Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-09-18

the department of justice. AS soon as
the chief of police makes his report
II will then become matter for the
special attention of the department of
justice.
OF this latter list. two have already
appeared for examination. thirty.one
are aliens; two. according TO reliable
advices have enlisted. one lives in
Ely and one lives outside the state.
This second list is as yet incomplete
as to those persons who have not, ap.
parently, received their notices. but
this information will, no doubt. be fur.
nished by the local board upon re.
quest
z. The second inquiry of Mr.. Ruess
is largely answered under number one.
as 1t will appear therefrom that this
Office is IN receipt from the local board
OF Wasaoe county of but two lists.
the first of which was, according to
the instructions, Immediately turned
over TO the chief of police, and the
second of which was only received the
morning of the 14th of September, and
copies are now being prepared in this
Office for the information and con-
yenience of the local police. II will be
remembered in this connection, that
this is purely voluntary duty on the
part of this office, but it has been as
sumed in view of the fact that there
has been no regularly delegated agent
of the department OF justice at Reno.
II will also have been able TO do up TO
the present time, the federal authori.
ties have worked in conjunction with
the local officers.
3. Replying TO the third inquiry OF
Mr.. Ruess, it will be remembered that
this office was not in receipt of the
first list until about the middle of
August Prior thereto this Office hau
endeavored to have assigned to this
district special agent but was un.
able TO secure one. However, few
/ days after the receipt of the list, MIR
/ George w. Hartz was detailed 10 this
! district, and remained here continu-
ously until few days ago, when he
was required TO leave for California.
where he was called as a witness.
This Office has since been in com.
munnication with the chief of the de.
partment of the bureau of investigu-
ton TO the end that ample assistance
may be provided in ultimately running
down all who have attempted to eyaGe
the draft.
Men Not Deserters
In this connection it is important
10 state that the men who have, as
yet, failed to appear for examination
before the local boards are not at this
time-as is the common Impression
and the opinion expressed by MIR.
Ruess-fugitives from justice, neither
are they deserters or offenders of the
law; this misrepresentation OF the stu.
alton being INDUCED in by many in
spite of the fact that wide publicity
has been given to the following para
graph taken from the instructions to
the special agents of the department
of Justice:
1T has been determined by the pro.
vCst marshal. general that persons who
fail to appear for their physical OK.
animation after having received their
notices to do so from the local boards,
by such failure, waive their right 10
physical examination and are accepted
by the board without such examina.
| ton. Their names will be certified TO
/ the district boards as chosen by the
! local boards for the national army II
they do not then appear to claim eE.
! emptions, they will waive thereby the
right to such exemptions as they might
have claimed, and their names will be
certified by the district boards to the
Acknowledgement of their respective
states as persons for the national
army. The adjutant. gcneral will then
/ mail them notice TO report for duty
at a specified time and place. and such
notices will be given publicity accord
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