New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Left Family to
Fight, Name Is
On Stacker List
Frank Lynch, Discharged on
Wife's Plea. immediately
Re~enlisted Under am
Assumed Name i'm Army
Wounded Veteran Listed
Czecho-Slovakia Hero, Who
Returned Minus a Leg, Is
Classified as a Deserfer

Among the 19s men listed in yestor-
days "slacker" roll for this vicinity
are s wounded veteran of the Czecho-
SiovaAian struggle and former SOL
der of the $50 United States Infan-
try, whose desire to serve his country
in wartime was so strong as to lead
him TO reenlist under an assumed
name after his wife had obtained his
exemption and discharge.
The cases are those of Anthony
Burricie, who registered from 24l East
Seventy-ffth Street, and Frank Lynch,
who registered from 302 East Thirty
eighth Street.
Burricie Joined contingent Of
C2echo- o-Slovaks which sailed from this
country early in the war to engage in
the independent fight of his native
country. He came back minus his left
leg, which he lost as the result of a.
wound he received in action.
Lynch enlisted in the list Infantry
after registering, but after pleas for
MS exemption made by Mrs. Lynch, ac-
cording to Lynch's mother, he was dis
charged on the ground of being the
sole support of his wife and little son.
NO sooner had Lynch been told to go
home, it was said, than he turned
around and enlisted in another outfit
under the name of Frank Dowd. His
service was with the 33d Infantry, in
the Panama Canal Zone.
Others Classified Erroneously
Others whom investigation shows to
have been enormously classified as de-
serters are:
Charles Ernest Coan, member of
the police force who registered from
Z2l East Thirty-hrst Street and went
overseas with Battery A of the 130th
Field Artillery; William Carey, of 312
East Thirty-ffth Street, veteran of
the 69th Regiment, New York National
Guard, who was once mistakenly re-
ported as killed in action; John Joseph
Kelly, of 234 East Thirty-second Street,
who went into training at Upton and
has not been seen by his former land
lady since the war; Percy W. Taylor,
an Englishman who registered but was
clearly past the draft age; John W.
Edgely, OF 202 East Forty-frst Street,
another Englishman, who went to Eng
land prior to the war and is said to
have joined the British army, and
Pedro Jiminez, of 177 East Seventy
have been in the army during the war.
Brooklyn Man Still in Service
Information was obtained yesterday
IN the case OF Douglass Hillery, of II
Turner Place, Brooklyn, whose name
was among those on list published
Friday morning, Hillery enlisted in
the Naval Reserves May Is, 1918; re-
ceived the rank of lieutenant, junior
grade. and was assigned to the U. S.
ship Lake Gacona. On August 20 he
was advanced to lieutenant, senior
grade, and on October 20 was made
executive officer of the ship. At Car
diff, Wales, he was transferred to the
Moldegarde, on which he made numer-
Gus trips between Cardiff and French
ports.
Two brothers. who were also in the
navy, furnished the foregoing informa-
tion about Hllery, who is still in the
service, assigned to merchant vessel.
Additional names cleared from the
governments lists yesterday are
Michael j. Mahoney. or Maloney, who
was listed by Local Board 38, and DAN
lei Shanedling, who registered with Lo-
cal Board 1874