Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-27
EXEMPTION BOARD
IS DOWN TO WORK
Men In Draft List Soon To B,
Called
OFFICIAL ROLL RECEIVED
And Instructions As To Handling Big
Task Also Before The
0ffir;aIs

With the receipt of the official list
of names of men of Annapolis and
Anne Arundel county who are sub
ject to the draft for military service
today, the exemption board for this
county Immediately settled down to
the work that lays before it, The
board is composed of Sheriff John r.
Sullivan, as chairman, States Attor-
ney Nicholas H. Green, acting in the
capacity Of clerk and DR.. Walton
II. Hopkins, as he examining physi-
clan
1t has been estimated by the Fed
eral officials that three days will be
all that is sufficient in which to COM
plete the work of the draft, but the
members of the local board feel that
it will require more time than that
However, it is planned to expedite
the work as much as possible. Today
the members of the Board spent their
time in checking off the names of the
official list as compared to original
list in order to get this end of their
task absolutely straight And as
promptly as possible the men whose
red ink" numbers were drawn in the
draft will be called for examination
to state their claims of exemption of
any they have. Not all of the men
whose names appeared in the draft
list will have to be called ,as a num-
ber of them chose the alternative of
enlisting in the local units of the
Maryland National Guard The ex-
emption board is conducting its work
in the Office of States Attorney Green
Applications for exemptions on
grounds other than occupational must
be filed within seven days after the
CALI is issued. and will be passed
upon at once by the local boards
Applications for exemption on the
ground OF occupation must be filed
with the district board
Cardinal Rules OF Exemption.
The three principal reasons for ex-
emption which affect the largest num-
ber OF men eligible for the draft, are
physical disability dependent relatives
and occupation The question of
physical disability will be determin-
ed by physicians, with the right of ap-
peal to the district board
The question of dependent relatives
will be passed upon by the local board
with the right of appeal to the district
board
The question of exemption on ac-
count of occupation will be passed up
on by the district board. with the
right of appeal direct to President
Wilson. The Government has the
right to appeal in all cases. as well as
the individual
The first task of the local exemp-
tion board upon receipt of the master
lists" will be to erase from the list
all numbers higher than the highest
red ink" number of that district.
Then beginning at the first number
and counting only those not erased
they will make a list of sufficient
numbers in the order they appear on
the list, to equal the quota of men to
be furnished for that district, in ac-
cordance with the official order from
Governor Harrington.
The "red ink" numbers so listed
represent the men who are to be
called" The board will at once in
| sert the names of the men after theil
| numbers and then will send to these
men the official notices to appear fol
| exemption.
All Boards Ready For Work.
| All the local boards are ready to be
| gin work, and there should be no fur.
ther delay in the calling" and exam
lining of the drafted men. AT thf
same time the district boards are
shaping up so as to be ready for ap.
peals from the decisions of the loca'
boards and also for consideration Of
exemptions on the score of Occupa'
| ton.
The District Board for the Western
Shore. exclusive of Baltimore city, al
so met at the Office of Governor Har-
rington in Baltimore, yesterday. and
organized by selecting Robert Moss,
| of Annapolis as chairman, and Lewis
| o. Reamer of Cumberland. as secre.
tary. The other members are James
H. Gambrill, Jr., of Frederick; DR.
Lewis A. Griffith, of Upper Marlboro
and Millard F. Burgess, OF Roland
Park. Mr.. Burgess was not present
After the meeting Chairman Moss
said the board was ready for business
at any time. The headquarters OF the
board will be in the State House.
Two rather interesting develop
ments in connection with the draft
were the ruling that dependent
grandmother is a dependent within
the meaning of the law and that mer
married since April 5 are not to bs
considered as single men. The first
mentioned ruling was given by the
State Adjutant- Generals Office ant
the second came from Washington
There was a great outcry when the
Conscription act was pending agains'
Young men rushing into matrimony
allegedly to escape the draft Tns
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