WWI - Excerpts from The Times Picayune - October 1917 -- Orleans Parish Submitted by: Rosemary Ermis Source: Times Picayune - October 1917 Date: October 2004 ************************************************* Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http:/www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Excerpts from The Times Picayune Monday, October 1, 1917 SELECTMEN BREAK RULES OF SERVICE AND ARE PUNISHED The appointment of John T. Gough, of New Orleans as battalion supply sergeant of the 336thMachine Gun Battalion was announced yesterday. Mr. Gough is a former employee of Times-Picayune and came to Camp Pike with one of the earlier quotas of selectmen. His is one of the highest non-commissioned ranks in the service. The battalion is noted through the division for the diversified talent of its personnel. Practically all its members in the ranks are New Orleans men and include Fink, the violinist; Coulon, Bantamweight fighter, and two famous hotel chefs. *************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Tuesday, October 2, 1917 PRIVATE NICOLL BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS Approximately 2000 civilians and the entire Washington Artillery Regiment followed the body of James Nicoll, private in Battery A who died Sunday from injuries suffered that morning in a fall from an automobile truck, to its resting place in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Washington avenue. The cortege started from the family home, 3428 Clara street, and proceeded to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Napoleon avenue near Freret, where the Rev. L. J. Cavanagh preached the funeral sermon. The funeral was expected to start at 4 o'clock. Two hours before that time the galleries and windows of every house in the block where the Nicolls live were full of waiting spectators. The guard of honor at the home admitted none by members of the family and immediate friends. A moving picture man set up his tripod on a house across the street. Angry soldiers threatened to break his camera if he did not move on. He moved. Preceded by the regimental band of the First Louisiana Infantry and a corps of six buglers the cortege started down Clara street to Louisiana avenue. An honor guard of twenty men headed by Sergeant Villarrubia followed. Then came a stripped gun caisson bearing the white coffin wrapped with the Stars and Stripes. Pallbearers walked after the caisson. A riderless horse was led behind his master's body. Two carriages, containing the immediate family, intervened between the horse and the long column of soldiers. Officers of the regiment in a solid group headed the formation. The companies, bearing their banners, strung out in solid file for several blocks. Hundreds of persons walked along both sides of the street, and after the carriages which fell in behind the soldiers. The cavalcade went out Louisiana avenue to Saratoga street, to Napoleon avenue to Freret and down Napoleon to Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Only the officers, immediate family, honor guard, pallbearers and a few of the privates and civilians were able to pass into the church. A choir of eighty children sang. Father Kavanagh, paying a tribute to the soldier and the great principles which the men are fighting for, called upon them to be also "soldiers of God." "You are men," he said, "who are giving up yourselves and your families to fight for other men's families and for your country. The same spirit of sacrifice was born at Calvary. As a soldier of Jesus Christ you will be imbued with a bravery which can truly make men say: 'Oh, death, where is thy sting'?" From the church the procession moved out Napoleon avenue to St. Charles avenue, to Washington avenue, to St. Joseph's Cemetery. A cordon of soldiers and patrolmen had to clear the narrow cemetery path for the family and artillerymen. The crowd waiting for the arrival of the funeral had thronged the block facing the cemetery and filled up all available room in the cemetery street. Some excitement was caused just before the procession arrived by the falling of a stone tablet from a tomb around which many persons stood. No one was hurt seriously. The band and buglers filed in. The family followed and the regimental officers. The band played "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "taps." Pallbearers were Corporal J. Commander and Privates J.Mentel, F. Roberts, P. Abbott, J. McAllen and E. Whitaker. The honor guard consisted of Sergeant Leon Villarrubia, Corporals Mann and Chauvin and Privates Coulon, Robgin, A.Murphy, Zebal, E. Frilleaux, J. Rigby, Screen, Rosato, Vegas, Carrot, Demont, Berry, Knox, H. Villarrubia, Robelot, Wallace and Fereschaud. Thomas Nicoll, a private in Battery B and a cousin of the dead soldier, was widely thought to be the victim of the accident. His family and the camp received many telephone calls asking about him. Another cousin, D. T. Nicoll, received many inquiries. Private Nicoll has another cousin inthe federal service, Lieutenant Arthur Nicoll, at Camp Pike. Saturday night the body was kept at the Tharp, Sonntheimer and Tharp undertaking parlor. Sunday morning it was escorted by sixteen soldiers to the house, 3428 Clara street. ADJUTANT GENERAL IS ASKED TO RULE AS TO DEPENDENTS The inability to agree on the meaning of certain phases of the draft law caused District Exemption Board No. 1 to send two of its members to Baton Rouge to get a ruling from Adjutant General McCrory. For some time members of the board have held different views regarding the status of married men and the wording "or other economic surroundings are such that no dependency of the wife exists in fact," contained in the President's message, has in a number of cases caused a division of the board when voting on claims of dependent wives. Dr. John Signorelli, connected with the work of the Child's Welfare Association, whose claim of exemption on the grounds of a dependent mother and sister, appeared and asked for an extension of time. The request was denied for the reason that a similar application had been granted. Decisions were as follows: M. Zeno, 1827 Ursuline street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Nelson Gray, 2405 Delachaise street, dependent wife; denied. Lawrence Williams, 1113 Cadiz street, dependent blind cousin with three children; denied. Dr. John Signorelli, dependent mother and sister; application to reopen case denied. Mervin Levy, 341 South Alexander street, dependent wife; granted. Eugene P. Ducros, 2519 Ursuline street, dependent parents; granted. Paul Chisesi, 724 Governor Nicholls street, industrial claim; application made to adjutant general to reopen case and discharge till October 15. A. J. Carroll, 2705 Burgundy street, dependent wife; exemption denied. J. H. Taper, 