The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
FRIENDLY ALIENS
BEING ACCEPTED
. FOR U. S. FORCES
Information from Washing,
ton Makes Work Of Elk
emption Board Easier.
NEW RULING ISSUED
CONCERNING Welded
Marriage In Itself Won't
Exempt Man, Says Pro-
vost Marshal General.

The work of procuring Bridgeport
men for the national army took turn
for the better today with the an
of the Provost Marshal
Generals Office that friendly aliens
could be accepted for service. The no
tice which was telegraphed to Gov
ernor Holcomb from Washington last
night had not been relayed to the 10
cal boards today, but they accepted
as semi official the press announce
ments. of this morning and today
worked entirely upon the assumption
that the order would be transmitted
through official channels within the
course of the day.
The result today of such an an
nouncement was the acceptance for
service of several aliens in the first
division. These men were not exam
ined last week, but were excused. All
who will be examined tomorrow, put
in appearance today, voluntarily, and
called the attention Of the board to
the newspaper announcements. Ar
rangements were at once made tc
have them submit to the phtysica.
tests tomorrow and if passed, they
will be certified for service at once.
Hereafter, only this friendly aliens
who claim exemption, will be turned
down. This is expected to aid mate
rally in Fastening the work of get
ting draft quotas The several boards
of the city have found that not a few
of the friendly aliens were willing tc
serve. Some. of course, have held as
paramount, their status with regard
to allegiance to a. foreign state and
while few boards have much sympa,
thy for such persons, there was notni
ing to do but defer action because OF
the interpretation Of the regulation
Many aliens, whose examinations hav,
been postponed" will be called again
in the six divisions and if accepted
physically they will he required to &c
through the form of claiming exemp.
tfon and supporting the claim
Another announcement of Genera.
Crowder thatFeth threw CONSERVATION
into the ranks of slackers who vii
claim exemption on the ground O.
dependents. was that exemption
boards should keep in, mind that tn,
least pay men accepted for the arm.
will receive is $40 a month. -Thi
must serve as, a guide in determinin,
whether a mans dependents will suf
fer by his being in service. The Pro
vost Marshal General is of the opin
ion that men. in service can sen,
home SIS a month and unless the,
are now contributing more than tha
amount to those dependent on then
and the larger amount is absolutel
necessary, they are to be accepted TO
service. This will reduce to the min
imum the number excused on sucl
ground and will. as the alien regula
ton has already shown, enable tn
with their work than was expected.
Examinations continued today 4
all but the First division and tn
signs were better. Fewer men wer
claiming exemption and those iwh
filed notice for the most part shove
that they were doing SO for the pro
lection Of. others and that their de
sire was not to escape service. TIL
percentage Of men found PHYSICAL
fit is not below normal and no specie
delay will be encountered in gettin
men. Some exemption claims file
have been withdrawn.
The work of checking up men ez
/
First division. ] Judge Bartlett ar
nounced yesterday that certified lii
| of men would be sent to the distri,
board, but the list has not been ser
nor has any been posted. Today
| was stated that this step would
taken this afternoon.
This was the first day for the e.
aminations in the Fifth division an
4 ~. ~, -
thing Of note. The examining phi,
gagged last week and learned mar
things which enabled them to hand
/ the men carefully and quickly.
The district board which sits at Il
Icounty court house has, as yet, on
one copy of the form which must !
Il used by registrants who claim e.
femption ON Industrial or agricultur
grounds.
| The registrant must certify that I
has been accepted for service by h
local board, then claim discharge u
on the ground that he is engaged g
an industrial enterprise, agricultur
enterprise, (strike out one) necessa.
to the maintenance of the militia
4 establishment or for the effective O
Grafton of the military forces or tt
maintenance of the national intere
!; during the emergency.
1.-The particularly designated ente
prise IN which I am engaged in Is
lines are allowed for description
the same)
my continuance in said enterpri
. is necessary to the maintenance ther
of, and I cannot be replaced by a
other person without a direct al
: substantial material loss and detl
ment to the adequate and effecti
} operation of the said enterprise"