New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-06
First IN. A." Quota
Of City Will Ride
In Solid Comfort
Only IS to a Coach VIII Be
Allowed on Trains for
the Camp

New York's first detachment Of
drafted men will 90 to Camp Upton, at
Yaphank, L. l., next Monday in COM
fort, Roscoe s. Conkling said yester-
dsy. Government officials, it vas
learned. have endeavored to lubricate
the machinery Of the mobilization and
eliminate the possibility Of a hitch at
any point
To prevent crovdinG, only forty-f1ve
men will be allowed in each coach IN
the special trains which will carry the
selected men ~ the first stopping place
on their journey 10 France. In normal
traffic. j, vas pointed out, the conges-
tion is sometimes twice as great.
Red cards, notifying the men Of the
first call 20 report at the headquarters
Of their respective local boards Mt 1880
o'clock Monday morning, will be sent
out in most cases to-day. Green cards
2hich merely inform selected men near
the top Of the list to hold themselves
in readiness for . summons, have al
ready been mailed.
To Have Three Special Trains
Two special trains for selected men
will leave Long Island City, it was said
Yesterday at the Office Of the general
passenger agent Of the Long Island
Railroad. 81 1880 o'clock and another
will depart from the Carlton Avenue
ards, near the Flatbush Avenue sta
ton. The journey 10 Yapnank will
take two and a half hours, and the only
stop will be at Jamaica, where several
e the quotas from Queens will be
picked up.
Five per cent of the city's quota will
be called at this time 942 men.
Mechanically, only 1881 should be
summoned, but fractions were decided
i'm favor OF the government, and eleven
extra selected men included.
Selected men in All parts OF the city
who are i'm the first quota showed a
desire to be included in the first . per
cent. because they realize That the first
selected men who arrive at laphank
will have . slight advantage over those
who come later.
Another indication OF the patriotic
spirit I'm which New York accepted
conscr,ption was the announcement
yesterday by Superintendent Ofiey, OF
the local branch of the Department OF
Justice, that only 2 per cent of the
drafted men who failed to appear be
fore their local boards for examination
were wilful draft dodgers.
"In tho majority Of cases" super
inteudcut Ofiey said. my operative
have ascertained that the men they
sought enlisted without waiting for
the exemption boards call and have
neglected TO notify the conscriDtiOn
authorities Of the fact. We have found
others in hospitals, where they have
been suffering from serious illnesses
or from the results Of accidents; some
have died since registration day, and
some few are in prison. Moreover,
many who were here last June are now
in far-of cities. and, as We trace them,
we learn that they have reported TO
the authorities in those places and
have been regularly examined there
Director Held for Hearing
Because he failed 10 respond TO three
calls to appear before his local board
for examination. Louis Rosenberg, e
years old. Of 33f New Lots Avenue.
Brooklyn. was yesterday held H. 5000
bail FOR another hearing by United
States Commissioner Dick. lie was
taken 10 the Raymond Street Jail!
Charlie, Rccht. of the Bureau OF Legal
First Aid. who will represent Rosen-
berg. said he was sincere conscien-
tious director.
On the charge Of having tried TO
foist illegitimste dependency claims on
exemption officials. two youths were
also made prisoners by the Federal au-
thori,ies. The prisoners. who are An
tonic Golliane. a twonty-eight-year old
barber. of . East 10th Street, and Al
bert Herbert. twenty-three years old,
were arraicncd before United States
Commissioner Hitchcock. icrberts
sister. May, was also held.
Although Justice Hughes mas not
present. the District Board met yester-
day afternoon and passed on 500 cases.
Tie decisions Of local boards were sf-
Frmed in 96l cases and reversed IN $50.
Twenty-Five applications for exemption
for SIX months or industrial grounds
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