Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-25

Without an equal in the state of Ok
lahonfa. Already more than 10 per
cent of this city's quota Of 307 men
has heen certified to the district ex-
eniption board as qualified for mill
tary service under the provisions and
regulations PROMULGATED for local
boards Ii Is probable that this per-
centage Will be increased by the ac-
tlon of the district board, as num-
Der of appeal cases are expected by
local board members to be affirmed,
which will increase the number of
men secured from the first call for
this clty's quota by at least as AL
ready there are on the rolls of the
city local board 21S names of men
drafted, who have been certified to
the district board as ready for mill
tary service.
The Classes.
This includes several classes OF
drafted men, among them being the
following:
Men drafted who passed the ply
steal examination and did not ask for
exemption on any grounds.
Men drafted, ordered to report for
exemption, but who had already en-
tered the country's military service.
Men drafted and examined. who
made claims for exemptions, but
1bllcd TO support tHeln Nltn alliutNlN
Men drafted and examined, who
claimed exemptions, but whose claims
were dsallowcd by the local board
and no appeal taken.
Men drafted. examined elsewhere
aud certified back to the local board
a? having passed the examination and
making 70 exemption claim.
Men drafted, who appealed their
cases to the district board after they
had been disallowed, but who failed
to support these claims
Men called for military service, but
who have since been enrolled in the
officers training camps and have
cleared their draft records here.
Men whose numbers were called
but who failed to appear for physical
examination and who have been
placed on the Stacker" list and certi-
fled up to the district board as ready
for military service.
Certify Thirty-thrcc.
The local exemption board yester-
day certified to the district exemp-
ton board 33 drafted men who had
made claims for exemption but VINO
had failed to present to the local
board affidavits for support OF these
claims In such cases the district
board is expected to certify these men
to the adjutant general as ready for
military service.
These cases were in large part
those Of men who presumed that al
most any claim would prove strong
before the members of the local board
when II began consideration of the
exemption claims. This, however, was
not the case, for unless affidavits sup
porting the claims were presented IN
each case no exemptions on the
claims alone were granted.
The local board members also an
nounced yesterday afternoon the
names of ~ drafted men whose claims
for exemption had been disallowed.
These cases were the last exemption
claims to be considered by the local
board members, and the reason they
were delayed was to grant the board
members an opportunity to secure
more data on each case separately.
In final session to hear claims for
exemption and to investigate the sup
porting affidavits, the board members
also disallowed the claims of l9 draft
ed men. These cases in part may be
appealed to the district board. but the
local board members feel sure that
their decisions will be affirmed, as
they were careful to examine into
every proof and affidavit presented
I'm each case.
IS Per Cent Pass.
As the final detail work of ex-
amining the first call men nears a
close and the board members are able
to catch their breath and look about
them, 1t develops that less than 10
per cent of the men drafted In Tulsa
on the first call were able to pass the
physical examination. This II fur
ther reduced by the number who
failed to report. but 1t is estimated
that at least &c per cent of the total
number examined have been certified
up to the district board as ready Tor
military service.
This city's net quota Is 307 men;
279 being the citys quota. with an
allowance of an additional 10 per cent
for later exemptions. With approxi-
mately 235 men secured from the
first draft. this city needs at least ~
more men to complete the net total
quota These are to be secured from
the new class of 442 which has been
ordered to report in three divisions
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
DR.. s. DeZell Hawley and Joe Ken
ton, two members of the local board,
announced yesterday that 1t was
probable enough men for the re-
mainder Of Tulsa's quota would be Sc
cured from among the $50 men who
have been ordered to report for ex-
animation next Monday. The entire
lot, however. those holding draft
numbers from 55S to 1.001, will be
examined. and those who pass the
physical EXAMINATIONS, and fail in Sc
curing exemption. will be held as a
part Of Tulsa's second quota In the
event the war department calls out
such contingent from this city.
All plans are complete for the ex-
animation of the 442 men who are
to present themselves for examna-
ton on the first three days of next
week. and the procedure for their ex-
animation will be the same as in the
cases of the first class. according to
Doctor Hawley, examining officer OF
the local board.
County List Ready.
The verified list Of the first 80 per
cent OF the first quota to be drafted
into the national army will be turned
over to the district exemption board,
according to statements made by
members of the county local board.
Nearly all of the 113 men required
have been assigned in the first call.
because they waived exemptions. All
OF the men whose exemption claims
were turned down by the local board