The sun., 1918-07-25
BROOKLYN CALLS ON
GLASS 2 FOR QUOTA
Largest Draft Contingent to
Leave Borough Composed
of 1000 Men.
MANHATTAN SENDS 500
Bunch of Sturdy Recruits
Chcercd by Hylan and Many
Thousands.

Many Of the draft boards in Brooklyn
yesterday invaded Class II. OF the Sc
lective Draft Classification to make up
a quota of 1000 men that went TO
Camp Upton by way of the Carlton
avenue yards Of the Long Island Rail-
road. the quota was one of tho larg-
est to leave Brooklyn since the war be-
gan.
Some Of the boards found early that
they could not hope to meet their calls
from Glass l. and opened the list next
below. pushing the Glass H. men into
the Immediately available list. This Is
the first time in New York city that
any considerable number Of deferred
men have been advanced
Member OF CInss ~.
Glass H., which will soon he used In
all of the city boards. includes:
l. Married man. or father OF mother
less children, usefully engaged. but
family has sufficient income apart fro''>
his daily labor to support 1t durirt ais
absence
?. Married man--no children-wife
can support herself decently without
hardship
10. Skilled farm iaborer engaged In
necessary agricultural enterprise.
4. Skilled Industrial laborer engaged
in necessary industrial enterprise.
Ten Manhattan draft districts sent
more than 500 young men to Southern
training camp yesterday, and the en-
thusiast who led the cheering at the
Liberty street ferry had the leave taking
estimated correctly when he remarked
confidentially through megaphone that
Everybody is happy and Old Glory Is
on the job
Youngsters from the upper districts.
where the size OF the rent check con-
verts a fiat into an apartment. rubbed
elbows with boys from the Ghetto and
the two elements OF the town began get
ting acquainted from the start1 They
came along in Fifth avenue buses. au-
tomobiles and on subway trains, and
thousands of people greeted the men
along the way.
HyIan Joins in Cheers.
Some of them passed the City Hall.
where Mayor Hylan came out to wish
them luck and to join in the cheering.
Judge Mulqueen appointed himself a
committee OF one to do the work of a
committee of 100 and performed the
task like a hero. He was the most
ubiquitous and earnest worker among
the host that did its part to keep the
home fires burning.
The Washington Heights delegation,
which rides to business on the subway
during the rush hours and may, there
fore. he considered equal already to the
task of wrestling with the Kaiser's
storm troops. took n farewell Shonts
tour to the station. bearing huge
American flag, Chairman J. c. Meyers
led the eighty-two veterans of the rush
hour on their way.
The men from Eighty-ffth street and
Madison avenue marched to West street.
with Chairman Stanley NJ Isaac, Judge
Mulqueen. Ray Donahue and other lead
ers TO pilot them. and the Drafted
Mems Friends" a non-partisan patriotic
organization of the section. gave every
man a comfort kit, to say nothing OF
other presents.
DR.. A, Braun headed 13S huskies from
Second avenue and vicinity who
marched behind the Metropolitan 1nsur-
ance Band and looked tit to fight with
out any particular fril!s. 1t was this
delegation that called to see the Mayor
and got from him a cordia greeting and
send off before they went over to the
ferry,