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KOSCH CASE NOT SETTLED.Enlisted at Fort Adams, Con trary to Regulations, After Being Certified.JPl'P l ~ ’ r . _ r-».nen, nut luoliulimr enmmis*son*a omD\Xfi-Vrlt;a-cbchLr3■AM i» nut over 03 regard** the supposed enlistment of Samuel Kofffch In the crJurtfirmiLBlcra vuryii at Fort Adftnia after lie imd -been eer tinea lur service In the Nutlimul Army by both the local and First District boarda. Kosch pu t In two claims for exemption, for a dependent iWlte. and tor iiced and dependent parents, Tne case was held U]i lor some time for consldeation, 'but finally the boards certified him for service. whLle waiting for the call of Newport s fourth and ttual increment, Kosch enlisted at I'orL Adams, cvatrary to the reg-uu*-lluns as prescribed under the selective service ii*t.■Am soon aa Chairman Dudley K Cftinipiwll of the local exemption board it ad the announcement of Kosoti a enlistment In the Dally Nows Thursday aflterniion* he telephoned to the adjutant at Fort Adams, where it ww learned that Kosch was not asked all the questions prescribed. One in par- ;li ticular, was omitted, was the ucation ta to whether hu had ^een called far iurvito. 01 r. Cnmpbell received assurance from the adjutant tlmt Koscn g enHsbment papers will lu hold , pending further at 11 on 'by the ox- \, smptiou hoard and by Adjutant Gen-iral A.Ubot of this stato.- It is understood that, Kosch will be jailed upon to go with the remaining Newporters* when the time la sev which docs not appear to be In the immediate future. Whether he will ,r remain at Fort Adams in the mean-I \ time Is not known /ant it 1k not probable j i that Ins enlistment will stnnd. aa ino law specifically provides that after a mar, has b*en called, examined and certified he cannot join any hrjinrn nr the service but the National Army. Tro wafers. if any, must be made after.*, the recruit re|KllH at Ayer =1Newport has certified a total ofJiyu ll» bvhi.lt; — -------er* tor service In the Nationa. Army, ccording to figures complied by the .djutant general and by the local cx-mption hoard.iinr A IA/LJAI CY HPAR
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Newport Journal and Weekly News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Fri, Nov 09, 1917
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