The Detroit times., 1917-08-20
SLACKERS
WILL FACE
ARMY TRIAL
Court Martial Ordered
For Those Who
Evade Draft


army. after notices were sent them
are 20 BE- tried 1y court martial &C
cordlng 10 information from Wash.
.nE.oh reaching Herhsrt Cole. az
The department ~ Justice. Monday
morning Instructions from the aaT
department aere chat Is would not
Do necessary -o give y -iackers
trials here TleF are fr Be- J2car-
cerate1 III thc county ill aW then
forwarded fo the nearest military
court pTcbsb.y M BafFle Creek The
extreme pens rr Ger Che oTerse IS a
rather gruesOua one. fa- such men
are listed as feserters IN time oi
var nder rts Jaw t-e extreme
penalty BE- a bullet
The depar ment az Justice agents
here az whom fhore are mary work.
ing secretly. already knus here GO
Fui hands on "a number of men who
have dehed tre government aad the
department is prepared 80 ~ cIt
ard round Up these ,ackers
II ~ no excuse fhaf q man td nor
receive a police l0 presel himself
for examination The srnmert
holds that every drafted man should
end our MS own number ard cTer
himself FOR exam nation Tie farf
that many men gave wrong address
Is in registering ccnvirces tho gov
ernmerf officials tha' 'h@r were DE-
liberately trying 20 avoid doing their
duty. and was because - this
hat the -uIe wss adopted pyor'G ug
that failure 20 receive mailed
notice would nor be considered an
excuse.
The district exemption heard for
the nrst disfrlft - Neh gar. en-.
bracing Detroit md Highland Pars.
Monday ccruhea to me a.r'anf
Detroit men aysiiahle for service a.
fighting men This is nefrcit's srst
contribution &c the new national
army II vas significant or THE
citys spirit rhar among the frst
names In The llsf Was rhaf o. Thorn
as Battle, y DO lives a. W g. iiar'
ford-ave.
The men chosen are from diyt
sions No : and ~, comprising fhe
upper ends ~ The Fourteenth and
sixteenth wards. respectively They
are made up pals % men
who passed The physical examina-
ton and made 40 claim f0r exemp-
ton These 3-ts were certified 20
ne district board q DAYS ago and
no claims fu- industrial exemption
and no appeal from IRE action ~ ~
local boards have been aled 80
there Was nothing Tor The district
board "a "a hu' chers 'he ram-s
thru Th- men rs fhis process auto
matically hecoPia soldiers subject 90
The call % Uncle sam
Il had been the intention - The
hoard 20 start hearing appeals Mon
cay morning bug a. none ~ere sled
IN the eases * The f-sf men cerfl-
fed this vas unnecessary This
tact is regarded as q hopeful sigr
oy the board members
n indicates 20 them 'ha' tie PER.
centage ~ appeals wiz ror b as
large as was ~ hrsf expected. From
now on ne work % certifying 'h"
lists % Lansing all proceed 9fh
regularity
James - Nuran chairman ~ ne
board. has returned from New Nors
where he spent F~icay ard a part
OF SATURDAY pith ne NeV N0rs
board. ~ which Charles r Hugh es
ia chairman TIE Detroit plan RI
certifying lists 20 he ad.ufanr Ken
e-ai each dag impressed y Eugre-
and his associates anc hey Ta
probably adop, u Judge MUFFIN
found that 10 most essen la.s the
ideas OF the New York board co.n
cided with those % fhe Local BODY
New York's police department
presents a problem that. IA n"cessl
tated an appeal 70 re president
Judge Murfn said The depar'mer'
has been hard hit. a. the age limits
Tor patrolmen are eKactly ths SAINT
a. me axe limits Fixed ~ the DRAFT
law. q 20 81 The police are gnGe'
civil service and there - sac
law which compels he state 90 car
Tor dependents ~ members called
INTO he military service 40 he 20
iicemen cannot calm exemption or
these grounds NeV Workers ar
fearful that their force will Da Dc
pletod below he safety point n ~
laW i- not modified and 'he presi
dent na- oern ssF"4 10 AnI
our on he dilemma
The board WI also reoommfn
I 70 inc i''-'. 'ht
! dents draw Tor service % assignee
4 f,.~k % .F.fr rca~.cffve colleges n
complete fhelr studies afte- roach
I Ing their cantonmenfs They Noli
4 10 tnernbfr. ~ fhn arm buf ~
\ - - .,oct,f dvtr
stEntN ~ ~
The lis' of i'r'fpl' foi-