720 Bolivar street, dependent mother; exemption granted. S. A. Barnes, 1442 Annette street, dependent wife; application to reopen case denied. CAMP PIKE OFFICERS GET SAMPLE RIFLES Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 1--Monday's reports at Camp Pike showed the strength of the division to be 4575 less than the required 16,800. Louisiana is short only about 873 men, while Mississippi is2313 short. Uniforming the entire first 5 per cent quota of 2000 men was completed today. A sample issue of Enfield rifles is being made to infantry officers, in order that company commanders may familiarize themselves with the arm which the national army probably will carry to France. The gun is identical with the British service rifle and is made in the United States munition plants which, before the declaration of war by the United States, supplied the British government. Officers at Camp Pike said tonight, concerning the Washington dispatch announcing changes in the method of handling and training negro selectmen, that the plans at Camp Pike will not be materially changed. While the entire quotas from this divisional area will be registered and quarantined here, they will be sent to other cantonments for training, with the exception of the Louisiana-Mississippi regiment. ************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Wednesday, October 3, 1917 DENTAL STUDENT AT FIRST EXEMPTED ORDERED TO CAMP Acting under the recent ruling issued through the office of Adjutant-General McCrory, District Exemption Board No. 1 Tuesday reopened the case of Herbert H. Meyer, exempted dental student and certified him for military service. Meyer's case was one of the first taken up by the board, and in the absence of fixed rules, the claim for exemption was considered to be in the same category as those of medical students. The provost marshal general, however, recently declared that dental students were not included in the regulations governing the medical profession. Now that the work of furnishing the necessary quota of the state has been completed, Authorities will devote their attention to rounding up slackers, and according to a telegram received from the adjutant-general, all those having failed to respond after receiving the pink card, will be considered as deserters and dealt with accordingly. A reward of $50 has been offered for the delivery to the nearest army post of selective men who failed to report for duty. The following decisions were rendered: Herbert H. Meyer, 1739 General Taylor street, dental student; case reopened and the applicant certified for service. P.W. Huth, 814 N. Derbigny street, dependent claim; discharged until Oct. 7. Chas. Hauch, 1900 Poland avenue, dependent mother and previously exempted; called before the board. Urban Loescher, 510 Frenchmen street, dependent parents; exemption granted. Jos. A. Brunett, 4 Howard Walk, dependent wife and mother; application to reopen case denied. Sonney Hibbler, 1203 St. Anthony street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Daniel A. Long, 1931 Canal street, dependent wife; called before the board. Sam S. Bolds, Lee Station, dependent father; exemption denied. Eugene S. Naccari, Camp Pike, formerly 740 Conti street, dependent wife; no jurisdiction. Salvadore Latino, 2558 North Prieur street, dependent parents; called before the board. Henry Lefebvre, 831 Dauphine street, dependent mother; application for extension of time denied. C. E. Burks, 2120 North Prieur street, dependent mother; application to reopen case denied. Andrew Lynch, 4214 Laurel street, dependent wife and mother, previously exempted; called before the board. Zachariah Purdy, 341 Dauphine street, dependent mother; called before the board. E. W. Hansen, 1219 North Rampart street, industrial claim; exemption denied. B. J. Schreiner, 1814 South Robertson street, industrial claim, in Naval Station; exemption granted. Nathaniel L. Bazarini, 517 St. Joseph street, alien; called before the board. Thos. J. McLaughlin, 1422 Bourbon street, physical disability; exemption granted. William J. Tobin, 450 Painters street, physical disability; exemption granted. Thos. J. Oliphant, 2101 Art street, physical disability; exemption denied. S.J. E. Smith, 1631 Elysian Fields avenue, physical disability; exemption granted. John M. Doheny, 725 Mandeville street, physical disability; exemption denied. James J. Flotte, Jr. 1831 Bayou Road, physical disability; exemption granted. NAVY LOSES YOUTH FROM NEW ORLEANS - Harry L. Albert Dies at Sea Mr. and Mrs. John J. Albert, of 416 Galvez street, have received advices from the Navy Department telling of the death of their son, Harry L. Albert, on board the U.S.S. Houston while at sea September 19. The funeral was held in Norfolk at 2 o'clock Monday, interment following in the National Cemetery. Harry Albert was a first-class fireman and had served three years, six months and ten days of his enlistment. He would have been 26 years old October 14. He was reared in New Orleans and had many friends here. In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers, John and Lester Albert and two sisters, Mrs. Eleonora Woodruff and Mrs. Ella Tervion, all of New Orleans. 3600 LOUISIANA NEGRO SELECTMEN IN TRAINING SOON Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 2- Adjutant General McCrory Tuesday said that while he has not yet received official notification to that effect, he expects another fifteen per cent of negro selectmen to be moved to Camp Pike, Ark., about October 15. The first twelve per cent, 1630 men, entrain for camp Sunday. An additional fifteen per cent would be about 2000 men more, or a total of negroes in camp of more than 3600 by the latter part of the current month. *************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Thursday, October 4, 1917 RULING ON STATUS OF MARRIED MEN AWAITED IN DRAFT Pending the official interpretation of the selective draft law regarding the status of married men, District Exemption Board No. 1, Wednesday, postponed action on all claims deferred for future consideration. Members of the board have been hopelessly divided concerning the merit of a number of individual claims presented by married men, and quite a few have been sent to camp by a bare majority vote. Decisions were as follows: John J. Cuchinotto, 1125 Chartres street, dependent wife and mother; exemption granted. Leslie Scott, 2210 Erato street, mariner; laid over pending affidavits from the United Fruit Company. George A. Flenard, 1904 Erato street, dependent wife; called before the board. Nick Cusimano, 1240 S. Liberty street, telegraph operator, industrial claim; exemption denied. Cash Davis, 1519 Freret street, dependent wife; denied. Louis Ackerhaus, 1303 Decatur street, physical disability; granted. Uddo Gaetano, 1218 