Evening journal., 1917-09-21
800 MORE MEN
Called TO Service
District No. 8 Eligibles to
Answer Sept. % and
Oct. /
SEVEN NO. 4 BOARD
MEN ARE DESERTERS

Local Exemption Boards whose |
work. Il seems, IS never done, are en-
gagged in preparing the lists Of names
Of those men who are to be called for
physical examination on the next
draft 70 MI up this city quota on the
40 per cent. which will DO sent away
on October Q. Some Of tho boards
have already compiled and Issued
these lists and the men whose names
appear IN them have been ordered to
appear for examination.
/ Board No. 2 today issued a call for
upwards OF 800 men for the next call.
They have been ordered 20 appear at
the old Court House for examination
on Friday September 2s and on Mon.
day. October /. The other boards VIII
have their quotas examined on differ
emit dates to avoid a congestion IN
the examining rooms
Il The members Of the boards In this
city, together with the boards all ON er
the country are interested IN the lat
est ruling OF Secretary Of War Baker
that all of the remaining 100000
men registered must be given their
physical examination TO determine
their fitness or unhtness for military
service Mr Baker mas cAcided 70
/ have this examination In order to re-
! ieve any anxiety OF men who reg
istered may have as TO whether they
are physically At for service in the
. army. Il will also save time, for II Is
the general belief that all OF the ply
slcally At among these 100000 mel
] will be called for service under the
d War Departments plan TO torm al
army Of 100000 men.
Chairman Farren, of local exemption
board No ?, just learned today that on
Of the men summoned on the draft II
his district Is dead. He 10 Leslie il
! Achenback. of No. sos Lombard street
He was TO have been called for his ply
steal examination next Friday. Achen
back died lafl July.
z The claim for exemption from IN
n draft as filed with local board No.
D.. by Joseph r. sitter, Of No sos Wash
inQton street has been allowed ~ thi
J. board Il developed that sitter Is n
II ready in the military service Of the
3 United States, he having enlisted In Oh
regular army.
d The claims for exemption as fled wit
o local board No. by Benedict Quinn,
y No. ala Spruce street, and by job
ne Zuwacki. of No. 7Os East Fifth stree
N have been allowed by the board. Il
81 claim fled with the same boa
as by Joseph Contrell. of No. $40 Xii
ed street. and Daniel Sands, OF No. .
I'd East Eleventh street. whuse nam
Of were on the delinquent list Of lol
w board No. appeared today for tn
NJ physical examination, and both Of thu
In were found TO be physically fit for mi
by tary service.
Out Of the nearly 900 men ordered
lat report on Wednesday to go TO Can
lrs Dix. only seven, 70 has been four
be failed TO appear. All Of them are In q
"a district over which Local EXempti
Board No. 4 has jurisdiction. The
men had passed the required eXamin
N ton and been found nc 90 serve. Tn
n had been certified for service and we
~ directed 90 appear on Wednesday 20
away with the others, but they fail
90 report AS they became members
or the military forces Of the Unit
n States the moment they were direct
a. to report for duty IN that service, tn
'0 are now classed as deserters from {
IN army. In times Of war the maXlmu
ted punishment for desertion is death.
Tvs The men OF the other three boar
,g- who had been ordered 20 report did
None Of the others have any desert'
ing on their list. All their men were pr
ue ent on Wednesday or those who did 7
uoe appear were accounted Tor and col
cu' produce good reasons for their
being there. Some Of them report
by telegraph and will Join their co
vi rades at Camp Dix within a few days