The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-04

Allowing. the 10 days in which to file exemption claim evidence, wilt bring this division at least to Aug. 23l before it can complete it's work. There will be appeals and industrial claims to hear and these cannot be disposed of before Sept. l. Bridgeport's quota for the National army. therefore, can- not be filled this month.
 In addition to the striking situa-. ton which the first deeision board finds as 1t work progresses, the Sec ond division board in checking up two days work this morning foundi that 6S men had been accepted out of S25 calls issued. The board sent out notices to 200 men to appear on Mon-l day for examinations and called 275 for Tuesday. This division quota is 250 and the board must get 1S2 men before work can be finished. Some of the 13Ss men who passed the pl1y- sical examination may be accepted out of the TO who have filed exemp- ton claims, but it is not possible to determine the exact number. The board will, on this account, be com pel1ed to proceed with physical ex- aminations beyond the point of pres ent necessity, but the men found fit will make a reserve list to fill up va cancies that will be caused by re- jections in camps.
 The situation for the future is not going to be difficult for the reason that the boards are perpetuating and all of the experience gained through the different stages of the work will be helpful later on. Further, in the event of future drafts the same boards will serve and they will be able to act quickly in cases where they will grant temporary exemptions for the start.
 Men are today calling at he office of the Third Connecticut Division board at Room 4S, county court house, to file industrial claims. What has been said many times over is apparently not l yet clear to some The Division board doesn't recognize anyone until the certified lists have been received from l tho local boards. The local boards will make announcement of the fact when they certify their lists and until this announcement is made, men seeking industrial exemptions can do nothing that will be of any avail. i Here is the result of the second di- visions first attempt to get it's na- tional army quota, concisely com piled by Judge John s. Pullman, chaiy- man of the board:
 Men summoned ...... ss5 Appeared before board ..255
 Passed physical examination ...l ..13S Claimed no exemption .............. 63 Claimed exemption ................. 70 Rejected on physical grounds ...... fl Examinati deferred ............. 76 *DTd not appear .. 76
 %Indicates men who have enlisted l since numbers were drawn; those who have changes residence and will be
 examined elsewhere and persons not Elocated by post office to deliver no- 1 Judge Pullman stated today in ex- l plaining that 70 called by the local
 board did not appear, that he didn't
 believe there was any notorious fax ing so far as addresses and names ot
 men were concerned, when they reg istered. He declared that a few hon. est mistakes were made and that the l others absent were those who enlist ed or had transferred their examina- l tions elsewhere.
 | It must be borne in mind when
 reading the account of the high rate | of rejections in the first division that many are aliens This division in
 cludes the first. second and third vot-
 ing districts in which the alien pop ulation of the city is almost exclusively centered. For this reason there is | nothing to indicate that the percent age of exemptions will run as high ir | other divisions.