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Brakem-an First
To Pass Physical
Draft Test Here
Ha? Wife and Two Babies
Wholly Dependent
on Him
One in 21 Ready to Go
But He Is a Medical Student
and May Be Exempted by
President'? Order
0: the first twenty-one drafted men
examined in New -. .-day Uncle
?ay get one sold-r w thont con
? exemption claims. The exemp
oard of District No. 14."?, with
headquarters 'n the mam building of
? he College of the City of New York,
was the first to begin the physical
teita.
Eleven men, who waived the five
re.?pite granted by law before
;hey must appear before the exemptors,
passed the pbyeical examinations, and
-ire rejected. In one case the de
?i rendered to-day. Ten of
? ven who passed will ask to be re?
lieved of militar;' service on the
.-rounds of supporting dependent
. iren, parents and grand?
parents, or because of occupations.
Student May Claim Exemption
The one found physically fit, and
?ho does not claim exemption, i? Jo
leph E. Silhman, of 680 St. Nicholas
A??r.*-- II is a medical stu?
dent, which may place him out of th?
-ale. If by special ruling from Wash
.r.gton exempting medical students is
hsnded down Sii.iman said he would
he completes his '.
course. Then, he said, he would try
to go as an army surgeon.
Chsrles H airman of board
N'o. 145, obtained permission from Pro?
vost Marshal General Crowder to con
advance of the
. ? period. Depaty Attorne;.
. -scoe S. Conk..ng transmitted the
to Washington. <.?
. r's reply *
y for that board. Tell them to
go a: .
tner members of the board are
Dr. Franklin Welker, of 344 West 145th
and Dr. K. 11. Roi e. o* ?I
ta Dr. F. F.
Bauer, of 408 West 145th Street, acted
ss examining surgeons.
Braleman Vital to I
men were examined before one
?vat accepted. F.rst to pass the p
>-one,
a brakeman on ?
? dependen: ?rife ana t?.?o children, on?
? two--?
Mrs. Brngard ???? a? in tears when
-reporters called at the littie apart?
ment rd floor at 301
-, to apprise bei
tin.i heard it, and a
. vers.on it was that
had r.*
-y told me," she -ebbed.
_
ermy. . ?ht irr ms.n
foi Its a fine
I. just c
give Joe up. We i re just getting a
start, you see, an i what would *he
babies ar.J I do m ngs?"
1*. was a : : no, to see the -
smile of joy that suiiused that met
fice when told
claim exemption and undoubtedly get
? ped the baby to her breas*.
. id the news to him.
Wants Son to Do His Duty
-.er mother in tears called ai
board headquarters to rind out
at her son, Th
?reet, had
been called on the first draft, as th**
tp-.-s stated. Mr. Tuttle answered
the affirmative and asked her
if the desired to claim exemption for
her son.
my boy to
Mrs.
ured her.
-. of 291 We-t 147th
( the Brooklyn
Nary Yar :. eras I appear
before the board. He said ne was
.-id if he had been a
.-. a few pound.** heav- :
eons would have given h.m
But the place where
psrts hit hair il
above hit heels, and 5.1
? my.
Charle? Horowitz, of 124 West
He weu
ans were in doubt
ass him. He was told to
f*M* back for a decision to-morrow,
?hen eame Abraham 1 -e, of
?2 Mac?.-.-, Place, and
?i *-*?*.** Street, bo
Here reje? ted. Br tgard was next, and
after - Henr
'. who also failed to meas
**?** up to the physical standards.
Many Claim Exemption
The tecond man to pats was Joshua
?sistant superintendent of
*** M> Life Insurance
ciaum exemption because of a
?**P*m?1l .man
**?? No. 9, and following him five men
-*-**epted in ?uccestion. All will
according to state-.
?tr.tt on tn?>:r registration cards.
Cari - . d, ar. are?
*t SOP W?*et 142d .?"treet, stated he
would ask to be relieved from service
?Mcausa ho is a student at the Marconi
Naval Wireless School.
Samuel Goldblat. a house painter, of
7 Wi * 1- ? .-'treet. has a wife and
child to keep.
