The New York herald., 1921-05-26
MORE DRAFT BOARD
ERRORS UNCOVERED
Five Listed Among 65 Slack
ers Shown to Have Seen
Service.
THREE WERE EXEMPTED
Four Have Died. 40 Unknown
at Address Listed and Eight
Have Moved.
THREE WERE EXEMPTED

From total of more than stxty-fve
names reported by local boards for
divisions 102 and 10z for Manhattan
and Brooklyn OH the Governments
Stacker list made public yesterday five
were upon investigation declared to be
those of men who served in the army
four those of men who had died, ana
three men exempted from service. or
tho remainder. forty were unknown al
| the addresses. eight were found to have
moved away and one listed at an address
which does not exist.
Benjamin Cooperman Of 3t2 East
, Eighth street, Manhattan exhibited an
honorable discharge last night TO show
that he had been a private in the 561st
Casual Company, Training Centre. and
stationed at Camp Lee. Virginia. Young
Coopernan enlisted in the Hospital
Corps OH March s, 1918. and was dis
charged on December 16, 1918. His i'm
mediate commanding officer was Second
Lieutenant W. j. Gaynor, who signed a
! testimonial OF character excellent" In
his behalf when mustered out OF the
service. Cooperman Is attending a medi-
cal school at present and expects to re-
ceive his doctors certificate In the near
future lie was listed as a Stacker by
+ DlilL foOdiu ~ Tor Adnnattan.
Charles Sparash. 154 Attorney street.
Manhattan. produced not only dis
charge to prove that he had served as a
private in the Fifty-fourth Infantry Bat
TALON OF the Fourth Canadian Division
In some of the hardest fighting of the
whole war. but received a certificate
acknowledging his excellent service and
disability from the King Of England
himself. He enlisted August 7, 1917
served throughout the engagements at
Amiens. Vimy Ridge and Arras, where
ne was badly wounded by shrapnel which
tore away part of his skull. aSparash
was discharged on account of disability
on June 23. 1919. at Montreal by Capt.
". ". Lee. commanding his battalion.
Unable to do heavy labor. he has been
out of Job for year.
Benjamin Heller, zoe Livonia avenue
Brooklyn, listed as a Stacker by local
board 10l. was declared by his mother
Mrs. Rebecca Heller to have registered
with the first draft and gone away with
the first drafted men 10 Camp Upton
and then TO other camps. and was finally
honorably discharged after the armistice
Mrs. Heller was astonished to learn that
her sons name had been published.
/ Morris Sherman, 270 Houston street
! Manhattan. enlisted In the heavy artil-
| lery after he had been placed IN class
! AL by the draft board. according 10 his
/ father, who eaid that he served more
than nine months overseas
I Abraham Kaufman. 135 Garricll street
/ whose name was on the list, was said
by neighbors last night to have moved
1 away. They declared that he had served
! IN France as n member of the First
Engineers, First Division, and was hon
/! orably discharged following the close of
hostilities
John Krump. 24S Houston street, died
\ at that address about three months ago,
/ according to his wife. who said that he
! had been previously exempted by reason
I of dependents by the draft board in
| 1917. He is survived by his widow and
! four small children.
I Samuel Woinsky of 249 Thatford
| avenue, Brooklyn. another on the list
| died three years ago of influenza. ac
| cording to his mother.
! Robert b. Mantei Of 800 Osborne
street. Brooklyn, died December S, 1917.
those who knew him declare. Max Kap-
Ian, 80 stanton street, Manhattan. died
shortly after the war had begun. tenants
at that address say
Harry Nuremberg. or Neuwirth. 200
stanton street. Manhattan. said last
night that lie had been exempted from
the draft on account OF dependents. He
produced his exemption papers to prove
IL. He was at first classified as Al, but
was later exempted By both Govern
ment and State authorities.