Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
DRAFTEES MOVE
FORWARD TODAY
Third Group of Philadel-
phia's First Quota of 5
Per Cent Off
LEAVE HOME IN 2 DETAILS

tune OF their martial tread, as the third in
staiiment OF Philadelphia's young manhood
started today for Camp Meade
Half today, and the remainder tomorrow,
OF this per cent quota, approximately 700
selected men, from the ffty-one local draft
boards. win complete the first so per cent
of the Presidents first call to form the new
National Army,
The twenty-three details that entrained
today from the Baltimore and Ohio ter
minal at Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
streets. were individually mere handfuls.
much smaller In numerical comparison with
the second installment, but just as large in
their share of heroic farewells from sad
dened homes and friends. and in filling their
place in the fight against autocratic and
militaristic power under the reign Of Kali
serism.
HUNDREDS AT STATION
The station platforms and tracks over.
flowed with the hundreds of persons who
said good-by, The first train Of recruits
that left the station was a combination of
the two trains that brought men from the
northeastern section of the state, and pulled
out at 1 lo'clock The next train LEFT at 1875
and the third at 2:20 o'clock, each one
being filled with Philadelphia boys.
on the last train at the head end Of one
Of the cars, at trio from the Thrty-fourth
district played 'Your Country Needs
You on their violin, guitar and mandolin
and before the train started a violinist
from the Forty-sXth district joined them
with his instrument
The crowds lining the Chestnut and wal
nut street bridges and filling the station
areas had nearly all dispersed when an
alien who couldn't speak English appeared
at the gate. He was Paul Lakshss, or 1925
Pearl street, IN the Eighth district, and he
was sent on the regular train leaving at
asa
The twenty-seven parties entraining to-
morrow leave from the North Philadelphia
station Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Harry McNichol. son Of state Senator
James p AIcNichol. who testified in the
"Bloody Fifth" Ward hearing Wednesday to
the effect that he had warned Mayor Smith
concerning the thuggery that developed left
his home at 1854 Hazel avenue, his wife and
four children, at the head of the forty-ninth
district recruits. He ignored his chance Of
obtaining exemption
The thirteen men from local draft district
No. 40, at Fifty-flfth and Pine streets.
Joined the thirteen men, headed by Willard
X. Mcbride, from district No. as at Fifty
seventh and Spruce streets, In their march
TO the STATEN.
The dozen men forming the party from
district No. 10, at Thirty-nintk street and
Lancaster avenue, left about o'clock
with the dozen men from district 20, whose
headquarters are at the same place. The
former are commanded by Alvah S. Jack as
captain and his lieutenants, James O'Neill
and RAYMOND Cordery. The latter are
headed by Edwin Blakelocz
In the detail from the twentieth district
is Portuguese, Enos S. Bettencourt, who
has taken out his first naturalization
papers. He requested that arrangements be
made to send virtually all Of his money re-
ceived from the Government to his mother
in Portugal.
Nine selected men from the twenty-thlrd
district left the headquarters at Thirty
second street and Woodland avenue about
/ o'clock
The eleven draftees making up the detail
from the thirty-second district, with head
quarters at Sixty-third street and Lancas-
ter avenue. met at the Baltimore and Ohio
terminal shortly after 1 o'clock.
FOREIGNERS IN QUOTA
Seven of the fifteen men Of the contin-
gent from the thirty-third district were Itai-
fans. They left about 1 o'clock in auto
mobiles from their headquarters at 6047
Market stret. headed by Leslie Mesin and
Salvatore Mussaro.
The Ninth District Board sent nineteen
men to Camp Meade. They entrained at
Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets at 2
,. m.
The Eighth District Board dispatched
twenty. The men left Twenty-fourth and
Chestnut streets at o'clock.
Herman Ecl1as, a Syrian, and Anthony
Godonis, Russian, were forced to go with
this detail by Edward +. Swift, chairman
of the Eighth District Board Codonis a
highly educated alien protesting to be a
Socialist, asserted that their birthrights
protected them from military service but
Swift, had the men detained by the police.
providing two hearty meals for them, how
ever, and they were escorted to the train
Fifteen men, led by John Carney, went
from the Seventh District Board at Fiji
teenth and Vine streets. while thirteen men
were sent away by the Fifth District Board
at Fourth and Race streets, headed by Leo
Watkins.
Sixth District, Twelfth and Pine streets.
had planned to send twenty-one men down
but were only able to send a dozen, as
the district board has not yet certified
dramatic and musical critic of the EVENING
LEDGER, led this group.
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA OFF
An even hundred left the Third and
Dickinson streets headquarters of the first
draft district under leadership Of Samuel
Greenberg. All Of the South Philadelphia
details left about noon for the Baltimore
and Ohio station.
The board Of District No 2 is not send
ing a single man today, not having received
its list Of certified names. District No. 3
sent thirteen men commanded by Joseph
men from the Twenty-seeond District with
Norris Cast at their head
The smallest detail OF all today repre-
sented District No %, Charles F. Frasch
leading two other draftees, Paul Lusct
and Joseph Miskey led the party Of twenty
three from Twentieth and Federal streets
headquarters Of the Thirty-hfth District
Johnl. Murphy headed the party of nineteer
from Fourth street and Snyder avenue, head
quarters OF the Thirty-nlnth District and
Samuel Buck commanded the detail OF
twenty from the Fifty first District tha
left from the same point The Fifty-hrs
District sent twenty selected men under
charge OF w. NJ. Montgomery, from III
meeting place at Snyder avenue and Dor
rance street
The Forty-hrst Districts contingent o
sixteen men left the headquarters a
Fifty-hfth street and Kingsessing avenu
IN time 10 eat luncheon at the Baltimor
and Ohio station, having come on the troll
ley cars from Borty-ninth and woodlanl
avenue. The same means Of transportation
was adopted BY the parties Of hfty-hv
aud forty-one from the Forty-second an
Eorty-slxfh Districts respectively. tn
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ana Henry Wiley
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