Courier Tribune
6 Jan 1941
page 1
Sixty Nine in Class 1-A
of 340 Classified
Will Begin Giving Medical Examinations at Seneca This Week
The Nemaha county draft board, before the holidays mailed questionnaires to a total of 340 draftees. These have all been returned and classified. Of the 340 men, 69 have been placed in Class 1-A, for men subject to immediate call.
Men that the board places in 1-A will no be given a medical examination, in the order of their draft numbers, to determining if they are physically able for military service.
Medical examinations are starting this week. Men are being given appointments to Dr. C. M. Barnes, Seneca, examining physician, in small numbers so not to disturb his regular work. Three men are scheduled for examination Tuesday, three more Wednesday and three Friday.
The draft board has had no recent orders concerning the sending of more questionnaires. These are being held up pending orders.
Courier Tribune
20 Jan 1941
page 1
TO CALL 14
IN FEBRUARY
FOR ARMY SERVICE
Quota for Nemaha
County Is Part of State Total of 2,884 Men
Nemaha county’s quota of one man for the January draft is being filled today and a new quota has been announced for February. The February call is much larger. It is for 14 men. The exact date they will go is not certain.
Reception center for Nemaha county men is Fort Leavenworth. Leavenworth will receive men from a large number of draft areas in the period beginning February 10 and ending Feb. 28.
Leavenworth will receive a total of 1,817 men, 884 will report at Wichita and 183 will go from Kansas to Omaha, to make up the state’s February total of 2,884 men.
Arthur R. Harrter of Sabetha, who fills the county’s January quota, was given opportunity to go to Leavenworth by train, starting from Seneca tonight, but is planning to go today by car. Harrter works for Cook-Jones Motor C0, at Sabetha and will he taken to Leavenworth from there.
Half Pass Physical Exams
How far down the draft order list will Nemaha county’s quota of 14 for February reach? Your guess is as good as that of any one else. The answer is likely to No 140 or 150.
Of the first 340 men classified by the Nemaha county draft board, 69 were placed in Class 1-A, as being subject to immediate call, if found medically fit. This is a proportion of approximately one out of five However, about half of the men placed in 1 A are being rejected in the medical examination, making the proportion of those who are ready to go and fit as well, approximately one man to every 10 registered. Selection of 14 men for the February call may thus sift the list as far as Order No. 140 or farther.