New Britain herald., 1917-08-10
ANONYMOUS NOTES CHARG
 UNFAIRNESS IN EXEMPTIl
Authorities Seeking WI of Insulting LetterS|| ceived By Dr. ReeE First District.
ONLY 161 SECUREI
 OF 875 EXAMI1

Officials Go Into Executive Sess
 Pass on Claims by Those Hayt
 pendents-Second Call Will
 800 Additional Men-Seven
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 from Date of Examination A for Filing Claims.
 J. J. Watson, the first divtsid enption board, went into ex1 session this morning to pass uI | claims for exemption which hay made thus far and which come their jurisdiction. The board decide these claims as we'll a ] upon all acceptances and reje and from the figures obtained will ascertain the number of adi al men to be called in the secont for next Thursday. It is t about 500 more will be called.s To date, it is unofhcially red about 875 of the 97O men first
 have responded either by mall person. Of this number only 161 have successfully passed tho | cal examination and made no for exemption. Yesterday a tC 286 men were examined and number 52 passed and did not ] exemption; 54 were rejected claimed exemption because of ds ents or other reasons; while 8S' l saw fit to hide behind the law. Dr. T. E. Reeks, member q draft board and the leading exaI l tion surgeon, has received five q l offensive nature. In each cad unsigned writer alleges unfairnj the matter of examination, cla1 that some men are unfairly ?
 while others are rejected VI cause. The authorities have bee}
 flied of this persecution and VI. yet no personal threats have beeI| tained in the letters, neverthel{ is said, the text is such as to q tute a state prison offense. An ! one suspect Is under surveillanc( If it can be proved that the pad question wrote any of the letters 2cution will follow. Lawyers Represent Governmed Judge J. E. Cooper and Judi '. Gaffney have been appointd the United States government toI resent the war department in thd and second exemption districts re lively. They are to secure all and data delative to all cases c ing exemption in case there arJ peals from the decision of the h0
 Chairman A. F. Corbin statN3 day that the drafted men in tho district are to be given seven from the day of their examinattt which to file exemption claims. original ruling was that a man file his claim for exemption W
 
 report, but the method adopted D, local board was to permit no ell until after examination, hence changed ruling.
 A Red -Blooded Alien.
 Like an oasis in the desert of was the smiling visit of Stanislaw1 blonski of SAT High street to Cl man Corbin this morning. Duh ski, who is 25 years old and alien, yesterday claimed exemr on the ground that he has a dep ent on him fer support. Today ht turned and cancelled his exemE claims. He said his wife is Twin Russia and in2Smuch as she cal come here or he cannot go to hel feels it his duty to fight under standard of the U. S. A.
 Some peculiar eases; ara bl brought to the attention of the bo' One man examined yesterday passed with a perfect physical rec He presented his discharge from army, dated last February. showed that he had served six mol and had been discharged flor good of the service' after having ! tried before a summary court maj on eight different occasions.
 His commanding officer noted his discharge papers that he was for re- enlistment"
 One man who did not appear ts has not yet received call, officials learned today, bees the postal authorities have decll to deliver mail on the road on WI the man lives.
 Man Drafted Twice.
 One man. Basil tlantanzo of Washington street, through SC clerical error. has been drafted tW This man was given two serial h' bers. Nos. 3s27 and 1lS5. and in draft at Washington he was drs twice, the forty first and forty-thirt order. He will be examined in \ York.
 Today an additional lot of afhda from wives seeking exemption their husbands was received. Ow to the large number of aliens seek it has been impractical print their names, but it@is unofnc
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