Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-01
DRAFT APPEAL BOARD
IS UP WITH ITS WORK
Handling Stupendous Task Well In
Spite Of Setbacks
ACCEPTED LISTS CERTIFIED
September l9 Fixed As Date For Sec
ond Draft Call-Many Claim
Exemption

The Divisional Military Draft Board
for the Western Shore is toeing the
chalk in connection with the maze Of
work involved in passing upon the
lists OF young men who were con-
scripted for military service with the
new National Army. In fact, this
Board get down to its task sooner and
would have been far ahead of either OF
the other Boards, but for the fact that
the Exemption Board for Charles
county was dilatory in filing the re-
quired report of the men who qualified
in the prescribed physical examina-
tions and were placed in the "ac-
eepted" class.
The Charles county board did not
, file its report until August "a, How
ever, the Divisional Board has passed
upon the accepted lists from the sew
eral counties and have certified the
same to the Adjutant General There
is multitude of claims for exemp-
| ton which have yet to be passed up
on, however, and these will be taken
up at an early date. All men con-
scripted have ten days from the date
of filing the lists in which TO take an
appeal on the ground of having de-
pendents, and in the case of those who
would be exempted because of indus
trial occupations, five days additional
are allowed in which the applicant
may furnish evidence of his claim.
/ These conditions, therefore, cause adj
ditional delay
In the meantime, September 10 has
been liked as the date for the second
draft call where the results attained
were insufficient to supply the quotas
| fixed for a given county. In all of
the counties more than fifty per cent
| of the men conscripted filed claims of
exemptions, it is stated, but it is
hardly likely that as many as forty
per cent of these will be given favor
able consideration by the Appeal
As Fair instance of how the first call
worked out in the several counties.
the figures for Anne Arundel county
are given. The county's quota was
! fixed at 200. to supply which, 400
| names were in the list called. OF this
number 90 were accepted, 271 filed
claims for exemption, and the remain
| ing SO failed to appear before the ex-
emption board for different reasons.
The percentage of physical disquali-
| fications in the county was only 10.
| The results in the other counties are
about on a par with Anne Arundel.
or the. SO accepted in Anne Arundel,
e3 names were certified to the Adju-
tant General, additional exemption
claims having been filed in the cases
OF the other 80. The fact that 271
other exemption claims are still
pending, it is regarded as likely that
this county will fill its quota without
the necessity of the second draft call.
| There have been several instances
wherein conscripts have ayailed them
selves of direct appeal TO the Presi-
dent from the rulings of the Appeal
Board
The Divisional Board for the East
ern Shore also is pretty well up to
time. according to information reach
ing Annapolis. This Board is holding
its sittings at Denton. The Western
Shore Board occupies one of the large
committee rooms at the State House.