The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-24
Drafted Men Say They
Will Not Ask En-
emptiOn
EDDIE FITZ" Is
WILLING TO co
Mayors Secretary and
Others Accent Lottery
Result Gamely

/ they feit that they would serve a
country quite as well by COINS tho9f
their usual routine OF pr0duc'iycues
a. they would n training camp
I learning 10 o. soldiers
This b. Indicated ty The iact that
one can ind few included In the
I FIRST cali for con crirtS WhH are go
I ing TO sic exemption claims Nearly
| all take The attitude that IT is rheir
| duty 10 JON the national army nov
that the time has come to organize
| IT, or many interviewed by reporter
for The Times. nor one was found
who admitted thar De would petition
for exemption This however. is D
somewhat different experience 20
| that OF another reporter fow days
ago
Exemption boards however are o.
I the opinion that the estimate OF The
war department that half o. he men
! called viii be exempted Is TOO lrN
by far There is evidence rhat fully
one-half OF the men called viii De
rejected for physical eas0ns alone.
The physical examination IS 20 be
equally as rigid as that employed M
selecting men for the regular army
or navy and these branches 10 NOT
accept moro than 30 per cent OF the
applicants Men who apply for en-
lIstment believe they are physically
Al before they apply. yet not more
than one in three can pass the
tests
On registration day scores Of men
registered from hospitals or from
sick beds at home By proXy Man
have grown worse, Others have be
come III. and OF course. q great
many have died These reasons lead
students OF the question 70 believe
that at least four Nill be called for
every one chosen
The exemption boards have 10,
yet got down 10 business a visit
10 a number of the local boards
headquarters Monday afternoon
proved that the boards are waiting
for complete alphabetical lists OF
the men in their districts 70 b. sup
piled by the city staH OF stausti
clans now working In the city hall
Such callers as tho boards have had
thus far have been men who wanted
TO learn their draft numbers. In
the absence OF the alphabetical lists
IL is practically impossible for the
boards 10 tell a man the order in
which he was called bur that infor
nation will reach the local boards
by "Wednesday or THURSDAY dfrer
which the actual work OF the draft
will start Most OF he boards now
have one member on duty 20 answer
questions about draft numbers t
is up 20 the applicant 10 - over the
list OF lottery numbers and discover
for himself IL he has been selected
Among those almost certain 10 BE-
called is Edward Fitzgerald. -ecre
tary 10 Mayor Marx Mr. Fitzgerald
lives IN The eighteenth draft dis
/ trict where 500 is the quota DOu'
| bile this number will be called a.
once and Il is absolutely certain that
several additional viii be summoncc
20 oil the quota Fitzgerald mum
1 her came out Of the box on 'h.
/ l0s7th chance He expects 20 De
called very soon
Il shall file no exemption claim
said Mr.. Fitzgerald 10 The Times r
haven't any such hing. and 80 fal
as ] know my hcalth is sufficiently
good 10 pass me
Ford Harris. ~ No 354 - Twer
ty-irst-st.. was drawn in the 92Nt
! capsule Mr. Harris Is one OF th'
clerks now enga ged in idenfifyin.
ihe drafted mon in ne city bail
and in such capacity Identified hi.
own number
1T was the tweniyhfth card
identified last Friday. said Mr. Har
rls. and | received IL AZ exact.
SECS o'clock In tho afternoon ~ ja'
very moment OF my twenty
birthday. I'm willing 10 90 10 Wat
and would voluntarily enlist II
thought could pass the eye test
don't mean thar want 10 80. bu
shall not try 10 beg on II III
doctors think J can see well enOug'
I'll be wearing the khaki very soon
| think"
A. C. Bowman. Of No 10 Portage
ave, Highland Park. WAS tho hftieti
called His number was 56s2. an'
II came out the 350th but in his die
trict was the nftieth identified. max
| ing IN certain thar he shall have 70
| appear. Mr.. Bowman was married
recently, but he Will not advance
that fact az claim for exemption
he declares he will smply tell oi
| his position and let the board &c
the rest he says he a. 'twiSt love
and duty He believes he should 80
and also that ne should stay 20
will not try 20 influence the board
Harold r. La Duo, an author
whose home BE- al No 81 Bethune
ave east, was drawn early IN TO-
lottery. He is not married. has no
dependents. is healthy and prepared
20 90 20 war lie declares that Dec
doesn't want 20 go. but scorns TO frs
TO beg OF
OF many who have expressed thoi
ideals not one has admitted he would
seek 10 avoid his duty There ar'
no heroics about H. and AT admit
they would prefer 10 remain al
home, but they are prepared 90 oDe'
the call Of their country.
The board Of stausticians has o.
cided 10 identify 10000 names BE-
lore II quits. believing IL will 10
qulre that many NJ least 10 furnish
Detroit's quota OF more than ii.0U0