New Britain herald., 1917-09-11
PlainVflle News
|T4d1uVl1le NEWS
SIX DRAFTED men
Cannot Be FOUND
Letters Of Notification at Post
Office Still UnCaued For
EXAMINATIONS TOMORROW

EXAMINATIONS TOMORROW
Freight Engine Derails Tfeing Up Pas
senger scrvtce-Old Man Politics
Again in Observation-Disclosures CAT
ferty Placed on Probation.
| Tomorrow will be another day OF
excitement in Plainville and ore
which will go down on history's page.
One hundred and thirty-one young
men, of the town will present them
selves at the town hall for physical
examinations. A number will be ac-
| copied immediately as members Of
! the National Army A few will be
| found physically fit but will claim ex-
emptlon on various grounds and their
PROOF Will be certified later. Others
Will be rejected as aliens& and for
| physical disa bilities.
The district of which Plainville is
one OF the towns has a quota of 400
men. 1000 men were called on the
| first call. From this number of men
I 1T was found impossible to fill the
prescribed allotment. A large num-
Der had to be rejected on account OF
dependents. The second call issued
by the local board is for 1000 men
! and from this number it is expected
that little difficulty will be exper-
| fenced In getting the number of men
| needed. Only few will have to be
chosen to fill up the ranks of the
first offering to the new National
| Army.
| Besides the Plainvii1e men several
| hundred others will be present from
Southington and Berlin. The men
living in these towns who received no
! tees will have to appear for exam
nation This morning a card was re-
ceived at the postof1ice from the
drafted men in Southington and was
addressed to the town clerk. 1t read
please have some heat in the Town
| hall at Plainville tomorrow Evil
IDENTIFY the men from that place have
| already begun to get cold feet and one
| citizen this morning laughingly said
Il wonder what these young men will
do when they get in the trenches %
| OF the 131 notices which were sent
out recently by the local board ap-
praising that number of young men
in the vicinity that they must appear
tomorrow. all but six have been called
for up to date 1t is not known
| whether these men have left the
neiehborhood, get their mail at other
| postoff1ces or are ordinary slackers.
| Authorities at the postof1lce cannot
identify them and know nothing of
their whereabouts. The notices ad-
dressed to the following are still I'M
called for: Patrick Ahern, Batista
Crustiano, Vincent Dellavecchio. Mos
so Grammararira John Joseph
O'Brien, Pietro Marlinelli.
Because nearly double the number
of men will have to be examined to-
morrow the working force has been
greatly augmented. 1t has been stated
that almost twice as many physicians
will be present while large number
of men have volunteered their SER
vices to Stanley Gwillm to serve in
the capacity of clerks. It is expected
that the combined forces will be kept
fbusy the greater part of the day.
Freight Engine Derails.
The tender of an extra freight en-
CINE was derailed at o'clock last
evening while backing into the freight
yard here. AS a result it caused d
tie-up in the passenger service of the
road both east and west for about an
hour and a half
The engine was derailed on "cross-
over' which leads into the yard, and
the accident was of such a peculiar
nature that it was impossible to move
trains on either of the two main
tracks
Section Foreman Miller was sum-
moned and a force of men were
quickly set at work and repairs were
.
trains were held up by the delay
With Old Man Politics.
With the announcement made yes
terday by Edwin Hill, chairman of
the Republican town committee, that
the Republican town caucus will be
held tomorrow evening in the town.
Old Man Politics again appears in the
limelisht. This time the aged gentle
man, cause of many heated verbal
battle, will not receive much of an
ovation from the populace. The minds
of the citizenry seems to run in diff
ferent channels and at present is &C.
cupied with the great conflict which
is being waged overseas. However, q
! few of the town officers forgot the
war long enough to state that they
would accept honors If accorded
them.
Selectman Johnson told a correspon-
dent in an interview that although 'he
was not over-anxious to succeed him
| self that he would accept the nomina-
ton and carry out the duties of his
office if he is reelected. There seems
to be no doubt but what he will be
nominated at the coming caucus, and
if he does there is a likelihood that he
will again be chosen as the people:
favorite for the highest office which
the town can boast.