Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
DAUPHIN CLAIMS
TOBE UP MONDAY
Appeal Board Will Finish Up
Early Next Week; May
Deny Chance to Enlist

The district appeal board resumed
session this morning in the House
caucas rooms at the Capitol and eX-
amined all the claims for exemption
from Adams county. The board re-
malned in session all day and adj
journed until Monday morning at 8
o'clock.
Next week an effort will be made
TO clean up all the-claims that re-
main to be acted on and these will
include all of Dauphin which have
been before the board for some time.
Efforts are being made by tile
board to appeal in behalf of the Brit
lsh and Canadian recruiting station
TO patriotic British subjects living
In this district who are willing to do
some work to assist in listing British
Canadian subjects in this district.
y letter written to David E. Tracy,
chairman of the board, by S. G. Il.
steele, colonel of the British and
Canadian recruiting station is as fol-
lows:
Sir: With reference to War De-
partment telegram, dated Washing
ton, September IL, 1917, from Gen
eral Crowder Copy attached), l have
the honor to request the favor of
your kindly informing me, whether
the following information can be OBJ
tanned from the records on file at
your office, namely:
Serial No., surname, christian
name, address, country of origin. of
all British subjects, including British
colonial subjects, and subjects of the
oversees Dominions, in your diVi-
sion, If nit, would you kindly let me
know the name and address of the
chairman of the local board to whom
l should apply.
L am well aware that the compile
tion of this information may involve
some clerical labor. / should be much
obliged, therefore, if youwould kind
ly let me know the names and ad-
dresses of any local patriotic British
ladies and gentlemen, who would be
public spirited enough, either to col
lect the information required by us
in their own spare TIME, or who
would superintend the collection of it
by specially paid clerical staff.
Yours very truly,
(signed) S. G. T. STEELE,
Colonel British and Canadian Re-
crliting Mission.
May Not BE Able to Enlist
The question as to whether or not
the young men of Harrisburg car
enlist even if the orders are given to
examine all registered men, is caus-
ing great anxiety. Many rumors tC
the effect that the right of volunteer
enlistment is to be denied registered
men have been circulated. Several
newspapers have given the wrong
version of the matter and as a re-
suit many of the young men of Har-
risburg who are registered, do not
know exactly what to do. Colonel
Frank Sweeney of the state draft
headquarters, to-day stated that
there has not been any change in the
reading of the law.
Up to this time every registered
man who has not been called for eX-
animation by his local board is free
to enlist. Once he is called, how.
ever, he loses that right and mus
present himself for examination. Un.
less this law is changed, the issuance
of the new orders to examine all reg
istered men, as is contemplated, will
automatically stop the enlistment OF
all registered men. However, Secre.
tary of War Baker in his address
to the members of the Chamber OF
Commerce stated that it is probable
that new laws will be made regard
ing the draft system. Until the new
orders are issued, every Harrisburger
who has registered. and has not been
called may enlist without any fear
of being summoned for examination
by his local board.