Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
DRAFT QUOTAS
NOW REDICEI
Provost Marshal Orders q.
IN Units Called for o.. =
tober 8
APPEAL BOARD DE1Ay
Second District Body Fo,,.,
to Vacate Quarters n ~
Federal Building
APPEAL BOARD DELAyp,

Large reductions in the npub,
men who are to 60 TO Fo,,th.,-V y drafts
camps OH october will be rsaa traln|ff
VI Vruers received here from pro,..s. feItl
slat 3 General Crowder through ~ hal
uratt bureau. Word came fro,n .,,e .ne Su.
thls afternoon that the reduct,.. rishul
quotas would be as follows: ''>''O" N dnh
For Camp Meade from Al
ceht Ior camp Lee from al a. a. M
cent, and for Camp Sherman fros. y r
80 per cent. '" from 70 h
announcement has also been w..
none of the negroes selected e., n'aee .e IA
tlonal Army will be sent awav En-. .ne N.
various draft districts on Octoh,. I'm tAtf
Governor Brumbaugh TODAY snr.s
appointment of Samuel f. Baron ~ ~ Y, ~
Slu SI f1ccies as members Of local boare IVY "
Much confusion was added to tb. !.
uralt SITUATION today when Distriet ~ ~
poaru NO was compelled TO vac.,. \
quarters In the postoffice building ~ y Y
reason that the room was required h. y
United States District Court y @
BOARD SEEKS NEW QUARTERS
The work was suspended ,0r
hours while the officials hustladS YEA
N''' Ihe Inlladelphia Reoo,a
came to the rescue by giving the board a.
use use OF tne second floor of its building \
9l9 Chestnut street.
a mother with a fve-months.old int,,,
III her arms was kept waiting today n n.
cold corridor on the fourth Aoor ~ y s "a
Postoffice Building while officials wars h,s
ing for new quarters. This woman nv. NJ.
Catharine SzlSlamie, Of S2sl Eas.a.'.
street, had been deprived of t6e snr.,,.
OF her husband through threats OF ~,
by Local Draft Board No AZ. Her hn,h..s
lett yesterday for Camp Meade ns,,I,
crazed with worriment over the cpndI,Io.
IN which his wife was left and fearins \,
} stay behind lest he be put behind the IN
WOMEN LEFT WITHOUT SUPPORT
This case is not the first one TODAY !,
mothers with babies, their husbands fo,..s
by the local boards to 20 with the dr,N
quota, who are facing the district anne,I
board with the responsibility of proydlu,
means for their support. Mrs. John Law.
, less, with baby fifteen months old VA,
another woman left without support, kan
waiting in the corridor, She lives at gSil
East Birch street, and her Husband IA,
taken by local board No. ,21.
Bronte Greenwood, chief clerk Of Il,
district board finally appeared on Ii,
fourth floor, announced to the dozen d
more persons waiting there with appeals
that no claims would be received until to.
morrow, if the board had found place %
go by that time, and then took upoa him.
self the responsibility of taking pity upoi
Mrs. Szklamie.
Investigation showed him that she wa,
Pole, understood English herself to sons
extent, but her husband did not, and That
neither one had any knowledge OF ihs
requirements of the draft regulations con-
corning the filing of claims, Her husband
requested exemption from the local draf.
board, she said, through an interpres
who told him to go home after he had
talked with the board Ee supposed that
he had nothing else to do and that hs
exemption was settled then and there n
Only when pink card came to the hOua
were the true conditions learned. kn
Szklamie refused TO accept the card and
to notify her husband that he was called
because of her dependent condition. She
was then threatened with arrest. When her
husband, held in the train, frantic, passed
beyond her sight. she tainted al the Tacohy
station. Her father and mother have 81
young children and cannot take care OF heF
ADVISES OFENlNG Or Nhob
Mr.. Greenwood gave her a letter 70 tAs
local draft board, stating that he believed
the case worthy of being reopened mas
much as she was solely dependent ppoh
her husband, and neither one had unaef'
stood the draft regulations suntcienty y
file claims properly. He advised ALLOWING
her to file a claim with that board and thaI
it be passed upon there or put through y
the district draft board
Many of the local draft boards are con-
tinuing their physical examinations IN oro''
to fill out their total quota, but quite
number have obtained their requisite pro
rata, and are waiting for the district "
peal boards to certify the names back ln'
appeal boards are in much better shape y,
day to handle the appeals and indusInA'
claims presented to them than they Ns'
on the first contingent.