Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-08
MAYSTART TODAY
ON DRAFT APPEALS
District Board Meets This
Afternoon to Complete Its !
Organization. -
CASES ALREADY DOCKETED


Consideration Of exemption appeals OF
drafted men may be commenced this after
noon by the District board of appeals.
which met at the District building at =
O'Clock
Several cases were docketed. but the
board has some organization details to
work out. and whether it would be able
today to get down to the main business
before it was uncertain. One OF the things
to be determined is when and how often
the board shall sit to consider appeals.
Four notices of claims of appeals by
persons certified to the board by the local
exemption boards had been receivd up to
noon. In addition there had been filed six
claims for discharge on the ground Of in
dustrial necessity.
Cases Now on Docket. q
OF the former group those making ap-
peal are John Bruce Handy. 1897 Park
road northwest: jerome l.. Kaufman, 9l3
/ street northwest; Andrew Joseph
Knell. 72s 10th street northwest, and
Abraham Rubin. 1412 36th street
northwest.
Applicants for discharge for indus
trial reasons are Roger Birdsell. 3440
Brown street northwest, cashier for
the George A. Fuller Construction
Company. on the National Army can
tonment at Fort Riley, Kan: Clifford
Gertner Hines, resident physician at
Central Dispensary and Emergency
Hospital; Ea RI Theodore Pitt, 1880 7th
street northwest. machine hand in
employ of Washington Steel and Ord
nance Company. Alvin Dreifus. De
Soto apartments. electrical engineer
with firm said to have government con-
PODenOe street
northwest. in charge of business af-
fairs of American Genetic Association;
Walter Jacob Bellinger. 109 West 94th
street. New York city. telephone
switchboard installer for Western
Electric Company.
Attorneys for the eleven exemption
boards. who are to bring appeals for
the provost marshal general in all ex-
emption cases in which dependency 10
the claim. were busy today going over
the records of the boards and prepar.
ing for the work ahead of them in con-
nection with the appellate body.
Exemption Claims Indorsed.
: Claims for exemption filed by all
policemen and firemen drawn in the
draft have been signed by the District
Commissioners. on the ground that
these men are needed for the services
they now perform. Their cases. how
ever. will be finally disposed of by the
board of appeals.
Draft officials and all persons con-
nected with the local boards today
plainly showed the strain of the duties
that have been demanding their con-
slant attention and the hours of over
work that they have put in during tbs
past few weeks. However, every man
was sticking to his post with grim de-
termination. The big work now is for
Pbva;caJ TeStc Ahort CompIete
All of the exemption boards Of the
District practically will complete their
physical examinations today and will
begin to devote practically their en-
tire time to the consideration OF the
exemption claims before them and Ger.
tify the cases to the district board.
Division No 3. headquarters at the
city post office. claims that it has .prac-
tically all of its quota of eighty-eight.
and expects to be the first to certify
Several of the boards have announced
action on exemption claims They
have had cases of married men with
only wives to support. and are reject
ing some claims for exemption on this
ground where il is apparent that the
wife is able to support herself with the
aid of the husbands pay in the army
A. J. Driscoll. chairman of the board
covering division No. .. headquarters at
the Dunbar High School. announced to-
day that. beginning Saturday at l O'Clock.
elsewhere and certified by out-of town
boards and also will conduct re-examina-
tions of men rejected on the preliminary
examination
One case of a minor who registered be-
ing summoned to appear was uncovered
by district No 3. The claim for exemption
was made by the boys father on the
ground that he was a minor. The regis
trant will be required to submit proof Of
his age to the board before he is released
572 Accepted for Service.
Out of 2,54o men examined during the
week and a half the eleven local -exen1p-
ton boards have been in session. -S12 men
have been accepted for service cut of the
Districts quota of 929. Up to date 3,o7S
men have been called, but some have
failed to appear. The figures show that
sos have been rejected and l.254 cases
are pending.
The following table compiled today from
figures furnished by the exemption boards
shows the way the draft stands to date:
Ex. A.. Rafa