Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-13
PREPARE TO MOVE
STATE'SQU
Instructions Will Be Sent to
Exemption Boards To-
morrow
200 TRAINS ARE NEEDED

| full Instructions covering mON ementS Of
| their respective 40 per cent quotas for the
| National Army beginning next Wednesday
! VIII be sent to each OF the 2S2 exemption
boards in the state tomorrow morning. il
| was announced today at the Adjutant Cen
| erals office at Harrisburg.
| Details in the tasi. o" moving the big
| bodies Of men toward the draft cantonment
J at camp Meade. Md, arc being completed
! this afternoon by State military authorities
| and a corps Of railroad clerks. under the
! direction of Charles w Crowthcr, of the
! Pennsylvania railroad. representing all the
railroads concerned.
More than 200 special trains will be re.
quired to transport the men. l3O on the
Pennsylvania Railroad lines alone, and de-
tails Of their starting and destination
points, together with schedules Of their var.
Gus stops, will be completed tomorrow and
sent to the local draft boards. Eastern
Pennsylvania men will go to Camp Meade:
Central Pennsylvania and some Western
men to Camp Lee, and the remaining
selected men to Camp sherman.
At the State registration Headquarters
1t was said today that the district boards
were slow in certifying the names of the
men making up the quotas required by the
War Department but that in view of the
urgency of the situation the work of the
examining boards probably would be speed.
ed up.
The members of District Appeal Board
No. this afternoon made a personal in
vestigation Of number of cases which
have come up in the thirty-two draft divi-
sons under the jurisdiction Of Board No.
. Announcement of the action in the
various cases was not made.
Tn order TO have the As per cent of the
drafted men for the first National Army
properly certifcated in time TO leave for
camp next Wednesday, 1t will be necessary
for the clerks of the board to work both
night and day the early part of next week
by putting forth every effort however. it IS
expected that the full quota of names will
be ready in time.
Among the claims for exemption today
on Industrial grounds was that fled by Otto
+. Bauerle of 4011 Fairhll street. Bauerle
who is sub-statlon operator at the Atlantic
avenue sub-staton of the New Jersey Public
Service Corporation. Camden, declared that
the trolley service, the street lighting and
Industrial business in that part of Camden
served by his station, would be crippled
for six months if he were taken.
DRAFT APPEALS USELESS
NJ appeal based on a claim Of dependency
will be considered by the President or pro-
Vo2t marshal general, nor will any appeal
made direct to either one. against the dcci-
sol Of the district appeal board, be consid-
cred. unless II has gone through the dis
State registration headquarters at Harris
burg today from Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
The only cases that will be received on
appeal from the district appeal boards are
those based on engagement in agricultural
Or industrial pursuits. No appeal to the
President may be made from the action OF
local boards in dependency or other cases
that come within the jurisdiction OF those
boards.
Marshal General sent to members of Con-
gress or TO any place other than the dis
trict appeal boards will be returned to the
sender Papers. evidence or afiidavts not
considered by the district board cannot be
taken up on appeal from that board.
In conformity with regulations regar riding
errors. Local Draft Board No. informed
District Appeal Board No. . today that II
had notified James Donnelly of 1891 Edge
mont street that lie was discharged, where
as a matter of fact II had meant to tell
him he was certified for military service
Correct notifca ton will be sent TO Donnelly
at once.
Francis Fisher Kane. United States At
torncy, who is investigating alleged perjury
cases, declared that not only would charges
be made against the applicants for exemp-
tion in such cases. but that conspiracy
charges would be brought against everybody
connected with pcrjured afildavts.
"Of course, Mr.. Kane said, first we
shall have to find evidence of conspiracy.
But, as United States Attorney I shall
know what to do when we discover such
evidence"
Mr.. Kane's announcement was made fol- |
lowing his appearance before the Federal
Grand Jury which is investigating cases
of alleged fraud In connection with the |
draft. Among the cases are those of
Maurice Brown, son of a druggist at Fifty |
seventh and Master streets; Jacob r. Balty |
of Overbrook who made no mention in |
his exemption claim of a $4,000 Income |
from Brewery interests. and Andrew IT, |
Rosenbaum. guard In Independence Hall |
who has been charged with promising ex- |
emption from the draft to two men regis
tered in the fourth draft district, Third |
and De Lancey streets. |
District Appeal Board No. has referred |
the request for a denomination of regis |
trants IN the fourth draft district to Pro. |
vost Marshal General Crowder at WASH
ington. The request for the re-examina ton
was made by Isadore Stern. State Repre-
sentative. In connection with charges Of ir-
regnlqxities against the draft bosgd<