Harry G?nther, of SI Bradhurst Ave
nue, (rave his claim for exemption as
dependent parents and because he
works for a pub!:c ntilitg company. He
is an inspector for the New York Edi?
son Company.
Isadore Tannenbaum, of 61S West
?th Street, supports hia wife and
-grandparents.
Harold Arr.stam. of .irtn West l-Uth
' has a dependent wife and grand?
mother.
False Teeth Bar Good Prospect
The surgeons thought they had a
banner future soldier when they tro*.
hold of James Francis Hendstock, a
machinist, of 225 West USth Street.
He wai as hard as nails, and passed
a?l the tests with fiying colors until
the examiners came ta his teeth. He
wore an upper plate, and, consequent?
ly, was rejected.
"I'd like to know how a few false
tee?h are going to keen a man from
r.ghting." protested Hendstock. "I
was a sailor for eleven years and can
eat anythintr."
a ?ales-man. of
'. the last man
examined in the afternoon, was under
Others Claim Exemption
?he night session of the board,
which ended at 10:3C, the>e passed, but
claimed exemption:
Frederick Bockman, of 210 West
14?th Street, because he is a postoffice
clerk.
..(.mes P. McAuliffe, of 2745 Eighth
Avenue, because he supports a wife,
mother and sister, the latter two being
dependent upon him since his two
have joined the naw.
7-d W. Wl ? ? ? ? St Nich?
olas Avenue; supports a wife.
Daniel Fisher, of 672 St. Nicholas
. and John B? rvin. of 207 West
Street, were disqualified physi?
cally.
Senate Committee Favors
Draft of Alien Subjects
Washington, July 30.?With Presi?
dent Wilson's indorsement the Foreign
Relations Committee to-day favorably
reported Senator McCumber*s resolu?
tion opening the way by treaty negotia?
tions for drafting Allied subjects in
this country into the American army.
Senator Chamberlain presented his
resolution for draft without negotia?
tions to the Senate, with the unani?
mous indorsement of the Military Af?
fairs Committee. With both plans be?
fore it. Senator Chamberlain said. Con?
gress can choose.
Slackers Will Be Forced
To Take Draft Examination
Washington. July 30.?Promp*. and
efficient work by district exemption
boards is ? pected by government offi
? of stripping all red
tupe from the procedure of the
tribu 7
Attorney General Gregory set in mo
t.on to-day further machinery- to in
size of tl - -ration
...r from which the 687.000 men
of the first call are to be drawn. Thou?
sands of men failed to register, it has
teen founci, for one cause or another.
Through the District A-.tomeys, the
Department of Justice is rounding up
these men and when found they will
be assigned numbers, which will in?
sure 7 called up for exami?
nation at an early date. They will be
given the serial numbers of men near j
the top of the list already permanently
discharged for physical reasons.
The first teports of the local boards
en physical e7:amination aro beginnin??
to apr.ear A yet, h I vever, they r.re
make any loji
"al diiTaHcti ? ? . probable aver?
age o ? .is reason. In
manv I j strict! where a.xaminat:ons are
sr- . ?-? number of men
ha* e asked for affidavit blanks on which
to submit applications for exemption
?.? of iependent families. This
i no :riie*-.on of the exemptions to be
:, r.owever, as each case must
be co-*3idered on its merits.
Exemption Boards for
Jersey Districts Named
? draft
Se* Jer?ey were
announced by Piovost Marshal General
C-owder to-night as fo.
??on No. 1?W. C. Heppenheim-*r.
.- M - ? ' j'hews. Dr.
Henry.Sper.ee and Robert Williams.
Division No. 2?A. V. Hamburg. Dr.
:; adges, Henry Hi'fers, Will?
iam J. Kirby and John O. H. Pitner.
D vision No. 3?Charles R. Hires, Ad
i'r. Faul M. Mecray, Arthur
Ba ar.ai Cd C. Stokes.
Italian Held at Newark
Admits Forging Papers to
Free Man From Army Service
Newark. July 9b.?Carlo De Carleto,
a*x secretary of the Italian Consulat-?
here, was held in tl.000 bail to-day, bv
charged with forging an
medical report, in order to ex?
empt an Italian subject from service
in the Italian army. It is said that in
?o insert the forged report in
the records the papers of another Ital?
ian, who was eligible for service, were
ed.
