illinois. Under the present plans some divisions of the national army will be "mixed." It has been estimated that 750,000 negroes were registered on June 5. This would indicate that about 57,000 will be drafted in the first quota of the national army; enough, under the new organization plan, to form three divisions. That computation cannot be accurate because it is known that the ratio of exemption for physical disability will be much higher for the colored race than for the white. The question of where these men are to be trained is also causing some embarrassment to the administration. Evidence has not been lacking during the past weeks that the race feeling in certain sections of the country would make a concentration of negroes in such sections nothing less than an invitation for serious disorders. It has been indicated to the War Department that the possibility of trouble would be heavily discounted if negroes drawn from Southern states were sent to a special camp in that section and those from the North to a camp within those states. Such an arrangement is suggested because the possibility of friction between the people in the South and negroes reared in the North is much greater than it is with those familiar with the relationship between the races in the South. EXEMPTION CLAIMS FILED IN DIVISION 8 Through the efforts of the members of the local board for Division 8 (Ninth Ward), The Times-Picayune is enabled to present not only the list of those registered in that division for draft into the national army who claim exemption, but also the ground upon which each claim for exemption is based. The purpose of printing lists of those seeking discharge from service in the national army is the giving of the widest possible publicity to the exemption claims. This is done at the request of the government, in order to guard against the possibility of fictitious or fraudulent claims being allowed. All readers of The Times-Picayune, therefore, who should happen to see a claim which they know to be false, are requested to communicate with the local board of the division involved at once.