Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-10
POLICE START SEARCH
FOR MILITARY SLACKERS
All Men in Draft Age Must be
Able to Show Their Regis
tration Cards.

To round up all military slackers in
cIdentalv to compel all Young men OF
military age. who are registered. 10 carry
their registration cards with them NJ all
times. rs required by law, the city police
Saturday night began crusade upon all
yourg men who have thus violated the
national army laws
Every member Of the police force was
assembled in the police drill room ~ the
station house at ) clock Saturday night
and gwen instructions hy Chief Of Police
Rlark. acting under orders Of Adjutant
General Wickerstam. to begin at once
the work of rounding up Of Sackcrs and
All mon az military age who arc regis
tered hut who do not carry thoir regis
tratlon cards with them.
After receiving these instructions every
member Of the force started out to carry
out the instructions. and IN less than an
hour scores of Young men were taken INTO
CUSTODY The majority Of them had regis
tered themselves, but they did not have
their registration cards with them N the
time the officers approached them.
The police searched poolrooms, saloons
clubs and tho streets.
The men were taken 10 the Arinory, AT
Twelfth and Orange streets, where Cap
tam I 81 MI. ~ wv ~ A'4AAA - 'AAE VIM
Rad been detailed here To assist AdJutant-
General Wlckcrsham in such work. took
their names, addresses and other data in
relation to their registration. after which
they were directed to report with their
registration cards 10 Police Captain kcl-
lcher ut the police station yesterday.
Some Of the yourg men rounded up
admitted that they had failed TO register,
or had failed to return their question
nalre and IN these cases they were taken
70 the police station and locked up 10
! await action by the government autho n
ties, they being considered military
slackerS
Acknowledgement Wickcrsham said that
hereafter every police officer IN the city
will hc on the lookout for Young men who
are registered but who fail 10 carry their
registration cards with them nj all times.
The total number of men arrested
and brought to the arrnory between
Saturday night and noon today was las.
Sixty Others were ordered by the police
10 report at police headquarters OF this
total Of POS. $50 are to report to the au
thorities. being technically on parole,
and % were held for further inquiry, az
follows.
HELD FOR FURTHER INQUIRY.
Norman Hutchinson, Elkton, Md
Albert II Smith, Sl4 Bayard avenue.
Nathaniel Black. Philadelphia Pa.
Lewis G. Murray, Philadelphia
Pete Shepelcwich Baltimore Co, Nd.
Nick Tsirindaris. POO East Sixth ST.
Agostno Chesa. New Bedford, Mass,
SilaS Besmcn. l0l6 Pine street.
Leon \ Lull. Lincoln City.
Elmer Brown. 6l2 East Seventh street.
William Alderman. Carney Point. y. j
Wm. Fl Williams, 500 Mechanic St.
Narcelo Torrez. Coatesvllle Pa.
Cruz Samano, Chester, Pa.
John Morrow Canton, y. c.
Brownie Knots, Yorklyn.
Nolan \ Howard
Harold Lamb, Dover.
Robert Macertie, Tenth and Locust.
Hante D. Rian
Bright A. Reber, S13 Washington St
William Jackson.
Louis Walker
William johnson. Elsmere
Joseph Larkin. New York City.
OF these % are clearly deserters
under the Law and will be sent TO Fort
du Pont today OF the Others, It Is
expected that dozen or more will prove
to be technically in the same class.
while the rest will be able to straighten
matters out