New-York tribune., 1918-06-28
Only Few Here
Hold No. 246, First
In Draft Lottery
Several Had Already Of.
fered Their Services and
Will Not Be Affected

The effect of drawing No. GAG as the
first number in the draft lottery yes
terday was almost lost OH New York,
because very few Of the young men
here held it. In fact, very few mem
hers of the city's new National Army
class were affected by any of the num-
bers until the eighth, which was "154."
This was due to the fact that the
numbers held by the men were those
given to them at the time of regis
tration on June 5, denoting the order
in which they appeared at their board.
AS in all but comparatively few in
stances less than 246 men registered
at single local board scarcely any
but those of the more crowded dis
tricts held that number.
The young men holding No. 246 were
the 246th to register at their respec-
tive boards on June last. This num-
Der, denoting the order of their regis
tration, has been placed on their
cards.
That the proportion of men granted
deferred classification in this new
draft will be much less than that of
the 1917 registration was demonstrated
by an investigation of the young men
holding the honor number.
Those Holding No. PAS
Included among those holding No.
PAS in Manhattan arc Louis William
Ginzburg, 1850 Fifth Avenue; John
Campbell, 25o9 Seventh Avenue: Louis
nelius Doyle. 264 William Street;
| Philip Feigenbaum, 25 Avenue D; b.
Gronsky, 314 Cherry Street; Joseph
Greenberg, 176 Essex Street; Amato
Russo, 179 Varick Street; David Nc
Carthy, 423 East 13Sth Street; John
Isaacs. S75 Longwood Avenue. and Jo-
scph Rodenbach, Is East Fourth Street
A visit to the homes of many of
these and to those of other youths
first consideration before the local
boards revealed that many Of them
"do their vacationing early"
Cornelius Doyle is printer. He is
married, but that hasn't prevented him
from trying to enlist in the navy. with
out success, due to physical disability.
Joseph Greenberg was born in Bucha-
rest, KumanIa, but has taken out his
first papers and intends going through
with the process. He is clerk in a
large silk house. Paul Feigenbaum is
newly married. He drives laundry de-
livery wagon. Joseph. Rodenbach, an
operator on ladies' waists, is an Ameri-
can citizen, with no dependents.
Nine in Brooklyn
Nine of Brooklyn's new registrants
f, ~, do
John j.. Generously, 49 South Ninth
Street; AnCostino Mennello, 204 Union
Street; James Jennings Frye, 1910
Pacific Street; Herman Honig, address
unknown; Robert Bowery, 1929 Madison
Street; Anthony Won Wening, 528
Eleventh Street; Arnold Johnson, Ill
Pioneer Street; Samuel Gross, 489 Hop
kinson Averue; Howard Pitcher, 587
Stone Avenue. and John j. Generously,
of 49 South Ninth Stret.
Three of these nine are married. All
but one are childless. John j. Conner
ousky was elated over the result Of the
drawing. He said he had tried to en-
ter every branch of the service but
had been rejected because of poor eye
sight. He has brother in the National
Army, with the 305th Infantry, now
somewhere in France.
The draft loses Anthony Won Wening,
who enlisted in the navy on Wednesday,
after undergoing minor operation to
make him physically fit.
The patriotism which burns Robert
Bowery with desire to get into it
must burn in vain. Bowery, of Cana
dian extraction, lost his leg in street.
car accident when he was six years old.
In the majority of the districts in
greater New York the new registrant
holding No. 154, the eighth to be drawn
from the glass globes in Washington,
will be the first subject to call. In
some cases, however, where less than
154 young men registered, No. 10,
drawn thirteenth, will give its holder
the honor place on the 1918 roster.