The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-10
Drafted men TO
BE CALLED UPON
IN ORDER DRAWN
Today Makes Public
Statement AS Result Of
Complaints.
FIRST SECTION WILL
ENTER CAMP SEPT. ]
Alien Claims of Exemption
In Most Cases Cannot be
Substantiated.

81 7 1IONCSlS Ol ofd1lOu 1lOA IO0Osy
against being certified for service out
Of their regular order brought out the
fact for the first time that the delay
of the fourth exemption division in
getting a, partial certified list complet-
ed was due to determination Of the
local exemption board to certify the
men in the order in which they were
drawn at Washington, as fast as they
are accepted.
Chairman Edward c. spargo declar-
ed that unless his board followed this
practice. men would be certified out of
their turn and would be called before
draft turn. Here is the way it would
work out, he said:
Men who are physically fit and
have filed no claims for exemptions,
being certified without regard to the
order In which they were drawn,
would place them in a position of be-
for service. Men with exemption
would be certified later and inasmuch
as the men are to be called at three
different periods, it is important that
their order be carefully. maintained.
This will protect men with an order
number far enough down list to make
them liable to call with the third
section of their quota. from being
called in the first section to enter
camp between September and 5. II
all all men were going at once, the
order would make no, difference.
While we desire to hurry our work
as much as possible," said Mr.. Spar
go today, 1--WE can't overlook the fact
that haste makes waste and in order
to have our duty wen performed with
in the time, we mLlt do 1t carefully.
There will be no question of men in
suf1cient number to make mp one
third OF our quota. being certified in
time for the first call, but we want
to make sures that ali claims are dis
posed or before the list is made up
'sSome men claimed exemption as
aliens and we know they can't prove
the claim: others have claimed de-
pendents in foreign countries who
can't prove their claims. If we cer-
tify az list before these cases are set.
tied. invariably American boys will go
ahead Of them and some will be those
who wouldn't yet be called to the
colors''
The attitude oil Mr.. spargo is ex-
pected to become the attitude of other
boards, for am expected certified list
from the first division of the city, did
not reach the district headquarters to-
day The first division has already
certified 168 men for service, but there
is no move to make UP the uota. No
other division of the city has sent any
names to the district board.
The new instructions to accept
friendly aliens willing to serve and to
reopen some cases of exemptions al
lowed on dependent claims have caus-.
ed a lull in the work Of certifying
men for the eNServjce. The boards were
today buried in routiYe work. with
of yesterday as to the
number obtained, unchanged.
The district board received two GER
titled lists from state Division Il OF
Norwalk today. BY one of these two
men were added to the certified list
and 80 more we're discharged. This
makes the divisions totals s6 for Ger
titled men and S154 for those dis
charged.
Blanks reached the district board
to day and practically all forms are
in the Office on which exemptions may
be claimed. The members of the
board are in Hartford today ITO receive
final instructions before starting work.
The Bridgeport Projectile Co. today
made 1t known that exemption would
be asked for all employees.