Decatur street, agricultural claim; extension of time denied. R. Williams, 334 Franklin street, dependent wife and mother; exemption denied. J. T. Graham, 435 Opelousas avenue, dependent mother; exemption denied. Paul Johnson, 2530 St. Andrew street, dependent mother; called before the board. Paul F. Touchard, 1722 North Robertson street, dependent wife; called before the board. Charles A. Easton, 1820 Amelia street, dependent wife; called before the board. John Austin, 8993 Waters street, dependent mother and wife; called before the board. J. Clark, 1619 Magnolia street, dependent mother; called before the board. Ned Reff, 1828 Burgundy street, dependent mother; called before the board. Jerry Gross, Spruce and Leonidas street, dependent mother; called before the board. Joseph Bourgeois, 8618 Hickory street, dependent mother; called before the board. I. M. Augustine, 2218 Joliet street, dependent mother; called before the board. Ed Morgan, 928 Verrett street, dependent wife; called before the board. Jessie Butlen, 2228 Liberty street, dependent wife; called before the board. Clarence Davis, 7456 Mississippi street, dependent wife; called before the board. Lawrence Wheeler, 623 Short street, dependent mother; called before the board. C. A. Wells, Jr., 2823 Sixth street, dependent wife; called before the board. A. Hamaton, 3503 Paris avenue, dependent wife; called before the board. William H. Thomas, 518 South Galves street, dependent mother; called before the board. James Harrison, 1400 Howard street, physical disability; called before the board. Dewitt O'Neal, 3919 Laurel street, dependent mother; called before the board. Porter Dunn, 1212 Freret street, dependent mother; called before the board. INFANTRY DIVISION INCLUDES TROOPS OF THREE STATES Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 3-The National Guard troops of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas have been reorganized so as to constitute one infantry division, to be known as the Thirty-ninth Division, in conformity with War Department instructions to Adjutant General McCrory and the adjutant general of the other states named. The Second Louisiana troop of cavalry will be division headquarters company. First Louisiana Infantry, less one battalion and two companies, will form the 156th Infantry Regiment; and one battalion, less two companies, will form the 142d Machine Gun Battalion. The First Louisiana Field Artillery less two officers and 120 men, will form the 141st Field Artillery, and the two officers and 120 men from the field artillery will compose the 114th Trench Mortar Battery. **************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Friday, October 5, 1917 THOUSAND ARRIVE AT CAMP PIKE Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 4. Only twenty Louisiana selectmen had registered up to 6o'clock tonight, but others are expected by morning. Colonel E. B. Shaw, commanding officer of the receiving depot, said that he expected the arrivals to reach 1200 by midnight. Of the Mississippians thirteen are negroes, and reports are in that many other negroes will arrive early tomorrow morning from Mississippi and Louisiana. Company C, Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Machine Gun Battalion, is winning fame through its cuisine, and its mess room is usually crowded with visitors. The company is composed entirely of New Orleans men and the cooks are Francis Thriffley, Joseph Carrorot, Joseph Martinez and Raymond Norton, under command of Mess Sergeant George Bauer, all of whom are well known in New Orleans. CANDY MAKER'S CLAIM DENIED BY FEDERAL BOARD That candy makers are not entitled to exemption under the industrial clause was assumed by District Exemption Board No. 1 at Thursday's hearing, when a denial was entered in the claim of Victor M. Walz, head candy maker at the Fuerst & Kraemer factory. The application for exemption was accompanied by affidavits from the firm to the effect that Walz was foreman of the factory and that his services were almost indispensable to its operation. Decisions were as follows: L. P. Antoine, 620 North White street, dependent wife, exemption granted. Charles Davis, 1904 Second street, dependent mother; latter called before the board. Charles Huck, 1900 Poland avenue, dependent mother; case reopened and chairman of Local Board No. 8 called before the board. Frederick Eckert, 537 Belleville street, dependent wife and child, application for passport; referred to local board for physical examination. J.J. Knerr, 1722 Spain street, dependent mother; case reopened and exemption granted. R. C. Butler, 6137 Magazine street, dependent mother; case reopened and exemption granted. Fred A. Keller, 1800 Dryades street, dependent mother; applicant and mother called before the board. D. Smith, 1817 Marais street, dependent parents; exemption granted. Victor M. Walz, 1634 Marigny street, industrial claim; exemption denied. Anthony Garcia, 3609 Hamberger street, dependent mother and wife; called before the board. Clement H. Edgerson, 1018 North Villere street, dependent wife; called before the board. Andrew F. Diamond, 1232 Ursuline street, physical disability; called before the board. Richard Puloff, 1113 Baronne street, dependent mother; exemption denied. ************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Saturday, October 6, 1917 LOCAL SOLDIERS APPEAL FOR HELP FOR COMPANY FUND The Times-Picayune is in receipt of a letter from Company B, 336th Machine Gun Battalion, which is composed of New Orleans men now in training at Camp Pike. The circular letter reads as follows: "Patriotic Citizens-Your name has been suggested to our company fund committee by one or more members of Company B, 336th Machine Gun Battalion, whose roster is on attached sheet, as a possible contributor to our company fund. "A perusal of the roster will acquaint you with the fact that all are New Orleans boys, faraway from home and recreation, who are urgently in need of books, magazines, newspapers, musical instruments, sheet music, baseballs and other athletic outfits; also other necessities too numerous to mention. You have most generously contributed to Chif, Liberty Loan and Red Cross, why not now think of your good and true friends of this company and contribute your mite toward furnishments and amusements. "All contributions will be acknowledged either in the columns of The Times-Picayune or by the committee of our company fund. "Contributions can be addressed to The Times-Picayune or to Company B, 336th Machine Gun Battalion, care company fund committee, Camp Pike, Arkansas. "Thanking you in advance for the good spirit shown us, we beg to remain. "Yours respectfully, "COMPANY FUND COMMITTEE." CHANCE FOR AVIATION SECTION The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, which has long