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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Draft Triumphant Success
For Democracy, Says Crowder
Provost Marshal General Praises New York City Patriotic
Spirit After Witnessing Arrival OF First Contn-
gent of Selected Men at Camp Upton

terized the mobilization and dispels
every apprehension OF deficiency any
where.
the sserifcisl and burdensome law
which Congress has enacted for raising
the National Army, the execution OF
which has directly or indirectly In
vaded every American home, has re-
ceivcd its efficient execution at the
hands of selected representatives from
among the people them selves.
There has been no military invasion
Of our communities. but rather 8 protfer
by the several states and subdivisions
thereof Of their respective contingents.
This proiYer was complete when the
coutingent5 reached their cantonments
and came into FIRST contact with the
military authori.Ies. The contrast IL
sharp between this plan of raising an
army and the plan Of 1853. which was
in It's entirety a Federal undertaking,
enforced or sustained by the bsyonets
Of Federal military power.
Contrast 10 Prrss,anism
"The advantages Of the present plan
are not far 20 seek nor difficult 10 as
certain. IL is gratifying to the ma
tional vanity that such a plan can sue
coed. 10 is an assurance OF the safety
of our democratic institutions TO OBJ
serve this visible proof Of the ability
Of democracy 70 measure its govern
mental efficiency against the Wanted
perfection of Prussian autocracy-and
70 prevail.
"The men who this DAY responded 10
their country's call came 10 the colors
in q new way. I: is essentially q dem
ocratic way. No: the least of the ad-
vantages becomes obvious when we
contemplate 4.557 local boards who
through great sacrifices OF business in
terest, have evolved this great force.
and who nave been for the past weeks
iunctioning so efficiently as elements
in the administrative machine that is
this day accomplishing the grestest
mobilization Of men ever seen on this
continent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11

Mrs. Martha Jane Thompson, mother
Of Frederick Thompson, who ouIiJ the
New York Hippodrome and Luna PARK
died in the Polytechnic Hospital yester-
day afternoon, following an operation;
She was sixty-six years old, and iived
at 228 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Thompson was born IN CIeVe-
land. and lived there until 1901, when
She moved here. She YVES the widow
Of CAPTAIN Frederick Thompson, who
served throughout the Civil War IN the
Esd Ohio Volunteers. Of which presl-
dent Mckinley and President Hayes
we're members. .n-
Mrs. Thompson was member OF the
Erie Baptist Church, in Cleveland OF
which John D. Rockefeller was then a
member. Her acquaintance with Mr'
Rockefeller continued up to the time
OF her death. , 49,
Campbell Funeral Church. Broadway
and Sixtv-.ixth Street. this afternoon
AT 2 o'clock. the Rev. DR.. Nathan SeagIe:
Of 81. Stephens Protestant hpiscopa.
Church, officiating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Camp Dix Troops
Rush to Quell Mob
But Strikers Vanish Before
New Jersey Soldiers
Arrive

CAMP DIX. n. j., Sept. l0.-A hurry
call TO the camp this afternoon, from
Birmingham. small village nearby,
asked for a detail of soldiers TO quiet
strikers and strike sympathizers, who
were raising a disturbance. Captain
Hamilton Fish. with a company from
the 10th Infantry, colored. started IN
motor trucks for Wrightstown, for the
scene of the trouble, and when the
trucks broke down, two miles from
Birmingham, finished the trip at
double time" The strikers and their
friends had disappeared, however. when
the troops arrived.
Three hundred New Workers. from
the vicinity of Buffalo to-day arrived
in the camp day late. Taey re-
ported they had been delayed because
Of the telegraphers' strike.
During the afternoon Governor Wal
ter Edge, Of New Jersey. reviewed the
men of the 3l1th and 3l2th Infantry.
He complimented the nen on their
appearance.
The 26th Engineers. regular army,
arrived in camp to-day, and will re-
main here until recruited to full
strength
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
N. J. Unit Reaches
Camp Mcclellan
Colonel Charges Railroads
Neglected Troop Trains
on Way South

