Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

who are alleged to be preying in
| illiterates.
Philadelphia policemen and hremen who
are thoroughly trained In their duties VIII
In all probability be exempted from service
IN the new National Army.
This became apparent today when Walter
willard chairman of District Appeal Board
No 9. returned from New York. where he
held conference with Charles r. Hughes,
head Of the New York city exemption
board
willard declined to discuss the work of
his board. but admitted that 1t would be
guided considerably by the oecisons OF Mr.
Hughes IT is the purpose OF the War De-
partment." said willard. TO establish uni
form draft rules for the appeal boards
throughout the country MIR Hughes has
given considerable study to the draft prob
lens and is interpreting the rules and regu-
lations in a manner that is pleasing to the
draft officials.
Concerning the exemption OF policemen,
Willard indicated the attitude OF his board
by quoting the former Associate Justice OF
the United States Supreme Court "Mr.
Hughes" said willard, feels that it would
be unwise to draft men who are trained in
the police department. They are doing
valuable work In their own field and one
that is Indispensable. Personally hold
the same view"
The exemptions, though. will not he ex-
tended to new men. but only to those who
are thoroughly trained and whose places
would be difficulty to ill during the present
shortage In man power.
TO PREVENT DIsORGANIZATIoN
Draft officials believe that IL takes two
years to train policemen and fremen effi-
eiently and contend that a wholesale draft
of army eligbles in the two departments
s, would create a chaotic condition in the fire
> and police departments
The food Of industrial claims il present
ing big problem for the board. but Willard
is confident that the present difficulties will
DC handled easily when the board gets
down to business
We do not propose to establish hard
and fast rules" he said but the average
ease can be disposed of with little trouble"
Appeal Board No. 2 will handle the claims
presented by men in Baldwns, Cramps
shipyard and other big industrial plants.
Like other claims" said willard, those
based on industrial grounds will be treated
separately but very few exemptions will be
granted.
We are working on the principle that
every man has enlisted for war service
nut 1t falls upon US to decide whether GER
the army. Many men who are at work In
the munitions factories are Indispensable
Tor they occupy places that require spe-
ciai technical training Such men must he
exempted because upon their work at home
aepends the success OF the army
Further plans for the parade and demon
stration to be held in this city in honor of
the drafted men on September will be an
nounced by Mayor Smith today.
The Mayor announced also that he would
ft9n tnla
Philadelphans to join In the movement to
make the celebration great success
The Thirty-sixth Registration Division
has completed its quota OF 167 men accord
ing to the board. which has been examining
a. the Park and Lehlgh avenues police
station.
Six hundred men were called for exam
fnsuon, and OF that number I51 were ac
cepted. while 345 were rejected or EXEMPT
Ihere are siSty-one claims for exemption
pending Five men have moved from the
district, while twenty-one are enlisted in the
Federal service. The seventeen men who
Tailed to report for examination have au-
tomatically been accepted for the National
Army, and II they fail to report to the board
with a legitimate excuse before a reasons
able time they will be classed az deserters
from the army
drafted man who carried the combi-
nation name OF George Washington and
the address Mount Vernon caused the ex-
emption board of the Twentieth district at
Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue.
TO sit up and take notice today II was
no lineal descendant of the Father of His
country. however, but colored laborer for
the Keystone State Construction Company
who lives at 1926 Mount Vernon street He
was passed in the physical examina ton
A new phase in the draft work deyeloped
today In the Forty-second District sixty
NTH street and Woodland avenue, when sew
hah la1 in tIA
tests when they tried TO volunteer several
weeks ago passed the examinations for the
new army.
1T is not fair to reject a man In the
volunteer army and accept him for the new
army" said DR.. w. Warren Weaver. I'VE
have had several such cases. but have rec
commended that the men be accepted In the
particular units which they endeavored to
Join. One man who wished TO join the navy
was rejected because the examining doctors
said he was suffering from hernia. We
failed TO discover any trace of this trouble
and recommended that the man be accepted
by the navy"
Local boards were today instructed by
Colonel Frank q. Sweeney. of Harrisburg
70 have the second and third quotas of the
new army ready on September 10 and Octo-
her . respectively, The first quota Of the
new army will be drafted into the Federal
service on September 8. Colonel Sweeney
also informed the draft boards to forward
10 their appeal boards the names of all men
Whether accepted or exempted. This is for
K the purpose OF having the appeal boards re-
+ <4ow the exemptions and check up on ex-
! &nption errors made because OF the differ
4nt standards established by local draft
Or. John r. Minehart. chief examining
/. 1byeicians Of the Sixteenth District Board
.X|orrnantown, believes that many men sent
Camp Meade win be rejected BY the army
</'loDonA Our examinations are not SC