Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
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and the three local boards are rap
idly certifying men in order that the
required number may be ready. AL
ready there has been certified in
Dauphin county, 1913 men. To-day
the Steelton board prepared a list of
112 men to be acted upon by the
appeal board at its meeting to-mor-
row. The PaXtang board has pre-
pared list of men in addition to the
seventy-one from this division that
have been certified and the Eliza
bethville board is expected to send in
more names to-day.
Two hundred and seven men is
the required quota for the first con-
tingent according to latest orders
and the PaXtang board is the only
board in Dauphin county to certify
it's required number. Steelton with
twenty seven certified must certify
ninty-three more, and EliZabethville
with thirty-five must certify twelve
more. Whether or not the boards
will examine any more men after
this week is not known.
Resume Examinations
The .Elizabethville board and the
PaXtang board resumed examining
to-day after a layoff of a week dur
ing which they prepared a list of
names for the appeal board and also
acted upon exemptions. The Steel
ton board has not sent out any more
calls and will not do so unless it is
absolutely necessary. To date this
board has examined 917 men. The
PaXtang board examined forty-three
men to-day. Fifty were called, but
seven failed to show up. This is the
first of the three hundred summoned
N 70 iC a
only one to have the required num-
Der of names certified for the first
contingent. However, its quota is
199 and indications point to three
hundred more being called from this
district.
BY Monday the Paxtang board is
expected to have completed eXamin-
ing 867 men. If fourth call is is
sued the numbers will reach up to
1900 and this will be the largest
number that will be called by any
of the local boards.
Appeal Board to Meet
Everything is in readiness for the
meeting of the appeal board in the
House caucus rooms at the Capitol
tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. Re-
ports from all the boards in this dis
trict have been received and Clerk
Robert Free has been engaged for
the past few days in preparing a list
of names for certification. To-mor-
row the district board will meet and
be prepared to stay for the remain
der of the week if necessary in or
der to clean up the large amount Uf
work that has accumulated since it's
last meeting. All agricultural and
industrial claims will be acted upon
first. There are a large number OF
these. principally from the farming
district where the young men who
have been passed claim that tilling
the soil will be greatly hampered
and in many instances stopped il
they are forced to do. So many are
these claims that it is possible that
the board will have it's hands full in
coming to q decision. Much trouble
has been caused by those claiming
exemption on agricultural grounds
The majority have failed to support
their claims by sufficient data and
information and these have been
sent back for further information
thus causing double work. A sys-
tenn has been inaugurated between
the local and district boards and this
system will do away with consider
able Inconvenience. The clerks at the
local boards have been furnished
with the necessary information and
papers so that each agricultural
claimant cannot say that he does not
know just what to do when he makes
a claim. This has been the rule thus
far, and this district board. like the
rest throughout the state, is having
! its troubles.
Following the examining of these
claims the board will then take III
the appeals from the decisions o.
the local boards.
| No. Not Ready
When the Elizabethville draf
board was notified to-day that the
quota had been increased from five
to thirty-five per cent. there was {
little skepticism expressed as Il
whether or not that number would
be ready. Already thirty-seven names
have been certified by the appea
board and no other names have beer
sent in. The board will make an at
| tempt to send a list into the boarC
| for it's meeting tomorrow and IL sue
cessful, the full quota will be assur
| ed, as only ten more men are neces
sary. This board has called S13 meI
and 1t is very probable that thre,
| hundred more will be called soon
| To-day the board resumed examina
tions after a weeks layoff F'ifty-fiv,
were examined and of this numbei
| forty-one passed and fourteen wer,
rejected. Nine of those that passed
did not claim exemption.