The sun., 1918-09-05

OF draft lodging suspects as compared
with Tuesdays round up. greatly re-
duced the armory congestion and en-
abled all confined there at meal time to
Dc taken to the basement and fed on
sandwiches.
In tho streets, the police stations and
armory. every care was taken to see
that no innocent person was unduly an
noyed. The use of more telephones gave
greater opportunity for communication
with friends and the bringing Of draft
credentials from home.
The 27s draft delinquents whom Mar
shall Mccarthy put into the Tombs Tues
day night, forcing the warden Of that
hospltabie but crowded institution to
make his guests sleep three In a cell.
were taken back TO the armory yester-
day morning. Self respecting crooks
confined in the prison jeered them as
they passed out Fifty of the 278 were
later returned to the Tombs for ar
rails nment before United States Com
missioner on the charge Of evading the
selective service law.
De Wolf Hopper. actor. appeared at
the armory bright and early to join his
comrades Of the American Protective
League. He got bag and went away
to catch some slackers in a car driven
by woman In khaki and accompanied
by military policeman with rife.
Joseph Santley. likewise comedian
suddenly grown serious, was another Of
the nabbing crew.
At IL: rs A. NJ. Chief De Woody got
a telegram from Camp Upton saying
that an alleged deserter, Frank Zail, was
living with a family of the mans of
Hopkins In Twenty-sixth street between
Avenues A and b. Fred Haggerson,
Mr.. De Woody's assistant. bounded into
an automobile. By IL as o'clock he had
located the Hopkins family. had found
Zail and had him in the armory.
Salute Betrays Him.
MY name is Charles Solomon" pro-
tested Zail. Just then Major Rorke,
U. s. A., commanding the provost guard
at the armory, entered De Woodys Office
Solomon" forgetting he was an inno-
cent civilian, got up and saluted. That
did for him. He confessed he was Zail
and had jumped Camp Upton six weeks
ago. At IL 30 o'clock he was on his
way back to the camp under guard.
Quickest catch l ever heard Of" said
the Major.
Mr. De Woody said he thought the
armory force was handling 500 men an
hour from 8 A. M. to p. NJ. Virtually
all the several hundred suspects who had
been paroled overnight on their promise
to return yesterday morning had done
so. A great many young men. stirred to
action by the newspaper accounts of
Tuesdays crusade, hustled to their local
draft boards yesterday morning and
either threw themselves on the mercy Of
the boards or got credentials.
That" said MIR. De Woody. us really
the biggest result of the drive. The in
flux at the offices OF the local boards is
tremendous. 1t was the same In Boston
and Chicago The number of men who
were impelled by the drive to hustle to
their local boards and square accounts
was double the number Of men picked up
in the raids. I think 1t will be the same
here
Another interesting thing the drive
has proved is that New York city Is a
hiding place for out of town slackers.
They have come here with the notion
that the town is so big they will be over
looked. but I guess they are finding out
their mistake. large percentage of
the slackers that are actually being held
for army service or for the Federal
courts are from outside New York"
For example. there was a young fell
low brought in yesterday who said he
used to work in q restaurant In Akron,
Ohio.
what restaurant" asked Mr. De
Woody.
= The ohioan named It. Mr.. De Woody
laughed.
"Akron's my home town." said he.
You worked in the restaurant until Just
after June s, when yon registered in the
draft and then beat 1t to New York.
didn't your
Following a sheepish admission that
such was the fact Mr.. De Woody told his
fellow Akronite. you are going to make
/ fine little soldier. boy"
The boy was game. All right" he
said. when do start?"
Tomorrow"
Fine. That win give me a chance to
say goodby to my girl tonight"
He'll Not See His Girl.
THE programme" said Mr.. De Woody,
lis as you have indicated with the ex-
.eption of the visit to the girl. I'm
'orry. but you pass tonight in the
and will be indicted into
service in the morning"
'Oh. we'll. c'est la guerre." said the
;oung man as a military policeman led
lin away.
Five actual army deserters have been
In the drive thus far and eleven
men who are technical deserters, as they
we're ordered by their draft boards to
sntrain for camp and did not do so.
These face court-martial.
Late yesterday Marshal Mccarthy said
he raids would prove New York to be
the most patriotic city in the country
With the fewest proportion OF actual
ia ckers."
II believe" he said. that half a million
men will have been accosted here when
he crusade ends, that not per cent
will be held as slackers. and that 90 per
,ent. Of those held will be from out of
own. That Is the way It is going now"
From the answers Of a few captives
leld in the armory as real suspects an
dea can be obtained of the reasons
given by them for their plight One |
nan said:
wife separated after a fight The draft |
BOARD put me in Class IA. saying I had
10 dependents. Then another board said |
would be in a deferred class II 1 !
would support my family. did that, |
,ut the board never took me out Of IA" |
Another said he had registered with |
In American Consul In Cuba and had |
tent his card to his home in Indiana |
md that he could get no answer to his |
elesrams to the Indiana board. Others |
pleaded they had registered but had not |
received questionnaires. The seventh |
said he had been in hospital for a year
md half.
Automobiles Are Needed.
The cleanup machinery having been |
stopped at p. M. Tuesday, It took /
'ome time to get It going at full speed |