Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-26
SPECIAL DELIVERY
CALLS TO SERVICE
Summonses for Those Drafted
Are Handled Promptly by
City Post Office.
TO EXAMINE MEN MONDAY

Special delivery service is DelnS iSca
in the District to transmit the sum-
mons to the mon here in the first call
for troops for the national army. Post
master Merritt o. Chance, through the
Commissioners, informed the heads OF
the eleven local boards that if they
would bring their notices to the office
and present them to him or his repre-
sentative he would see that they were
given special attention
This special attention was special de-
livery service. AS soon as the notices
were received from several of the pre-
cincts Postmaster Chance turned them
over to the special delivery section of
his office. where separate receipts were
made for each notice, and the special
delivery messengers went out over the
city and delivered each notice to the
addressee personally and obtained his
receipt.
BY this method. inaugurated by POST
master Chance, there is no opportunity
for a man to say that he did not re-
ceive the summons.
Many Sent Out Last Night.
Many of the notices were sent out
last night. There are still a few dis
tricts which are not yet ready. but
these, except in one case, expect to have
their notices out by tomorrow and the
lists posted in the exemption division
headquarters.
Physical examinations will start in
most of the eleven exemption district
headquarters Monday.
Raymond 0. Wilmarth. a member of
exemption board No !. said that all or
the notices to the first call men were
sent out yesterday and instructed the
men to appear in groups of ten, begin
ming at O'Clock Tuesday morning.
A J. Driscoll, chairman of exemption
board No .. said his board is working
hard today on the lists and hopes to
have the notices prepared this after
noon. notifying the men to appear
Tuesday.
Postmaster Merritt o. Chance, chair
Man of exemption board No. 3, said that
the complete list showing the order of
liability of every man in his district
was posted at the city post office last
night. The notices were sent out by
call men received their notices last
night and signed receipts for them. The
first men will appear for examination
in this district Tuesday morning. be-
ginning at o'clock. The notices have
been so timed as to have the men re-
port in groups of six every hour.
To Report Ten an -Four.
First call men in exemption division
No. 4, according to Melvin c. Hazen,
chairman of this board, will begin to
appear Tuesday morning at o'clock.
They have been instructed to report at
the rate Of ten an hour.
Clifford Lanham, chairman of exemp-
ton board No. 5, said his board now
was waiting for the five days to elapse
in order to begin it's work. 1t is busy
during the interim answering the many
questions of those who propose to file
claims of exemption. This board was
the first to send out its notices.
Daniel +. Garges said that notices
went out to the first third of the men
in district No. yesterday and that
notices arc being sent to the second
group today. The first of the men in
this district VIII appear for examina-
tion Wednesday, Seventy men will re-
port each day. Thirty have been in
structed to report at 10 o'clock in the
morning and forty at 3 o'clock.
Having disposed of the notices to the
men eligible under the first call. the
board of district No. Z, headed by Sid
ney Roche, is busy today completing
the entire list of men in the district.
showing their order of liability. The
first of the men will appear for exam
ination in this district Monday. In
structions on the notices have been so
worded as to have the men report at
the rate of six an hour. beginning at 8
o'clock Monday morning and skipping
the noon hour
Notices to the men in division No. 8,
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ed last night. instructing the first
quota to appear Monday morning at 9
O'Clock, and reporting at the rate Of
twelve an hour thereafter. This dis
trist is one of those that have been short
of clerks, but those available have
made fine progress in the work.
Morris Hacker Eeads List.
The first of the men In Division No. Q.
headed by Morris Hacker. will appear
Monday morning. The men in this dis
trict viii be required to report in the
morning and remain until their exami-
nations are completed.
George S. Wilson. member Of Board
No 10, said it will be several days be-
fore notices will be sent out to the
first draft men No notices will be dis
patched he said, Eatil the entire list of
of every man In the district has been
prepared for posting.
Notices were sent to the men in Dis
trict No. II yesterday afternoon, and
instruct the men to appear Monday
morning at the Eastern High School. ac-
cording to Adoiphus GUIDE, chairman OF
the board. All of the first third will
appear in the morning.
District Board of Appeals.
Preliminary arrangements for the or
eaniZatiou of the District board of ap-
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for the military draft. are being made
by Maurice Splain. United States mar
shall for the District. Mr.. SpIain Will
not call Il meeting of the board until
the return to Washington of one of is
members. John 10y Edison. who is now
in Pittsburgh. Fl" is expected back the
latter part of the week.
Meetings OF tho board will be held in
room 500. District building. At, the first
meeting chairman and secretary viii
he chosen. In addition to Mr. Edison,
| the members are j. s. Easily Smith. DIR.
! w. c. Woodward, Flournoy C. Roberts
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