Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-31

quarters in the Dauphin building at
| Market Square. Thursday the board
examined forty-six. OF this number
thirty-four passed, twelve claimed no
exemption, while twentw-two signi-
fled that they were going to file
claims; twelve were rejected This
board certified sixty-six on August
29 and was the first board to file its
report with the appeal board. Dur
ing the next week the board will not
hold any examinations but will pre-
pare a detailed report of all their
work. To-day the third call for
400 more men was sent out and these
men will report as soon as the board
sends out notices that it will start
examining them. 1t is expected that
they will begin the week starting
September g.
Some Want to Go Now
Chairman Arthur II. Bailey of this
board stated this moRning that he
did not know just who would be in
the first contingent to leave this city
on the fifth. Many of the men who
did Aot claim exemption have written
to him asking that they be includ-
ed in the first sent. One man wrote
from New Jersey expressing an earn
est desire to be sent away first.
First Board Cleaning Up
At Steelton the work of the draft
board is being carried on with rapid
strides and by tonight the last of
the second call of the first quota
are expected to be examined. To
date official reports of the exami
nations of the first SIT men have
been received. OF this number 156
have been accepted as passed; ia
are still under adbisement while the
rmainder 270 have been discharged
as physically unfit. Tonight the
examination of the last of the 400
men of the second call will con-
clude the work of the board which
is not expected to call any more
men.
The names of twenty-seven men
were certified by the board and
sent to the adjutants office in Wash
sent in order that sufficient number
might be in readiness to leave with
the first contingent. The Bethlehem
Steel Company has served notice on
the Board that they will only claim
exemption for ten men. These claims
will be made for industrial purposes.
Whether or not the ten men are
among those sent in the list of GER
titled names, or whether or not they
have been rejected or are still un-
der advisement is not known. The
board to-day examined 80 men. Six
did not pass; 13 claimed exemption,
and IL did not. After to-day the
board will commence to act on the
exemption claims and it is not very
probable that any more men will be
called.
In Mighty Bad Shape
When is man fit for military
service or when Is he not? is the
question that is bothering a man who
was drafted from Cumberland
County. Walking into the head
quarters of the Appeal Board, said
man stated that he was unfit for
duty although the doctors that ex-
amined him passed him as physi-
cally fit. Those doctors don't know
what they are talking about" said
the man. "I am troubled with cronic
maestoditis, chronic rheumatism
and heart leesion. have also other
minor trouble, but still those doc
tors say that 1 am fit. What 1 want
is another examination that is ALL"
In spite of the fact that the man
latest report the best he can hope
for is generals job at the training
camp.
Analysis of the 4 list of slackers
given out yesterday morning by the
District No, 1 Draft Board with
headquarters in the Electric Light
building, 40 North Front street,
Steelton, shows that SO per cent. of
the names belong to foreign born
and colored men, now residing in
that borough, and that the name of
but one American born white man
appeared on the list.
The latter, whose name was given
as Harry Tuptanosky, residing at
613 North Third street, Steelton, is
not Stacker, but is an enlisted
man, having enlisted shortly after
he was registered in June. Neither
Harry, nor any member of his fam
lily notified the local board of this
fact and when he was summoned
for physical examination and failed
to appear, his name was placed in
the list with other borough slackers.
First to Go
The draft board of division three
which meets at Elizabethville to-
day sent in the list of the men who
requested to report September 5 as
the first men to be sent from that
district into the new Army. This
board is the only board in Dauphln
county that has made a complete
list of the names of the men who
are to be first sent away. The list
of the men to go are as follows:
Percy A. Swab, Elizabethville; Ho-
mer L. Paul, Williamstown; Lloyd
L No. l.. 4.
Cooper, Halifax; Charles E. EvittS.
Oscar ]. Clauser, Will
Pierce Holman, Fisher
vile, and Leon Cooper, Powls VAL
ley.
These men will report at the Dau-
phin building in Market Square and |
from there they will be sent on their
way to Camp Meade where they will
be enrolled in the United States
Army. This district is required 10
send seven men with the first con-
tingent. Leon Cooper has been
named as alternate and will be on
hand i'm case any of the others>can-
not be ready
The board has ceased examining
and is at present busy preparing
reports for the appeal board. Ex-
q limitations will be continued on
when sixty will be called. |
The board will then await the de-
cisions of the upper board before
calling any extra men. Four hundred |
and forty men have been acted upon
to date.
Call 800 More
The draft board for the second dis
Lrict, with headquarters at Paxtang, |
to-day issued third call for 800 |
more men. This brings the total |
u umber for this district up to S67. |
Thursday 6f men had received no