CAMP MCCLELLAN. Ala, Sept 10
with the 1st New Jersey Brigade In
tact at this point, the arrival Of Briga-
der General Charles W. Barber is be-
ing awaited prior to beginning the pre-
scribed programme Of intensive train
ing. lie is expected the latter part OF
the week.
Three sections Of the 9TH New Jersey
Infantry arrived here last night. Inc
detraining this morning was in charge
of Lieutenant Frank Fischer, of Pater-
son. Major Harriet Moore, adi utant OF
the brigade, this afternoon issued a
statement complimenting Fischer on
the speed and dispatch with which he
handled the work.
At 10 o'clock this morning Colonel
Albert Van Walraven arrived with the
fourth section Of the 9Th Infantry, thir-
tv-six hours late. lie issued a public
statement declaring the road officials
showed a reluctance to permitting troop
trains to have the right Of way. He said
he had spent most of his time since
leaving the home station on sIdings.
Three members of the 9Th Infantry
were left in New Jersey, suffering from
typhoid fever, but all of the men ar
irving to-day were in good health.
The Admission Chamber Of Commerce
is to-day investigating the allegations
Of army officers that merchants and
taxcab operators are overcharglng SOL
diers. Drivers declare they will refuse
TO run cars over the seyenmile stretch
from Admission TO the camp unless they
are permitted 10 charge what they
please. The increase from % cents to
81 Saturday night nearly caused riot,
and the authorities are determined 10
prevent a repetition q the affair.
Taxicab companies say they will quit
rather than keep the present rates. and
ore company moved It's equipment 70
Birmingham to-day. Tayicabs are the
only means of transportation 70 and
from camp.
Only about % per cent of the men
assigned 10 this camp have arrived. X
is believed that the town will eventual
ly decide TO extend the trolley line over
the fShr.mile stretch from the present
terminal TO camp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Few Drafted Men
Miss Yaphank Train

The number Of draft men who pur-
roselv missed the trans to Nnphank
yesterday was relatively small u
vas unofficially announced last night.
No men we're confined overnight at the
fist Regiment Armory, which had been
designated as q Guardhouse Tor oe-
During the day the Police Depart
wont was piven the names OF thirty
three drafted men who did not answer
70 tho final rollcalls at Long Island
Citv and Elatbush stations. Inc hrst
g,van mon We're easily located and were
-ound 10 have missed the train by &C
ciiont The rest Of the men, with few
.oyccptions. had good excuses when
found. and were allowed to proceed 70
Camp Upton.
dored TO notify Police Headquarters OF
-,ar u.bo failed to report at the trains.
Tbn poIice then sent word to the pre-
CiDct station houses and patrolmen
we're sent out to find the men. in
cases Of men who could not be located
i, this way, arrangements had oech
made to nut detectives on their traI!S'
Men in charge of the draft said last
night the record of New YORK IS nearly
pcrfect. Men who had missed the trans
had to wait until their excuses hadi
bcen substantiated and then, armed
with written explanations and other
credentials, they were sent at once 10
Yapbank. They had twenty-tour hours
Of grace. whether their excuses were
.ubstantiated or not.
In BROOKLYN three men out OF 'o'
,rorc reported missing at train time;
Ono man. Theodore Johnson, OF. l5l
Park place. was located, and went TO
Yanbank after he learned that, prison
r.af The alternative. NJ. Bcmber, OF
laos Eighth Avenue, was found to have have,
s aaTP for France as cook. The third
man ham, was Sigmund Koback, Of 262 South
p Perlstein. school teacher living
at $40 Riverside Drive, had repeatedly
"rrounccd that he would not go INTO
Tho army. A patrolman found nm IN
bnJ NJ his home and he pleaded SICK
ross lie was examined and ioun9 ap-
narently well. The disposition OF his
case was not announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Plea of Potential
Psychopath' Fails
To Win Exemption
District Draft Board Re-
fuses Many Odd Claims
to Discharge

