New Britain herald., 1917-06-06

three claim occupation exemptiU2fa 233 make no claim for axea
 from the draft. Colored men tl ! sert dependents and two inak4f claim for exemption. In this the registrars summary slaows
 aliens and 314 enemy aliens
 CT computation of figurea In thtn
 may show two enemy aliens and M aliens. instead of the oppos!te 94s corded above. gz8as sss
 Sixth Ward :ss s About 1850 Six Sl total disability, 509 assert depen4S| two claim occupationa1 exemptihn 2S9 make no claim for exAuif from the draft. Colored mon
 assert dependents and two m IF! claim for exemption. In tho
 ward S41 aliens registered. f& were but two enemy aliens. In the completed fifth ward ' estimated that over 2,617 men tered and 1t Is likewise esttfnAt AtS6 fully half will prove to be Aii6I
 though 1t is not thought that will be many alien enemies ward. x
 Factory Gives Assistallce S
 Yesterday was one of the hti51 days New Britain ever saw And
 before the registration placer 4 open at a. m. there we're m end
 to sign. In the first, sec&
 and fourth wards the cletifs w1{
 at all times to handle thS ap4l
 as they appeared. althouS M Aks'
 men had to wait a @iit4Is TIT
 was in the fifth and slxfa
 however, that the bix rush casssl s3 the stampede to register lss ooS
 principally in the fifth ward. I o'clock yesterday morning thnr1 k
 fully POO men waiting In li1Sf
 original registration booth aiS<I anxtliary booth n skxiknls taefe were as many EfSS after this time a ti1tfd booths Iopened and there wore 100 wnftfis; line there. All duting the moan hi and Into the middle Of the aft6f1IS| the crowd continued and therx s5 mot a minutes reapits for tia4t s| sIf trars. it being neASnsary It one ia to bring reinforcenaAnts In froua lower wards. In the nth wari
 Stanley Works officfals helped sI6 rially and when they learned ofSl existing conditions they sent thefss: tire force of factory KforenrAnss clerks down to the registration m| to assist in enrolling the appiihs
 From these figures as prese,,kA Ai Is almost impossible to specuiatS to just how many will De dIia11 Tor the draft for uiany
 sons. In some instance nrslri men with large families fo ssf, s stated on their carda that they dldl make any claim for eabo:if f1tion .px Is reasonable to asSs1ATaax Aa x. Y, na M I. Rs state. that tho fact. tjlak th ess, 5f,a1ss have such depcndents would r,I, tpem at least ten,porarily cxArs Others who did cli;p exc n, pfiof, nsj their grounds S,:, $;.eh. cxcnsa. r they migh, not ;,a ;,oic to xet. av conscriptlsn o.stcc.s. The larxe I ns per or aliens alsc makes the ouI6 more com plicated. 1t was statt,S \ morning ty eMber of 4th SSijj;x ijjx1 that an alien in this country TT X friendly nation cannot be drcf f1a8ss ] the American army. UnSint. s s1 conditions 1t Is plain to zee ff7g gIanco at the above figures. raat a. ever speculationr Moy be ,,,ada. 1 cannot but be far from accuratos
 The general board will mmeSlaj make provisions for making an ai duplicate copy of each mans rexfa1 ton card as made out yesterday. < 1 will be kept here and the other < be forwarded to Washington. a.
 Interesting and amusing inciA2 were noted during the day in aIi1s every ward. One man claimed ag emption because. he said. hA yv, posed to murder" Another ni exemption. because he ssis cons
 iously opposed to war; Tn on1
 3 man who said he was m A16I claimed exemption on tho nl3 that he b . reservist in the kllis army and might have to night IT, country. s2sss D.
 So far as is known there yrss'sS one case of violence Tt af.y ;cSil wards. and that was of aa nairIor ture. Tn the fifth ward q loud rnoasf| individual had been <. llaranxuinr, number of people when lie sudde burst into a tirade against draft. blaming that ''this Is a h. oj country to fierce you into the ara I'll be d-if I'll register" A more adjectives completed his 0 burst when professional man, p middle age, who was passing. swi a right to the troublemaker's j, Down dropped the man. uI scrambltng to hts feet all idea of sl gument had gone and the laRt sl of him he was entering the reGi9E tion booths in the proper place.
 In almost every ward tho SAttl interpreters did excellent work were kept busy from 2 q. m. Nntl D. m. explaining the cards an4 4
 (Conunued on Tenth PA s