Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-06
To Hold Night Sessions.

This board. according to an an
nouncement of Postmaster Merritt o.
Chance. chairman, will hold night ses-
sions in order to pass on exemption
claims.
Examinations at No. IL district. head
quarters Eastern High School. de-
veloped three physically fit men who
did not want to claim exemption.
Twenty-Five men were examined. eleven
were rejected physically and nine filed
exemption claims.
Two men who failed to appear last
week on the date ordered turned up
today. They were Frank E. Marks.
Garfield avenue, who said he never re-
ceived the notice, and did. not know
he had been called until he saw his
name in the newspapers. and Lee Sum-
had just returned from Virginia Both
passed and did not file a claim for ex-
emption.
Board No. 5, headquarters No. po-
lie station. today examined twenty
men. passed three who did not file ex-
emption claims. rejected nve for physi-
cal reasons; twelve filed exemption
claims. This board today also made a
number of examinations of men reg
istered in out-of-town districts.
Thirteen Men Examined.
Thirteen Of the additional men to be
summoned before exemption board di-
vision No. 8. at the Henry D. Cooke
School. were examined this morning
Only two of the men were pronounced
exemption. Two Of the men were
physically disqualified. The men ac-
cepted were H. c. Schaeffer and Edward
G. Scharf. The men who claimed ex-
emption are James H. Richards. l..
Mothersead. D. A. Puie, J. r. Burnell,
jr.; Harry w. Hartman. Summer B. Ar
tbs, George J. Morrison, Samuel c. Tur-
ley and William w. Mari. Eight of
these men filed claims for exemption on
the ground that they had wife or child
dependent upon their support, while the
other one claimed exemption on indus
trial grounds
Six men meeting all the physical
requirements today were accepted
board in division No. in the Franklin
School. Twenty-Five men were exam
ined up until noon today, out of which
Ave were disqualified on being unable
to meet the physical test, while four
teen claimed exemption.
Examinations of the additional men
summoned before exemption board in
division No. 8 at the Business High
School began today. Twenty-nine
men were examined up until noon
Second Call Men Tomorrow.
The exemption board of the seventh
division. at Western High School, is to
start tomorrow to examine men sum-
mOneQ on Inc second call. IAere are
ITO men to appear before the board to-
morrow and Wednesday. in order that
the district can secure its full quota.
1t was announced today that the Of
fees of the board will be open daily
from to 4:30 o'clock. except on the
days of physical examination, when the
offices will be open until $50 o'clock.
Charges were filed In letter to the
exemption board of the fourth division.
at the fourth precinct police station, to-
day that a man residing on Carrollburp
street southwest. who filed a claim Of
exemption because of the dependency
of his wife and child. had borrower
the child.
The letter to the board, which was re-
ceived by Melvin C. Hazen, chairman,
states that the man has no child of his
own, but that he borrowed his sister-in-
laws adopted child to pass off as his
own. When the man appears before
the board to push his claim for exemp-
ton. he will be called upon to explain
his claim of having a child.