While the rest Of the city was alb
sorbed yesterday with the departure of
its first drafted men to Camp Upton
the members Of the district board
began to get men ready for the second
and third detachments by considering
q record-breaking number Of cases IN
a five-hour session.
Ex-Justice Charles Z. Hughes an
rounced in the course Of the session
that many letters had been received
from men whose appeals had been de-
MED requesting the reop<ing Of their
cases. Mr.. Hughes declared that all
such letters were being turned over to
the subcommittee which decided
whether q reconsideration was advis-
able. Though it is inexpedient for che
board TO acknowledge the receipt of
such letters, Mr.. Hughes said, all OF
them would receive careful considera-
ton.
Many bizarre pleas for exemption
were revealed by the boards proceed
Ings. Nathan Maxim asked for DIS
charge because he was potential
psychopath," with liability to nervous
disorders, and also added that his SER
vices as financial secretary d the Jew
ish Relief Society were indispensable.
His appeal was disallowed, as was that
of a man VINO sought exemption be-
cause mis- "instincts are German"
Asserting he had rheumatism and
IN
other man made an unsuccessful ap-
peal. and a Russian alien with first
papors was unable 70 escape service
fespite his assertion that he was con-
scientious objector "and as good as a
Quaker"
Aaron Lorman, of District $780, de-
cIared he was conscientious objectOr.
and was suffering from nervous dis
orders which would appear by an ex.
animation by a veterinary surgeon.
This plea fell on deaf ears. William
Leon, racially a Chinese, but an Ameri-
can citizen by choice, lost an appeal on
the ground that ne supported q wife
and child. because his family live in
China. His home is on Bayard Street.
In n hvC-hOur session yesterday
more .han fifteen hundred cases were
considered by the District Board. o.
these several were laid over or re-
forred back 10 tho local boards for
further information. There were 144
cases disposed of. The appeals from
decisions &c the local boards totalled
T5S, Of which in Soc eases the decision
Of the local board was affirmed, and in
1872 cases reversed.
There were ninety-nine original APP
plications for exemption on industrial
grounds, of which ffty-eight were
granted for six months and forty-one
denied. There were S37 formal appeals
by the provost marshal general. In
only four of these was the decision Of
the local board reversed.
/ Among the original applications were
( fourteen from employees Of the T.. W.
/ Bliss Company, Of Brooklyn, in which
, II was shown that the men were en-
gagged on important work in making
torpedoe-, or other war material. and
we're accessory. All we're granted eX-
Cmption for six months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
How to Write to Soldiers

Mail for soldiers or prospective ON
ears in training should be addressed a.
follows:
John Smith,
Company X, - Regiment,
American Erpeditionary Forces
John Smith,
Company X. R. o. T. c.,
Plattsburs. N. Y.
John Smith,
Company X, - Regiment
Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg, 5. c.
John Smith,
Company X. - Regiment,
Camp Mills, L. l.
John Smith, .,
Company X, - Regiment
Camp Upton.
yaphank. N. J
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
New National Guard
In Jersey Is Training
5000 Recruits at Camp Edge;
Federalized Units Await
Order to Entrain

CAMP EDGE, SEA GRIT. n. j., Sept.
lO.-Three thousand members of the
new New Jersey National Guard. re-
cruited in the place of those taken into
the Federal service, are in camp here,
drilling daily and winning praise for
the progress they have made.
The few remaining units OF the Fed
eralized Guard that are still in camp
awaiting orders TO entrain for Annis-
ton. Ala, were reviewed this afternoon
by Major General c. ". Kennedy, who
commands the National Army division
assembling at Camp Dix.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11

CAMP UPTON, L. l., Sept. lO.-Om-
cials who have had charge OF the op-
Grafton OF the pew conscription ma
ehinery since it was set IN motion are
highly pleased with its first product
from New York City. The spirit shown
bv .hs men who entered upon their
military careers here to-day was partle-
ularly praised by Provost Marshal zen
eral Crowder, who accompanied the hfsI
train Of potential soldiers TO the camp
In a statement issued here this al
,srnoon the Provost Marshal said:
81 came 20 New York to-day, accom-
panied by Colonel Johnson, to observe
the details of the execution Of the MOB
slization regulations and 20 see the con-
crete results Of the plan OF raising a
national army, under which we nave
been working for so many weeks.
To-day justified the words OF the
Presidents registration proclamation
in which he said This is in no sense
a consumption Of the unwilling 1t 49,
rather, selection from a nation which
has volunteered en- masse.'
"The enthusiasm Of the people and
the remarkable spirit of the selected
men who marched cheering and sing
ing, 70 their duty. have made u most
difficult for me TO forget my own enthu-
siasm and pleasure and 20 devote my
ALT IN the atudy of detail.
Praises New York City
az am not sure that critical inspec-
ton OF the strings and pulleys OF the
machine in New York City is necessary.
The splendid result demonstrates the
efficiency and the well sustained effort
Of Mr.. Goulding and of the local boards
here and gives ample assurance OF the
perfection Of detail which has charac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
MARRIAGES