\ -* - ! confession was introduced
in evidence, in which the defendant
said that he had taken the action he
? ? - ? ; for the man i*.
exempte'!, Francesco Monda.
Germans Export Their Food
a : I?ana)
Stockholm, June 10. -While Belgium
goes hungry, the Germans are export?
ing Belgian vegetables and fruts
auantities of Belgian asparagus
and hothousp peaches have been on
m'a leading shops far
also worthy of note that
r*s are advertising women'
costumes imported direct from Vienn*?.
88th Semi Annual
Remnant Sale is On
Absolutely irrespective of former values, several
thousand suit ends are now reduced to a uniform pn?-e.
All weaves?ail colors.
Suit to Measure $21.50
Coat and Trousers $19.50 t
two sroat*
aaoAowAv o? mtHrt* grngtrnno
so t 420 st oirr rirrn m ?adison AVt?v
P. s._ h*." n '?m' ""m', u mmfe n?"*- *?*"* irhrth"
I* has been ruhn"fi<j on a nmooth or a rough road.
arnheim axlomf.
How to Tell Who Is Called
By City's Exemption Boards
if Your "Red Ink" ?Number Is Higher Than the Number
of Registrants in Your District You
Are Not Called
The following tables will enable any man in New Tatk who has been
called by his exemption board to learn that fact.
Th$ names of individuals called are not given, since there will be a
total of somewhere near 80,000 in this cify. which would fill nearly forty
pages o? small type. The city itself will print the entire list of nam?sa
?vhen all districts have issued their calla, and "The City Record," with the
list, can then be puschased for a nominal sum
All who are called will be officially notified of the fact by mail. The
following tables are published to permit those who may be in any doubt to
\erify their status.
It should be remembered tha* th*? fart that a man is not included in
the call by no m?*ans excludes him. Further calls will be made when the
army is increased, and to fill gaps in the ranks, so that if the war lasts
long enough every man on the draft list will be liable to service unless he'
ccn prove valid ground for exemption.
The first table shows the highest draft number called in all districts
which have completed their call. The highest draft number called is in
every case far above the total number of men called in the district, be?
cause of the high numbers which has been treated as blanks. The swond
table shows the draft numbers and their corresponding "red ink" numbers.
Red ink numbers" above 4,69"*, the highest in New York, being omitted.
To find whether he has been called, a man should learn from the first
table the highest number called in his district. He should then consult
the "red ink" numbers in the right-hand columns of the second table. If
his own number does not appear before he reaches the highest draft num?
ber for his district he has not been called.
MANHATTAN
HigAe.t
draft
Sttmher number
Dittrxet. Headquarters. Qsmtm. called. eailed.
_P. S. 34, Broome and Sheriff sts. 209 334 1,097
102.175 Suffolk st. 235 470 1,457
103.P. S. 105, 269 East Fourth st. 222 444 1,240
104.P. S. 105, 269 East Fourth st. 213 437 1,257
107.P. S. 62, Hester and Essex sts. 260 |M 491
110.P. S. 32, 357 West Thirty-fifth st. l?3 366 IJ9B9
112.P. S. 63. First av. and Third st. Ml 415 992
113.P. S. 25, 326 East Fifth st. 201 4".' Uli
117.P. S. 61, Twelfth st., east of Avenue B. 175 460 1.953
123.P. S. 116, 215 East Thirty-second st. 227 454 1,166
126.P. S. 93, 93d st. and Amsterdam av. Iff 316 1.637
129.247 Central Park West. 230 Mf 2.5?7
131.P. S. 5?, 22S Eist Fifty-seventh st. 172 .; 1,281
138.P. S. 53, Third av. and Seventy-ninth st. 256 512 1.515
139.P. S. 68, 109 West 127th st. 186 - 1.347
140.P. S. 119, 225 Watt 133d ft. 188 400 1.015
141.City College, 138th st. and Amsterdam av. 180 360 1.703
143.'.P. S. 66, 38th st., east of First av. 188 IM 1.996
