New-York tribune., 1917-07-27
No Lack of Eligibles
Here, Says Conkling

can he's coming home. Ifhe can't he'll
stay in France and reenlist."
Mr.. Conkling is digging Bills an
swer out of the regulations, appen-
dixes and sets of special instructions
among which the rulings of Washing
ton are distributed.
Answering the questions of regis
trants is getting to be big part Of Mr.
Conkling's work, which starts practical
ly with daylight and extends far into
the night. The exempters themselves
are pretty we'll informed by this time 4;
still, whenever particularly knotty
question arises they have to send on
the questioner to the unofficial but po-
tent headquarters in the arsenal.
Shoe Bargains Predicted
One man who runs a shoe store in
Richmond Hill was "Conkling caller
yesterday. He wanted to know if he
was entitled to exemption by the fact
that his shoe store probably wouldn't
be much Of a success, unless he was
around IL in person. Mr.. Conkling's
precise decision is not available, but in
dications were when the shoe man left
that there will be bargains in footwear
TO be had in Richmond Hill within the
next few days.
Despite the general dissatisfaction on
the lower East Side, in Brownsville and
IN some parts of The Bronx with the
counting in of alien registrants in fig
uring the quotas, there has been no Of
fetal complaint thus far from any of
the city districts. Several upstate coun-
ties, however, are reported to be much
exercised by the discovery that quotas
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tically the same.
The local boards here, tired of wait
ing for the arrival of the master lists
from Washington, generally are en-
gagged in getting up their available
lists from the newspaper figures. Thus
when the master lists arrive the only
work left before the call goes forth
will be one of comparison. Probably
by Saturday morning the lists will have
arrived. If notices to appear for physi-
cal examination are sent out the same
day the first batch of registrants will
be passing through the doctors hands
on Thursday next.
Once he has been called the regis
trant not only will have lost his
chance to enlist as volunteer and
choose his service. but he will be con-
sidered a unit in the military establish
ment of the United States and as such
be subject to military law And mill
tary law, as slackers who try fraud
will find, is swift and terrible in deal
ing with their kind.
City Clerks Jobs Held Open
Theodore Rousseau, secrtary TO
Mayor Mitchell, sent a letter TO the
heads of all city departments yester-
day requesting information concerning
subordinates of draft age. 1t will be
the Mayors policy TO support eXemp-
tion claims only in cases where the
work of the man called cannot be han
died by a substitute. The Mayor will
approve applications of employees likely
to be drafted who wish to enlist and
take advantage of the Fenner law, un-
der which their jobs will be held for
their return.
At the same time, Thomas L. Chad
bourne, jr., chairman of the Mayors
Committee on National Defence, is
sued a statement reviewing the work Of
the committee in connection with the
draft and complimenting Director
Philip j. McCook and his volunteer as
sistants on the success which has at
tended their labors.