Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-30
FAULTY CLAIMS AGAIN
HOLD UP APPEAL BOARD
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he is the owner of the farm, wheth-
er or not his father is living, his
age and health. The applicant will
also nave to file a statement from
I himself and some responsible party.
David E. Tracy, chairman of the
board, presided at the meeting and
the others present were Howard L.
Butts, Huntingdon; Henry Y. Snyder,
Lebanon; DIR. John A. Shower
York, and II. H. Longsdorf.
Second Board Progressing
The activities of the local board
for Division 2, which meets at Pax
tang, was confined to the examining
or nifty young men who were called
TO report this morning. This board
mas been very busy examining the
men called under the second call
and this morning the work had so
progressed that the board was we'll
ahead and the examinations were
being speedily carried on. Since the
second call was issued there have been
81 men examined. Out of that num-
Der &c were not exempted or dis
charged; 12S had their claims al
lowed; 9S were rejected; and 81 did
! not report or had enlisted. Fifty
more will be examined Friday and
this Will complete the second call.
Tomorrow a third call for three
hundred men will be issued and this
number will take in from numbers
o6S to S67 inclusive. A complete list
OF all those examined by this board
and the disposal of their individual
claims will soon be made public.
The monotony of the meeting of
the appeal board at the Capitol this
morning was somewhat relieved by
the appearance of 1. n. Hurd, of
| Waynesboro, on the scene. Hurd.
who is a typical specimen of the
sturdy youth who is doing his bit
In the farming districts made his
entrance to the caucus rooms short
ly after the board opened it's ses-
sions. With his ruddy checks a1ame
| and his dark eyes flashing he ap-
/ proached Chief Clerk Free. Clicking
MS heels together and saluting he
SAID In voice that gave proof of his
earnestness. Il am ready"
Ready for WHAT" inquired Clerk
! Free. Ready to joint the army" re-
piled the Waynesboro resident. With
this statement Hurd produced a copy
from his local board that he had
passed the test and had been certi-
ned. He stated that he had been a
resident of Waynes boro for a mum
! Der of years. He was a baker by
trade but had done considerable
/ farming.
Wants to Go Now
/ When Mr.. Free informed him
that he was in the wrong place and
that he would have to wait until his
local board called him and sent him
nouce' Hurd showed signs of great
disappointment Suddenly he smiled
broad grin and said, We'll, if /
nave to wait a couple of weeks, !
suppose l will have to wait that's
all. l would like to go right now, II
could, but l guess l can go back
and be dough-boy for little while
| longer"
The examining board at Elizabeth
vile this morning completed the ex-
animation of thirty-one men. OF
this number twenty-four passed and
seven were discharged. of the num-
Der that passed five did not claim
exemption, the remainder mal<ing
various claims. After to-day the
Elizabethville board will not examine
any more subjects until Tuesday
morning The work of the board has
become extremely burdensome and
the members have been working nm
til midnight and even later in order
to keep things up to the minute. It
was finally deemed advisable to take
a few days to clear up the matter
and by Tuesday it is expected that
everything Will be in readiness for
the papers to be filed with the district
board of appeals.
Wednesday the work of the third
board at Elizabeth was confined to
the examining of fifty-seven men
who reported.s Sixty had been called
but three failed to put in appear
ance, these having enlisted previous
ly. OF the fifty-seven examined,
thirty-fve successfully passed, an6