El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-13
2 GETS
Il MORE MEN
Mayor Goes To Try For Re
duced Quota; No. 1 Off
DUTY Till Thursday.

Victor He1ter. jr. SIS Randolph.
Rufus Carruth. 40 West Missouri.
Roy J. Glass. . Lawrence Apis
Marcel Weller, 1915 East Rio
Graude
Ernest 2, Moore, 7O1 North FL Paso.
John G. McAnulty. 1112 Wyoming.
Alexander NJ Sayeg. 7O5 East Mis-
souri,
B. L. Niece. HOS Mills Bldg.
George Rentfrow, sol L. South FL
Paso-
oliver c. GWiun- care Y NJ. c. A.
Robert g.. StieweL. 500 Mesa.
These II men are the total accepted
for the draft 10y all boards having
offices in FL Paso Monday. The en-
tire list was secured - city board No.
>. City board No. ] has adjourned un-
iii Thursday morning. while the
county board. which had g. men ap-
pearinE Monday morning. received
alien exemption claims from 81, and
was still engaged in examining the
remainder just before the noon recess
Go To Ask less Quota.
Mayor Charles Davis and Judge
Dan Jackson viii leave at 1880
o'clock tonight for Austin, to present
TO the governor and the adjutant gen
eral FL Paso's request that the quota
this city has been called on TO fur
nish for the army draft be reduced
The departure Of the delegation was
delayed IN order that the required
data could be accumulated.
The governor and The adjutaut gen
eral VIII be given facts and figures
showing that the large percentage OF
aliens here makes IL almost impOs-
sille for this city TO furnish the men
PaSsrs On FremntfonS
The first local board TO act In a
judicial capacity was city board No
%. i. Z. Williams, chairman. which
convened Sunday and went over the
list Of exemption claims before IT,
While a large percentage OF the
claimants were granted discharges,
there were few denied In the case
OF those granted exemption. appeals
are automatically taken by the gov
eminent to the district board. while
the men denied exemption may ap-
peal ukewlrc- The board did not
make public IFS findings. which viii
be known from the district board
when il passes on them.
Absentees May Be Drafted.
II the prevailing understanding
that q reEisrrant failing 10 appear
FOR examination before the exemption
board thereby valves exemption
claims based on anything except
allen citizenship is correct, then the
local boards VIII 4lFlleu more men
for the draft than indicated by the
result OF their first weeks work This
follows from the fact that a good per
ceutage OF the abseutees are not Mex
leans. or $50 men absentinE them
selves from the county board. the
names Of 19 indicate that they are
not Mexican aliens The presump-
ton is that the government viii draft
al OF these who stand the physical
examination.
Must Deny Exemption Claims.
The practical impOssibility OF the
county board furnishing its quota,
239 men, for the draft becomes ap-
parent from an examination Of the
results so far. Ten men were draft
ed by this board and SIS claimed eX-
emption out OF 43S called the first
week The total registration is 201l
in the county. and II the same pro-
portion continues. over so per cent
OF the exemption claims will have 10
be denied IL the quota is TO be OBJ
tained
Wanted to Volunteer; Drafted.
The changing OF the physical re-
,'Iirements is working an injustice