Show EXEMPTION CLAIMS GAIMS WILL BE GIVEN CLOSE SCRUTINY p Provost Marshal Declares r Privilege A. A Abused 21 I Men Missing f v f 2 With orders at han from i Provost st Marshal 1 al General Crow I r to hold to the the minimum allow allowances s- s f exem on account of dependents pend ts local draft boards In Salt Salt Lake w ere were re t to begin In earnest this afternoon the work of passing on the hundreds of exemption claims filed by m men n subject subject subject sub sub- to draft who have been accepted physically for service Even though many of those claims are rejected however the tho four Salt Lake districts will require more me merl men for lor filling mUng their quotas and calls have been issued for several hundred to take the physical examinations next week The provost marshal generals general's telegram telegram tele tele- gram received by Governor Bamberger Bamber- Bamber ger zer and transmitted to the exemption boards hoards states that the enormous u number of exemption claims filed flIed throughout the United States indicated lad indi cate tes' tes that the exemption privilege Is being greatly abused Boards are therefore advised to o be strict In the handling of claims SESSIONS NEXT WEEK Local draft board No 1 met at atthe atthe atthe the Whittier school and continued preparations for three sessions next week having determined to sit Wednesday Thursday and Friday to pass upon the additional men who are needed to make up the first quota The board assembled as an exemption exemption exemption ex ex- ex- ex emption board at noon with claims to consider in iri addition t to tu those already pass upon Many of or those yet to be passed upon by board boara No 1 are afe those who claim exemption on the the ground that they are arc the sole support of wives But many patriotic citizens have been phoning and writIng writ writ- writIng writing Ing the board of certain angles of these cases and those who have haYe sought to evade the draft by pleading plead ing to be the sole support of a woman who is trained in a well pal paid trade or who prior to her marriage was self supporting will be asked to explain I to the board according to Herman H. H Green who will conduct th the the- proceedIngs proceedings proceed proceed- ings lags as chairman of board No 1 On acc account of the great number of exemptions claimed in district No 2 names of more registrants have been drawn from the official list for forthe forthe the tile selective draft Physical examinations examinations examinations nations will be begun Thursday morn mom morning morning ing at 9 o'clock in rooms and Atlas Atlas' block four Fifty-four will be examined examined ex ex- Thursday four fifty-four Friday and two fifty Monday Nonday August 20 Thirty-nine Thirty out of have passed I Ithe the examinations successfully and have not filed exemption exempt papers un Uti unto unto to this date However there still rem remain n several several several sev sev- eral days In which they can ask exemption ex cx- emption said S. S B. B Newman Neman chairman chairman chair chair- i man o of the board Therefore we weare weare weare are unable to tell Just how many of these will be drafted In district No 3 thirty-five thirty men have waived exemption claims and been found physically qualified to guto gu go goto to a mobilization camp as members I of the new national army 21 FAIL TO APPEAR I Of men examined by the draft board twenty-one twenty have so far failed I to appear These absentees have until tonight the chance to appear for examination Should they b by that time fall fail to appear the board will order them to report to a mobilization cami camb and they will be automatically drafted Of the twenty-one twenty it Is reported reported re reo re- re ported that the board is aware of whereabouts of several of the men The thirty-five thirty who haye have already qualified and the twenty-one twenty who willI will willbe willbe I be drafted provide a total of six fifty leaving the board to provide an additional additional ad ad- two seventy-two to make up the divisions division's quota of I Additional men were expected to toI tobe tobe be drafted today when the claims for exemption are examined by the board I When it is thought that t the reason I. I given for exemption is not sufficient the board will order the men to reI report report re re- re- re port to the mobilization camp But even with the drafting of many I men whose claims for exemption might not prevail the board realizes that a second call will have to be made It has consequently decided I to send out a call caIl for additional men The will receive notification notification notification tion in Monday mornings morning's m mall lI It be beI being belag be- be I lag ing the intention to mail mall the letters tomorrow night This will mean a total of men mento mento mento to be called in this division and it is anticipated that with the extra call no difficulty will be experienced in in providing the quota of m men n. n In district No 4 the th board oard was in session this afternoon to begin consideration consideration con con- of claims of exemption which have been filed The board has called six eighty more men inca for examination nation next week and it Is anticipated that tit a a considerable number o of exemption ti tion n claims made by those accepted from that contingent will be at hand before the board has finished passing on the excuses e already filed |