Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07

sunDorting afiidavit from Maj. Pullman
superintendent OF police. tnat the ON
effective operation OF the force
Postmaster Merritt o. Chance. chair
man of the board. explained that II
did not take long to train a poIiceman
tai employee. and that he was not ASK
ing exemption in such cases. ne
thought the man should serve with tne
army.
men, accepted seven. who filed no claims
for exemption. five were rejected phy-
sically and two made claims 1or e1-
The board at district No. II. head
quarters Eastern High SCHOOL, con-
tinued its physical examinations To-
day, as did also the board in district
No. s, headquarters No. police station
Approved in Third District.
The following claims for exemption
were approved by division No. head
quarters. city post ONCE. on GROUNDS
Clyde Cecil. 725 goth street northwest:
machinist. navy yard: William Edward
Feeney. 2s15 L street northwest. wife
and four children: Arthur Brown. 11S4
P street northwest. wife and child:
Leonard Julian Rose, EOS 18th street
northwest. in military service: Domen-
leo Simone. 1871 L street northwest,
Wilson. 1917 Church street northwest,
wife and three children: Henry Leroy
Harris. sos cath street northwest.
widowed mother; Robert Franklin
wife and child: Francis Henry VESSEL.
71s 18th street northwest, wife, Morris
Friedlander. 2119 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. wife and two children: Creed
W. Childs. jr.. 1911 street nortnwes..
child: Walter Vincent Hurley. 21o6 H
street northwest. toolmaker. navy yard.
wife and child, and Everett l.. Cline.
c10e F street northwest, clerk. War
The following claims for exemption
were denied today by division No ).
headquarters city post office. and the
men certified to district board for serv-
ice:
Asaph Hall Bell. 1922 22d street
northwest. claimed contributed 5000 an
nually to support of father. Ruled that
he could do this on Army pay:
Louis Lucas Brown. 1925 Church
$3.50 year to support of dependent
mother. Ruled that he could do same
Benjamin H. Green. 1852 22d street
northwest. Ruled that he can support
wife on Army pay.
Ernest William Zeigermann. 613 22d
street northwest. Can continue to sup
port widowed mother on Army pay.
Charles Alfred Colbert. 1922 H street
northwest. Can support wife on Army
pay.
Joseph Charles Connell, 1913 L street
northwest Ruled can support widow
cd mother on Army pay
William Arthur Graves. 1924 M street
northwest. Ruled that can support
wife on Army pay.
John Brown. Ills 22d street north
west Ruled that can support wife on
OIeeeo S%onSord Hunt o1sa z ,+raa+
northwest. Rejected exemption claim
on ground that necessary to the ade-
quate and effective operation of police
department
Work Progressing in the Fourth.
Members Of the fourth division ex-
emption board. Of which Melvin c.
gagged today in passing on all the
papers Of the 14s men examined last
week in that division, at the fourth
precinct police station
division. Twenty-Five were rejected be-
cause Of physical defects, and six have
since been discharged because the board
upheld their exemption claims
1t 10 expected additional men will be
called the latter part of the week to
examination. in order that the division
can secuse its full quota.
Exemption board No. 6 issued larger
number Of exemptions for physical dis
ability this morning than at any time
since it began itz work Out Of twenty
dve men examined up to 1890 o'clock
thirteen had been rejected for this
cause Only four of the others exam
lined were accepted, while eight filed
claims for exemption.
Seventh Works on Second Call.
Physical examination of the young
men summoned on the second call in
the seventh division is now under way
The examiners called thirty-six men to
appear at Western High School today.
The board had called 10 men in or
der that the full quota for the division
can be secured for the list. Today. to-
morrow and Thursday the board is to
keep the office open until $50 O'Clock.
in order that all those called can be
physically examined.
This board today certified to the War
Department the name of Harry Alius
jackson. colored. of 2S09 0 street
in the National Army. According to
tho members of the board, Jackson was
called on the draft July IS. and the
following day was married They say
he filed q claim for exemption because
of his marriage. The board heard his
claim and rejected 1t.
A full company Of members of the
United States Reserve Corps. in train :
ing at Fort Myer, went to the seventh
division headquarters yesterday after
noon to file their papers in connection
with the draft In the majority of the
cases the young men have as yet not
been called for service or physical ex-
animation Those who had not been
notified to appear for examination
were told to return to their camp and
not to appear until they are notified
as the board has all the work it can
readily attend to without taking up
the papers of those who have not been
summoned.
Exemptions Approved in Eighth.
Exemption claims of the following
men have men have been approved by
the exemption board of the eighth di-
vision, at the Business High School.
Wilbert Briscoe, s33 Florida avenue,
dependents; James Alfred Saunders
1446 Corcoran street, dependents; Neill
Winthrop Dumont, 1890 w street. de-
pendents; Charles H. Dampier, 124 W