Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
NEXT DRAFT QUOTA
FULLY PROVIDED
Many Aliens Likely to Be in
Contingent to Go Friday
or Saturday
DEFICIENCIES MADE UP

The per cent quota Of certified men
Tor Camp Meade TO 20 on Friday and Sat
urday will not include medical and dental
students and veterinary surgeons, according
to orders received by the local boards from
state headquarters at Harrisburg but It
Is very likely that many aliens will be called
By the draft boards as the result of the
hesitancy Of the Federal Court TO rule
these registered men ineligible for con.
scription.
reports from the two district appeal
boards Indicate an entire absence of the
uncertainty and confusion that prevailed
curing the dispatch Of the initial As per cent
due 70 delay In getting out the lists Of
certified men, calling Of men out of turn
and acting on appeals and claims. The sec.
ond contingent from this city is already
tuly provided for by the certified lists now
IN the hands Of all the local draft boards,
with one eXception--that hoodoo section,
District No. 13-and the jinx on that board
VIII be ousted in time for the entrainment
OF its quota on Saturday when most of the
other boards in the territory Of District APP
peal Board No. will leave.
DEFICIENCIES MADE UP
District Appeal Board No. 1 has pro-
vided for all of its local boards every one
VI WINCH IdS SuillGiCnI men CeTllneO 10
call out It's ) per cent and as many more
as 1t needs to make Up any previous
deficiencies In the 45 per cent. The few
boards in this jurisdiction that were behind
on their initial quota can now make up
the lacking number, In compliance with
the order from State headquarters that
previous shortages must be made up be-
fore sending the per cent 1t is likely
that the extras and the regular percentage
viii go together on the same entrainment
In the case Of medical and dental stu
dents and veterinary surgeons. they must
produce evidence that they have received
commissions or letters from the Adjutant
General Of the army stating that they will
be commissioned. in order to receive tenn
porary exemption for continuance of their
studies, under the new ruling. The stu
dents are required to present attendance
certihcdtes OF wellTecognized institutions
Many lcal draft boards are reopenng
cases involving the certncatlon of aliens
They maintain that the position on this
question taken by the Federal Court just.
fles them In certifying these men IL they
cannot produce passports or other proof
Of their foreign citizenship or have no
appeal on the grounds Of dependency. one
board is to reconsider nearly fifty cases
today 1t has p large allen population
and fell short Of its initial quota.
Appeals from men who desire to go TO
camp Meaue Detore thelr turn entities them
TO be called have reached stage where
the boards feel obliged to take up the mat
ter with the War Department. 1t is ex-
pected that arrangements will be made
to send them forthwith.
RETURN TICKETS FOR THE ALIENS
Five Polish residents Of Frankford. now
at Camp Meade will receive their return
tickets as soon as the result of Board No
Is admitting its error in certifying them
for service Is passed on, and requesting the
Rev. Wladislaw J. Grynia. OF 4415 Almond
street, Brldesburg. TO present his appeal In
their behalf to State headquarters. The men
are sole support for families including
from three to five children each and they
failed to seek exemption through insult
ticient knowledge Of the regulations
Mobilization OF the twenty-three men who
will be sent by District Board No ], OF
Montgomery County, to Camp Moade On
Friday has been set for Thursday at Ard
moro at 80 o'clock
Old York Road and North Penn suburbs
are sending thrty.three men on Wednesday
to Camp Meade.
The Gwynedd Fellowship Club, Of which
John IT. Mitchell is president will give a
farewell banquet comfort kit and wrist
watch to the sixteen North Penn men who
are to go this week.
District Appeal Board No. ! of Phila-
delphia has certified to the State Adjutant
General and its local boards total OF 537
names the boards and number OF men being
as follows: No. 1---92 4--152, 5--l, 6--43
S--114, 22--1, 39--6, 4O--25, 42-9O, 4S-2,
49--10 and 51-1.