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WWI Draft ACJ 8/16/1917, Audubon, Iowa
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THE OFFICIAL DRAFT EXAMINATIONS

Seventy six of the boys of Audubon county who did not claim exemption before the local board:

Serial No.Name 
258Abel SegelAudubon
458Edward T. EsbeckKimballton
1095William A. RuttAudubon
783Arthur E. BaltonExira
1117Herman J. BauerAudubon
275Fredrick WhaleyAudubon
569Charles E. BaltzerOmaha Neb.
1185Otto RudnickAudubon
945Marinus WestedElkhorn
194Herman H. JensenAudubon
298Orville F. BeersExira
15Martin ChristensenAnita
905Chris L. JorgensenKimballton
933David PetersenElkhorn
530John C. HenrichsAtlantic
645Otto C. HensenHamlin
1334Jay VandruffArapahoe Neb.
525Fred J DaugaardAtlantic
792Elden ChamberlenBrayton
549Sophus J. HansenAtlantic
741Nels O. NelsonExira
1054Otto C. AnthesAudubon
1022Albert PuckManning
341Carl A. StanleyExira
638George L. DutlerHamlin
1032Robert RudneckManning
623Robert L. ArtistExira
269Howard T. UlrichAudubon
685Willis E. YoungExira
135Christian GudeExira
923Carl M. MadsenAudubon
1607Ernest A. MutschalfAudubon
488Arthur SimonsenKimballton
356Frank M. HensleyExira
596Alfred PedersenExira
486Rasmus K. PetersenKimballton
810Edward KlemishAnita
507Merritt H. BillsExira
309Harry C. ChristensenExira
43Hans HansenAudubon
924Hans C. MarcusonAudubon
420James F. RobertsExira
433John N. ToftExira
1329John L. RutherfordAudubon
10Frank BagleyAudubon
1331John SieversAudubon
1282Judson C. FiscusAudubon
797Michael C. FarrellAnita
432Martin M. ToftBrayton
652Jacob JacobsenExira
1322John H. RoheTempleton
1146Holger JensenAudubon
1103Benjamin W. TwistAudubon
606Harry Andrew QuintExira
513Carl C. T. ChristensenGray
46Nels S. HansenAudubon
1030Harry L. PackardGray
117Harley L. StaffordAudubon
772Arthur UzzellJacksonville
757Fred RabeHamlin
868Arnie BjonkerElkhorn
379John T. KearneyExira
542John P. HeikenAtlantic
679Harry R. WhiteHamlin
1287Erik H. GregersenExira
93Henry W. PetersenAudubon
957Bert C. BorkowskiAudubon
1221Harlan T. GriffinCoon R.
1102William TwistAudubon
556Charles A. JuhlBaryton
[sic Brayton]
1281Chrisian A. DreherGray
388Frank McKibbenExira
1166Chris N. NelsenAudubon
383Lawrence W. LarsenExira
588Robert A. NelsonBrayton
856Emil H. WedemeyerAnita
705Ernset WilliamsonGray

Fifty of the Audubon county boys who claimed exemption but were not allowed:

1264William J. BlakeGray
1014Walter B. McCuenManning
966Hermann DamannManning
982Ferdinand JansenManning
1114Jens A. AndersonAudubon
332Willie ChristensenKimballton
5Oscar L. AnthiesAudubon
970Alfred E. FredericksenAudubon
154Lewis C. BagleyAudubon
11Arthur W. BrownAudubon
1067John F. CampbellAudubon
1099Harrison StanleyCoon Rapids
1066Edward E. CampbellHamlin
637August H. DutlerHamlin
675Dolph R. TateExira
809Evertt N. KlineExira
1132Alfred HenningsenAudubon
983Hans J. JorgensenManning
1300Charles E. KingGray
1256/td>Cyrus H. YoungCoon Rapids
1294Charley JohnstonRoss
1288Frank E. HansenRoss
1275Ralph DavisGray
1276John W. DavisGray
1314Frantz A. PetersenRoss
1073Thomas J. EganHamlin
927Christian P. MadsenKimballton
889Jorgen J. GudeKimballton
900Ferdinand JensenKimballton
536Benjamin C. HoeghAtlantic
552Thorvald JorgensenAtlantic
552Albert LarsenAtlantic
604James N. PetersenElkhorn
576Henry MillerBrayton
355Hans E. HansenBrayton
717Walter E. JensenExira
341Scott H. HockenberryExira
353Andrew C. HansenExira
437John K. Vande BrakeExira
440George C. VossExira
54Fred L. JonesAudubon
75Fred B. McCoyAudubon
72Barney MeislahnAudubon
112Earl L. RuddyAudubon
126Wilbur V. SwezeyAudubon
56Albert T. KitelingerAtlantic
128Elijah C. StaffordAudubon
874Guy E. ChristensenAudubon
601Carl PetersenExira
107James RayAudubon

