Governor Stuart yesterday afternoon telegraphed to the Secretary of War asking him to instruct the examining surgeons to relax the severity of the physical test for men volunteering service with the colors.
High examination has been ordered.
WORKED HARDSHIPS
So stringent has been the examination that valuable officers, V. M. I., and V. P. I., graduates and others who are able to ride and shoot, have been barred from entering the service. De-harment has been occasioned in some instances by the fact that the applicant was a half-pound under weight, an inch under height or unable quite to reach the necessary chest expansion—this notwithstanding the fact that the men have been kept in confinement and made to work hard since the mobilization order went into effect.
If Governor Stuart's request be granted, a large number of men who have failed in the physical examination because of some minor defect will be reinstated in the service. It is stated that men who have been re-arrested by surgeons in the armories have been accepted by the regular army recruiting officers.
Several State Department officials have requested the Governor to release clerks who had enlisted in the militia. Governor Stuart declined to take such action, holding that there was no Statelyty more important than that of serving with the colors. The Governor said that he was well pleased with the spirit shown.
"There is no excited enthusiasm," he said. "but an appearance of stern resolve that the State shall do its part, which is very gratifying to me. So far I have had only two requests for release from military duty. One was  Continued on Third Page.)
HOTEI. RLEOER ROOF TO-NIGHT.
Dinner-supper, mualc, dancing, 6:30 to 12. 