been closed to volunteer enlistments is now open again. Men who enlist now will be sent to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., for duty with aerosquadrons being organized in the Southern Department. DEMONSTRATION FOR NEGROES Negro drafted men of Division 2, which includes the Third, Tenth and Twelfth wards, will be given a rousing send-off when they leave for Camp Pike Sunday, a program of entertainment at the Longshoremen's Hall, Jackson avenue and Franklin street, beginning at 10 o'clock and continuing through the day until the soldiers entrain at 8 o'clock Sunday night, having been arranged. The second division board, it is said, will march with the soldiers in the parade to the Terminal Station, Canal and Basin streets. Each division board, under the ruling of the War Department, will entertain the soldiers of that particular division prior to departure and en route to the trains on which the soldiers will travel. CAMP PIKE BEGINS TRANSFER OF MEN TO TECHNICAL UNITS Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 5. The vocational transfer of selectmen from the Organizations to which they were originally assigned to technical troops began Friday and Colonel Shaw estimated that about 1700 men would be shifted. _. F. Morvent of New Orleans, former chef at the Hotel Grunewald, who arrived here in one of the earlier increments of the 40 per cent quota and was assigned to the Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Machine Gun Battalion, has gone as high in his former profession as is possible here. Mr. Morvent today was chosen as one of the cooks in the commanding general's mess, where meals are served to all the division staff, and where visiting dignitaries will be entertained. Mr. Morvent was commissioned corporal. Practically the entire staff at present is composed of New Orleans men. Ray T. Risley, steward, is a civilian employee who volunteered his services, as is also Manuel Campos, proprietor of the Carrollton Restaurant. Mr. Risley organized the mess at the receiving depot and was then transferred to General Sturgis mess. He will continue in charge until a selectman of sufficient ability can be chosen to take his place. DEPENDENT AUNT CLASSED AS PARENT BY DISTRICT BOARD That a person having a dependent aunt is justified in claiming exemption from military service is one of the latest rulings from Adjutant General McCrory. Having nearly exhausted the docket of claims presented by white men, the board Friday Devoted its time to filling the ranks of the negro regiment. A number of husky-looking soldiers added to Louisiana's quota of negro troops resulted from the day's work. In two instances the judgment of the board was taxed to the breaking point in trying to determine the age of two of the applicants. N. Reff and P. Dunn applied for exemption on the grounds of dependent mothers. Though both appeared to have long since passed the age limit neither was able to state his exact age, and the board being in doubt passed it up to the army surgeons. Having received additional information concerning the claim of Andrew Lynth, recently Exempted on the grounds of a dependent wife and adopted child, the board reopened the case, and After hearing a number of witnesses reversed its previous decision and denied exemption. It was Shown the applicant had been separated from his wife, and was reported to have failed to contribute to her support. W. R. Metoyer, 1015 North Robertson street, certified to in the negro increment, entered a protest. He was registered as a Mongolian on his card, and said he should not have been assigned with the negro regiment. On account of this recent claims of a dependent wife the local board was authorized to discharge him pending the appeal. Decisions were as follows: Andrew Lynch, 4214 Laurel street, dependent wife and mother; case reopened and exemption denied. Robert Andry, 1506 North Claiborne street, dependent child; exemption denied. Robert Wilcox, 2125 Orleans street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Ernest J. Vicknair, 118 Newton street, Gretna; application for extension of time denied. Julius Blumenthal, 814 Lafayette street, extension of time; certified to report on October10. Charles A. Eaton, 1820 Amelia street, dependent wife; exemption granted. William H. Thomas, 518 South Galvez street, physical disability; exemption denied. George A. Flenard, 1311 South Johnson street, dependent wife and mother; exemption denied. Salvatore Latino, 2558 North Prieur street, dependent parents; exemption denied. Thomas J. Oliphant, 2101 Art street, dependent mother; exemption denied. William R. Metoyer, 1015 North Robertson street, dependent wife; authority to local board to hold pending appeal. Eug. S. Moss, East End, Jefferson physical disability; exemption denied. Daniel A. Long, 1931 Canal street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. Richard Perloff, 1113 Baronne street, dependent mother; application to reopen case denied, also extension of time denied. N. Reff, 1828 Burgundy street, dependent mother; exemption denied. P. F. Touchard, 1722 North Robertson street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. Thomas Peyton, Jr., dependent mother; laid over for additional information. James Clark, 1619 Magnolia street, dependent mother; provisional exemption granted. J. Bourgeois, 8618 Hickory street, dependent mother; exemption denied. P. Dunn, 1212 Freret street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Jessie Butler, 2228 Liberty street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. ************************************************************************ Excerpts from The Times Picayune Sunday, October 7, 1917 BOARD NO. 1 ASKS POWER TO REOPEN ROSENTHAL CASE Fearing the board had erred in granting exemption to Solomon J. Rosenthal, 2265 St. Charles avenue, District Exemption Board No. 1 Saturday wired Adjutant General McCrory Requesting permission to reopen the case. Rosenthal was exempted following a claim to the effect that he was employed at the Jahncke Navigation Company. When exemption was granted, however, the applicant had already been certified and was on his way to Camp Pike, but developments since led the board to believe that mistake had been made, and in order to rectify any possible error the board asked for authority to reopen the case. Abe L. Shushan, Chartres street dry good dealer, whose claim for exemption on the grounds of a dependent wife was twice rejected, filed a petition requesting an affirmation to his appeal to the President. Inasmuch as the law provides for appeals of this kind solely upon industrial claims the request was denied. After rendering the following decisions, the board adjourned. C. Howard, 1900 Poland avenue, dependent mother; exemption denied. Frederick A. Keller, 