Evening star., 1917-09-05
F|RST-CALL MEN
NOW IN THE ARMY
Forty-Seyen, Representing 5
Per Cent of Districts
Quota, Enter Service.
GO INTO CAMP SEPT. 1s

Wearing no uniforms and without
guns, forty-seven District men went
| about their usual occupations today de-
spite the fact that they are soldiers Of
Uncle Sam. They are the first per cent
selected by the eleven local boards to 60
| to Camp Meade. Although they do not
go to camp until September 10, these
men today went on the pay rolls of the
War Department.
| Soldiers with no military work to do
such is the position OF these men chosen
first to 60" Following the counter
manding Saturday night by the War De-
partment Of the order for the first per
| cent to be sent to the cantonment today,
officials OF the eleven exemption boards
got busy and sent out notifications to
the men selected. informing them that
| they were not to report to their boards to-
| day.
The question of Just what the chosen
men are to do with themselves for the
next two weeks has been taken up in
dividually, in the majority of cases. by
draft officials No board has more than
five men chosen, SO it was comparatively
easy for officials to get in touch with their
first 3 per cent"
Sticking to Old Jobs.
| Practically all the men who were to have
gone to Camp Meade today are sticking
by their old jobs. For instance. take the
case of division No. 3. located at the city
post Office. OF the four men chosen, two
are employees OF the War Department.
Both these men. Watt Amos Johnson and
Ray w. MoZena. had resigned their posi-
| tions, but were asked by their local boards
to stick by their jobs these two weeks.
which the men will do. Joseph p. Amin
remains at his work with the local bureau
of the New York Sun.
| Norman c. Butte the fourth man
chosen by division D. 8, presents an
unusual case. Mr.. Butts is landscape
gardener, at present working in New
York state. The local board, having
| notified hi. last week to report for
service today, has been unable to locate
him to countermand the order. In case
Mr.. Butts shows up today and cannot
| find it convenient to resume his regu-
| lar work there will be nothing left for
| the board to do but send him to a hotel
for the next two weeks and charge the
| bill to Uncle Sam. In fact, all forty
seven men could demand board and
keep If they desired. All receive regu-
lar Army pay.
Cannot Now Enlist.
After being called by a local board.
man is not eligible for voluntary
enlistment in any branch of the
! service. the pro-ost marshal generals
Office today notified, Marine Corps re-
lcruiting stations throughout the ma
ton. The telegram to the stations de-
| clared that the War Department has
| been notified that several Marine Corps
stations had been acting contrary to
| the law in this respect
Exemption officials today answered
two questions asked by an interested
person. The first question was as fol-
lows: eff a man. having been rejected
by the examining board for physical
deficiency. is passed by the higher ap-
peal board. will he be notified or must
he inform himself. it being assumed
| that he is ignorant of the appeal and
has not been notified of it?" The an
swer is that he will be notified, but
must assume responsibility himself for
knowledge of his status in the draft.
The second question was: In case
man is rejected because of physical
deficiency is his case automatically ap-
pealed to a higher board for further
decision?" NO" is the answer.
Work of the Lacal Boards.
Figures obtained from Local boards
today showed that 1.429 men have been
accepted for the Districts quota Out
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