The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-25
GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES
RE0PENING CASES OF men
IN DRAFT WITH FAMIL|E
Men Who Have Been Certi-
fed for Service, But Who
Have Apparently Valid
Claims for Discharge Will
Get Another Hearing.

Reconsider Cases Where
No Evidence Was Present
ed, Either Through Ignor-
ance or Mistake.
The government through the
Third district board of exemp-
ton appeals has authorized re-
examination into the cases of
men certified into the national
army.
In an order issued late this
afternoon to all local boards
permission is given to reopen ,
all cases where hardships
seems to develop upon the fam
lilies Of men drafted to the new
army.
The trial of these, cases will be
placed directly into the hands of the
| six division boards in Bridgeport and
the other local boards located5
throughout the county.
AS preliminary to the reopenings
| Of cases here the district board has
| announced that it will send back pa;
pers on file with it now, which seems
| ingly may be subject to correction.
| Whether this order would be con-
| strued as to apply to men already
sent to Camp Devens in the first two
| quotas, could not definitely be ascer-1
tanned today, the clerk of the district
| board not having received instruc-
tions upon this point from the board
members
It is expected as a result of the new
ruling that hundreds of cases here
will be re-opened and that men now
serving in Ayersmay be released If the
application Is extended by the war de-
partment to inc1ude them.
The order mailed to local boards in
this city today reads as follows:
There are many cases of depend
eny claims which are apparently
worthy of consideration but which
were not presented to you in time. be-
cause of the ignorance of the regis
trants or for other causes.
''These cases come to us after we
have passed upon them on the record
received from your board, the said
record presenting no evidence of the
dependency. which was, Of course, =
case for your decision
"In these cases we are informing
the registrant that he should go to you
and present his evidence. IF the same
convipces you satisfactorily that an
error in fact exists. should you notify
us requesting us to revoke our deci-
sion and refer the case to you fog.
further consideration by you of the
facts in the case, we will do so.
s"You are the judge of the questions
of fact in dependency cases. -
Local boards are expecting a. rIlsh
of men and families of men to their
offices tomorrow requesting that con-
sideration of new evidence be afforded
I in their. cases.
Every effort will be made to expe-
dite the handling Of these appeals that
, the quota going forward on Got. oR
! will not be hampered by delays.
The subject Of evaders has become
, acute in the local exemption board Of
, fees. It is known that hundreds OF
these men have not yet been rounded
up by department of justice, army
and police officials.
In some of the districts the pre-
) ponderance Of evaders is more than
the Is per cent. quota which is to go
to Camp Devens next month.
! An instance may be cited of the
second district where SO men are on
record as having failed to respond to
: calls for examination. This number
: is in excess of the last Is per cent.
and if forced to service under the war
department rulings would encroach
upon the 40 per cent. contingent who
must otherwise go into service Oct. 8.
Similar conditions obtain in other di-
! yszio -.
officials. Under present action the
evaders will escape service at least
temporarily and men not otherwise
subject to the first call will go in their
places.
The fourth district has today pre-
pared a list of those men certified -
go to camp during the first few days
Of next month. Although official noe2.
fcation of trains has not been receiv-
ed they probably will depart on Oct 4
in special train.
To Report a. m. Day Previous to
Day of Entraining at 4O6 Warmer
Building:
Rocco Guiggio, 1884 E. Main st.
Ernest B. Peterson, 175 French St.
] BENJAMIN H. Boyes. 3s5 William St.ss
Stephen ]. Kascak, 638 William st.
Joseph C. Wood, Sc Rose St.
, Charles W. Erickson, Al Hill st.
Ernest J. Mondor, 426 Boston Ae.
William J. McA1one, 831 Kossuth St.
|, Irving Gross, 1874 East Main St.ss
} Jesus Clements, 513 William St.
: Edward M. Larkin,, 10s Orchard st.
5 Harry Bressler, 915 Hallett ST.
5 Joseph Pavletta, lab Shelton st.
t John Kologuwyi, 70S Hallett st.
, Edward H. Cunningham, 2s9 Willow,
John M. Shaughnessey, 1880 Main st.
James P. Kelley, 212 Pearl st.
l William j. Smith, 1873 Main ST.
James B. Pastine, 1853 Noble Ave-
+ Harry Anderson, 35T Brooks St
r Dennis Andrus $50 Berkshire Ave.
3 Continued ON sPaEa ZaeA,s