HUTZLER- PLAUT-Georse II. HutzlGr, OF
New York, TO Mrs. Celeste Plaut OF Bslt-
wore Md, at Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Sunday,
September 9. 1917.
,oWENsTEIN-FRA Irrns Fra
Yin 70 Leo Lowenstein. on Thursday, Sep
TENDER s. 1917.
Is-CAPITAIN-Se September 3. Marie
lean Captain to Frederick Arezzo Lupis'
Copague Long Island.
SPENCE DUNLAP-On Saturday, Septem'
her & 1917, at the residence OF her father
Mr. John r. Dunlap. IS East SD S. Ia
Belle Boyce Dunlap TO Kenneth Monroe
Spence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
CAPTAIN Samuel Carey

Captain Samuel Carey, VINO serve
on the staff OF General william r hFfai
Smith during the Civil war, dIed at ms
home in Far Rockaway on SUNDAY Mt.
Carey was a member OF the Ne" iIr"
Riding and the Metropoi,,hh T!uDs.
He leaves 4 wife, who Tas MISS laura
Silliman Taylor, niece OF the la'e
BENJAMIN Silliman.
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DEATHS

.a, Ra,sDeF johnson. Edward II.
sudarsor Mar ]. Kelchner. Mary
parri,.ois Elizabeth Kelsey. Ernest W.
Daa,hsr Clara II. Kennedy, Margaret r.,
81 iooathan Livir gston. Frances NJ
49, fnhanna Maloney. Hannah
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Hogan. Irene Sinclair, William l.
Hunt Mary +.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
MARRIAGES

PAIGE At Albany. ~ Y.
on September :. 1917, by the Rey. j. V.
Moldenhawser Eliza Rathbun Paige. daugh-
ter OF the late Joseph Y. Paige and Or
minda Rathbun Paige. 90 DR.. J. Levi Dom
hauser. captain. Officers Reserve Corps. e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
BIRTHS

and Mrs. Harry A: sil.
hnrs,ein trec Sarah J. Jacobson. OF $50
West 55th 81. announce the birth OF son
on "Wednesday, September ), 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
SideIights at Upton

CAMP UPTON, Long Island, Sept. 10.
Serving his country and serving chop
suey to hungry New Workers is all one
to Lee Hor, the first of the twelve
drafted Chinese-Americans who will be
converted into soldiers in the military
mill at Yaphank. Until Sunday night
Lee was an expert waiter IN Chinese
restaurant at Pell Street.
Half an hour after his arrival in
camp to-day Lee was waiting on table
in barracks in Sixteenth Street. The
only charge in his position as result
of his plunge from civil to military life
has to do with the compensation.
Soldiers" exclaimed Lee, after his
first hour of work, mo givee tippee.'
But even tipless career holds no
terrOrs for the heroic Lee. He is will
ing to do all Of his soldering in din
ing room.
When the anxious leader OF District
Board l2l called the roll this afternoon
he was surprised to find that he not
only had the required number OF men
but one extra.
at looks as if they had slipped in an
extra for good measure" he said, look
ing at stranger, who sheeplshly
leaned on one foot and then on the
other.
NO, nobody did I. just came my
self" he said.
Then he explained no was Herman
Alfern, Of 1866 Amsterdam Avenue, and
that lie had been conscripted, but had
been overlooked when the first 3 per
cent quota was made 10. Alfern had
no desire 10 remain behind, however,
so he closed up his affairs just as II
he had been summoned for service, pur-
chas ~ a ticket to the camp and clam
bcred aboard train that brought him
out here.
The District Board official made in
auiries Of those about him and decided
that Alfern probably would have to re-
turn TO his home until he is called.
"Well, here goes my last cent. II
YOU want to send me back you'll have
TO do the sending" Alfern replied.
Whereupon he drew - cents from
his pocket and cast the two coins out
among the pine trees.
Alfern will remain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Negroes in National
Army to Form
Separate Units

