The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
ALL DRAWN MUST FIRST TAKE THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
 BEFORE CLAIMING EXEMPTION

LElIf HUN. While Other Cities Race to 7 Fill Their Quotas, Bridge
 port Boards Have Not Be-
 gun Their Work Master
 Lists Not Yet in Their
 Possession.
 Believe Calling of 300 Per
 Cent. of Quota Required
 Will Expedite Filling of
 Bridgeport's Six Divi-
 sionsE If This in Insuffi-
 cient, More Will be Posted
 While the race among ex-. emption divisions for filing certified quotas of accepted l men for the National army started in many places. sincei yesterday. Bridgeport boards and the personnel selected to speed up the work are mark ing time, waiting for the mas ] ter lists.
 These have been sent to the ] governors office and the relay ] has delayed local delivery. The l lists may not reach Bridgeport; t; this afternoon and if they do not, all notifications cannot bs | delivered before Monday. This will further retard the work of ] getting the quotas passed upon and will hold up physical ex- aminations. Estimates of those giving serious thought to the work today were that Bridge- port could not finish before the middle of August.
 The mass of industrial claims 10 ba heard by the appellats board of this distdct, will make it necessar to hold up the name of every suek person until the appeal has been heard and decided. The time specified for board passing on an appeal, to make its decision, is three days but a man making an industrial claim has seven days in which to- file the evidence.
 Looked at from all sides today, it doesn't seem possible that the work can be completed before August Is, but this will not dete-s those in charge from making the most decided effort to finish in advance of that date.
 The only thing registrants who ex-, pect to be called in the first draft can do now is to watch the selection board ' headquarters so as to know imme- diately when their names are posted. l The date when they are to report for physical examination will be. shown at the same time.
 Even the question of dependents will not come up in any way until a re- port, on mans physical condition shows him to be suitable for military service. When that has been re- ceived the selection board will be pre- pared to receive affidayits on depend ents that the prospective soldier has. The forms of the ahidavits will be shown by the board.
 Similarly, forms of applications for exemption on industrial grounds, or for appeal from the ruling of the selec- ton board, will not be available until the time for their use comes. The purpose of the plan is to avoid tho piling up of documents and to provide that the boards will have before them at any time only the papers of cases in process of hearing. That is the only way, officials believe, in which rapid action can be assured.
 At the meeting of exemption boards at the University club yesterday, the mem bers discussed the adyisability Of hurYying their work by summoning 300 per cent. of the quota required of their districts. This necessity which is more urgent here than elsewhere. arises from the large percentage of Pullman, of the second district board for example, stated that he would summon on the first call, 300 per cent of the quota and would have an additional 100 per cent of notices ready for immediate mailing, if the exemptions appeared to be numerous during the examination of the first LOO per cent.
 This announcement has put many registrants who had counted on being out of the first contingent all at sea The first contingent will take the first 1856 numbers drawn that applied to the first district; the first z 50 that ap- piled to the second; the first 1.116 that applied to the third; the first 1,152 for the fourth: the first 1,I55 for fifth, and the first 957 of the sixth Even this number may not be sufficient to get the required quota and further call may be sent to the peO. pie drawn later.