The Detroit times., 1917-07-21
TEN DAYS REQUIRED TO
COMPLETEL0CAL DRAFT
L|STS;CLERKS HUMPING

Technical high school. which is in
ne Fourth ward and the NTH draft
district
Would one VINO Was called by
draft from the sixth district and fail
ing 10 find headquarters IN his dis
trict ne excused If he tailed TO pre-.
sent himself for examination on that
account Corporation Counsel Dinge.
man is OF the belief that this doesn't
make any difference. and that draft.
ed men are required 10 hunt all over
the city II necessary 10 find where
they ahould report He says that
legally ne believes the office OF the
draft board should be in the district
it represents. but in times OF war
the government is likely 10 waive
such formalities and rule that a man
should find his reporting place II It
H. on terra firma
Corporation Counsel Dingeman has
also submitted an opinion TO Police
Commissioner CouZens that his po-
licomen are not exempt from the
draft. II this opinion Is upheld IL is
belieted that II will make deep In
roads on the police force.
The draft rules provide that state
executive. judicial and legislative
officers shall be exempt from the
operation OF the law Commission.
or Couzens asked Corporation Coun-
sci Dingeman for ruling as TO
whether that exempted policemen
A large percentage Of the coppers"
are OF draft age Under the law OF
nf hos would hn
drafted TO seriously cripple the de-
partment Mr.. Dingeman rules that
police officers are state officers In
the sense that they operate under
state supervision and he quotes sew
eral authorities to prove II. but he
holds that they cannot claim ex.
emption because they are not legis-
lative. judicial or executive state
officers For that reason he holds
they are subject 10 the draft law.
City Clerk Lindsay was almost
buried under an avalanche or tele-
grams from every part OF the civil
lied world. Saturday morning. They
came from men who registered in
Detroit. but who have travelled far
since then. They want TO know
Aii'ii vi ftlA Alldl iiFN may
know II they have been called In
most cases they do not tell where
they registered and the work OF
looking up this information for the
applicants is enough TO keep a
couple Of clerks busy all the time
The draft board OF the eighteenth
district notified the city clerk Sat
urday morning that its office hours
would be from Q 10 IL a. m and
from ] TO y. m. daily except Sun
day. Headquarters are in the East
ern high school The law does not
FIX office hours. but IL is likely they
VIII he made uniform.
Several young men whose serial
numbers were drawn early in the
draft lottery and who are certain TO
be called among the first were in
the city hall early Saturday morn
ing 10 confirm the sad news. Until
the last minute they relied upon
errors in transmission or copying,
but whom they became convinced
that thcy were really called they
accepted their fate with considera-
bic philosophy and nonchalance
THAT fellow will make fine
soldier" said Controller 4sngel, as n
young man turned away from the
information desk He said he
didn't want 10 20. but that he was
prepared 10 sacrifice every personal
wish and wade thru desert ~
bleached bones 20 serve Uncle Sam
I'll bet he'll come back with shoul
der straps. wish ! could change
places with him. I'm sorry nv
number was not 25S and also that
am not Of the minimum age. What
would | not give 10 be eligible for
that mystic 1882 The last 20 years
have been good TO me and wish
could go over them again. I'd go
into those trenches in a minute II I
could"
Scores OF young men were on
hand early Saturday morning In the
city hall eager 10 learn their draft
numbers and arrangements we're
made 10 establish an Information
table in fthe ground floor corridor.
Altho columns and columns of in
strucGons have been printed con
cerning the operation Of the draft
many do not yet understand IL. and
there is never-entlng strpm OF
young men calling for instructions
as 10 what TO do wnen they are
called. Others do not know where