1st Ind.

Hq, 317th Field Artillery, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Sept. 30th, 1917. To Commanding General 81st Division, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Forwarded.

1. It appears that these men could not have been examined by a competent physician or surgeon.

2. I consider that the interest of the Government requires that appropriate measures be taken to prevent men in such physicial condition being sent here.

COLONEL 317TH F. A. COMDG.

220.12- Rejections. 2nd Ind. ARC-O

HQ., 81st Div., Camp Jackson, S. C., October 1, 1917,-  To the Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C.

1. I recommend that steps be taken to remove J. W. McNeill, M. D., from the office of Examining Physician for the Local Board at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N. C.

2. Sixty-six per cent of men in one party rejected for such apparent defects as are listed here would seem to indicate marked inefficienty in the performance of the duties of the examining physician. The expense to the Government for transportation, pay, and subsistence of these men from the date of call to the date of rejection is considerable and is wasted. The delay in training of organizations due to receiving unfit men is a matter which in my opinion must be obviated by every possible means.

Brigadier General, N. A.,
Commanding.

324.71 (Misc. Div.) 3rd Ind.

War Department, A. G. O., October 6, 1917, - To the Provost March General.

(Synopsis made)

HQ. 81st Div., Camp Jackson, S. C. Oct. 1, 1917.
The Adjutant General Oct. 4, 1917.

Physical condition of drafted men.

Report concerning drafted me from Exemption Board at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N. C.

Forwarded to the Adjutant General by 2nd Ind.