1800 Dryades street, dependent mother; exemption granted. William E. White, 1021 Dumaine street, physical disability; laid over. Solomon J. Rosenthal, 2265 St. Charles avenue, industrial claim; permission asked to reopen case. Caesar Smith, Jr., 1113 Baronne street, dependent mother; extension of time granted to October 21. Clarence Davis, 7456 Mississippi street, dependent wife; latter called before the board. Paul Simon, 1678 North Miro street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. John Austin, 3393 Waters street, dependent wife; mother and child; exemption granted. P. Johnson, 2530 St. Andrew street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Jerry Gross, Spruce and Leonidas streets, physical disability; exemption granted. Joseph Harrison, 1400 Howard street, physical disability; exemption denied. C.A. Wells, Jr., 2823 Sixth street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Lawrence Wheeler, 623 Short street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Abraham L. Shushan, 4603 Baronne street, dependent wife; permission to appeal to the President denied. ORLEANIANS TASTE TRENCH LIFE IN CAMP Wilson Williams, Jr., of this city, now in the officers' training camp at Leon Springs, Tex., has written to his father of some of his experiences. He says: "Our experiences in the trenches last week was quite a novel one, and one that will not be forgotten soon by any of the men who stayed awake all night to see the sights. There was not much chance to sleep in a narrow trench with men walking in it all the time. If one did lie down on the floor of the trench someone would come along and walk on his face. I got about a half hour's sleep all told, but it was worth staying up to see the fireworks. We had out our patrols, scouting parties and raiding parties, but the big attack did not come off until just before dawn. The rockets, flares and star shells certainly made it beautiful. The field was almost as light as day, and there was a lot of noise thrown in with it. "I was mess sergeant while in the trenches, and I never had a harder job in my life. Feeding 150 men in the open country is no cinch, but when it is done in the trenches, where no one is allowed to put his head above the parapet, it is an entirely different matter. I got by with it after all, though I had more men cussing me than ever before. They have given us one hour more work each day-a physical culture class, the whole camp on the field at once, under Major Koehler." NEGRO SELECTMEN WILL ENTRAIN TODAY Although the hour for their departure will be early Sunday morning, New Orleans' 12 per cent contingent of negroes for the national army will be given a gala sendoff by the members of their race, and the escorting parade will pass in review of Mayor Behrman at the city hall. The uptown division will be led by the uniform rank of the Bulls, and the downtown division by the uniform rank of the Hobgoblins, prominent negro social organizations. One delegation is scheduled to leave at 5:55 a.m. and the other at 8 a.m. from the Union Station. Efforts were being exerted Saturday night to postpone the departure of the first train from 5:55 To 8 o'clock. The Fourth Division will assemble at 4:30 a.m. at the San Jacinto Club, Villere near Dumaine street, from which point it will march to the Union Station. The Third, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Divisions will form at St. Bernard and Claiborne streets in front of the Autocrat Club at 7:30 a.m., the Third Divisions parading through the Fourth Ward before going to the meeting point. The Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteen Divisions will form in front of the Bulls' Club, at Eighth and Rampart street, and will parade to Howard and Dryades streets, where it will join the contingent from the lower part of the city. From this point the joint parade will march to St. Charles street and by the city hall. The Spanish War Veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic have been invited to participate in the parade. ************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Monday, October 8, 1917 DRAFTED NEGROES PARADE TO TRAINS CHEERED BY 20,000 Fully 20,000 negroes, thronging every available inch of space in and around the New Orleans Terminal Station, the crowds extending into adjacent streets on either side, gave vent to pent-up enthusiasm with a cheer that could be heard for blocks as the first contingent of 228 drafted negroes was carried out of the station at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning. A multitude, even larger than the morning crowd, cheered the second train bearing the seventy-four drafted men from Divisions 2, 9 and 11 as it pulled out of the station promptly at 5:30 in the afternoon. It was distinctly Afro-American Day in New Orleans, and no occasion in the city's history probably ever brought together such crowds as gave the entire day over to a farewell to the negro soldiers-to-be. Despite the immense throngs massed about the station and in the streets, there was not the least sign of disorder and the mounted policemen and those on foot, held the great crowds in check. A determination on the part of white citizens to give way to the negroes on the eventful occasion everywhere was apparent, and crowds of white persons, attracted by the music, the flags and the uniformed clubs in the processions to and from the depot, stepped back and gave the vantage-points to the negroes, that they might get their full share of entertainment. No less touching than the scenes marking the departure of the white men were those of Sunday, and when some black mamy [sic] broke down under the strain and gave way to grief over the departure of a son it in truth was affecting. Throughout the day the patriotism was marked. There was not the slightest indication of rancor, and never a word of protest against the law that forced the men into the ranks. "Be brave, honey, and come back if you can," appeared to be the burden of the farewells, whether inspired by patriotism or resignation to the inevitable. At all events, it served to give the soldiers a good start, and sent them away with no bitterness in their hearts toward the draft law and with an evident desire to accept the admonition in the right spirit and carry a determination to make good. The morning contingent was composed of Divisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 10, 12 and 13, with 29, 15,28, 15, 29, 13, 23, 24, 15 and 42 men, respectively, a total of 228. The parade from the colored longshoremen's hall, at 2059 Jackson street, was led by the negro Spanish war veterans, with Past Commander C. B. Conway at its head. In the wake of the veterans came the Bulls and Hobgoblins in full uniform, each with a band. Conspicuous in the parade was