Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
NEXT BIG MOVEMENT
TO CAMP NOVEMBER /,
Local Draft Board Receives N.
tice to Start 5000 Men ~
to Meade

The next great movement Of phu.S.,..
and eastern Pennsylvania dra f,o.s s sphla
Meade will start on Novenber camp
per cent of the quota OF white rs" "en y
entrain inen WIN
This notice was received by all IN.
uratt pCards today from the reeis,...sa.'
headquarters at Harrisburg no,sm ssmsueton
including schedule of train movsre... plans
other matters connected with the ~ ana
tation OF the selected men, will con- a''spor'
IL is expected that this draft ,,,I, 'a'sr .r
about $500 men in addition 10 ~ uke uke
negroes scheduled to 60 on octoh." sseo
Camp Meade, There is now. IA ~.
OF the new National Army auartsrss Nnt
camp meade all or the local draft dis,r,IM.s
having completed their contingent. N,. u,c.s ~
ing any vacancies that occurred 49,. y ~
sertions or physical reflections. ''" us-
The completion of this next
will place more than 80 per cent in ,,s,nnl s,nsnl
at Camp Meade, leaving a coror.s'.,uiny lung
small portion of the FIRST call n \. suvey M
All Of the local draft districts are nr,,sa ssnt
to call out the men in their sectI,rs y y
report Tor service as the district ann, y
ooaros nave certified more than 90 per ceus
100 per cent, back to the local boards 'Aah
Habeas corpus proceedings wers i...,
tuted in the Federal Court today. a. y.
halt of Jacob Tecosl<y, a Russian wha ~ ~
never filed citizenship papers. althorsx ~
has been In this country seven vesr. ~ =.
who was certified for the army hv ~, w,
BOARD No lS, Eighth and Jefferson str,S,.
end district board No. 2. Tecosky ~.
taken to Camp Meade on October 10 ~.
affidavit on which the court IA ask.s Y
Issue writ, requiring the local hos,S y
produce him in court for hearing m ~ ~ 4
termine the legality Of his ceriinc.,,Nr
to service, was sworn out by Teco.t,r,.
fancee, Rose Muchnick. The cou,t ~,
hear argument before taking any art,.-
Unlike other aliens whom judge Dicklr.r.
recently ruled had no right Of appeal 4
the Federal Courts from the draft bos,aw.
Tecosky, his attorney claims. hIad s@S.
Wits to show that he was an alien ana -,
required TO serve in the Natlonal Irr"t vtt
Alleging Intentional fraud by a resistr..,
to escape military service, a West Ph,Js&.i
phia draft board has appealed to proS...-
Marshal General Crowder against ths ~
cision of District Appeal Board No srsr,.
ing discharge on industrial grounds 60 I'M,
registrant who had already been refnssd
exemption by the local board on dependsrcv
claims.
District Appeal Board No. 2 has off.r.a
its records in the case for review nv m.
provost marshal generals ofice conaAsr,
that 1t will be supported in its hndine. Ths
local board states that after their author,tv
was questioned, the reliability Of the eT.
amining physician attacked afidaylts AIsd
that he was the sole support OF his vii.
and aged father and he had been car.
tilted for service the conscrlpt entered new
affidavits with the district appeal board.
claiming to be a mineowner engaged In 4
business necessary to the prosecution Of
| the war.
Medical students or hospital interHes are
BEING enlisted in the new National Army
in the regular way, but they are then as.
charged and re-enlIsted in the Medical Re.
serve Corps. This method is used 50 as
not to interfere with the routine system, se-
| cording to Colonel c. A. P. Hatfield, In
charge of the army recruiting in this city,
| and also to enable the medical men To then
obtain furloughs to complete their studiss
| He added that 15O had been enlisted on this
| basis since the week started.