The sun., 1918-09-07

navo neard, ne said, that 100
slackers have been indicted into the
army In New Jersey as a result Of the
canvass there and that It was done ex-
peditiously. That 10 a flne result. but
tho methods of the drive have still to
be Investigated"
Leasuers' Badges Explained.
Mr.. o'Brian was told that a good
many of the American Protective
Leasuers, 5000 of whom took part in
the roundup. wore a badge lettered "Se-
cret Service" at the top and American
Protective League" ut the bottom. He
said they were not authorized to use
the words secret service. He praised
generally the work Of the leaguers
Mr.. Briggs explained the badge mat
ter by saying that several months ago.
when the Department OF Justice dis
approved OF the Secret Service" letter
ing. the badges were recalled and new
ones reading '"Americsn Protective
League, auxiliary to the Department OF
Justice" were issued. But as there were
not enough Of the new badges for all the
members enlisted for the Stacker drive
some of tho old ones were distributed.
and recalled the moment the drive was
ended.
Mr.. De Woody said he was not dis
turbed by the criticism heard in the
Senate, that he welcomed Mr.. OBrian's
inquiry and that the results of tho round
UP would, when all the figures were In.
be his vindication.
i've been in public ONCE fifteen
years." he said. Sometimes Two been
praised and sometimes Jumped on. I'm
going right ahead with my work and am
not bothered bit. In effect. the criti-
cism OF the New York canvass serves
notice on men between the ages of Is
and As that II they fail to register for
the coming draft Senator's will come to
their aid. But all eligibles should UNI
derstand right now that they must regis
ter. The Department OF Justice will
/ enforce the law in spite Of protests. In
vestigations into draft evasions will
continue.
Yves. the dodgers will be run down
| until the last one Is caught" remarked
| Mr.. Briggs.
II looks as n the number OF slackers
actually sent into the army or deserterr
delivered for court martial out Of the
dragging OF the metropolitan district
will be a little larger than Mr.. De
Woody estimated on wednesday. He
said 1900.
| SehC" "UO"e AsooO'
While off,cial figures have not been
made public, they are about as fol-
| lows:
Delivered to the army directly from
the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory.
clearing house for Manhattan and
| The Bronx, 161.
| Indicted by Local Board 100.
which sifted large number OF de-
| linquents, 95.
Indicted by direction Of the United
States District Court Thursday night,
| 10
| Indicted in Brooklyn, $50.
Indicted in New Jersey, 795.
Total. 1859,
| To this number probably will be
added at least fifty Of the 100 out OF
town delinquents picked UP In Man
haitian or The Bronx and taken for ex-
animation last night to the Federal
| Building. where they will be arraigned
to-day.
! 1t was evident that the authorities
made comparatively few mistakes in the
cases Of the 1856 men charged with viii
| full lodging who were taken 20 the Fed
| eral Building Thursday night. Sixty
eight of them had never registered a.
all and were ordered indicted into the
army after passing one day In prison
| Ave were turned over the army as de
| serters eight were enemy aliens. one OF
them a member OF the Vaterlands crew
who had not registered with draf
board or the United States Marshal
three pleaded not guilty and were held
| for trial. fifteen were held for further
examination. one was sent to Bellevue
for observation. forty-hve were released
ny the United States Attorney to square
| themselves with their local boards ano
eleven were discharged by the court.
| Complaint that some of the loca
| boards closed their offices part OF thu
time while the raids were in progress
thus making it impossible for the men a
| the Armory to ascertain the status o.
! suspects and causing congestion and un
due detention. is being Investigated bI
| Mr.. O'Brian.
| Conboy Aid Praises De Woody.
Cant. David Asch, speaking for Mar
tin Conboy. director OF the draft in New
| York. gave out statement the gst o.
| which was: Mr.. De Woody has don.
great work. and although many mer
have been inconvenienced they should
put 1t on the credit side of their patriot
| ISM"
In Brooklyn twenty-five slackers wer.
| sent to Camp Upton. twenty-five desert
ers were taken to Governors Island ano
about ESQ delinquents assigned TO draf
boards for classification. There were
also 175 who, having failed to return
their questionnaires, will he put into