Belthasa, Ulgere,[sic] a Civil War veteran, bearing a flag carried in the Civil war by Captain Cailloux. The drafted men with their boards at the head of each division brought up in the rear. Divisions 3, 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 in charge of L. B. Vigne and 1, 10, 12 and 13, in charge of Jerry C. Thomas. Mayor Behrman and Superintendent Mooney reviewed the parade from the steps of the city hall. The men were addressed by members of the boards at longshoremen's hall and enjoyed refreshments, served by the negro Red Cross chapter. As soon as the first contingent had been sent away the procession returned to longshoremen's hall, where the roll of the three divisions scheduled to leave by the evening rain was called and the men assigned to places of honor at the front while speeches were delivered lauding their patriotism and urging them to acquit themselves with the bravery characteristic of negro troops in the past. Band concerts added to the entertainment and refreshments again were served to the men while the crowd that packed the hall looked on. The thousands congregated in front of the building and for a half block in either direction craned their necks and strained their ears in an effort to see and hear. The Tammany Social Club joined the marching escort for the afternoon parade and at 3:30 o'clock the procession started out with men from Division 2 and Division 9. At 2813 Louisiana avenue, the headquarters of Division 11, that division joined the parade which continued to the station. Hundreds of citizens bearing small American flags joined the procession at intervals and marched to the station while as many more tramped beside it on the sidewalks. Sandwiches furnished by the Boston and Pickwick Clubs were distributed in boxes to all of the soldiers while the men in almost every instance were recipients of fruit, food, clothing and keepsakes from the throng massed on either side of the big gate leading into the station. The men who left in the morning filled a special train of five coaches over the Southern railway, while the afternoon contingent, consisting of thirty-four men from Division 2, twenty- one from Division 9 and nineteen from Division 11, occupied two coaches attached to an excursion train. The Red Cross chapter went about among the men while the train stood in the shed and distributed boxes of luncheon. Only the Red Cross chapter and the members of the division board were allowed in the train shed and the departure without the slightest hitch or confusion of any sort was made possible by the efficient preparations made by Superintendent Kelly of the New Orleans Terminal Company. Hundreds climbed on the tops of the high iron fence at the side of the train shed, while thousands were massed below peering between the pickets. The uniformed clubs and the Tammany Club with other thousands of citizens lined the track on either side below the shed and waved farewells as the train pulled out of the yards to the strains of "Dixie" and "America, Here's My Boy." At an open air meeting held in front of the headquarters of the Autocrat Club, St. Bernard and Claiborne, Saturday night, 1500 negro citizens heard addresses lauding the drafted men and tendering them a public farewell on the eve of the departure for Camp Pike. The West Indian Seamen's Club participated in the Sunday afternoon parade and $4.45 was thrown into one flag which will be turned over to the Red Cross. *************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Tuesday, October 9, 1917 FEDERAL ACTION IN DRAFT CASES NEXT ON SLATE District Exemption Board No. 1 soon will be in a position to take up appeals filed by District Attorney Luzenberg, who represents the federal government, of whether or not students of the merchant marine training school are entitled to exemption. In a recent decision the board exempted a claimant in the latter class, but the case was since reopened as a result of a telegram from the adjutant general who stated his office was of the opinion that such persons were not entitled to exemption under the law. Decisions Monday were as follows: A. F. They, 2813 Ursuline street, dependent parents; application to reopen case denied. Thomas J. Oliphant, 2101 Art street, dependent mother; application to reopen case denied, applicant having been certified. Mitchell Wiltz, Art street, dependent wife and two children; referred back to Local Board No. 7 for exemption. Cornelius H. Brown, 5931 St. Charles avenue, dependent mother; exemption denied. Charles Davis, 1909 Second street, dependent wife; laid over for additional information. Sedonia Terry, 1923 Dufossat street; certified. Isaac E. Jones, 5217 Laurel street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Joseph J. Imbrogoglio, 1904 Erato street, physical disability; extension of time denied. Oddie Griffin, 1022 South Rampart street, dependent mother; called before the board. Cleveland Fox, 2515 Thalia street, dependent mother; called before the board. Ernest Pierre, 2402 Calliope street, dependent mother and child; called before the board. Leon Kupperman, 1202 Dryades street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Frank F. Rizzo, 732 St. Peter street, dependent wife; called before the board. Robert H. Koepke, 131 South Broad street, dependent wife; laid over. Joseph Dellile, 1815 Dumaine street, dependent wife and three children; exemption granted. Arthur B. Campbell, 1429 Gasquet street, dependent grandmother; laid over pending affidavit from Captain Graham. Ed. F. Savoy, 1205 South Liberty street, physical disability; called before the board. LOUISIANA NEGRO SELECTMEN REPORT Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 8. Louisiana Monday sent 1205 negro selectmen to Camp Pike. The total number of negroes now in the division is 2856 and only 847 more are needed to bring the negro regiment, which will train here, up to its authorized number of men. The total strength of the division today is 19,355 men, of whom 6044 are Louisianians and 4125 Mississippians. A sudden cold flurry today sent practically the entire division into overcoats and Louisianians and Mississippians who had come up in light clothing and have not been issued uniforms felt the cold considerably. ************************************************************************ Excerpts from The Times Picayune Wednesday, October 10, 1917 WAR DEPARTMENT TELLS HOW ARMY WILL BE FORMED Washington, Oct. 9-Orders issued today to commanders of National Army cantonments disclose for the first time the War Department's complete plans for the training and organization of the first half million men of the National Army. General Bliss, chief of staff, issued this explanation: "The selected men that are now being gathered into the sixteen national army cantonments will be