Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-06 | Page 25 | Slow Draftees to be Listed as Deserters

SLOW DRAFTEES TO BE LISTED AS DESERTERS Men fen Dilatory Aho About t Returning Return Return- ing QU Questionnaires Are in in Danger TOUL WOULD WOULD-BE BE E INDUCTEES MUST l FACE QUERIES Committee to Ask Deferred Men fen Why T They ley Can Be Spared Scores Scores of Utah registrants of the thc last selective service ser enrollment who have havo not yet explained their delay in re returning returning returning re- re turning questionnaires within tho the seven day period allowed are liable to tobe tobo tobo bo be posted as deserters b by the state draft headquarters In the tho Capitol ac according according according ac- ac cording cording- to announcement Issued yesterday yesterday yester yester- day by Copt Capt F. F V. V FItzGerald Utah draft dratt boards are asI asked ed to send names of ot these registrants to state headquarters Then It If the registrants registrants' cannot be located they will bo be listed as deserters I Master lists contain containing Ins Ins- the tho order numbers of ot cr c every registrant of ot September September Sep Sep- 1 12 arc expected in Utah tomorrow tomor tomor- row As soon as the they are received they thoy will be bc published In tho the per pers I I Applicant to De Be Quizzed Registrants who were granted g de deferred deferred de- de erred classification on agricultural or Industrial grounds and who seek to en enlist enlist enlist en- en list In the navy will to bo compelled Inman in inmany inmany man many cases to do much explaining asto asto as as' asto to wh why they wish to leave leavo an essential occupation according to navy draft regulations commented upon yesterday b by Utah draft of officials Ie In Is at tho Capitol These regulations provide that mon men having having- deterred deferred industrial or agrIcultural agricultural tural classification who seek seele voluntary admittance Int Into the na navy will havo o to face tace a committee of ot three officials appointed h by ly their local draft board This committee will Interview the regIstrant registrant reg reg- and point out that duty to his country requires him to stay at Ut home If at the end of ot three days tho applicant applicant applicant ap ap- ap- ap still desires to enter tho the nav navy his Ills draft dratt board will have havo to Induct him sa says s 's the tho regulations n to Induct Many Men According to the new draft regulations regula regula- tho the na navy Is authorized to induct class A 1 men a a. month and tho the marine marino corps a month In addition addition addi addi- tion the tho navy Is 18 authorized to reecho a month by hy voluntary induction On December 1 tho provost pro marshal general mo may be called upon for Cor an additional men a a. month for nav navy service Except in a great reat emergency cy Cr the na navy nama ma may not ca call on the tho provost pro iro- Yost ost marshal general for Cor Its quota of or drafted m men JI before December 1 In addition ad ad- the na navy may call can upon limited service men inca for or service as as cooks cools and In other capacities i Attorney General Dan B B. Shields announced an an- yesterday that attorneys of the tho legal al advisory ad board Uld t ho bo available n In the House of oC Representatives tives at tho the Capitol all aJI this week to assist rc registrants who have havo recel received d an extension of ot time timo In filling out quest questionnaires res Seen Seven Utah draft have hilve reported report report- ed progress In their classification work for tho the last registration Classification In iii Salt Lake Lako county board No 1 and ailet Salt Lake Lako City board hoard Nos 2 and 1 I 1 Is 90 per cent complete Tho rho work in theother tho the other four tour boards Is 60 per cent fin fin-