Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 42 | Draft Boards Swamped with Press of Work

RAFT DRAFf BOARDS SWAMPED WITH PRESS OF WORK WORE General Public May l Be Bc Barred From All Offices in Afternoon ARMY IY IS BARRED FOR ENLISTMENT i Registrants Not in Class I IMay 1 May lay Enter Navy Marines l or r t SaH Salt Lake Ct City draft boards probably r will find It ft I t necessary to close theIr of offices ot- ot Ices flees to the general public during a n L greater part of ot every day In order t to adjust clerical Ct draft routine which I has Ims recently been bean accumulating ac according accordIng ac- ac cording cording- to Initial steps taken In this 3 direction yesterday b by local board No 4 4 This selective service division wIllbe will willbe 1 be open only after 2 o'clock ever every y net aft Officials of ot oE board hoard No 4 also aleo have havo u Issued an appeal for volunteers volunteers' volunteers to as assist assIst as- as gist the tho necessary clerical work during the next two or three weeks Teachers who can give gho a 11 few days das each week eek during this period arc requested to tc communicate with ith tho chief clerk of or ortho tho the board It I Is 15 further urged that persons per per- eons sons having bu business with this board boar l I uso tiso the telephone after 2 o'clock every avery everyday da day In order to leave leavo more forthe for foz forthe the boards board's officials to work All local draft boards aro swamped with work owing to recent repeated calls for recruits for or the national arm army Men of draft age ago providing they are aro not In class one may be certified b by their local boards to enlist In tho the marines ma ma- rifles rines navy or bo be put In lists of or tho the emergency fleet lect corporation If the they aro highly essential workers according to response received yesterday b by Capt F. F V. V FitzGerald from an nn Inquiry di directed directed dl- dl to General 13 l. H II Crowder The Tho message Informed Utah draft officials that when a re registrant in de deferred deterred do- do classes sl signifies a desire to en enlist enlist enlist en- en list he Is not to be placed In class 1 I but to consider his application In a broa broader er lI light ht Utah Do Enger to Servo Serve InS 1918 re registrants are aro clamorIng clamorIng clamoring clamor clamor- ing for tor immediate service Is the keynote key key- noto note of ot advice sent to Washington front from local draft headquarters yesterday yester yester- da day in answer to word from Crom General Crowder that In lu some states 1918 registrants registrants reg reg- have ha been filing tiling appeals to delay their Induction Into military I service 4 Very few appeals filed tiled by Juno 1918 cla class s answered Capt F. F V. V FitzGerald District board has completed completed com corn consideration of all nIl appealed cases easelS in this class All local boards hav have have- finally classified all nIl registrants except a few whoso whose physical examInation examination examina examIna- tion has haa been delayed and In cases of others Who aro are being further S' S gated ted We havo have no evidence that ap appeals appeals appeals ap- ap peals are being filed flied for purpose of delay Most 1918 registrants aro are clamorIng clamoring cla cia moring for tho the opportunity of ot Immediate mime Imme diate service NIne Nino r registrants failed to appear for roB II I b. b tp 1 lIn I 0 eo yesterday te morning These missing registrants unless the they appear Immediately Imme Imme- will be posted as deserters They are arc Franklin David Bought Samuel Thompson Mike e Nicolas George Gotsis John Jonn Jako Mo- Mo der David Edward Baxter and Clarence Clar Clar- enco ence Nelson Bowman One of oC the missing recruits James Edward Hemmert Hemmert Hem- Hem mert died recently This quota entrains next Tuesday for tor Camp Fremont Tank rank Service Entered Si Six men men from draft board No o. o 4 were sent yesterday t j to the tank service by individual Indu Induction ono one for tho the signal corps and ono one to tho the spruce division of ot tho the aviation on corps This board will ivill hold a n. roll call ot of of Its Camp Fremont men on August C. C j j. j Camp Fremont quotas quotas quo quo- tas already havo have been provided by boards No 1 and No 3 3 Instructions that Utah draft dratt boards must make maleo a thorough inspection of the physical condition of Its registered men before sending them to camp was received yesterday by Capt J. J F. F V. V FitzGerald Fitz- Fitz Gerald Gelald from Washington headquarters It is charged that many advisory boards and local physicians have been conducting conducting con con- ducting their physical examinations of recruits Indifferently In some sorno cases with the result that a a. large larg-e percentage has to bo ho rejected when whon they reach rench army camps In tho the future futuro all re regis regis- trants before entrainment must be glen given given gl en another examination This Inspection 15 1 tion must be bo made promptly and expeditiously ex- ex and not delay Rejections Rejection Small It is Ss not riot believed however however that this this this' order was directed dl at Utah boards for the percentage of ot rejections from this has been comparatively small Percentage of rejections from flom some states has been aa as hl high h as 34 per cent It has been reported Class 1 men of board No 1 will Ill as as- as in tho the ch chamber of ot the House of ot Representatives of ot the State Capitol next Wednesday evening for tor a patrIotIc patriot patrIot- ic rally under auspices of ot tho board oard of Instructions Patriotic songs speeches and music will Ill probably comprise the program Men who havo have enlisted for tor service at nt the tile University of Utah as ns well as ns those called to fill till quotas for tor Camp Fremont Fromont have havo been Invited to attend a a. banquet to be bo given under auspices of ot the city Ity and county In Salt Lake Lako City next Wednesday evening