147.550 West 155th st. 214 577 2.191
163.Hunter College, 68th st- and Lexington av... Ml 408 1.597
169.25 West 116th st. 173 346 632
THE BRONX
13.P. S. 40, Prospect and Jennings sts. 211 422 1,005
17.P. S. 32, 133d st. and Beaumont av. 219 500 1,980
19.C'.aremont Park, Park Commissioner's office . 209 418 1,454
BROOKLYN
25.P. S. 7, York st., near Bridge st. 177 Ml 3,875 :
29.Municipal Court, Lee av., near Ciymer st.... 230 500 1.240
44.P. S. Ill, Sterling Place and Vanderbilt av... 211 600 2.650
48.Manual Training H. S.. Seventh av. and 4th st. 238 486 1,865
51.144 De Voe st. 169 480 1,614
_P. S. IS1*, East 13th st and Avenue C. 179 600 2,171
71.P. S. 56, Madison st. and Bushwick av. 202 500 2.275
73.230 Graham av. :-_ 42 1,135
74 .P. S. 21, McKibbon st., near Manhattan av- 179 400 1.944
_309 Wyckoff av. 193 IM . 1,819
-P. S. 108, Linwood st. and Arlington av. 212 37s 1.640
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Three Children Drowned
Daring Boy Stepped Into Hole;
Baby and Lad of 8 Lost
"Gee, f'ller?, ?ee how far out I am'"
aried John Reissen, fifteen year? old,
j???t.erday, as heatood with his head
tilted back and the water up to his
chin in a pond at Semin?le Avenue and
Livingston Street, Forest Hill?. Queens.
Neither John nor hi? friend? on the
bank coud swim, and they applauded hi?
faring th? louder for tfiat. He took on??
, ?tep further and dropped out of ?ight
into a bole. His body was recovered
i He lived m Park Street. Richmond Hill
Tb.odota Kalley. twi years old. fall.
from a pier in front of a cottage at
Howard Beach. Queen?, where hi? pa?
rent? are spending the summer. He was
drowned.
Senators Won't Oppose Colby
Washington, July 3n. -Senator Wad?
worth, who returned to-day from New
York, announced that neither he nor
i his colleague, Senator ?"alder, would
oppose confirmation of Bainbridge
Colby as a member sf the Shipping
Board. The Senate Commerce Com?
mittee last week, at the request of the
New York Senator?, withheld making a
i favorable report on tha nomination.
Pacifists Flood
Mails in Fight
On Conscription
Civil Liberties' Bureau
Sending Circulars to Cities
of More Than 10,000
Legal Advisers Ready
Union Against Militarism Cir?
culating Document Signed
by Amos R. E. Pinchot
While the Postoffice Departir.?
denying the use of the mails to certain
radical publication?, on the ground that
their contents tend to discourage en?
listment and to obstruct the enforce?
ment of the draft law, the pacifist or?
ganizations are sending through the
mails tons of peace propaganda, with a
view to stirring up opposition to the
war plan? initiated at Washington.
The Civil Libei-.ies Bureau. 70 Fifth
Avenue, an offshoot of the America:*
Union Against Militarism, announced
yesterday that it was sending to every
city in the country of 10,000 population
or more?or abou* 500 cities?a circu?
lar headed "Is the Constitution a Scrap
of Paper*" This circular asks the re?
cipient's support 'if vou want liberty in
America to be something more than a
Statue of Liberty in New York Har?
bor."
As a provocation to join the ranks
of the pacifista, it ?t?tes th.t peace
meetings in New York, Boston and
Philadelphia were "broken up by uni?
formed rowdies, a??i?ted by the po?
lice"; that "scores of m?r. throughout
the country have been illegally arrest?
ed and searched," and that "men and
women in eleven c;ties have been im- '
prisoned for distributing pamphlets
lawfully urging repeal of conscrip?
tion."
Persecution Is Charged
"Liberties won by ag<*s of struggle
are breaking down under the pressure
of war." says the circular. "Those who,
criticise war policies or discuss terms
af peace are subject to continual per- '
secution by petty officials determined
to force their conception of patriotism
upon all citizens.
