Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-16
NEW ALIGNMENT
FOR DRAFT WORK
Phila delphia's Biggest
Wards Halved With Ex-
ira Registrars
WILL BE 81 DISTRICTS
Mayor Names Members for Ad-
ditional Boards-City's Eli
gibles 156,682


were divided today, under orders from
Washington, into two separate districts for
conscription, and twenty-four men we're
named by Mayor Smith TO act as additional
necessary members Of the eight new con-
scription boards thereby created
The wards so split are the Twenty fourth,
Twenty-eighth. Thirty-fourth, Thirty-eighth,
Thirty-ninth, Fortieth. Forty-third and For
ty-sixth The Thirty-third Ward also will
be divided, probably Monday It was an
nounced. in accordance with the plan TO
divide the city into thirty-one conscription
districts.
t. men named by the Mayor this after
noon as new members Of the boards will
be nominated TO Governor Brumbaugh, and
in turn he will send the names 20 the Presi-
dent. The division Of the wards and the
boards are as follows, the names OF the
new members being preceded by an aster-
isk (D:
TWENTY FOURTH WARD
fsSn G Rvso9 a (e?%BpssnE Bp s eeStoR S. g. ds?7s Sd %
", ~, 39 30, 80, aS. 80 and i2D-stacy II white
Girard avenue; 'Dr 4. Wlese Hammer, 9O2
Eastern division (electlor divisions l. ., 3. g.
q ana IL i2 r. IL W,1is'r 1}iS' IT, lS &o2S 2T
IBiaTl9iE street; Or. T6omaSs" 4. sbSlI0w,' 1921
FoRTGETH WARD
3, g., -. 1s, 20, q, o. q, 90, .2s 90, 80, 80
KngsSssinE SVenue .TbeojSre sbene5a1 nan
$2t south Flity;aTst streets .Dr George SSs ETnss
no. western Division s sSetGR giy;Sns sS S
sffss WSodpS and pvS%gs s4%dG GT0ns
Weaver, CLOS Woodland avenue.
THIRTY EIGHTH WARD
Eastern Division tossGtio7 diyysio99s o.
ana sa sathssTTssd 81 y i5502S y tasss 81 y sstes. =
Dr, Howard IT, KRAFT 2Sao Mort Norm T@enCy.seG.
"ii,sfG Pyis" I S e?S'o IS g. fS'aR' sS G and q
42.'ESSwgrd Delshupty Soa9 Mdv4lS T,o aye aye
ninth street 'Dr David j. Boon, i2o5 Ridge
THrRTY-NINTH WARD
Hsmshn al 235 e South Efn "a 20 "@@ 5onn
ply, northwest corner Third and Wolf streets
Western Division !sectlon, dyssioqs, 2, a.
3 B. 80 1s al H. 81 j. 81 a. and s4sa$muSe an f. BUCK
SsT Ssb SGq6 G6o5 TwS6 ,t T JassSh % a2So
1872 Porter street
FoRTY-THIRD WARD
Southern Division (electlon divisions I. ..
B. 3D. 49, g. Il IS and iO Ii ~ Frcss 1913
Tioga street; .Charles NJ. Johnson, 272l North
ner @ York road al and Toga street. ,''''''. ~
oNs6aSTn oByslog tssctiSn div,ogs Ii q A.
S. 30, 40, ii, AZ. 43, II. As and Sod
Robinson, ais Old York road: Dr. Max Herr
man, 3703 old York road.
FORTY-sIXTH WARD
Northern Division (electon divisions /. 2, 3,
g. 3D. a. d &c. ii and zSS2,@TFSs ne Rev SS 81 Fhp III
j. TE- 552s 9"e CEDAR venS sydnSy
Z; Bateman, northeast corner Fifty-hrst and
southern Division lelectIon divisions 10, H.
g. a. a. a. l9 ls bs b. lS f. g a g
a, as SO. "a 55 and 56l-MonsIgnor NJ, J.
Avenue tRe Rev Georse 81 Bro BToadhead sii
GathaTne street DR.. George A Knowles. 4si3
TwENTY-EIGHTH WARD
Eastern Division leleciion divisions ., 2.
10 su9 D. aS a S q X Eee.2 S "a 44G 2 No; I
Broad street; Horace Seidel 2509 North 10th
street; .DL. Deacon steinmetz 23i4 North
.wsstsT9 Division lslec.ion divisions 9, 7, T..
a. s.. 80 and 87l-Dr-. Morgan KrStz 2ssii6
North 22d street. Edwin sturm, southeast cor.
Clagett, 2Gi5 North 10Th street.
THIRTY. FOURTH WARD
NqrtheTn D,yIsi0n eleSto9 dyisio9s g. ,i5
81, IS. 40. II and and 4a)-Wiinam II. NcRScs9n
North 6sd street; Dr. Frank B. HANCOCK 31d5
IS sSutgeFg Division Ceiectigq divisions I, q,
2avs 22 g. e37 81 $ Msrt @ a2 9nd N6n Hg r
T2T 4J NoT!9 SSh NoTtb 6SG' sd street % Robert " Nc
A clean bill of health" for registration
was given to Philadelphia today by Major
John Handy Hall, Assistant United States
Attorney for the Eastern District Of Penn
sylvania.
There were numerous errors committed,
hut they were not committed wilfuly, as
far as | have learned" said Major Hall.
Il was surprised that registration was
conducted as well as it was. considering
the new work that the registrars We're
called upon to face, They could not cope
with It as well as If they had been expert
enced men. All the mistakes resulted from
mexperience. The majority Of the registrars
did what was right OF course we con-
Quoted Investigations on orders from Wash
ington when complaints had been received
there"