New-York tribune., 1921-05-17
A.E.F. Veteran,
Shot I'm France,
Called Stacker
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doubtedly had used Roberts name to
evade the draft Robert was said to
have been only nineteen years old at
the time of the first draft and tried to
enlist in Maine, but was rejected be-
cause of defective vision.
Elviro de Pippa, Of 322 East Eleventh
Street, cited on the list, enlisted as
private on August 20, 1917, and became
a member of the 39th Infantry Ma
chine Gun Battalion. 4th Division. He
WAS latter transferred to Company ID,
| and went overseas in May, 1918 He
was discharged from the army Noven-
Der 20. 1919.
Raymond Arlington Leggest, grand
son of DR.. Thomas nj. Leggett, for
many years q we'll known physician OF
Flushing, is listed as deserrer in to-
days installment of names. It was
learned yesterday that Raymond was
suffering from tuberculosis when the
draft call was iss~sd, ana tnat he died
March 3, 1919. When the draft board
was In session he was seriously Ill at
Saranac Lake, where he had gone in an
effort to recover his health. Leggett
was civil engineer and was q son OF
the late George W. and Annie Prescott
Leggett. He lived in the 184th. Local
Board district, but was reported from
the 185th District. which included ia
maica and outlying sections.
One ApopIexy Victim
oP MoELpa
Place, died during the war from
apoplexy. His mother said she notified
the draft board Immediately after the
death,
DR.. Anthony Avata, another whose
name is posted to-day, gave up his post
as interne at St. Mary's Hospital, Ja-
maica, when war was declared and en-
listed in the navy. Later he was trans
ferred to the medical corps Of the
army and served In North Carolina
during the epidemic of influenza.
Lack of appropriations ana shortage
Of personnel threaten to interfere seri-
ously with the work Of the War De-
partment in ferreting out the draft
| evaders among those whose names are
being published. There are 1873 names
on this mornings list. The authorities
on Governors Island admitted .yester
day that the Adjutant GeneraFs Office
is forced to rely almost entirely upon
public sentiment for the arrest Of the
| men so listed.
The Military Intelligence no longer
has authority to capture the draft de-
serters or to conduct Investigations of
their cases. Even if it did have the
authority, officers explained, the pres
ent reduced personnel would preclude
any general roundup by the army of
men certified as slackers. The $50 re-
ward paid during war time for the ar
| rest and conviction of a deserter was
eliminated by Congress when it slashed
the axmy appropriation bill.
Jurisdiction Ended
Asked concerning the present juris-
| diction of the Military Intelligence,
Lieutenant Colonel Parker HIT, assist
ant chief of staff for the military intel
ligenca department, quoted from the
| rev regulations effective last June.
The regulations state that intelligence
officers are forbidden "under any con-
dition" to initiate any Investigations
pertaining to "such subjects as deser-
ton, the detection and suppression of
theft and misdemeanors." Colonel Hit
explained that many wartime activ-
ties of the intelligence service are now
handled by the operations division of
the General Staff and that the agency
for the carrying on of this work is the
Adjutant Generals department.
Officers at Fort Jay emphasized the
| point that any citizen has authority TO
arrest men whose names appear on the
official slackers' list. Expenses not ex-
ceeding $50 will be allowed the captor
| II the charge against the person SO ar
rested is finally substantiated.
Captain G. c. Graham, adjutant at
Fort Jayg announced that thirty men
have thus far given themselves up.
Two surrendered yesterday, each hav-
ing seen his name in the newspapers.
Both were released pending investiga-
| ton.
Both were on the list published Fri
| day. One, William Harold Hoerter. Of
1908 Woodbine Street, Brooklyn, came
into Captain uraham's Office and admit
ted that he had failed to register. His
reason was an artificial eye, which, he
said, would have caused his geiection
anyway.
The other man who surrendered was
Joseph N. JARVIS. of lilo Cypress Ave
nue., Brooklyn. At the time that the
draft law went into effect he was await
ing call to the colors. in the Cana
dian forces, having signed a oues-
tionnaire in April. 1917, preparatory
co enlistment. He showed Captain
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