Show dratted 1 men leave cave for training campa the first contingent of uintah countes coun tys dratted drafted men left home and friends yesterday morning for the training camp at american lake washington they went by barnes auto stage mr barnea himself driving his big bulck buick to salt lake the tour four men who went were parley pratt merkley peter dark clark alvin be nair mowrey and james leroy shaffer on september 19 37 more men will leave and two weeks irber the rest will ill have gone the work of the exemption board will then have h ive been completed and in this connection we want to say they have performed their delicate and some times unpleasant duty with much credit when it Is remembered that men were examined to secure 78 uintah countes coun tys quota and that out of the large number who claimed exemption only 17 were rejected and that but two of this number ap al pealed from the decision of tile the board we me consider their work was factory even to the men themselves set the two young men whose claims yere were rejected were harold S kettle and crawford ca G mcknight even in these two cases the board feel they were justified in the action they took as neither were married and their parents had land with which they could support themselves in addition to the money their sons could send them from the campen bation chev will receive from the government the four soldier boys who left vernal at wednesday morning for amerl can lakes washington to report for demice sen ice will pos possible sibl never forget the kind offering that was has given them by the comons twentieth century club A handsome comfort kit made by the members of the club and containing every little useful article a soldier could wish foi foa was given to each of the tour four bos boas in ill the kit was a card coi a very heart touching poem composed by one of the members of the club as fol follows I 1 OA a brave hearts and true you are giving all in the arf present sent need to our country s call you are the I 1 flower of the nation too its hope tor for the future rests on ou you go to fight in foreign lands you hold our honor in your hands while wo stay home to hope and pray that god will guard your step alway we bid you godspeed god speed and our hearts unite to wish you success in the cause of right 1 may our father grant when tile the time shall come your sate safe return to friends and home chis title litle gift of odds and ends please accept from us ua your truo true home friends each kit contained the following articles two tao dozen postcards pencil earning burning cotton and needles spool each cach of white hite and black thread size 30 needles small email bag of assorted buttons small scissors tooth brushy brush tube tooth paste small mirror unbreakable comb bar toilet soap collapsible lap sible drinking cup the ladies of the twentieth century club would like to do the same for each cach ot of the 74 dratted drafted men vet to leave but have not the L e LP to do so BO they intend however to give an entertain me r I 1 ly tor for the purpose of raising funds for this object and then the patriotic of vernal and surrounding country hii will inave hae tile the opportunity opportune opp ity of showing their loyalty to the cause of universal peace and freedom an altogether erroneous lmar impression seems to have spread that the members of the local draft board are getting big compensation for their services and to correct this impression we publish herewith reNIth he an extract from bulletin no 8 compiled rulings of the provost marshal general in relation to compensation for local draft boards it sas under the provisions of section 6 the local boards are quite as effectively drafted for service as such as are the soldiers who nho are being se lecter by them their responsibilities are so BO heavy that it la is altogether well nell that this should be BO ao and it is well from another standpoint the execution of the law can not bo be de laed by refusals based on any but the most urgent reasons of necessity tho the president will decline to accept resignations except here they are accompanied by a speciale statement of the fact supporting them and the recommendation of the governor sheriff popo pope this morning stated to the express that the members of tile the local draft baird bad not received nor would they accept a single n penny for their services on the board |