used to form the first force of 500,000 men authorized in the act of Congress approved May 18, 1917, and to fill up the National Guard divisions to practically the maximum strength of the new organization. The balance of the 687,000 selected men will be used to supplement the voluntary enlistments for the special and technical troops that are such an important part of the organization of a modern army. "The Force of 5000,000 men will be organized into sixteen white divisions and one colored division. One white divisions will be organized at each of the sixteen national army cantonments, and the units of the colored division will be organized at the various cantonments where the number of colored troops is sufficient to organize a divisional unit. "Instead of concentrating all of the colored men in the few cantonments of the Southern states, the policy of the War Department will be to distribute them more or less evenly throughout all of the sixteen national army cantonments. "In the Southern states, whose quotas go to the cantonments at Columbia, S.C., Atlanta, Ga., and Little Rock, Ark., (Camps Jackson, Gordon and Pike,) the number of white men required to fill up the National Guard divisions furnished by those same states is so great and the proportion of colored to white in the populations of those states is so large that it has been found to be physically impossible to organize three National Guard and three National Army divisions at full strength from the white quotas of these states, and therefore the War Department has decided to take all of the white men from these states, both National Guard and National Army, and organize them into four full strength divisions (three National Guard and one National Army.) The National Army division will be organized at Camp Jackson from the men left over at Camps Jackson, Gordon and Pike after the three National Guard divisions (30th, 31st and 39th) have been filled up to strength. "...at Camp Pike, after its white quota has been transferred to the National Guard and Camp Jackson there will be formed a nationary army division made up of surplus white men drawn from Camps Sherman, Custer, Grant, Taylor, Dodge, Funston, and Travis. "This plan, though somewhat different from the one originally adopted by the War Department of forming a complete national army division composed exclusively of men from each of the national army areas, is in full compliance with the spirit of the law of May 18, because under it each white national army division still represents a distinct geographical area, the one at Camp Jackson being made up entirely from the white men of the extreme Southern states, the one at Camp Gordon being made up entirely from the surplus white men of the extreme Eastern states, and the one at Camp Pike being made up entirely from the surplus white men of the great Middle Western section. On the other hand, the colored division will be made up of representatives from every part of the nation, and will be a truly national division." The new plan adds a division to the national army organization, making seventeen divisions in that force to supplement the seventeen National Guard divisions. The negro division probably will be designated as the Ninety-second Division, national army. It will be mobilized as a division only when ordered to France for duty. The force will be the largest fighting unit of negro troops in the army and the majority of its officers will come from the negro officers' training camp at Des Moines, Iowa. The division will take in nearly 30,000 of the 83,000 negroes registered under the draft law. There will be organized in addition, however, service units for work behind the lines. Orders were published today authorizing twenty-four of these, to be raised by voluntary transfer of drafted men or voluntary enlistment from civil life. It has been stated that 250,000 men must be sent abroad for this purpose." LOUISIANA MEN GO TO CAMP PIKE Washington, Oct. 9.--Negro drafted men from Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Florida will be trained in Northern camps and those from Louisiana at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., it was announced in a memorandum from the adjutant general to the provost marshal general made public tonight. HUSBANDS FIGHT DRAFT WITH EVERY MEANS AT COMMAND That married men who failed to obtain exemption on the grounds of dependent wives will exhaust every means at their command before leaving home for Camp Pike was indicated at the regular session of District Exemption Board No. 1 Tuesday morning. In a communication received from three attorneys, the board is advised it has been working under a misinterpretation of the selective law and that the rulings provide that the presence of well-to-do relatives is immaterial, unless as a fixed fact these relatives did assist the wife prior to the summons. The attorneys said: "Under Louisiana law, and it is the same in other states, the parent owes a legal duty to support children, but there is no law anywhere by which a well-to-do relative by marriage could be forced to support the selectman's wife and children." In the absence of a direct ruling on the status of married men from Provost Marshal General Crowder, the board took no action on the communication. The question was placed before Washington authorities some days ago upon receipt of a request to reopen the case of Abe L. Shushan, and a telegram from the adjutant general Tuesday morning announced that no reply had been received to the request of October 4 for a ruling in the premises. Decisions for the day were as follows: William P. Bailey, 2827 Fortin street, dependent wife and two children; denied, applicant being already in the army. George J. Seibert, 3200 Chippewa street, mariner; exemption denied. C. H. Edgerson, 2020 Calliope street, dependent wife; exemption granted. James F. Broyard, 1923 Lapeyrouse street, dependent wife and child; application for extension of time denied. J. A. Brunett, 4 Howard Walk, dependent wife and mother; application to reopen case denied. Edward Williams, 714 Dublin street, dependent wife and child; called before the board. Reuben Hauptman, 819 North Dupre street, dependent parents; exemption denied. Dewitt O'Neal, 3919 Laurel street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Harry A. Ward, 3705 Carondelet street, dependent parents; laid over for additional information. John Lewis, 1429 St. Ann street, dependent wife; called before the board. James Mally, 2625 Willow street, dependent parents; called before the board. Henry J. Boisseau, 1228 Music street, physical disability; exemption granted. Joseph R. Quiad, 1613 Prytania street, dependent parents; called before the board. A. B. Markel. 