"It is necessary, in order to preserve
our ce .1 rights, to organiie '
igfaoat ition.
"'The aUkerricaa t'mon Ajrair.st Mili
toi -7*. has therefore established a
Liberties Bureau, advis.-d by a group
of lawyers, with ?oca] committees and -
attorneys assisting, in the leading
cities. It is the object of this bureau
to act as a clearing house of free in?
formation, advice rr.d legal aid to citi?
zens whose constitutional right? are as?
sailed by reason of the? war."
Ta ia iocameat -??'.' a-.
P. Wald. Air..-. P. E. Pinchot. L. Hol
lingsworth Wood, ?"rystal Eastman,1
ia T Ha!'.man, "the Rev. John
'ane Addams, of Chi?
cago, an i A!.ce L--\v.?.ihn.
Rendezvous of Objectors
The bureau incidentally is a ren?
dezvous for con?.*-.e*.t-.ous ob;
About a*.500 '*b;ecrurs have been card
indexed. Roger N. Baldwin, the direc?
tor, said that lawyers had been re?
tained in thirty cities to defend ob
*'We already -ave obtained ttr
five specific instances where ec~
tior.al rights have been violated by the
I Mr BalaSria "Wa
propose te faraisk all our lawy-.-s with
? 1 ?-ey can de?
based
o-i rece?? fu-ir. decisions in favor of
The : ;- - . | West Thir?
teen'.- - aunced the
rogramme for the mass meet.ng to be
eld at Madison Sa*uare Garden to?
morrow night to protest against the
suppression of radical publications.
The speakers will be Daniel Kiefer.
chairman of the Fels Fund <~ommi?
si<}n; Max Eastman, editor of "The
"; Abraham Cahan, editor of
lt. Dailf Forward"; Theo
I - Sell roder, secrtary of the Free
Speech Leagie; rharl-' W Ervme.
editor of "The New York Ci'.!." ar I
L Benson 9 * The Work
h Jacob Panken
is chairman.
72,914 Seek To Be Officers
Number of Applicants 5 Times
Quotas in Most States
Washington, July 30.?For the lH.OiiO
places in the second officers' training
camps, to open August 27. 72.914 men
have applied, and the War Department
is considering accepting several thou?
sands more than was originally in?
tended. Preliminary examinations given
the applicants by civilian physicians in?
dicate that 51,S3*J are physically satis?
factory.
In most states the number of appH
' m three to five tim?s the
? quota Montana, with a quota
of It, had 74". applicants, the highest
proportion, and the northern half of
Pennsylvania-!, with a quota of 272, has
??2.' app;.a:ant.?. the lowest proportion.
"The Knife" to Resume
Eugene Walter's melodrama, "The
which wa? seen at the Bijou
during the latter part of last season,
will be brought to the ?Zort Theatre for
a supplementary run on August U. The
engagement will be limited to six
weeks.
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353 Marriage Licenses Issued
For Day; Slacker Cry Raised
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Only 25 of Record Number Were Not of Military Age?
Clerks Plainly Show Disgust as .Many Brag
Openly They ?Are Es-caping Draft
Deputy City Clerk Frank Lah
glared at the long list of applican
for marr.age licenses. It was t
closing hour of the Marriage Licor.
Bureau, and the record crowd of t
bureau's history was still clamor*.!
for licenset.
"This it the end of a perfect daj
he groaned.
"End of a perfect disgrace," retor
! ed a brother clerk.
"End nothing," said a third; "we
have five hundred to-morrow - tr
??lacker?!"
Every member of the "Cupid'i Aie
bureau was convinced that he wa?. ?.;<
lag and abetting would-be slac'tei
every time he issued a license yestei
day. and by the end of the day his dil
n was thoroughly wilted.
