New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-06

Figures, which come closer than any
heretofore published to showing what
New York actually accomplishes in
single day toward raising the city's
quota for the national draft army,
were made available yesterday.
They cover the work Of fifty-fve To-
cal boards on Saturday, practically all
that were examining in the metropoh-
tan districts that day-and indicate
that, instead of one in four, as earlier
figures indicated, the ratio of young
New Workers ready for war is one in
five. Out of each hundred registrants
examined on Saturday nineteen went
on record as waving exemption.
In the twelve hours in which practi-
cally all the ffty-fve examining boards
were busy 6,O71 cases were passed on
That probably will prove about the
prevailing number handled in day S
work, for under Supervised decentrai-
ization" the boards operations are not
at all synchronized. and as new dis
tricts begin examining others will be
temporarily quitting to await the ap-
pearance of a second batch from their
call lists.
27 Per Cent Found Unfit
PHYSICAL disqualifications appear 70
have numbered 1852, or 27 per cent
On this basis New York City still
would be finding 5 per cent more OF nj
and healthy civilians than the war De-
uartment expected. But, again., the
ieck of teamwork between the local
boards and the lack of Standardization
in methods must be considered.
some boards are putting enemy and
otber aliens, regardless of whether OF
not thev have declared their intention
~ Incoming citizens, Though the medi-
cal test The reports from such boards
foirIv represent the proportion OF M
reoistrants and the proportion unht.
otber boards are postponing the eX-
or,ination OF aliens until IT has been
Gotarmined If, by diplomatic arrange
mont or Congressional action, they are
a. he held available for military ser
vice. c...Jo,.
cer,o out of the examination rooms
tirketed and qualified for service l,l3l
-, likelv regiment, as regiments were
or noace footing-waived exemption.
rbrre thousand two hundred and
tb;rty-eight, holding themselves en-.
titled 20 exemption or discharge, filed
- N that effect. These constitute
a nercentage of "a, as opposed to 10
nor cent announcing themselves ready
Roards in Jewish Sections Busy
Gross figures up 70 Friday night
sbowed 26 per cent Of registrants ex-
or,ined waving exemption. Physical
Jisoualifcations. 33 per cent on the
fret day the boards were officially ex-
mining were brought down TO q per
cont bv the returns of succeeding days,
ord with this latter percentage the new
and nearly complete figures exactly
tally. ,o IT..
some thirty boards, chiefly those or
the lower East Side, IN br9whsViiIe anG
in certain sections OF The brohN, whlcn
Lart The Jewish Sabbath and did not
examine on Saturday, kept the drat'
wheels moving yesterday AS RUE
tbev closed early. without checking up
"a re,urus will not be available until
some time to-day. ~ go
One Of the East Side boards No. lib
Win headquarters in Public School 25
a, a26 Fifth Street-was vastly wor'
rSed by the theft Of twenty-one blanks
on which were recorded the measure
yns,ts OF as many men who had beer
nassed by Or. william Greenberger, th'
boards medical examiner.
limited States Marshal Mccarthy