The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-09-25
Hundreds Fail
To Report
AUTOMATICALLY DRAFTED INTO ARMY
Large Number From BeneWah County In List
Certified To Adjutant General.

Hundreds of men registered
under the draft law in this state
failed, when summoned by the
county exemption boards, to re-
port for physical examination,
have not as yet reported and are
being certified to the adjutant
general of the army by Adjutant
General C.. S. Moody. Every man
in this status is automatically
drafted into the army and must
give military service to his coun-
try. In Bannock county alone
there were several hundred men
who failed to report.
Adjutant General Moody is
authorized by the provost mar
shal to send these men a notice
to report within five days after
receiving the notice. They have
previously been notified by their
county boards. If they then fail
to report the certihcation of the
fact is made to the adjutant gen.
eral of the army. In some in
stances there are plausible ex-
cuses. Often the registrants
failed to receive the notices
mailed them. Not few are aliens
and do not come under the provi-
sions Of the draft law. others
however, are slackers and have it
is believed by the authorities de-
liberately failed to report.
These men are not exactly
looked upon as deserters until it
is proven beyond all reasonable
doubt that they attempted TO
avoid the draft and purposely did
not report for physical eXamina-
tiOn when summoned. The war
department is treating them len
icntly but they are given every
opportunity to show that they did
not intend to evade the law. Fed
eral officials are under instruc-
tions to round them up. The bur
den Of reporting when summoned
rests with the registrant and if
he fails to exercise his right to
report and claim an exemption,
if he has a just cause, he there
upon makes himself subject for
military service. No registered
man will be allowed to escape the
duty imposed upon him by the
government
The following list contains the
names of the men in this county
who failed to report when sum
moned and who have been Sc
certified to the adjutant genera
Of the army.
A. r. BythynOn, st. Maries
Adam Guitar, FernwOOd; Nikolay
lOHjercjik, Fernwood; Edwin r
Lawson, Spokane; Guy Merrill
FernwOod; Elmer Goodwin, Ty-
son; Michat Oczcapto, st. Maries
John Porpat, st. Maries; Car
Casper, Fernwood; Richard r
Stokes, Corning, Ia; Rudolph
Strom, Fernwood; Theodore Gar
iske, st. Maries; Gust Peterson
FernwOod; James Doyle, St. Mar.
les; Geo. Mennick, FernwOOd
Tome SaVatOvick, st. Maries
John Davis, Fernwood; Olaf E
Fallman, st. Maries; Joseph Mar
conf, Fernwood; Joe Kern, ST
I lAcAA oOD ~ NaEOAAAIAS CA II
wood; Anton POstulOvid, Fern
wood; d. R. Pittinger, Plummer
, Charles Tangerra, st. Maries
lGotterd Johnson, FernwOod, Ale
2 Anderson, st. Maries; Felicia
, lMoctelme, DeSmet; Ingvold Ol
lson, FernwOOd; Louis Erickson
9 FernwoOd; Michele LeopardC
o Fernwood; Mike Matopa, Fern
wood; Everett Garner, FernwooC
o r. E. Sullivan, st. Maries; Osca
Bucheister, Plummer; Taraef {
Ottestaf, st. Maries; f. NJ. Kutil
is, st. Maries; Baris Hevik, Fern
4 wood; A. Chris Nelson, st. Maries
- Paul E. Blom, Plummer; Fri
- iStromgren, st. Joe; Joseph Hen
- ry Watson, -Tensed; Angela Vol
e pate, Kenton, Wash; Stanle
d Peyton, Fernwood; Harry Martin
Fernwood; Angelo -Seno, st. MAJ