The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-23
DRAF 7 D0DG|NC
DEVELOPS MANY
PECULIAR 7 ALES
Wiley Officials Detect Frauds
OF Variesatcd Nature In
Oklahoma City.
SENT TO CANTONMENTS

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Apru -
If claims for exemption from inili
tary service with ,ho national army
that have come under the Jurisdiction
OF the district appeal boar.l FOR tho
western district of Oklahoml, arc any
criterion tho ingenuity OF the 5o-callcd
draft -dolsor' has been severely put
To It at times, to think of some Likely
story to bolster up his cls.m. While
the legitimate claims have buen many
and In no case have. been 'errSed
there also were many who madn rgthcr
unusual claims 10 thoir right TO stay
at home where they are nceio''
Claims of resistrsuts Who have tcr.
tracted marriages since The Hclcctivc
service laws were promulgated, thai
they were needed at home o.sJpport
dependent wives, have been nnnar1u3
but Ivy no means In the ma .ioritv.
One man wanted his claim Tor IL
muDiiy from service granted on tho
ground that ho. was an expert wa,ch
rcpsIrcr" A great many watches in
the territory formerly covered by his
vocational activities will TO un-cpair
cd until the allied powers emerge vic.
torious from the war as the 'eNpcrl
watch repairer" has gone 20 10 his
part. Afcllow.clsimant A who had SOL.
Gu watermelon in his nar,y Youth
snd had suffered Incarceration in bia
county "bsstile" for one night, insisted
he WAS morally unfit TO serve his coun,
try in any capacity.
Another resistrant MAS too busy
to report for examination when called
by his local board and did not think
tbcy really meant It, anyway" Ile
declared himself possessed Of beller
thai the government can't be really
IN earnest about this thing"
"NEcEsSARYn,, sTENoeRAPHERs
great many business houses. IL ap-
pears. are dependent for their very ex-
tstcncc on The activities of their ma lie
stenographers. At least this is tru.
Of the concern that employees tho sten
osraphcr. who said, they will simply
hayc to 20 out Of business, steuos
raphers are too scarce" Claims of
this sort were wcll represented in the
list of excuses" and "rcasons.' y
One young man, who. on application
for q position with an express com,
pspy, had signed an affidavit givins
his age as II years and had register
cd with the rest Of tho nation on-Junc
9Th. 1917, To back up his bluff, had =
difficult time proving his real age
Nhcn called to account for not answer
ing call by his local board.
Newspaper reporters should be ex
cnpt, in the opinion Of one resistrs nj
lie irmly asserted that through his
paper he was supplying the public
With war news. which it could not
well do without.
Claims Of exemption ON tho ground
that The claimants are attending
schools Of religious instruction snt
theological scminarics we're almost
, as numerous rs the claims OF thos,
who have recently acquired depend
cn.s."
One reSistrsnt presented four dif
fcront claims in as many days. but III
OF them failed of substantiatiun. Or
this first appearance before tho boa re-
he declared that he had recently beer
honorably discharged from the regular
army and had taken unto himself Z
wife. When told that tho board would
Ike to rcvtcw his discharge papers h.
departed hastily. On the following ds,
he presented himself as morally un
lit; this excuse falling he was eiye1
more time. Subsequent claims tha
he was preacher" and then a far
mer" failed 10 get his exemption.
SCARCE CALF BUYERS
a claim presented by calf buyer
Tor large packing house that men o
his chosen calling were UNUSUAL,
scarce; an assertion that soldiers mus
( have candy and that the claimant wa.
engaged in manufacturing that com
modify for Tho boys" and the clain
of the many who ere subject to dts
all wcrc included in the categor,
OF Tie boards would be "evaders."
One man was unfortunate enough I,
have two wives dependent upon hin
for their daily bread. He had beer
exempted in the first draft because q
his wife. After his exemption hat
been granted his wife obtained di
vorce. When called under the new
auestionnairc system ii was discover
cd he had married again, this time t,
woman with a child. He was sup
porting his present wife and chilt
and was contributing TO the suppOr
of his former wife. he said.
The morally unfit" the watch re
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