353 License? Issued
Three hundred and fifty-three li
censes were issued, beating the r<"*.*r
; of the bureau by one. Of the tota
number only twenty-five were issued t.
i men not of military age
The officials of the bureau expla'ne?
the rush for matrimony by the re? or
, that Provost Marshal General Crow
der had ruled recently that a de.
pendent wife is a reason for exemp
tion, even though the marriage were
performed only at the eleventh hout
before a man received his notification
of the draft
This notice was published on Fri?
day. On Saturday there were 210 ct..
didates for licenses, and yesterday the
' rush continued. Some of the young
men bragge?) openly that they were
thus escaping the draft, and marv
peevish about having their names pub?
lished. Brides, usually so ee
proud to have their pictures tak??n,
held their hats before their faces when
th? omnipresent photographers burst
upon the crowded scene. The ma:or
Ity were foreigners, Italians and Rus?
sians predominating.
"Hiding Behind Women's Skirts"
"There isn't s doubt in the world
about their b-ing here to avoid Brill
tary service by hiding b?nin??* women'?
skir*?," declared Clerk Hard, who is
in charge in Chief Scully's absence.
-
"We had the same thing in June, just
before Draft Day. June 5 was the big?
gest day up to that time, when we had
410. T - ?port wa.i published that
no asan a.a j'ai be exempted who had
?arriad a:'- . *age of th?.
law, and the rush feil off lmmeaiia'uiy.
Our a*. ? -. .-.out 200 a day."
It was not safe to presume on thi?,
- ?? Occasionally the clerks ran
into a peppery customer like William
Fast Hoboken.
"I'd iike to see the alraft, or the war.
or anything else stop this w?d : -_
?. "I've been counting on
this for over a year, and I'm not go
? have my plans upset for any
Anybody who calls me a slack?
er will get. into trouble."
ibtful if this kind of talk
soothed the spirits of Scully's men,
but, fortunately
--. end of the "perfect
day" which made up for all the r
Naval Men (?et Licenses
The doors were closed an.i
licenses locked in the great safe when
there came an agitated banging a
door.
'"I've got to get married! I've 70' ta
? m? m ! " cried a v
?
from *he hall slipped through the
la lieutenant of the
-air.
"I'm or I? ." he exp!a:r.e |,
"and I want to get mar
away."
Lieutenant Oscai
'. nhardL of the P.eserve Mi
. ira.m Fort P.:!ey. Kansas. Hu
-? Annie Beall, of
(Jur.-hersburir. Mai., a trained nurse.
The persn.nng clerks di'i I
and lock?.) up their books attain.
I'ncle Sain oa!!i>d in distress a second
t;m-'. Ti? tima '-r wa ' a sailor f'am
one of the battleship*, who war
make the most of a limited furloti-rh.
He was accompanied by the pp I
bride-to-be -
Elizabe-h M uhoi'ar.d. seventeen
old. She was chaperoned by her aunt.
but the ell ? i that she
have -.r father's ami mother's e.?n
sent to the marriage.
They were so disappointed at bein*;
licen?e that Clerk *
volun'eere.i *o take 'he necessary
papers to the home of the bride, on
Wes* -?"'
"It's a long, long wav to the end of
thi* perf-a-- lay," he f]
a rei-.ef to see a chap in as
that I don't care if I work all 1 |
SILK SHIRTS
$?5.50 and $7-50
Extra heavy-weight silks not usually
found in shirts ready-to-wear. Color?
ing** and patterns which emphasize
the good taste of the wearer.
??Vil aizes and sleeve length?.
SPORT BANDANA GOLF
HATS HANDKERCHIEFS SUITS
42ND STREET AT MADISON AVENUE
Store Opens, S.45 ; Closes, 5.30. Saturdays, I O'Clock
The Big Summer Clothing Event!
The Half-Yearly
Sale of Saks-Made Suits
t
Former Prices $25, $23 and $20
Reduced to $17
(5mall charge for alterations*! F
>_ Sa!*?.**.' suits art* eut rod tailor?*?! in such a
manner that they art* always worth the regular
price placed on them; rod PC ?-rial to empha?
size that while the price in this sale has hecn re?
duced, the quality of the tailoring an?! the wool?
ens is up to the regular Sakt1 standard. Kvery
suit included is from our regular stock, made f< r
our discriminating clientele, but reduced at this
time in accordance with our regular merchan?
dising policy. ylfth Fioor,
?aks&(?omjmttij
Broadway at 34th Street
Cowards To Be Weeded Out
Of U. S. Army by Specialists
Some of America's foremost spe?
cialists are to apply the most modern
methods of science to the new United
ia Army in un ?ffort to make it the
most'Ievel-headed, nerveless outfit that
ever "went over the top" or stood fast
under fire. A single panicky rookie is
recognized as a grave danger to a com?
pany, and science beiieves it can fore?
stall that individual panic about six
times out of seven.
