The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-08-07
1910 MORE PASS
PHYSICAL TEST;
6,SO7 EXAMINED
Ruling as to Friendly
Aliens Expected to Improve
Ratio of One in Five.
TOTAL TO DATE Is 5,183
One Brooklyn Board Has Its
Quota and an Ample Sur
plus in Waiting.
TOTAL TO DATE Is 5,183

With more exemption boards viewing
draft candidates than on any previous
day. New York city continued yesterday
to find one man In five available for the
National Army. The proportion may be
bettered when all the boards accept as
volunteers friendly aliens who want to
fight. as they are asked TO do in new
ruling put forth by Provost Marshal
Gen. Crowder in Washington yesterday.
In this city more than elsewhere this
ruling. by cutting down the number OF
men who must be called to fill the quota
of 39,911, will reduce the conscription
period and hasten the creation OF the
National Army.
How the ruling will work Is illustrated
by the cas- of Orwell Logan OF 233 Mott
avenue. Long Island City. superintendent
for the Jensen Machine Company. He is
80 years old and born in Nova Scotia, is
British subject. He passed the physical
examination, waived exemption. to which
as an alien he is entitled II he asks for
II, and was accepted by the local board.
/ IF we had received the order permit
ting the acceptance Of aliens earlier in
the day we would have had two others
ready to serve said j. F. Kissling. the
/ board chairman.
! Nearly 20 Per Cent. Available.
! Sixty-three boards had reported on
their days work up to midnight. In
| few cases their figures covered two or
| three days examinations. which were not
previously recorded.
! the results are:
| Examined 6,S07.
Physically qualified 4.597, or 6s per
! cent.
Physically disqualified. 2,077
Qualified and indicating no exemption
claim, 1,540, or nearly % per cent.
Including yesterdays and all previous
results. the figures are:
Examined, 23,576.
Physically qualified, 15,S09.
Physically disqualified. 6,64l.
Qualified and indicating no exemption
claim, 5.1S3.
The fact that some boards have ex-
amined aliens and some have rejected
them without examination makes exact
computation impossible. but the fore
going is approximately correct
District No. 40 Has Quota.
The first board in the city to hll its
quota is apparently No. 40, which sits In
Public School 2. Third avenue and
Forty-seventh street, Brooklyn One OF
two others which said they had done SC
proved TO have disregarded exemption
claims, but BOARD 40 appears actually &c
have got the 22l men It must supply tc
the army 1t reported yesterday after
noon that il had 20S. men absolutely
qualified. and was ready TO certify sc
who had ignored the examination call
IT had, moreover, 100 men who passed
physically and put in exemption claims
enough of whom were sure to be &C
cepted despite the claim to complete thu
quota.
, Deputy Attorney General ConkIing a6
vised the board 10 make sure of thu
: quota before absentees who might nevel
: appear were certified. When the quotS
is full the absentees will be certified L
the district appeals board as Surplus
quota" As soon as one of them II
found he will be put into the army, !
,, physically sound. and the man drafte'
in his place will be released until th
next draft
Board 40 called 500 men. the majorit!
: OF whom were Irish and Scandinavian
, workmen. The number rejected by tn
, surgeons was 1902. The board member
are nr Edward d, Ferris. Thomas +
Monahan and DR.. Robert L. Coughlin.
, Alien Ruling VIII Help Here.
I Provost Marshal General Crowder'
ruling OF yesterday that friendly alien
: can be accepted for the draft army a
volunteers, will help considerably in tn
Y filling Of New York city's quota. Man
= of them have passec the physical exumi
nation only to be rejected as non-citi
9 zens Others who appeared before tn
r boards have not been examined at al
| because under the previous rules the
I could not be accepted and examination
was a waste of time. These men an
B thousands more can get in now. Inabil
ity to qualify friendly aliens has bee
D one of the factors delaying the Who'll
draft schedule.
In his announcement in Washingto
yesterday Gen, Crowder speaks Of mis-
understanding and suggests that tn
boards have misread their instructions 1
, passing friendly aliens by. But hi
original Instructions TO the boards read
"Question Even though a resideT
alien who has not declared his intentio
d to become a citizen OF the United State
e should desire to enter the military sci
. vice of the United States and request
the local board to permit him to do s.
can he, under such circumstances
|
r local board and his name used TO MI an
O quota for military service required TO
t furnished by such local board?
7. i Answer: No, He cannot be calle
=, for military service under the existir
d circumstances. 1t would be manifest
IS improper for local board to include h
d name Ln any list furnished for the pu
le pose Of flling any quota for mllitar
II service"
lr Only Germans Are Barred.
Hence the exclusion by the boards
~ all these aliens, whether they claim,
81 exemption or not. Yesterday. howevS
IN the new ruling from Washington WI
y, telegraphed by Adjt.-Gen, Stotesbury
,e all local boards as follows
l. "If resident aliens, not including Ge
RI mans, desire to waive exemption and e
list In the selective service army tn,
;. may do no, and each one waving exem
OF tion and volunteering may be counted
A. part Of the quota from your district n
ID is accepted. This In no way admits in
ID the service German subject or GERM
or with first papers"
co Another paragraph Of Gen. Crowde
ve announcement will have the effect
~ materially speeding the draft He cay
To 1T ID not the purpose Of the Cover
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