| Show MEN UTAh I Registrants Without Glair for Exemption Only 4 Per Cent of Total CLASS 2 MUST FILL QUOTA BOARDS STAr STAI Utah Will Be Called Upito UP Upi to Furnish New Nev Soldier in ill February i t Preliminary survey of or received b the four draft by board boards the thc state stute capitol has shown orti offid la declare that hut but 1 t I per cent of ot reg rants trants aro eligible Ihle for fOI entry In Cl C No o. o 1 I which In Is comprised of or men mell iy wi wit out dependents or other claims r fJ r. r exemption J These advance ance figures have I ln I to the tho satisfaction of ot draft I that man ninny many men called to t i service at nt the order of Provost Man Mal I General Crowder will h he recruited fri fr fp the ranks of ot Class No Z which Is hI c cc po posed ed o of married men whose eats are alo not wholly dependent on t th for support and nCI necessary esary skilled f l la fa a anti and 1111 industrial labor Conditions similar to the these thelle preys pren In lug Ing throughout the tho United States thought to 11 have 0 prompted the tho ho sove men meat t officials to the action taken y r I when a bill was as presented Congress for the drafting of or all in rn who have hove become 21 n years care of age al ai registration last June This bill further provide pro for registration of or 1 1 young men muon when they reach their ma t Utah to Provide 1000 Men In 4 While actual figures are not riot J ji available officials believe bellee that U Ut will be called upon to furnish near neat men at the next call from U war ar department which Is expect about February 15 j i Upon the classifications already mt mi and taking Into account tho fact th th tha J Ja a goodly proportion o of tho those f reg trants who are arc now listed In Class Clais Ki N 11 1 were rejected on physical ion during the time first draft It I Is natura to expect officials Ia say that the tho proportion proportion pro proportion portion passing passin the second test will r vcr very small Th Then en too allowances arto atto an at anto to be made for tor men who are alread enlisted but hut who through tho the rul rulof rout of ot the questionnaire are listed wi will wid their local boards In Class s Xo No 1 draftees Tho elimination of ot the will reduce the sum total of or eligible to the first class very materially Early next week the men who arnow ai ar sri now found listed on the tho bool books s of ot tb tin draft boards In Class No Xo 1 will b be sen sent before medical examining hoards boards at 11 tb tin J rate of about twenty an hour The I first men sent up will comprise the the- greater portion of ot those who failed railed atthe at I the last draft dratt The Tho proportion ot re rejections re- re therefore in Is II expected to bi b 1 Each draft board is b iati very 01 large Jargo uto u- u to have hove In tho the neighborhood of 2 registrants on the list who hare havo pi ply defects sufficient to keep them tr ca of active soldier service Some an aT LL 4 not in nit to 10 near arms ann others other are amply qualified for tor branch of ot the service not requiring the theof durot r du of ot physical fitness demanded of ot a rift rid bearer These ma may be for tor service on the quartermaster staff start 1 or in similar lines of army work m I I Apparently Apparent there I Is logic and truth trull In the ada adage e that troubles never coon com S singly l Yesterday while the member I of ot one state capitol draft board wen wern f pondering over an illegal registry another an an- another i other case of ot the same saIne sort wan wai i brought to their attention In bo bot Instances the thc registrants were the n age e limit one being under and thi th b other othel over There were unusual f 3 connected with both cases cues an ant antii 11 ii 11 Kires is not likel likely an any wil 11 result In the case of oC the older registrant rel reg h he believed himself to be b O 0 oJ I legal age ase when he registered for n mill tary any draft His mother however howe wA VII ablo able to produce positive c proof that h he son had passed the age limit fixed b by bythe the time war department A certificate S w birth pasted in a family Bible DIble was wai th itt evidence c presented which released th the registrant from the tho obliGation he lie ha had assumed Tho other other Instance is a case or of a lad iad 18 years cars of ot age ae refusing to take takes a J dare The boy had companions or draft age The companions re register and then dared dare the other I w to Join the time army an and fight for tor mer merlea lea Ica and when the other fellows 1 there was nothing wrong In register ing I Just did diet it that's all the W pIns Ping p p- declared he lie faced tIl Ing Ins bo boy as draft board yesterday evening WhA h the authorities will do In either cither 0 i but but- t these ca cases es cannot be foretold drastic action is not looked for t j a PI I- I aTS AID T T. F F. Jackson has been employed b tIme the state to assist t E E. C C. Penrose sp spi cial agent now gathering data for tor I Jackson I 1 military map of Utah Mr Ir a civil cl engineer and will havo have ch chars chars' r of Information dealing with roads 2 aD an the W 1st a including sketches of ot bridges t ten ter I |
