New Britain herald., 1917-11-19
STEPS INTO VACANT
 ELEVATOR WELL Edward R. Atwood Injured at Trumbull Electric Co. Plant FALLS TW ENTY FEET

Last IS Per Cent of Drafted Men Ex-
 pectcd to- Be Called Soon-Storc- keepers Burn Midnight Oil for Pre- parctIncsS.
 How it feels to be hurled through space a distance of 20 feet after losing your balance following an attempt to
 ride on an invisible elevator and to bring up with sudden shock against hard floor can best be described bv Edward R. Atwood. who is employed by the Adams Express agency. This morning Atwood's duties took him to the Trumbull factory and to the first floor of the building Finish ing his work he stepped toward the elevator well. Thinking that the ele- vator was stationed at that floor he casually stepped where he thought the elevator was-but was not As a result he fell from the first floor to the cellar. He was taken to his home and attended by Dr. Tanner who found that the young man had SuSld1neU numerous injuries. Besides heinz generally shaken up he received a deep cut on his head and abrasions and decorations of the legs and body. It is not expected that the injuries are serious.
 It is said that the gates in front of the elevator which should be closed when the elevator is elsewhere were open and were responsible for Atwood's fall.
 Drafted Men to Leave SOon.r
 That the last 15 per cent of the first draft from Plainville as we'll as from other towns about the state will leave within the next few days for camp has been predicted. According to a statement. made by officers in charge of the cantonment at Aver anent the time those who complete the last contingent on the first draft will leave for Camp Devens the mat ter of getting the last increment of men under way now lies solely with the various local exemption boards about the state.
 Through the columns of the press Sunday it was announced that the req
 son why the last 5 per cent had not
 been called was that there were no overcoats or gloves for the last incre- ment of the drafted men. It further added that at the present time, officials at the cantonment could now produce the necessary wearing apparel as soon as the local exemption boards pro- duced the men.
 All the Home Guard companies in this state and in New York, state have by request turned in their khaki woolen overcoats. These overcoats which n1a6o of tor rio1 and are of the same pattern as regu- lar army overcoats will be used by the drafted men in the war camps Another thing which is thought to have held back the last contingent was the fact that the cantonment at Aver was overGrowded with men, As number of drafted men have been used to fill up the ranks of the Ma tional Guard and regular army, have been sent to southern training camps and others have been sent overseas there is at present room at the 'cafnp to accommodate in the neighborhood l of 1000 men, according to reports The last fifteen per cent will be com posed of between 5000 and 5000 men 1 1t is thought.
 This morning Benjamin I. Miller, chairman of the local exemption board announced that the list of those men who will leave with the last l fifteen per cent has been certified. He stated also that contrary to press re- ports it was not up to the exemption boards now to send the men. "I e exemption board is waiting for off,
 cial orders from Washington before /; sending the last group of men to the 1 war camps was his statement when