Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-23
SERIOUS PENALTIES
FOR FAILURE TO REPORT
Men Drafted Under First Call Who
DO Not Come Forward Classed
Us Deserters.
SALE ISSUES STATEMENT
Exemption Boards Will Receive
Forms and Instructions To-Day,
and Notices to Men Selected for
Examination Will Go Out ut Once.

Exemption boards In all parts Of
Virginia will have the necessary forms
and blanks to-day needed TO carry out
the provisions of the selective draft
act. The nnal shipment OF forms was
made by Acknowledgement w. w. Sale
yesterday afternoon. when his cleri-
cal force caught UP with the vast
amount Of work incident to the draft
From now on the central office will
have comparatively easy time.
Two truckloads of papers were sent
away from the acknowledgements Of
| flee yesterday for the exemption boards
This included only the blanks and
forms for boards within n few hours
distance by mail from Richmond. as
those for the boards in more remote
sections had been sent off earlier in
the week
With the receipt of the papers Iocal
boards will te ready for the daft. with
the exception OF having the official list
of numbers drawn in the big lottery
on Friday. These numbers, II is ex-
pccted will lie received here in printed
form tomorrow and will be Immediate
~ distributed Before the end OF the
week exemption boards will start or
dcring men up for physical examina-
ton.
From reports reaching the Adjutant-
General, cor,e me:. are being misguid-
ed by false information in regard to
their liability fer service. An instance
OF this was brought to his attention
yesterday when young man informed
him that he had been advised that
1t was unnecessary to obey the local
exemption boards summons for exami-
nation, there was no pnpi \, Dro
vided
MEN FAILING TO REPORT
CLASSED AS DESERTERS
General Sale, to Offset such an i'm
preston. issued the following state
ment:
Under the selective draft regulations.
the failure OF man to appear for ex-
animation means that the local cSemp-
ton board must post his name as one
called for service and not excused In
nat event, he will be included in the
draft and will he expected to report at
the designated place when his quota ia
called. III he fails to report he then
becomes It. deserter and will be liable
to court-martial and the punishment
provided by law for desertion, which,
In time OF war. is serious crime"
Exemption boards here will open their
headquarters early this week At pres
ent they are merely marking time. Soon
however, they will be extremely busy
men. The smallest board will have
the cases of 2To men to review Five
days after the notices of examination
arc sent out to the men, they must
report for physical examination. II
physically fit. they have seven days In
which TO file exemption claims, and
ten days in which to file the required
affidavits.
Virginia was one OF the first States
In the country to have it's district
quotas completed and announced. The
apportionment was made public on the
morning Of the draft. The majority OF
the States have theirs yet to make pub
lie The promptness of Virginia means
that the men Of this State will be or
dered up sooner for examination, which
means that the uncertainty as to their
status will be more quickly settled.