Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-23
Adjutant General, Here to
Visit Appeal Board, Skep-
tical About First Call.
BOARD MUST ACT QUICKLY
Each Official Should Exercise
His Own Initiative
carp Says.

Oklahoma will not be In position
TO send its initial quota OF draft
troops to the cantonments on Septem-
ber 5, according to Adjt. Gen. Ancel
carp, who was here last night to go
over knotty problems with the dis
trict board of appeals.
Thirty per cent of the first quota"
he said, sis expected to be sent to
camp not later than September g..
This means more than 1000 men in
Oklahoma. From reports j have re-
ceived IL is plain to see that we can
not come up to these requirements.
The district appeal board at Musko-
gee has certified 700 names to me.
The Oklahoma City board has certi-
fled thirty names. The Tulsa board
has certified none. Many of the local
boards have not yet procured thirty
per cent of their quota and in many
Of the cases where men have been
accepted they will take appeals. They
have ten days time in which to per-
feet their appeals. Obviously we will
not be in a position to send our first
quota to camp on the scheduled date"
Must Whip Up.
The boards must whip up. in the
opinion of carp.
MANY of them" he said last night,
ARE devoting too much time to the
individual cases. They waste a lot of
time trying to get additional facts. in
stead OF ruling on the facts as rep
resented to them. They swamp me
with requests for rulings, when 1
have nothing more to ne guided by
than they have"
The drafted men will not be held
long at the temporary point of mobili-
zation, the .adjutant general said.
Forty-eight hours would be long,
enough, he thot. During that time the
men will be under military discipline
and commanded by the local exemp-
ton board, who will provide lodging
and meals for them. A railroad man
In the adjltant generals office will
have charge of transporting the men
to the camps.
Some OF the exemption officials"
he concluded, ARE losing sight of the
fact that our first consideration Is to
raise an army quickly. The govern
ment should be given the benefit OF
the doubt in all cases. Decisions
should be made only on the facts pre-
sented by the registrants themselves
and the investigating officials. They
will have to come to this sooner or
later, and the sooner the better"
Board Has Erred.
The adjutant general said that 1t
had been called to his attention that
the Tulsa county exemption board had
erred in several cases by granting ex-
emption to farmers on industrial
grounds. "They have no Jurisdiction
in such cases." he said, ''and they
changed their tactics as soon as the
matter was called to their attention.
All claims for exemption on indus
trial grounds of any kind must be
made only to the district appeal
boards"
The official expressed satisfaction
at the Tulsa ambulance company hav-
Ing been ordered out for duty in
France.
II am proud of Captain Lareau's
organization" he declared, "as that
was the first company / organized
after we got into the war. The Tulsa
engineers are going to make mark
for themselves, too. They have an
unusually high-class personnel"
Board Marks Time.
District, county and municipal eX-
emption boards convened in Tulsa yes
terday were exemption bodies in name
only, insofar as the granting or rejec-
ton of claims for immunity from mill
tary draft was concerned.
Advance advices of the arrival last
night of Adjutant General ANGEL carp
caused the boards merely to mark
time and members Of the Second dis
trict board for oklahoma temporarily
adjourned at neon in order that {. II.
Kretz, member from Okmulgee, might
return to his home to transact rev
hours of imperative business. Com
pilation of additional claims and gem
eral discussion of the merits of several
pleas for class immunity comprised
tho chief accomplishments of the day.
Informal discussion of the threat
ened "stork epidemic" as concerning
exemptions sought for expectant
fathers thruout the 90 counties of the
local district again was resumed by
the district board yesterday morning.
Unofficial opinions expressed ma
iority of the five members in favor of
wholesale rejection of the pleas In
cases where households of impending
visitations from the stork will not
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