The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-03
zoo men IN
FIRST QUOTA
RUSH TO ASK
FOR FREEDOM
Office of Conscription Board
Crowded All Day by Anx-
ious Draftees Who Claim
Exemption.
1000 MAY Be CALLED

With the announcement that blanks
for exemption applications may be re.
cetved. the office Of the county clerk
was crowded all day Friday with men
awho are on the first call and who in.
tend to file claim for exemption.
1t Is estimated that at least two hun
dred men already have applied for
exemption papers and that 1t will be
necessary to take at least 1000 num-
bers to secure the county's quota for
the new army.
To Use Court Room.
A change will be made in the place
for examination Of registrants to the
superior court room on the third floo:
Of the court house.
The Superior court room was found
to be better suited for the accommoda.
ton OF the $50 men that will be in the
room for the greater part Of the day.
The place for examinations originally
was the clerks office.
Orders were received Friday from
the provost marshal general that each
local board should examine all appli
cants until they have their quota and
ten percent more. Following is part
OF the order received Friday in regard
to the number Of men to be called:
Copy Of Order.
mo board can receive final credit
on its quota for any selected man until
word has been received from the mill
tary authorities at the rendezvous or
mobilization camp that the man has
been accepted into the military serv-
ice Of the United States. Some men
passed by the local board will be
exempted or discharged on appeal by
the district board.
Some will be rejected at mobiliza-
ton camps. The number Of persons
passed by local board who will be dis.
charged by district board or at mobi-
lization camps is tentatively estimated
at about 10 per cent Of those passed
by the local board. Therefore local
boards should continue to call men
up for examination until they have ap-
parently filled their quota with l0|
per cent additional.
Local boards have been ordered to
call 200 per cent OF their quota for
examination. By the seventh day after
this call is sent out, all claims for
exemption and discharge by men call
ed will be filed in the local board. BY
examining the number and character
Of these claims and by considering the
number of persons rejected physically
the board can roughly estimate the
number Of men that 1t will be neces-
sary to call to fill their quotas I'm.
mediately after making this estimate,
the board should sent out a new call
computed on the experience Of the
first call. This new call should be for
enough men to complete 10 per cent
OF the quota"
NEEDLES Not Exempt.
In answer to inquiries as to the lia-
bility Of medical students and Red
Cross workers, the orders sent out and
received Friday by the local board
are to the effect that no medical stu
dent may file claim for exemption
with that as a grounds for his dis
charge.
Neither Is service in Red Cross com.
panies military service within the
meaning Of the law. according to the
Interpretation Of the provost marshal
general, and 1t is not valid claim for
exemption or discharge.
A permanent record OF each case
that comes before the exemption board
under the provisions Of the law. For
this purpose Clerk Kelly has made an
envelope file for each of the 2,700 men
registered in the district, and record
of the disposition of each registrant
will be placed in the envelope bear
ing his order number