Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-18

The assembly call for phlladelphlans
who are to join the new National Army
is about to be sounded.
Philadephia's first contribution is sched.
uled to leave tomorrow for Camp Meade
Nd. The contingent includes 562 men.
Every assurance has been given by the
District Appeal Boards that the initial as
per cent quota will be Certified for duty
today to all of the local draft boards with
the exception of three. Those boards are
. % far behind IN sending their lists to the
appeal board that they will not be able to
send their full proportion until some time
after the scheduled departure
Nearly 1000 names have been certified
back to the local draft boards aud to the
Adjutant General OF the state by Distr ct
Appeal Board No. 1 up today. virtually
half or the full quota for the nineteen boa rd $
In that jurisdcti n. or 6023. This state
ment was made to the board at its meeting
today by its secretary, Dr. Charles IT. Will
Hts
PASS on APPEALS LATER
The appeals filed with District Appeal
Board No. 2 will he taken up after the
present As per cent of certified men Is out
OF the way. This board found that it vas
necessary TO give its entire attention to cer-
tifying back to local boards such names as
IL had already passed upon II II was going to
get its work done IN dime. so that for
seNerai Gays past 1t has not considered ap-
peals or industrial claims in any way
Many anxious persons have come into tho
Federal Building. where District Appeal
Board NO. is sitting. since they received
the pink cards calling them out seeking
10 learn the result of their appeals filed
with that board, They have been told that
they did not have to report. that it was a
mistake on the part OF the local board and
that their appeals would be acted upon
later.
Pink cards notifying the men that they
arc to leave on certain date. and inform
ing them when and where to report for
f1nal instructions, were sent out by all the
local boards yesterday.
The 362 men scheduled to leave ,on,or.
row are from three districts in this city
the Thirty-thrd. at Sixtcth and Market
streets; the Forty-eiEhth. at Fifty-seventh
and Spruce streets. and the Forty-ninth at
Fifty-fourth and Pine streets
BY Sunday night all but three OF the
hfty-one districts in the city will have fur,
mshed 45 per cent Of their quotas, it was
announced.
FAREWELL DEMONSTRATION
In many parts of the city farewell dem.
onstrations are being planned Several
Main, Line towns held demonstrations last
night.
The pink cards notifying the men that
they are scheduled 10 leave for camp have
return card attached. with which their
receipt Is to be Acknowledged
The contingents from the upstate coun.
ties will start for camp Meade FIRST be-
ginning on "wednesday. only three fniIa-
deiphia boards have been called on TO have
their 40 per cent ready to 70 that day
They are the Thirty-third. Forty.eighth and
Forty ninth, taking in the southern half
OF the Thirty-fourth ward and the north.
ern and southern halves OF the Forty.sixtt
ward. respectively.
81 The men of only two local boards are
due to leave for camp Wednesday They
are from the Twelfth and Thirteenth EN-.
bracing the Nineteenth and Twentieth
wards, respectively
In the record OF the work done by Dis
trict Appeal Board No. l since its oreanizs-
tion one month ago. reported by Dr Will
litz today, 454 appeals and claims have been
taken up OF which 262 have been granted
and 2905 names have been certified for
military service.
out Of the 1879 industrial claims made li-
have been granted. and from 25j appeals
made by Individuals from the decisions of
the local boards on the grounds of de-
pendency, aliens. incorrect age and physical
defects. las have been allowed
"A sixteen of the nineteen local boards in
the first appeal district have received their
- per cent of certified names selected for
military service. the remaining three being
much behind in turning in their lists and
wherefore cannot have the desired amount in
time for the entrainment on the twenty
second instant.