The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-10
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: ! notice quite a little write up In
Tuesdays Journal about the Jackson
county local. board In regard to one
OF our registrants, J. Augustus Or
mond, and our position in classifying
him. A word of explanation in re-
gard to this case and similar cases
would not be amiss.
The members OF this board from the
time Of its organization desired to
make known their position in deal
ing with all matters and all regis
trants according to the rules laid
down for their guidance In the selec-
tive Service regulations They treated
every registrant alike when It came to
fair dealings. The prominence of tho
registrants did not appeal to the
board at all. The banker and the
bankers son received the same con-
sideration at the hands OF this board
as did the farmer and the farmers
SON. They all stood on equal footing
in the draft, and the board. when in
their judgment thought the district
board had made an error In granting
deferred classification-end the err
rors they made were many-would
ask to have the case re-opened and
the error corrected.
In the case OF this particular regis
trant. this board, under the law and
without doing violence to the oath
that they had taken, could not give
him more than Glass lib, the regis
trant being married man without
children and with ample means to
support his wife without his mental
or physical labor. Not being Salts
fled with the classification that this
board gave him, and not knowing
how long the war would last. he APP
pealed from the decision OF this
board to the district board. They re-
classified him and gave him Glass
IVA
This board did not Immediately mail
him card showing his re-classifica-
ton by the district board for the rea-
son that they considered that the dis
trict board has made an error and this
board was going to ask for q re-
opening of the case and correction
OF the error.
The registrant became impatient
and appealed to Captain Anderson,
draft manager of the state. Captain
Anderson wrote this board asking why
the card had not been mailed. Upon
getting our reason for not mailing
same, he seems to have sustained us
in Our position.
Not getting anything favorable
from Captain Anderson the registrant,
through his attorneys Mr.. Bealle,
and one other who would be placed in
an embarrassed position We're his name
mentioned, applied to the United
States district court now in session
at Pensacola, for writ Of mandamus
to compel this board to mail him the
card as directed by the district
board.
Both The Journal and the Mobile
Register say that this board did not
appear to show cause why the card |
was not mailed. No, this board did |
not appear. But why? The attorneys |
in the case were thoughtful enough |
to ask for this writ Saturday after |
noon, and that it be made returnable |
afternoon at o'clock. The
summons to appear before Judge
Sheppard and show cause why this
card had not been mailed were sent to
Deputy United States Marshal H. A. |
Bowles Sunday. These papers We're
not served upon the members Of this |
board until between twelve and one !
o'clock Sunday night. The only train ,
going to Pensacola that could have |
put these members there by three |
o'clock passes through Marianne at /
4 a. m. It was impossible for the
members Of this board, who are all |
busy ben, to make arrangements at !
hat time of night to go to Pensacola
That is one of the reasons why this
BOARD did not appear before Judge
Sheppard and maintain its position.
Had the writ been made returnable
or Wednesday afternoon.
hey would have appeared in body,
'or this board is still OF the opinion
hat the registrant was properly
classified in Glass lib, and the case
would have been re-opened had not
he district board been practically dis
solved. r. S. Pierce.
Chairman Jackson County Local
Board.