The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
Important Information For
 All Are Included in the First Quota Official
 Lists From Washington Expected Late Tomorrow.

lal6GS IU1u w dSAl1IAS 1OA Expected Late Tomorrow. Thousands of persons today tlronged the offices of the reg istration boards in Bridgeport obtaining their fred ink" num- bers and seeking to ascertain about probable exemptions. Newspaper offices were like wise besieged with inquiries. For information to the gen. Iieral public as to where the ex- empfion boards are located, their personnel, quotas of men ito be sent to war from each district, and the probable num- Eber of men who will have to be examined by the boards, The Farmer elsewhere in it's col umns prints today tables, that are self explanatory.
 zChairmen of divisions located in tBridgeport expect that the official ldraft lists will be mailed to this city slrom Washington probably arriving late tomorrow afternoon
 Preparations are already being made in the various of1ces for exami- nations and receipt of exemption ap- plications.
 From John s. Pullman. chairman of i the Second Division. an&authArity up-'' 0n~ draft regulations, the following facts have been glezned:
 Tne burden of claiming exemp- Hon is entirely Up to you.
 You should do nothing until no- fice has been sent to you to ap- pear before the examining physi- clan Of the Exemption Board. You must appear in person at once on receipt of notice, for if you fail to do so. you will be re- ported to the army division as fit for service aud will be taken
 without further barley.
 Ofhcia1 lists of the draft in the
 order of their drawing are ex-
 pected in Bridgeport tomorrow. Clerks of the Exemption Boards will at once begin sending out let ters to those drafted in the indi- vfdual districts in the order in
 which the red ipk'' numbers
 were drawn at Washington. The IettsrE will specify that
 tho conscripted man must ap-
 pear at a certain place at the
 time specified in the order for his examination. A similar method will be .practiced throughout the
 entire country, each district be-
 ing a unit within itself.
 If you are living in Bridgeport and are registered in another city
 you must either appear in that
 city, or make sure that your idenfidcation slip is sent to you in this city, Upon receipt of such notification slip you may then appear before the examining
 physician in this city and the local Exemption Board will re- port back to the board in the
 city where you registered :. No oral hearings are to be held.
 Every claim for exemption must
 be made in writing and in afi-
 davft form upon blanks to be furnished by the board. None of
 these forms will be available
 until the applicant has been call
 ed for examination byh letter from
 the examining boards.
 Beyond the necessary physical examination that every drafted
 man must undergo in his local
 division. local boards have no power over claims of exemption
 for military service because of in
 dustriaI claims (those made by farmers, munition workers. etc-) Such claims must be made di-
 rect to the district board at Hart
 ford which may also pass upon
 claims for exemptions not rec
 ognixed by the local divisional
 The nr8t thing to do Is to watcl for your notification to appear befor i. lthe examining board. The secon' is to appear as soon as possible in tn time specified. Ultimate steps ma be the claim for exemption or dis charge from military duty. Tn rdtscharge from duty is merely tempor Iary and may be recalled by the gov sernment at any time.
 In MT. Pullmanss office and else where throughout the city 1t is tn belief of chairmen that about fiv days time will be required in which t con1pdete files before the records O combinations and exemption applica tions can be properly handled b them.
 For this reason the belief obtain that the first examinations will bes< about Monday, although as each indi 'vidual board is a unit within itself n specified date may bet set for all divi sions at this time. The men drawn fo the first quota will be called for ex animation in the order in which thei nndnbers were drawn in the draft a Washington. Under this plan it ma be several weeks before the last name are reached. With oAe examinin physician in charge of the work it estimated that not more than 25 ap plicants may be examined on any on hay. Some of the. -chatr1neu ara to " .t.-sc- szx.ae .fLr