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1I231MenHavePassed«Before ExemptionPhysical TestsBoardinThisCityGirls as Engine Wipers on Erie RailroadBOARD ENDS THIRD DRAFIGirls have been employed in the it hi* n -it work. They have been toldround house of the Frit* Railroad |th**v wifi get the same pay as the men 'lt; »nn ijjp in JeW* lt;'ity » npin»' i whlt; have done that kind of work if i', p'ilt; ai | Uih photograph how- jth*.'' fan j* • Aa well.mrnrnrnm* m*PRESIDENT OUSTS DRAFT BOARD;TO PROSECUTE BRIBERY CHARGESInterest Now Turns to the De cisions Made By the Drafl Appeals Board.Th* Exemption Board reported tc the Arp us this morning that out of 4iconscripts who were to have been ex amined yesterday by the Board, thir ty passed the physical examination Eleven were rejected.Joseph P.58 MontNO CLUE TOSLAYER OFNEW YORK DISTRICTSweeney, oftomerv -treet, was examined ;n Eri«Pennsylvania Ernen~ Fo r t hu1ferr~n\s Donnell street, wa- not examned ashe has joined some Military CompanE. T. Barrett, of 31* Harr^on street,did not appear on account of sickness One other person did not appear for examination.Of the thirty who passed the physical examinations twenty-five claimed exemption. Five did not.The total number of conscripts ac-cpeted up-to-date are 231. Eighty-nine have been rejected. Exemption was claimed by 194. Eighty-nine have hern rejected. Exemption was claimed by 194. Firty-three claimed no exemptionThe fourth call for 136 conscripts was posted yesterday and the notices were sent out. They will be divided into three lots, the first lot being examined Thursday. August 9th. thesecond lot. August 10th, and the last lot. August lltb.These cnnv-YUd* w ho axe seekingexemption are now turning their attention. in case their claims are rejected by the local board, to the District draft appeal board for the southern district of New York State, inwhich Orange County is included. This board will hold meetings at White Plains. This board has original jurisdiction in all cases of claims for exemption on industrial grounds.| Since nearly everything manufactured is to be used for war purposes.| now . it is quite likely that there will i be mgenius pleas made.I.iGIRL BRIDEComplaint of Irregularities In Draft Exemptions Leads to Prompt Action.’OLICE SEARCHVAINireryone Who H lowincr the CaseNew York. Aug. 11—By dire'tion of j President Wilson: the three men constituting Division No. 00 of the exemption board force of. New York cjty— Louis I. Cherry, Ir. Henry Michael G roe hi and Dr. Bernfield - have been summarily removed, and Roseoe S lt;'nkiinc. representing the adiutnntIt oouid be said further that there is no one in Middletown who made the plea of the man In New York, ^ ho claimed exemption because he was supporting fourteen bartenders. Today’s physical examinations were j?iven to the last third of the third draft of the 13.* conscripts. This will conclude the first three drafts, no more examinations being siven untilThursday. Friday, and Saturday of next weekThe names of the J31 who have passed are as follows:(Continued on Page Three.)
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Sat, Aug 11, 1917
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