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1o.-Negro
troops of the National Army will be
organized in separate units, as is done
in the Regular Army, and as far as
possible will be trained in the states
where they are raised. The call for
drafted negroes to mobilize will be
postponed to allow officers 70 arrange
for the organization Of these separate
units.
OF the 1000 men called for as the
first increment OF the National Army
il is estimated that $4,000 will be
negroes .u
In all. the army in France will need,
il has been estimated, more than 1907
600 men behind the lines for use along
the roads and railways or on other
srecisl work. A great many battalions
Of both white and negro troops wlll De
necessary for these purposes, and the
War Department feels certain, that
many Of the negroes Of the seiectiye
draft forces will volunteer for TINS
duty in order TO be sent quickly TO
France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
MONUMENTS & MAUSOLEUMS

YANgArT.s MEMORIALS STUDIO. IS ~. uIH.
noauments -Mausoisgms She's. fssis:;..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11

AVER, Mass, Sept lO.-ReguIar
military training BEGIN to-day for the
1000 men in Camp Deyens selected as
the first per cent OF New England's
Quota Of the National Army. Twenty
four issioned officers OF the
field artillery forces arrived from Fort
Sin, Okla. where they have been attend
ing the school of fire control, to begin
work here. A squad Of military police
was organized to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
CEMETERIES

THE wooDLAwN CEMHrEHf'
,aad ~. BY Harlem Train and % fso'~
lots OF small sire tor sslt
once 20 East sd St. y. l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11

MCGOWAN Suddenly az his summer hom.
Sealands. Little Compton. r. l., Septembs
$. John Edgar McGowan. Of New York. b,
loved husband OF Eva Kingsley Davis Nc
Gowan. in his 9th year. Burial service a
swan Point Cemetery. Providence. o
Tuesday. September n, a. $3.50 O'Clock
Those desiring transportation 10 cemstsr
kindly apply b. telephone 20 co Stimso
av.. Providence. Il. l. Il IL kindly r.
auested that no nuunr. lie -art
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13
Carlisle Schools Opens

The Carlisle Public Schools opened Monday for nine months term. There was an at. tendance of 285, about 50 of whom were high school pupils. It is thought that the attendance is temporarily decreased on ac- count of vaccination which has caused little sickness. Pros poets were never brighter for a great school year in Carlisle than they are at the present time. We have a corps of we'll trained teachers, board in accord with them, and patrons and student body thoroughly alive to the in. tereSts of the school. Parents will do well to inform themselves concerning the ruling of the State Board of Health in regard to vaccination, also concerning the act of the last legislature re. garding compulsory attendance. Let all the people of Carlisle work together for a great school this year.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13
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The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13
Arkansas State Council of Defense

Little Rock. Sept. 1O.-The regular army has been recruited to 10000 more than the author ized strength, but recruiting con. tinues throughout the country. Under the new European system that has been adopted here, each regiment will have a reserve bat talion of 612 men from whom to draw for the filling vacancies. These reserve battalions are enumerated with the 10000 men who have been assigned to the Eighty fifth Division.
 Capt. Cartmell, U. S. Army
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13

recruiting officer, reports that he is securing men from each of the ten stations in the state, and that there mas been an increased
 number of recruits during the last few weeks. Lieut.. Myers and Sergt. Popplewell are locat- ed at Camden, where they are getting men for both the Regular Army and the National Guard. Capt Cartmell has also been au
 thorized to enlist negroes for stevedore regiments, for the loading and unloading of ships here and in France. He is get ting a number of responses from pOstmasters, and enlisted three
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13
men from Camp Pike this week. They are paid $50 a month with board and all expenses.

Little Rock. Sept. 10-Three members of the State Council of Defense have secured commis
 sions in the military service. They are Gen Lloyd England, Brlgadier General; Dr. F. Vim sonhaler, Captain in the Medical Corps. and already assigned to duty with the 85th Division at Camp Pike; Durand Whipple, Major in the Judge Advocate Generals Department. Major Whipple has not yet been assign