Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-10 | Page 1 | 500 Evaders of Draft Punished in U. S. Courts

5000 EVADERS OF ! DRAFT PUNISHED INU.S.HTS Many Listed as Slackers Are Found to Have Enlisted Without With-out Board's Knowledge. WASHINGTON July lo Plve thmisand draft evaders have been convicted con-victed In federal courts and given sentences of from thirty days to ono .ir In prison, according to reports compiled toduy at the department of justice. Thirty thousand cases re-' re-' main to be investigated The results of the investigations I show about 10,000 cases of failure to H Ulster and an equal number of false' J questionnaires. About -'5 per cent of the men listed as delinquents were found to have en-llsted en-llsted In the American or allied armies I w ithout the knowledge of their local boards About 40 per cent are ac-I ac-I counted for on the icore of the floating float-ing population. Some 20 per rent are considered those who failed to perform their duty through ignorance. The balance Is' in !le ,p of cripples and wilful delin- , iquent.s.