New Britain herald., 1917-09-05
PLAINVILLE QUOTA
 IS NOT COMPLETE
And 800 More Will Be Examined
 on Wednesday, Sept. 12
DISTRICT TOTALS 2.000
Four Local Boys Receive Orders +o
 Report at Aver Cantonment Sem
 tember 7.-Mrs. James McNalIv Passes Away at Home of Sister

tember 7.-Mrs. James McNauv
 Passes Away at Home of Sister. To fill the designated quota forAhe alstrlct Tn the neighborhood of 500 n1en rom the towns of Plainville, oouth1ngton and Berlin will be exam ined in the town hall at PlainvilIe. wednesday, September 12. These men have been. sent notices at what hour to appear but the failure to receive the notice is no excuse for not being present and each man should Keep Tn touch with the local board. OWlhg to the large number of ex- emptlons for physical and various otner reasons the call which has been issued Tn the district by the local poard IS for 2,00O men. The first call was TOT l,OOO men out of which only loO were found who were physically Tt ana waived exemption. A number who passed the physicians have claimed exemption and their claims are being acted upon by the district board. However, with those accepted from the latter group as members of the national army the allotted quota Will not be reached. The quota for this district is 400.
 At the last examination which was held in the town hall in Plainville August 13. out of 28S men from the three aforementioned towns, only 27 passed the physical examination and did not claim exemption. Eight men from the 79 Plainvillites examined were accepted as members of the na- tlonal army. According to statistics this district made one of the poorest showings of any district in the state. For this reason the local board has doubled the second call.
 Because the number of men to be examined this time will be far greater than the last working forces will have to be augmented and Stanley s. Gwillim has already begun prepara- tions to combat successfully the situ- ation. Instead of 20 doctors about 40 will be present and 30 clerks are de. sired to carry on the work Mr. GWillim has set forth a call for vol unteer clerks and any wishing to serve in this capacity may communi- cate with him.
 stmaster Prior stated this morn ing that in the neighborhood of 130 notices had been received at the To- cal office. At noon a fair share of them had been called for
 To Report for Service Sept. 2.
 Notices were also received at the post office for four young men of the town who are members of the new national army and who have orders to report at Aver, Mass, September for training. Lloyd Stanton Edwards, John Rivers, Chester Hayden Griffin and Rosario Harry LeDuc are the names of the boys who will be the first from Plainville to be ushered into the service through the medium of the selective draft. The young men were the first to be examined and accepted and the news comes to them with no great surprise.
 Before going direct to Aver they will have to report at the office of the \ local board in Hartford at 10 o'clock the morning of the 7th. Here they will be given transportation tickets and money to cover their necessary expenses.
 It is highly probable that by tomor- row another bunch of similar notices will be received by members of the national army first to be examined and selected.
 According to a statement by one of the mem bers of the local board in Hartford the men are not being sent to the cantonment in the order in which they were accepted. Those who have had any former military exper- fence or are skilled in the culinary art are being given the preference and sent ahead This does not mean that the first man accepted would not be sent until last if he~had neither military or culinary experience but that he would be sent in relative or- in "bjoI, ho
 SeIectman's Report for Year.
 That the administration of Select man Johnson has been an economical one is evidenced by the annual report for the year recently compiled. State ments show that there has been sub- stantial reductions in almost every de- partment during the past year and that the taxpayers money was care fully disbursed.
 Compared with the statements of other selectmen in former years, the report is entirely favorable. Election expenses last year were higher than in years previous because of the pur- chase of the new voting machines which proved a success.
 A reca pitulation of the report fol- lows:
 Borrowed money $17, 100000 Compensation .......... 1O7.17 Dog warden ........... 97.50 Election (including V. m.) 1,5O3.56 Fire departm ........ 290.53 Fire hydrants. ......... 750.OO Forest fire warden. ...... 62.9O Highway .............. 4,5O7.24 Highway survey ........ 121.05 Interest and insurance. 459.58 Library ............... 10000 Memorial day ........... 75.O0 Miscellaneous AT 57