The Washington herald., 1917-08-08
may EXEMPT
| D. c. OFFICERS
Commissioners to Indorse
Claims Of Policemen and
Eremen Called in Draft.

Police and firemen claiming exemp-
tlon from the draft will have their
claims indorsed by the Commissioners
of the District, according to a state
ment issued last night at the office
Of the secretary to the Commissioners
at the District Building. The case of
the policeman, In the third division,
who was refused exemption by the To-
cal board yesterday, when It comes
before the District board of appeals.
will probably be acted upon with con-
sideration to the desire of the Com
missioners of the District. The police
force at present has sixty-five va
cancies waiting to be filled by men
who are physically fit for the service.
In the District fire department the
need Of men Is fast assuming the ap-
pearance Of a serious situation. II is
for these reasons that the Commits
sioners of the District have indorseo
all the claims for exemption made by
the firemen and policemtn.
Men attempting to escape service in
the national draft army, through in
accurate and incorrect statements IN
their affidavits, are to be prosecuted
for perjury by the District Attorney.
II was announced yesterday. Already
one case of perjury has been brought
to the attention of District Attorne
Laskey, who is investigating it..
Acting Adjutant for the District
Donovan yesterday issued n statement
asking all who have information of
wrongful exemptions to confer with
the eleven attorneys appointed to each
precinct.
board Is Worked Hard.
The third division was worked as
hard as any board in the city yester-
day. clearing the books of fifty-four
men. OF this number, eighteen were
accepted without claims, four claimed
exemption, fourteen claimed dis
charge. twelve were physically dis
qualified, two were exempted and dis
missed on special request and three
served reports on themselves, one OF
them being summoned again for ex-
animation today.
The District Board has received TO
date 34i certifications of men from
the local boards. OF these 147 were
discharged by the local boards and
1877 were not discharged or exempted.
The time limit for the filing of the
claims of exemption or discharge rela-
tive to these cases will expire in some
instances within a few days, and in
others, in the early part of next week.
At the expiration of the time limit
for the filing of notices of appeal,
those who have neglected to do so,
will be certified by the District Board
to the Adjutant of the District OF
Columbia for service. who will put
the finishing official bands on the
cases of the men.
1t is expected that the District
Board will begin receiving appeals
within the next few days. Several
cases are now under process OF con-
sideration by the board.
II was announced yesterday by DR..
William l.. Woodward, secretary of
the District Board, that the follow
ing men had filed appeals with the
District Board on grounds OF indus
trial necessity: Roger Birdsell. cashier
for the George A. Fuller Construc-
ton Company, now working on the
army oantonments at Fort Riley,
Kan; Clifford Gettner Hines, a resi-
dent physician at the Central Dis
pensary and Emergency Hospital; Earl
Theodore Pitt, 1880 Seventh street
AAOA man III lilt
employ of the Washington Steel and
Ordnance Company; Alvin Dreifus, De
Soto apartments. electrical engineer in
the service of F. r. Weller, said to
have government contract; Paul
Popence, 1916 Seventeenth street north
west, in charge Of business affairs of
American Genetic Association and ed
itor Of the Journal Heredity.
Many Gain Exemption.
The local boards have sent the fol-
lowing notices of claims for appeals
to the District board: John Bruce
Handy, 1887 Park road northwest; Je-
rome L. Kaufman. M3 Eye street
northwest; Andrew Joseph KnelI, 72s
Tenth street northwest, and Abraham
Rubin, 14l2 Thirty-sixth street north
west.
The following table. compiled from
tentative figures furnished by the var
the examinations to date.
ious boards, indicates the progress of