New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29
hungarian Will Be First
to Face Board in
Test Here
East Side Finds Many
Called Are Ineligible
Writer Says Rich Undergo
Treatment to Look
Emaciated

Draft master lists we're received by
i.,.l exemption boards in New York
:, Friday night, and Board No. 142
,.,ded by Isidor Wasservogel, was able
!, send out its notices Immediately
and will begin examining men on
Wednesday.
The speedy board is in Public School
g at Eighty-ffth Street and Fifth
,,.nue. Matthew Weiland. of 1850
S;,,t Avenue. a native of Hungary. who
Las never taken out his cltlzensnlp
papers, will be the first man examined.
r1ther boards. although working al
tsu speed after the receipt OF the master
IDS, will not be able to summon men
Il, examination until Thursday, noi
I.r;ng mailed their notices or posteo
1,ir names until yesterday. The law
,.auires five days, notice TO men VINO
.,s called for examination, and Mr.
T,.seryogel, who was formerly an AS
S,tant District Attorney, got the starr
!. his rivals by telegraphing to Wash
,vson for verified draft lists when the
-sster lists did not show up.
Roards which get their notices ou'
.Ssv will call men to report on FRI
~ but. as to-day is Sunday, will not
.,ble 10 hold the recipients OF notices
,..nonsible until Saturday.
: Although notice of the date OF e1'
,-snation must be mailed 70 the regis
.,.nts called, the posting of their
,srss at the local board hes dquarters
/. also legal notice. SO If the mails
!. wrong the men whose names are
.o,ted are regarded as having been
,.p,d for examination anyhow.
n fhev do not report for examination
tk,y 20 down on the lists as nj ph ysl-
upy and otherwise for service, tnus
s.iinr shirking of the examination tne
irst step toward an ultimate charge
4 adesertion when the call to the col
" comes.
More Than Quota To Be Called
/, certain parts of the city, notably
4, lower East Side and Brownsville,
oe,l hoard chairmen reported that they
vould have to call far nforeSthan the
nsusI 700 per cent Of their quota IL
they would have enough eligioles re,
spond. William Byrnes, of Local Board
Is, in the Bowery Young Mems Chrls-
tan Association, found that 4S.0S per
cent of the first 414 men on his ilst
vere ineligible, most ot them being
iliens. He suspected also that the
alto Of physically fit in his district
sould be low.
a bureau Of information for medical
hammers has beeL established in the
State Arsenal TO answer telephone
reries as 10 physical requirements.
Captain Fullam, of the Provost Mar
Ail Generals Office, who brought the
naster sheets, issued warning to all
,fsmining boards to be accurate In
Rsr work.
One Of the problems that will arse
n several districts concerns men VINO
pse registered twice or more IN al
trrt districts. How prevalent TINS
custom was has not been ascertained,
tut il is suspected that in most in
sa,ees the registrant did il with the
sa OF finally selecting the number
vti,f came last on the draft list.
o. an entirely different class was
losh Peppermans, who presented MN,
'sf yesterday at Local Board 10y ana
sld George Gordon Battle, the chair
rsa. that he wanted TO be enrolled. he
hthirty-on years old and was born IN
hgvain, Belgium, although he is now
ititizen Of the United States. tie was
q sea, he said, during the period OF
f,pstrs.ion, but wanted to be on the
Ggble list, although he had wife and
70 children. Three brothers are in
~ Belgian army.
Roscoe S. Conkling received letter
tsn "A Mother" warning him TO
iesk out for siackers in the wealthy
sections" The writer asserted that
Nss Of wealthy fathers were under
sihg treatment at physicians hands
! order that they might appear
saeiated and out Of condition when
I, time came for examination. The
IA who believes that the doctors on
usnining boards are being oripeo
s's!s to His Highness. Governor
Isarlss S. Whitman" suggesting tnat
as physicians be transferred on the
rs o. the examinations so as 10 Ioli
e plot
fhe originals OF six registration
zrts were stolen from the RECORDS OF
lessl Board 81 in Public School b5,
lstdale Street and Glenmore Avenue,
tsu New York. Duplicate cards were
tlsd out at once and filed IN their
slse.x.
u Newark the 5th Exemption Dis
nel had jts notices in the mail witnih
ssif an hour after receiving the master
essis, and will begin examining regis
Rsnts on Thursday.
William S. Petit, chairman OF the
nre in Lawrence, Long Island, con,
ss,t'sd an experimental examination OF
xksr men who waived the arrival OF
- sheial draft lists and agreed 10
~. By the list as published in news
htsri.
ne diseovered that IL took an average
" minutes 70 examine each man, and
~ probably 50 per cent Of all regis
ss IN the district would have TO De
I'D before the quota was filled. Ia
.'ts eases he found that exemption
"elaimed without ground.