The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-30
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LIST OF NAMES
Sheriff French Calls in Person at
Adjutant Generals Office
4 for Forms W e
DISTRIBUTION OF MORE
CREDITS IN PROGRESS
Counties Which Furnished Enlist
ments up to June 80 Will
Cut Quotas .
MANY sLAckERs

h.. Out NuOtdS rr,l
s, MANY SLACkERS
Washington, July 30.-Declar-
ing that thousands of men Of
draft age evaded registration and
have escaped the call to the
army, Attorney Gregory today IN
strueted all v. S. Attorneys to
begin the roundup Of the slack.
ers and start criminal prosecu-
tions.
If the Burleigh county exemption
board shows ordinary speed, the first
candidates examined for selective
service in North Dakota will be call
ed upon to report in this county next
Tuesday. Sheriff French, chairman
of the Burleigh county board, called
in person at the adjutant generals
Office this morning for his master
lists, and Burleigh's were the first
supplied to any county exemption
board. .r.
The adjutant generals Office is en-
gagged now in mailing out 50 copies of
this master list to other counties in
the state Another copy will 60 to
each county tomorrow. A majority
of the counties will get their first
copies tomorrow afternoon or early
Wednesday morning. Some of the
more distant counties, such as Bow
man and Slope, will not connect until
later in the week.
After these lists are received, num-
bers not applying to the particular
county must be expunged by the
board, and the names, attached to
numbers remaining on the list up to
twice the number of the county's
quita must then be notified in three
sections on three successive days be-
ginning to report for examination five
days from date. -. {. ra.-i
The task drumming through these
lists and making the necessary eras'
ures and. then transferring the live
numbers to typewriter sheets prob
ably will consume days time, and
the first class of candidates in Bur
leigh county, it is probable, will not
be asked to report earlier than Tues
day Of 75HsIB 7a5iHsEI[B{iAK[a :; 7's
will resaR ]ff6m D Tie Assignment assignment of
476 new credits received from com
pany commanders of state troops
this morning. These credits form a
part of the 7S6 national guard enlist
ments referred to Saturday as un-
assigned, and do not increase the
states total number of credits.
Credits Not Given
The adjutant generals Office has
been definitely advised that no Gre
dts can be given for enlistments re-
corded since June 30. Drafted men
who have enlisted since that date
may claim exemption, if drafted, on
the ground that they already are in
military service, but the fact that
they are in military service will not
recruit the countys quota for pthte
present draft. 1t will, however p give
the county credit in future drafts
made under the recent registration.
Charges in Boards
Further changes in county exemp-
tion boards were reported today.
Sheriff r. w. Craig of Ransom coun-
ty is excused because he is under
draft age. The county physician OF
Cavalier must have a substitute for
the same reason. DR.. G. 6. Smith
has resigned from the board in Mer-
Ger county, and DR.. l.. G. Eastman OF
Stanton has been recommended to-
replace him. The county auditors OF
Sargent and Pembina must both have
substitutes because they are liable to
draft. -" ..
Burleigh county registrants who ex-
pect to ask the county board for ex-
emptions must file their claims with
the board not later than Aug. 7, ac-
cording to Sheriff French's (interpreta-
tion of his instructions,
Mr.. French today voiced the hope
that with very good management the
exemption board may be in position
to issue it's first call wednesday, sum-
moning the initial class of candidates
to report five days from that date.
The regulations provide that claims
for exemptions shall be filed with the
local board n6t more than seven days
following the posting of lists of men
subject to service. After claims for
exemptions are filed, 10 days are al
lowed in which candidates may sub
NIT proof Blank affidavits upon
which these proofs are to be filed may
be procured from the exemption board.
Should be Prepared.
Sheriff French advises that men
who expect to claim exemptions come
Drepared to file their claims when
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