This article was transcribe by: Jerri Eoff Sudderth
4261 MEN REGISTERED IN CASS COUNTY BY LOCAL BOARD
Over sixteen million men, between the ages of 21 and 35 inclusive, were registered in the United States, Oct. 16. There have been 6,500 draft boards established over the nation and the highest number of men registered at any one board was 7,836. There will be 800,000 men called for one year’s training as soon as encampments can be prepared. This number will only include about ten percent of those registered and the other ninety per cent will remain with their present jobs.
CASS COUNTY DRAFT BOARD PERSONNEL
THE CITIZENS JOURNAL, ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940
The following compose the local Cass County Draft Board:
R.E. Florence, chairman, Atlanta; W.T. Stanford, secretary, Linden; W.C. Blalock, board member, Linden.
E. Lee Warren, Chief Clerk, Atlanta and Mrs. Alva McCoy, typist, Linden.
Judge Hugh Carney, Atlanta, appeal agent for the Cass County Board.
Drs. O.L. Smith and J.E. King, Atlanta, Texas, have been appointed on the medical Draft Board for Cass County, but have not as yet accepted the position.
Application for Voluntary Induction
Application for Voluntary Induction forms No. 165 have been received by the Local Board.
Any one that registered may go to or write the Local Board, third floor court house, Linden, Texas, and get this form filled out and may sign same.
This form merely places the registrant at the top of the list of the ones to be classified and called for training by the local board.
Questionaires will be mailed to the ones signing the form165.
Loyal citizens knowing any one in the draft age that failed to register will be rendering their country a favor by reporting same to the local board. All information received will be held strictly confidential by the board.
Questionaires will be mailed out at the rate of about fifty a day beginning as soon as all cards have been given the order number. If you do not receive one among the first just wait. Yours will be mailed in the order of the order numbers.
Always notify your local board when you change your mailing address.
Below is a complete list of Cass County registrants on October 16th, with their draft number. Save this issue of the Citizens Journal as a historical souvenir for your children and grandchildren.
First Cass County Draftee in World War
The first Cass County man called to the colors in the world war of 1917-1918 was T. B. Brigman, colored, who had been given number 258, which was the first number drawn out of the glass fish bowl in Washington, D.C., by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
Brigman was reared in the Roach community and was the first Cass county man called and left for training camp on Nov. 1 11917 [sic]. He spent ten months in actual service in France, shipped out of New York on June 10, 1918 and returned March 23, 1919. He was in Co. H-367 Inf. 92nd Divn. He was a company clerk and saw duty in the battles of Muse-Argone and Vosges mountains. He returned home uninjured and a sergeant in his company.
He began teaching school in 1912 at the age of 18, and resumed teaching when be [sic] received his discharge, and is now teaching at Mt. Moriah in the Carterville community of Cass county.
First Order Numbers Drawn In Washington
Secretary of War Henry Stimpson drew the first order number in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29. It was 158. Edward Hatley, colored, of Douglassville, has the Cass county number. First number drawn in 1917 was 258, being T. B. Brigman colored of Atlanta.
Henry Morgenthau, secretary of treasury, drew second number. It was 192. William Halbert Green, general delivery, Atlanta, holds this Cass county number.
Third No. 8239; Fourth No. 6620; Fifth No9. 6685; Sixth No. 4779; Seventh No. 8848; Eighth No. 6262; Ninth No. 8130; Tenth No. 5892; Eleventh No. 5837; Twelfth No. 5485; Thirteenth No. 6604; Fourteenth No. 8946; Fifteenth No. 5375 Sixteenth No. 7674; Seventeenth No. 4880; Eighteen No. 4928; 19th, 105, Johnnie Lee Williams, colored, 229 N. Howe St., Atlanta, has this number.
20th, 6582; 21st, 6729; 22nd, 7508 23rd, 7857; 24th, 5995; 25th, 4861; 26th, 6116; 27th, 5527; 28th, 5055.
Mrs. Bell of Washington, D.C. was present at the National drawing and when the first No. (158) was drawn, she screamed as that was her son’s No.
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