Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-15

Ptou " ING aulutaut general
Of the army a. q deserter and. the local |
police will be asked to arrest him on sight |
aud turn him over to the nearest army
post for trial. Where there was no inten-
ton to desert, however, and the missing |
man reports OF his own will, the board |
will send him on to the camp with an ex-
PLANTATION and = recommendation as to his |
degree Of culpability.
Arrived at the camp the party will un-
dergo hnal physical examination by army
doctors. II any are rejected the local |
board will be notified and an alternate |
sent forward for each such case. The net |
quota OF board will be regarded as oiled
only when the full number Of men called
for have been finally accepted.
EXEMPTION RULES MORE DRASTIC.
Wholesale claims for exemption from
the army draft, reported from many Sec
tions, caused Provost Marshal General
Crowder to telegraph the governors Of the
states directing that local boards 'sreduce
discharges for dependency to . far more
restricted class and to very necessitous
and clearly defined circumstances"
In some districts as high as eighty per
cent. OF the registrants filed claims for
exemption on the ground OF dependent
relatives. Such conditions indicate, Geu-
eral Crowder says, that unfair advantage
Is being taken OF the regulations designed
to protect men who properly should be
exempted from military service, and actu-
ally threatens to interfere seriously with
the raising OF the national army.
General Crowder in his message to the
governors said:
1.-THE controlling necessity is to raise an
army. 1t Is advisable to disturb depen-
dents just as little As the necessity Of
raising an army will permit. To this end
the regulations were compiled carefully
and after the most earnest consideration.
II experience is to prove that the generous
conditions prescribed, or any abuse OF
them, will interfere with the raising OF an
army, then 1t Is no longer advisable to
DISCHARGE so wide . class, and the con-
dit,ons stated therein will have to be re-
stricted until an advisable rule is reached.
"rhe ding OF improper claims for ex-
emption will react directly and injufiously
on persons whom the present regulations
were designed to protect, and the welfare
OF persons who have nled bona fde claims
under the present generous clauses OF the
regulations, Is seriously imperilIed by
persons who have filed claims without
merit, and the only protection OF persons
whose cases are within the meaning OF the
present rules, lies In the power OF local
boards to refuse exemption in every
doubtful case.
at Is true that cases OF discharge on the
ground OF dependency are appealed to the
district board. but this clause Is only in
serted to secure uniformity OF action.
District boards are to examine these cases
to discover departures from the law, reg
ulations and rulings; and they will not
and can not open every case on its merits.
It Is In the local boards alone, therefore,
that the solution OF the difficulty and the
protection OF deserving claimants Me-"
CORRECTIONS.
In the rush OF the many examinations
Monday and Tuesday OF last week, the
misplscing of the envelopes in the files
resulted in few errors in the list as
printed in The AMERICAN. That there
were not more errors Is remarkable con.
sidering the pressure under which the
board worked. OF course these were all
errors that corrected themselves after the
examinations were completed and the
f.,lI Nd
but they resulted in q few errors in the
lists as printed last week. The corrections
follow:
Arthur l.. Robinson OF Sout Invest Har-
Dor and Alden A. Kelley OF West fremont
were included in the list OF those accepted
~ printed last week. They were rejected.
Raymond p. Somes of Southwest Har-
Dor, included among those accepted, asked
exemption.
Dallas J. Hodgkins Of Eden, included in
list OF rejected, passed and asked exemp-
ton.
Patrick Burke OF Conception Bay, New
foundland, included in list OF rejected,
passed and was accepted.
Following il the corrected list, with
record Of disposal Of exemption claims to
date:
ACCEPTED.
1923 Elwyn b Tracy, w Hancock
1872 Austin w Heath, w Penobscot
1866 Murch 8 Sullivan, South Gouldsboro
1887 Carroll T. Newman, Prospect Har-
1884 Calvin LaF Stinson, Prospect Harb Dor
ITS Francis W Robbins, Franklin
1866 Arthur NJ O'Kief, Ellsworth
1853 Alexander NJ Ward, Southwest Har-
Dor
6e2 Hollis Coffron, Bar Harbor
2166 vasco K Carter, Bucksport
202 Lester u Kent, Swans Island
1878 Rodney Stinson, Stonington
l77s Harry N. Buckminster, Stonington
1855 Milton 4 Ursnn, f Sullivan
1884 Avery Bowden, Orland
COZ Fred Robbins, Deer Isle
1883 Bernard A Small, Ellsworth, r F d