Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-01
MANY Want TO CO
WITH first SQUAD
Several ConscriptS Ask
Boards TO Send Them
TO Camp Dix
MISTAKE IN LISTS
NOW CORRECTED

will enter on the last and main stage
OF the next week. that Of beginning the
mobilization OF the new national army.
Nothing is scheduled 30 take place In
either the locals or the district board
on Sunday or Monday, although all
boards will have their members at the
headquarters In the old Court House.
on Tuesday morning the real work VIII
begin, when the boards will secure
places to quarter their seleotives, who /
do not send In a reqsitiOn to remain l
In their homes Tuesday night. At 81
o'clock that day thirty-One men Will
be taken into the army OF the United
States.
A peculiar coincidont in the daily
routine Of the boards has been noted
for the past few days, and was cs-
pecially remarkable today. Heretofore
most Of the men have either voiced
/ desire TO escape military service oe
/ have appeared to be merely passive.
! Now. however, that has been changed
| and any number Of requests were re-
ceived today from men. asking If there
is no chance 10 be sent with the first
5 per cent. II is believed that the
| opportunitv afforded the first 8 per
| cent. of the quotas TO become Nfiicers
and commissioned officers is re-
sponsible for the sudden desire on the
part Of the men to leave here immr-
diatelv. But It was pointed out today
that the opportunity for the second
call Of 40 per cent. Of the men. on Sep
teniher 10, would be almost equally as
good
, One man who made a request today
to Board No. T. 10 be sent with the
. first contingent, may realize his desire.
He is Mark Corcoran. former lieuten-
ant in the Canadian army and he was
b not selected because the registrar who
= made out his registration card, In ask
T, ing II he had seen military service.
! stipulated service in the American
|" army. Corcoran was asked TO report at
> the office OF the bo2rd at 10 o'clock on
. Tuesday morning. whether he Is called
= or not.
: District Board Statement.
In a public statement, entitled Pub
iic Statement No. 4. issued last night by
Charles Warner, chairman Of the dis
p trict board, the attention Of the public
: was again called TO the necessity OF as,
- sisting the board IN It's operations and
l. al the same time. draft ehg;bles are as
sured OF the desire on the part Of inc
> hoard. 10 do everything possible Il
I make things easy for then. The state
=. ment In part follows:
- "rbe District Board wishes the pun
l. IL 10 undersfand its policy OF help
y, eriness in this respect and II any in
= ouirer does not receive the full an
= courteous consideration needed D
him in preparing his claims and az
!, 6devits. tho circumstances should o
;" immediately reported 10 some mem
G her of the board or 70 E H. Brennan
f. Ir.. manager"
"A Mistake In Lists.
y Following the posting Of a list
~ draft names which should have bee
~ beaded as men. who had been Gale
,'" 10 the colors. but instead was headf
:, as men. who had failed TO report
- answer 10 their calls. the newspap'
y offices and draft boards were besieg'
- with Young men, who resented Delf
- classified as slackers. The mistal
"A was made in the list given out
or Board No. 3.
Or One OF the men, L. 4. O'Hara. WI
70 had been listed as having failed to r
a. port by Board No. 4. 70 is announced
his brother, has enlisted In the avi
.oo ton cOrns. The following letter W
an received today from Mrs. Elizabeth Ha
M. den. whose son, John II. Hayden, W
u one TO be listed as having failed to 7
port:
,ar Il would like you 10 state plain
re- in your paper that Il was not nece
70 sary for my son. John II. Hayden.
Ice be drafted He enlisted over "
an months ago. He IS stationed at Cha
N tcnooga, Tenn, Company II. FIT
r sixth Infantry, military branC
Inn Please also state that It is unfair
our soldier boys who went to ser
.rs their country willingly, to be call
slackers. Il does not give them {
nc honors that T. should, when they a
I'm showing their love for the Stars a
Stripes"
,atr The members OF the local bcer
fiss however. point cNt that in all cas-
dv- where list is correctly posted
r containing names OF men who ha
f. failed to report. the board is perfec
me in the right, as they should have be
,hie notified that the eligible had enEs
lam previously. There ere certain "
fiss and regulations issued by the prov
ilv- marshal general 70 be rigidly adhel
Ith. 10 and the boards have not the poV
I've TO strike out the names OF men v
ICES have enlisted but who have failed
Val notify the boards, even should d
ID a wish 10 do so.
Others in the list. who should h
been posted as having been ca
for service. instead of as having
ed TO report, are as follows;
] Francis Hanley, 1918 West Fou
AZ street.
llI Joseph Eberhart 1917 Maryl
III avenue.
Dominick Russo. 300 Sixth avel
coal Thomas S. Merritt. III Cedar str
,dule Joseph A. Accaro. 900 West
local ond street.
George R. Hewett. 1924 Lanca
coal avenue.
Z IS Frank Firgulski. 1115 Beech str
nut. Michael A. Harschool. 4i3 Sc
cents Harrison street
,uck- John f. Buchanan, eOS Ches
street.
1000 Augustino Nazzarono. 13i N
same Scott street
cally Stefan Szesachwicz, 116 Bird ST.
unds. Valentine Jockett, ITO Colur
unds, avenue
). Franklin f. stillwell. 1914 CT
nut street
R. Woodruff E. Needles. 500 '
" in Sixth street.
even. John Chodnicki. 1O7 Cedar ST
! run William F. Krejci. 1925 West 5
~ HIlard Donoho. 1911 West 7