The following twenty eight Audubon county boys have been exempted:

1266Floyd BurkeyRoss
972Michael FinnertyManning
1112James T. AndersenAudubon
677Claus C. WilsonExira
676Charlie F. ThomasExira
854Nels TwedtExira
1178Peter L. PetersenAudubon
1141Karl O. JensenAudubon
1211Ray DuelingCoon Rapids
1305William F. MooreRoss
721Nels P. JorgensenHamlin
773Chris C. WigesHamlin
775Emil WigesExira
760Chris W. RasmussenHamlin
519Leroy H. ChristensenExira
493Frank D. ThomsenKimballton
406Alfred C. OnkenBrayton
600Elmer A. PetersenAudubon
350Jack M. HinkleBrayton
337Elmer O. GreenExira
391Clarence E. MooreBrayton
452Joseph A. ShawExira
574John MolgaardBrayton
223Laurits P. LangeAudubon
726Miller KyndersenAudubon
199Oluf E. JohnsonAudubon
183Mads HansenAudubon
343Henry J. HansenBrayton

Those who have not filed for exemption are:

784Alfred BakerExira
616Frederik P. SkowAtlantic
739Max NissenExira
786Bernin A. BaylorExira
332Edward A. FinneyBrayton
749Laurits M. PetersenAudubon
1016Winfard G. NewellAudubon
564Walter A. KorthsenExira
183William C. HaydenAudubon

The only one who did not apear for physical examination is:

31Russell E. DozlerAudubon

IOWA MEN GET COMMISSIONS--

Among the Iowa men who received commissions after three months intensive training at Fort Snelling we find an occasional one from this section of the state. They are---
First Lieutenant, E. S. Harding, Casey.
First Lieutenant, H. E. Wonder, Harlan.
Second Lieutenant, R. J. Fritz, Atlantic.
Second Lieutenant artillery, G. R. Hill, Guthrie Center.
Quarter Masters Corps Second Lieutenants:
A. R. Shepherd, Harlan
F. C. Caswell, Coon Rapids.


WWI Be Kind to Soldier Families 8-16-1917, Audubon, Iowa     WWI Send Soldier Names 8-16-1917, Audubon, Iowa     WWI Exemptions 8-16-1917, Audubon, Iowa

BE KIND TO THE SOLDIERS FAMILIES

Right now when the young men of Iowa are being enlisted and when the question of the care of the families is squarely before the State let us again get in mind that in Canada the state pays the family of every soldier $20.00 a month and also that a patriotic fund of over thirty millions Dollars has been contributed and out of it a fixed allowance is given to every wife and mother in addition to the state.

With all our talk on this side of the oine about caring for the families of the boys who are to fight, we have actually done nothing.

The soldier receives $1.00 a day while his Canadian brother receives $1.10 his family receives nothing when the family of his Canadian brother may, if there are children receive as high as forty dollars a month.

It is awful easy here in America to satisfy ourselves with speaking about being generous. There ought to be some definate action here for the families of those who go, backed by real money.

--Evening Tribune.

SEND US THE NAMES OF OUR SOLDIER BOYS

If you will send us the names and address of our soldier boys in camp or at the front we will endeavor to send them reading matter every week without a cent of cost to them. Send in the names and addresses.

EXEMPTION RULING

The latest ruling as we go to press from Provost Marshall Crowder is to the effect...

"That religious scruples will not exempt a man.

He can be taken into the army and set to peeling potatoes or something like that if he is averse to carrying a musket."

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, October, 2021.

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