Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-10
ARMY EuICIBLES
MUST KEEP POSTED
Those Who Fail to Answer
Calls Will be Regarded
as DeserterS
NO ORDER YET FOR
SECOND CONTINGENT

A warning OF serious import TO all
men who have been called on the
military draft was sounded today by
the local boards II these men wish to
avoid being classed as deserters and
having a reward OF $50 hanging over
their heads for their delivery to the
nearest army camp.
II was announced that those men
who have been drafted should not
wait until letters have been sent to
their homes notifying them that they
have been called for examination. The
posting Of a notice on the bulletin
boards in the old Court House con-
tanning the name OF the men called for
examination Is. under the rules laid
down by the War Department. suff-
cient notice to all registrants and
.hev are supposed 10 keep themselves
informed as TO the time they should
appear. There Is no excuse, 1t was
pointed out today, for any man not
having his order number and know
ing when he is supposed to appear
for examination.
No official orders have been received
here relative to the Governments de-
cision TO examine the remaining 1000
600 men who were registered. There are
about 1900 men of military age regis
tered in this city. and OF this number
about 1000 have already been called and
examined.
Nothing is known Of the time Of de-
parture OF the next contingent or what
percentage will have to 60. Equal I'm
certainty exists as to the time Of de-
parture of the colored men who have
been drafted.
The district board was not in SEE
sion today.
The following men had their cases
appealed to the District Board by the
Provost Marshal General and the deci-
sion of the local board which had ex-
empted the men, was confirmed and
the men discharged from service:
Samuel B. Denney, 1113 Pleasant
street.
vadie Green Martin. 1901 West
Sixth street.
Alex. NJ Cunningham, s25 Reed St.
Leslie D. Wilson. 1905 West Fourth
street.
William A. Elliott. 1888 Linden st.
Charles B. Ashley. iii Conrad st.
Roy W. Palmer, 1925 West Fourth
James etaats. 1872 West Second 81.
William J. Reid. 1918 Lancaster
avenue.
Charles W. Potter, 1921 West Fourth
street.
Frank A. Torrack, eli West Second
street
Edward p. Golden. 2OS North
Adams street
Charles Geiger, 1910 west Fifth St.
William Neal Reinhardt, 1908 Ban
ming street.
Otto d. Dukes. 425 Bayard avenue.
Joseph Cross. 523 Bayard avenue.
T. Mead Smith, 2715 West Third St.
William J. Cahail, 1851 Oak street.
George II. Hollett, sos Madison st.
William r. Fitzpatrick, 1716 West
Second street.
Hugh James Murphy, 525 Union St.
Ernest J. LeFashion, 301 North Lin
coin street.
Carl Leo Jones, s29 Pleasant street.
y. P. Winners, 312 Sixth avenue.
Frank f. G. Firestone 116 North
Connell street.
John J. Malloy, 1O11 Elm street
David Foster Hubbard, 1918 Linden
street.
Thomas W. Clegg, 1906 Conrad St.
Charles Edwards, Jr., 1928 Syca-
more street.
H. W. Yahnel, 1106 Reed street.
Joshua Z. Laws, 277 North Harri-
son street.
Arthur F. slnes. 10 South Van
Buren, street.
Herman II. Trader. 200 North Van
Buren, street
John J. strobei, sos West Second
street.
Harry Chadwick. II sturgis street,
Chelsea. Mass.
Franklin A. Meyer, 300 Madison St
Elmer. Cahall, 926 Marshall street
Alfred J. Pudyan, 1873 Rodney st.
Leroy A, Plummer, 800 West Third
street.
Alfred II. Adair, 2 South Scott st
John II. Bottger, 1914 West Sixth
street.
Robert B. Crop, 1912 Linden st.
Gilbert w. Shaw, 1902 West Fourth
street
Joseph D. Ewing, 400 North Frank
: lin street.
Herbert B. Mearns, Ala North
Broome street.
Preston L. Jones. 2OS Delamore
Place.
Walter Hubert, 2Os North Harrison
street.
Eugene Melvin Vernon, 1906 Della
ware avenue.
Andrew S. Haus. $685. Keystone
street. Tacony. Philadelphia.
Leroy r. Carl. 1926 West Fourth
street.
Joseph Mclaughlin, 1924 Yves
Third street.
Joseph F. Flickinger. 4 South Scot
street.
Harry " Duffy, 326 Sixth avenue.
John NJ. Liggett, $40 Rodney st.
Robert c. Ferguson, 4l2 Soutl
Franklin street.
Camelo Longo, 225 Parrish street.
Wladyslaw Laskowski, 215 StrouC
street
ney street
Paul ]. wasik, 11O4 Elm street.
Edward T. Shannon, 204 Rodne.
street
John Szwed. 703 South Van Burei
street.
Norman c. Gaines, PIC Grant Ave
II. Horace Grub. 301 Rodney St
Kornclius Dao'uk. 209 Stroud St.
Michael Swiderski 203 Stroud ST.
Henry 3. Clay, 523 Union street
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