The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-04

Military service tribunals. consisting
OF anywhere from seven 70 twenty
members. are sitting throughout Eng
land hearing applications for exemp-
ton from men eligible for service at
tue front Many complaints have be-
gun to 30 up over the leniency shown
by the tribunals TO single men who
nave offered rather fantastic reasons
Tor evadinS service in the army. Com
plete exemption has been granted in
comparatively few cases. but postpone
mentS have been most frequent. and
the tribunals now Are being warned
that every single man excused means
the earlier calling out of the groups of
married men attested under the Derby
scheme
1here is every indication il will not
be long when the first of the married
men will be called TO the colorS. Thus
Tar the married men In the army have
gone only through voluntary enlist
ment The compulsory service act
does not apply 70 them as yet. but
thousands have attested their readi-
ness TO serve when the supply of sin
gle men is exhausted
Many single men. with mothers or
sisters dependent upon them. are max
ing the assertion that their domestic
duties are just as sacred and iuSt as
deserving Of the nations consideration
as those of the married men. They
make the further plea that their family
Obligations were imposed on them
through no act Of their own. whereas
the married men assumed liability for
others through voluntary choice.
IF | am TO be called away from the
support Of my widowed mother and
three dependent sisters said one
young clerk. Il will be followed by the
thought that they must eveltually go
to the workhouse. and | am sure that
under the circumstances | would not
make a very good soldier for the king"
The tribunal thought otherwise
Exemptions are sought upon the the
DRY that the applicant is ''indispensa-
bic" to the conduct of the business in
which he is engaged. Often the pleas
are made by the employer
Artistic Painting Not Needed.
4 Ahio NiNi hltlllSlSNF' NY Gullle DuSl-
ness and is absolutely indispensable"
said one employer to the tribunal at
Lewisham
And what do YOU pay him." asked
the chairman.
Seventeen shillings sixpence a
week"
The tribunal held that absolute in
j dispensability, was worthy of higher
consideration than 81 week. and the
clerk YVES swept into the army
One employer appealed for the ex-
emption of an artistic sign painter"
''In such a time Of stress as this
| think the country can get along with
inartistc signs. ruled the chairman.
| At Liverpool an undertaken declared
| he was truly indispensable. The tribu-
nal told him to "R. |. p" for six
months After that he must join the
army. where there is much work 10 be
done by those skilled in the burial of
| the dead
The lord mayor of London. an en-
thusiastic worker for recruits. applied
TO the London tribunal for the eXemp-
ton of a footman employed at the
| Mansion House The application said
! it was in the national interest that
| Mansion House arrangements for re-
cruiting the public work generally
should not be disturbed. Sir L. VeZey
| Strong the chairman. thought a post
| ponement of one month sufficient TO
allow the lord mayor to make other
arrangements.
A widow of Penge obtained a three
months respite for her eligible son ON
the ground that he was indispensable
to the conduct of her small laundry.
He calls for and distributes the
laundry" said she, and does more
| ironing than any two women"
The tribunals face their greatest diff
ficulty In dealing with the agricultural
districts Some farmers have gone to
the extent Of threatening 10 abandon
their farms entirely if not allowed suf-
ficient help. The tribunals now have
adopted the policy of allowing three
men to have 100 acres of farm land
In the meantime hundreds of thou
sands of women are being recruited
for farm work
cartoonist thought himself indis
pensable because his drawings amused
the soldiers at the front; 1.-THE cham
pion clog dancer Of the world thought
his supremacy in that art should not
be endangered; the best violin maker
IN England" felt he was needed al
home. a popular nut of the music
halls felt that Lohdons indispensable
reyues would be failures without him
buyer Of silks. an expert sausage
cutter. a warehouse Samson" Will
remarkable lifting ability and a Bible
packer all made pleas. but obtained
exemption for brief periods only.
Grounds For Divorce.