The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-03-14
HUNDREDS OF OUR MEN
FALSELY CHARGED,
HE SAYS
ERRORS MADE ,BY THE DRAFT
BOARDS RESPONSIBLE.
After the Whole Thing Has Been
Gone Into By the Local Department,
Of Justice Officials Say There Will
Not Be One Draft Evader Through.
out the Whole State Of Utah.


age have been falsely charged with
evading military duty it has been re-.
vealed by Investigations conducted by'
the bureau of investigation in the fed
lcral department of Justice. These
charges of delinquency are said bv the
investigators to be due principally 10
errors made by draft boards in the
spelling of names. in giving wrong
INITIALS or IN sending notifications 10
wrong addresses Statements to this
effect are made by Richard II. Price.
representing the bureau of investira-
ton. Recently the bureau of invest t.
cation. under instructions from the
mtcd States attorney general insti-
iutcd an inquiry Ia discover why 80
many Salt Lake City men of draft axe
had not been called into military ser.
vice. In this investigation efficient
mid was given by the office Of the
United States district attorney for
Utah.
10 was discovered that scores nf
men had failed to answer their draft
cuesiionaircs, which werc mailed To-
them following the call of September.
1918 The names of these men were
reported by the local draft boards to
'hc office of the United States dis
tuct attorney. pursuant to instruc.
tons previously received from T.. N.
Crowdcr. provost marshal general ~
The United States army. Instead Of
ordering the immediate arrest If
men. District Attorney Ray turned
the draft board reports on their eases
over IT, his assistant, Isaac Evans.
Evans mailed to cach alleged dclin.
qucnt druiicc q personal lcityr. r.
uucsiing that he call at the federal
district attorneys office and make
explanation Of the circumstances nm.
der which the delinquency occurred
Nearly every man who called at the
lo'iicc in response io these letters
Evans snys. made positive dcclnrn.
ton that errors On the part Of draft
boards were responsible for the pre-,
dicnmcnl IN which be- found himself
Digest of al the eases was dcliv,
Tered a. Agent GciShon Of the bureau
lot investigation. who IN turn institut.
81 such inquiry ns cgnfirmCd the de-
lenses and complaints made hy man,
Iof the men charged with oyuding mill
ltary duty Assistant Federal District
attorney Evans says That lack a.,
proper knowledge of the sclectiv,
service law aud the regulations issue
Hereunder by Provost Marshal Gen
.cral CroWdoT b, mainly responsible fDl
.ihe errors which have been made b,
the draft board clerks and on account
/. Of which hundreds of Utah citizen.
IT draft age who were not called fol
military service arr u"' under ih,
cloud of charge ot delinquency al
! Intentional evasion.
Tho investigation. Price says
twill De- continued and the real slack
en- will be- unprecedented. The hoy
who ARE coming into this office ever
. Guy are as good American citizens u
, many Others of us. The real slnckc
is not willing Ia come IN and oiic
? any reason why he did not 90 10 IN,
aid of his country Tie will avon
I, TINT a. long rs possible. II We wnn
him We shall have 10 call un him ant
q get him II Is only the innocent maj
. that is not afraid To come in here an'
make his explanations. That thcr
are many innocent men accused of du
I linquency through error is indicate,
/, lby the numcbr who call here.
During the busy periods of th
s draft boards located IN the stat
n capitol. for instance, stacks of mailc
l0ucstionnircs were returned 10 III
70 live offices ia that building Post
r flice uotaiions on the qucstionnii
containers were wrong addresses give
lor indicating that no such man ms ~
one named on the envelope could b
70 found After several Young mr
p we're posted as dclinquents, thei
I. mothers called at the offices IN th
e lcapiiol 10 explain tcartully that thcl
" hoys had died between the date Il
, registering and the time when the
/, lwerc ~ have answered The draii cal
} In such eases there was lmmedlai
b publication in the papers of the n