The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-16
.PUT UNEMPLOYED
DRAFT MEN into
SERVICE BY new
MILITARY ORDER
Provost Marshal Crowder
Advises Adjutant Gen
eral of Ruling

No oficial information had been
communicated TO County Auditor w.
r. Tucker today relative to the order
issued by Provost Marshal e. H.
Crowder and sent to Adj. Gen. w. F..
! Rhinow OF Minnesota, stating that
drafted men unable TO find employ
ment while waiting for summons to
military duty, may apply for admis-
sion to national army corps.
ut is just what the members Of
the Cass county draft board have
been working for" said Auditor
Tucker. 1T means much to Cass
county, more so than any other
county in the state. for We have a
large number OF drafted men, who
have been out OF employment sew
eral months waiting for the govern
ment to call them into service"
The order received by the Mime
sofa adJutant general says applica-
tons should be made to the adult
ant general. The authority, the
provost marshal's order reads, must
be used sparingly to relieve cases OF
OF men TO be sent from any state
shall not exceed l per cent OF the
quota from that state"
Reports have reached the audi
tors office for some time OF condi-
lions in this county which border on
hardships as the result Of men be-
ing drafted and giving up their
work in order to be prepared to
answer the governments call. In
many cases young men have given
up good positions and have been
loahng for several months.
George Washburn, formerly in the
- III
business two months ago, when he
got notice that he was called. He
figures that he has lost con-
siderable through the suspense in
which the government had kept its
drafted men.
August Hoppe Of Fargo, has been
calling at the auditors ONCE for the
last few weeks, almost daily, inquir-
ing II word had been received as to
the time Of the boys leaving. He
stated to Auditor Tucker this morn
ing that he had been offered an
excellent paying position but was
forced to turn 1t down thinking the
government would call him any
the call, say 1t is almost impossible
to get work for a short time.
North Dakota's quota Is 5.272. The
provost marshals order provides
that per cent Of the unemployed
may be sent to the national army,
which in this case would mean SO
men. County Auditor Tucker, in
explaining the significance of this,
stated that 1t would be in the power
Of the adjutant general to advise the
number of men from each county to
go as there would be variances. In
some Of the counties which are
IA mi
drafted men can remain employed
until the final call comes, while In
cities like Fargo there are a large
number of unemployed.
Early this fall County Auditor
Tucker wired the provost marshal
the following telegram as to the
in Cass county in hope OF
getting relief for the drafted men:
''Cass county men dissatisfied.
Many quit jobs Oct. /, broke. Can
you set definite date for men 20 be
sent to mobilization campT No
reply was received.
w. r. Tucker to Provost Marshal |
General Crowder Thursday night |
show that Of the exemption claims
allowed SSS were based on wife and |
as dependents, 10 for aged |
and inflrm parents, and % were |
granted discharge on claims present |
ed by dependents.
His report shows that the county |
now has 1873 more men certified for |
service than the quota as
signed. Two hundred and one have |
been sent to Camp Dodge. leaving
1856 to be sent on the next call. The |
auditor reports that the total num-
Der of drafted men in CaSs county
Ia $40 and to obtain this number a
AL was made for 1 ,422 men,, Eighty
Ave out OF this number called for |
failed to report; 1,041
we're accepted as physically qualified |
TOR soldiers, and ais were rejected as
UNIT. OF the l,041 ac-
,epted, 69B were certified to the dis
.rict board as ready for SERVICE 444
claims for exemption were allowed
by the local board and las disallow-
ID.
Eighty-eight Of the see certified to
the district board were given ex-
on appeal and the same
number on industrial grounds. When
he calls for examination were is
sued SO Cass county drafted men
we're in military service, and there
we're 55 aliens drafted, physically At
'or service, but who claimed ex-
emption on the ground that they
were not citizens.