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144MenOat222ExaminedAreJPassedasFit99ExemptionBoard4KINGIIiSAYS HE WORKS FOR LIVINGON TUESDAYInterest Now Centers on Disposition of Exempt Claimsi»,\n.. ,on Gould insists he is not a wife dependent on the Governmentby District Board.rslat ker. even though he did file a for-1 nor on his father. I don’t say thatnta! application for exemption from Mrs r.ould would be; 1 just say I want;ithe draft on the ground that hi- w fe• .K .... ■• •. . V. L ■ • ■ . -c. . ^ !» is dependent upon him for support Young Gould said to a reporter forThe World yesterdavi m not a bloated bondholder, witha couple of million dollars worth ofj Government securities tucked away in odd corners. If 1 were a few thousands wouldn't mean anything to me. but dam It. lots of people think be-to make sure that she won’t be. I'meven told that the Government doe.-n t'■ant non who have persons dependent upon them. As a matter of fact lost of men have done just what1 did, and no one commented on it.Before 1 filed the claim 1 made inquiryi cause my family is wealthy I am Do you know that 1 have to be careful i about the outlay of every dollar?”In the conversation the young manlaid particular stress upon the fact *hat he probably will not file affidavitsto support his claim “I just filled in that application because that was the only way to leave a loophole in lt;ase I couldn't arrange mv affairs so as to take care of m| wife,” he said ’’The whole business , of the draft is so new. and came on evcrone so quickly that I haven't been able to see my way through yet. But I have been working very hard to get my affairs in shape so that 1 could • know just where I stand, and from the ! looks of things I won’t have to claim exemption at all when the time comes.But if 1 wanted to keep the chance todo so 1 had to take my application right away because the physical exam-! ination came so much later than he noticeand I learned that practically everybody was dosng it. It was the only {way to protett yourself in rase you found out later that jou had to claimt tt »ftNot “Nominal” Pay; “Moderate.“I’m in very moderate circumstances.’ Mr Gould went on “My income depends upon my own labors. I am connected with the various railroad companies, and I couldn’t expect tokeep these positions, as when I left they would have to put someone inmy place. Isn't the salary connected with most of these positions only nominal'' No, I shouldn’t say nominal; perhaps ‘moderate’ is the word.“Of course, when a chap goes away to fight he doesn't want to leave hisexemption.Told that the newspapers had reprinted previous interviews with him in which he was quoted as saying: “I ant ready to do anything the country wishes me to do; there is only one thing for a man to do when he is called, and that is for him to do his duty, young Mr. Gould said:“I stand by everything 1 said then I am going to do my duty.”“Just an Ordinary Citizen.”After a moment’s pause he added “1 don't see why everyone is so interested in me. anyway, l am just an ordinary citizen, and all I want is to be let alone by the newspapers.When Mr Gould was asked if he thought that a rich man owed more *.o his countr.v than a poor man. h«s answer was; “Prom his purse, yes. Of his blood, no He should pay higher taxes because there is more of hss propertv to be protected than of the poor mans But when it comes to shedding blood for their country all men are on an equal footing.”Mr. Gould and his wife are livingin the apartment house at No. 27 PastSixty-second street, where the former Miss Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci dwelt before her marriage. Speaking of her husband s claim of exemption,she said:“They didn't understand his pur pose at all I want Mr. Gould to do his duty to tiis country, and 1 am sure that he dues. too.The Exemption Board reported tothe Argus this morning that forty-twoonscrtpts were examined by the boardyesterday. Out of the 42 examinedthirty-two passed the physical exam-ination. Ten were rejected. LewisSears, of 32b North street, this city jhas joined Company 1, so did not takethe examination One person did notappear. His name will be forwarded to the Cnited states District Attorney Iunless -ome local excuse can be givenby the tardy one for his non appeara neeTwenty-three of the thirtv-two passod filed exemption papers Nine didnot. iThis brings the total number of con- j scripts who passed the physical examination up to 141 men. The total number of conscripts rejected -o faris .Ml and 120 men have claimed ex-:IIeruption and 40 did not. (The exemption office was open andstarted the examinations at 8 o’clock as usual, this morning. The conscripts started to arrive a-- early as 7:40.Sidney Herbert, of Campbell Hall,was one of the carlv ones to arrive. IThursday Dither Moore, ot the Mid-]dletown Police force, is to be examin- j ed his name having been drawn in [the last 133 names. |aToday conluded the examination of sthe ldfi on the second call Tornor- -row, Friday and Saturday, the board! will examine la men each day, whichwill practically conclude the workof the board as far a- the physical examinations are concerned unless they find it necessarv to call more in order‘■Orto get the district's quota of H7.Interest now is gradually centering in I he district exemption board, which is organizing in Poughkeepsie at the (court house at 2 o’clock todav. To!ftthis board conscripts may appeal the final order of the local board exempt-!(Continued on Page Five.jJ cIi
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Aug 08, 1917
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