The evening world., 1917-09-28
NEWDRAfTQUOTk,
+. Off FOR ykPAANK,
GETS BIG SENDOFF
East SIDE Women Fight for
Chance 10 Accompany Rell.
tiyeS 20 Camp.

Nee rorh's SECOND 20 psf osn,
sontihEsnt - National Army soldieFs.
10 loo siArisd this morning fof Camp
Upton A. the Psnnsylsania s,ation
and tho Thirty fourth strcs, ferry IN
Manhattan and at the Carlton Ave-
nue ysrds ~ the Long islAhd rail-
road a. brooklyn. the men departed
with flags nuttorinE. and left behind
them cheering. ana sometimes weep
ing. crowds Of their frisnds and rela-
lives
More Of this contingent will leave
tomorrow. and che last Of the men
are scheduled 10 be on their way on
Sunday. The camp L. ready for them
and their training will begin In ear
nest on Monday.
RoEor -. Wood. IN charge Of tho
draft IN New York. announced to-day
that the next contingent. 70 per cent,
will be called Oct. ~ instead Of oct.
.. the change being necessary because
the Dlstblct Board, headed by Charles
Evans Hughes. Is showed under with
work"
Perhaps the nyllest scene to-day
was at the Brooklyn departure. There
i9ei men. the quotas Of twenty-three
local boards, entrained in two sec
tions OF eight cars each. The first
left at 1915 o'clock and the second a
| few minutes later. On bridges. via
duets and roofs a multitude OF flag
bearing we'll -wlshers who could not
get into the yards shouted their fare
wells
] From the Pennsylvania station $50
men departed. many Of them having
come from points upstate. These
arrived at the Grand Central
station and marched across to
the Pennsylvania terminal. The
sergeants in charge reported that
some OF them were lost" between
statlons-having taken advantage OF
the last opportunity that their civil
lian clothes gave them TO get refresh
ments that will be barred once they
don the uniform.
Six drafted Chinese-who say they
were born In San Francisco and are
therefore entitled to fight for the
Stars and Stripes-headed the con-
tingent from Local Board No. %.
There were ~ men In this contingent
and they repre-cated almost that
many natlonalitles. They rode in
state in automobiles provided by their
board officials. Jimmy Kelly. who
used to be known as a power" In
the. lower east side, got an ovation
and box OF candy which a girl
threw him from a window.
The quotas OF Boards Nos. 50 to
113 departed by way OF the ferry,
There was one conscientious OBJ
jector In the Brooklyn contingent.
He said he was Paul 4. Durham Of
No. III st. Marks Avenue.
II was q soldier for three years In
the Twenty third Regiment" he said,
but about six months ago was con-
yerted."
He entraIned sadly.
The men from Board No. 30 car
ried crepe, and banners announced
that they were going to hang II on
the Kalser's door" These men had
mascot, too, a dog that hiked 1t,o0C
miles in a single year with Its master
william Ferrer. who is one OF the
selected.
The Greenwich Village Boy Scouts
escorted the men OF Board No. 100 &C
the ferry, and a number of womer
marched with the men. There wa'
some delay at the ferry because thu
Yonkers conungents were late.
The most painful Of the leave TAX
ing scenes were enacted at Public
school NO. rs in Norfolk Street
where several women fought for {
chance 10 accompany their husbands
brothers. sweethearts. A police ser
geant who tried to keep order wa
attacked by a number OF women ant
his face was scratched. Several o
these women became hysterical late
when the ferryboats were pullinl
out A few OF them were permitte,
to ride over TO Long Island City witt