It is generally recognized that no
man remains normal when under fire
for the first time, few the second time
and many for the third end fourth
The man whose reactions to abnormal
conditions completely overcome his will
power used to be called a coward. If
his reactions continued to evade or
overcome his mental strength he was
drummed our. of camp or met a more
violent fate.
Mental hyriraiata and nerve special?
ists have differentiated types of "cow?
ards" and turned the well worn storv
of the craven who became a hero wrong
side out to see the wheels go 'round.
The result is that despite the earnest
testimony of ancient top sergeants the
coward, in scientific phraseology, is
virtually extinct.
There are, indeed, defectives of vari?
ous kinds and grades, but the majority
of them can now be classified and neat?
ly labelled, and many of them respond
to treatmen?.
The task of the doctors who are to
?ee to it that the new army is sound
in nerves us well as in wind and limb
is to sort out and classify the?.
aly fifty of
the specialists und the first draft of
the new army will fill sixteen training
camps with some 10,000 men apiece, the
job looks hopeless on th?.- face of it.
The characteristics of the men who
need examination, however, betray
them. For the most part they are
types which will get into trouble in
one way or another under the strict
discipline of a military cantonment.
The three specialists ?n each camp will
ans on occupant?
of the guardhouse and men habitually
? a to extra fatigue.
These will be to Bir.et
Simon tests, t.> Mealey tests, associa?
tion tests ami methods of phycho
ar.alysis which have bata -Wrelope
European hospital* since the outbreaK
of the wai I I a? a nia
ad as an Incarnais "rowi.r.i" <>?
one whose cure is doubtful or repairing
lcng treatment, out he wili g'a. not to
rch." as in the old
days, but with a bit of sound medical
n his ear.
"It Tav not be possible," Dr. Frank
I - B Williams, associate n
rector of the National Committee for
Hygiene, ?a:d ye-terday, "to ?x
?II the rr.iT. 'ndiviaiually.
examined under group system?f
? will send saapeXted cases to tlti
loctors; men will be ? ft)
tie specialists and man involved in law
.is of discipline will be exam?
ined."
The Finest
Men's Tropical Suits
That 10 can buy! )
THE less a thing costs the more
it should be looked into. If it
has merit you want it. If it hasn't
you don't. Ten dollars is little
enough to pay for a Tropical Suit, but
it's too much if the suit isn't worth
it. We therefore invite you to look
into these suits and draw your own
conclusions. Meanwhile, we stand /v
sponsor for their value. They are .'.
the finest that $1G can buy!
Norfolk and patch pocket models.
Palm Beach Cloth and Cool Cloth.
Stripes, .solid colors and novelties*
Skeletonized and superlatively cool.
Sport Coats and Things
Flannel Sport Coats, in colors . . MO
Knit Cloth Sport Coats, in colors Ml
Silk Suits? Norfolk and sack models *20
Flannel Trousers, plain and
striped.M.75 to Ml
Hand-Tailored Tropicals
Norfolk and Sack Models
AtM8 825a?d830
Palm ?Beach Cloths und Pure Chines?- Silks, in
other cool fabrics in a varying ??eights. The
variety of ?pattern? and aristocrats of the trop
rolors. ical family.
Hand-Tailored Sport Coats
Knitted Cloth?, m colors .... '20.00
Solid Color Flannels . M 8.50
Sunproof Cloths. *25.00
Chineae Silk . . . ....... ^S.OO
Men'?? Clothioe: Shop-8 West 38th Street
A S?-T*r?'.r Shop no ?ha 9trw? Lr??l
Jfranklm Simon &(To.
FIFTH AVENUE