224 South Lopez street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Henry Thomas, 3230 Erato street, dependent mother; called before the board. Joseph Roth, 2217 Perdido street, dependent mother; called before the board. Ernest Saloy, 909 Royal street, physical disability; called before the board. Ernest Walker, 7229 Cohn street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Leon Dieutto, 1001 Perdido street, dependent sister and three children; called before the board. Zachariah Purdy, 341 Dauphine street, dependent mother; exemption granted. Arthur Garcia, 3609 Hamburg street, dependent mother; called before the board. *************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Thursday, October 11, 1917 NEW ARMY PLANS SEND SELECTMEN TO GUARD DIVISION Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 10. Following receipt of orders embracing new plans for the national army, plans were begun immediately Wednesday for the transfer of troops into the National Guard division and to Camp Jackson. Officers at the receiving depot were making out the transfer lists to have all in readiness. Telegrams have been flying between here and Washington and cantonments which supply the Eighty-seventh Division, and the movement is expected to be soon. The officers of the division, it was announced, will remain here. How many men will remain is doubtful. The Arkansas Guard requires 5000 to bring the organization up to strength, and only a few more than 21,000 selectmen, including negroes, are now in Camp Pike. If the needs of other state Guards are as great as Arkansas', practically the entire division will go into this branch of the army. Lieutenant C. M. Eisman of New Orleans has general supervision over the entire work Of receiving, and the five barracks where registrations are being made are in charge of Lieutenants David Ewing, Harold Colton, Wallace M. Herbert, Jr., and Fred De France, all of New Orleans and others. Selectmen also are meeting the trains and bringing in the newly arrived increments, releasing the non-commissioned officers, who have had this work, for drill instruction. James Kenney, a New Orleans selectman who came here October 7, today was found wandering about the camp looking for his regiment. He had been lost four days, he said, having become separated from his organization shortly after his arrival. The Liberty Loan campaign began at Camp Pike at 3 o'clock this afternoon and $10,000 was subscribed in the first three hours. Every man will have an opportunity to subscribe, and payment can be made by the allotment of $5 monthly. NOT CONSCRIPTION, SAYS GOV. PLEASANT Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 10.-Governor Pleasant issued the following address to the women of Louisiana: "The President of the United States through the Council of National Defense, has requested the state of Louisiana to register her woman power. A similar request has been made of every other state of the Union...The United States is simply taking stock of her resources...The government desires to know what patriotic duty or duties each woman can perform in the event the war should be so long and the strain on America's other resources should be so great that the woman power of the country would be required to assist vigorously in office or shop or hospital or schoolroom or where ever women may honorably serve. . . "This kind of census has been made by our allies... "The registration of the women on the 17th instant is not conscription. No woman who registers and no woman who does not register can be taken into service either of the state or of the United States against her will under any existing law whatever. "While the laws of the state of Louisiana require every female over the age of 16 years to register on the 17th instant, still there is no penalty if she does not register. Her act will be one of patriotism under the forms of law..." **************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Friday, October 12, 1917 MANY MARRIED MEN ARE AFFECTED BY THE NEW RULING Disruption of the new national army may follow a ruling received by District Exemption Board No. 1 Thursday from Provost Marshal General Crowder through Adjutant General McCrory. That ruling, as interpreted by the board, means the return to civil life of a large percentage of men sent to the various camps from all parts of the country. The telegram was a follows: "If the family at the time of the registrants summons, and prior thereto, were and had been mainly dependent upon his labor for support, he should be discharged regardless of whether his parents or relatives, or those of his wife, are financially able to support those dependent during absence of registrant while in service." In order to avoid all possible mistakes regarding the interpretation of General Crowder's ruling, the board immediately forwarded the following telegram to General Crowder: "Men have been refused exemption by this board and are now in service, whose family at the time of the registrant's summons, and prior thereto, were mainly dependent upon their labor for support, but the parents or relatives of the registrant or of the registrant's wife, were in the opinion of this board, able to support those dependent during registrant's absence while in service, and would not see them in want. Should those men have been exempted? They are in service. What shall this board do in those cases? EXEMPTION BOARD HEARS MANY CASES Federal Exemption Board for Louisiana District No. 1 had a busy session Thursday morning. Decisions were as follows: Joseph Roth, 2217 Perdido street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Leon Dianto, 1001 Perdido street, dependent sister with three children; held over for ruling from General Crowder. Ernest Saloy, 909 Royal street, physical disability; referred to local board. Ed. F. Savoy, 1205 South Liberty street, physical disability; referred to Dr. Lyons. Dewitt O'Neal, 3919 Laurel street, dependent mother; application to reopen case denied. J. Malley, 2625 Willow street, mariner; exemption granted. Henry Thomas, 3230 Erato street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Cleveland Fox, 2515 Thalia street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Ernest Pierre, 2402 Calliope street, dependent mother; laid over. E. Williams, 714 Dublin street, over age; exemption granted. Odey Griffin, 1022 South Rampart street, dependent mother, exemption granted. Fred Montegut, 932 North Prieur street, dependent wife; called before the board. Andrew Lynch, 4214 Laurel street, dependent wife; application to reopen case denied. P. A. Blankenship, 2214 General Taylor street, dependent wife; previously exempted and decision sustained. Lestor Scott, 1783 Orleans street, British subject; exemption granted. Manuel Legendre, 2123 Bourbon street, dependent parents; called before the board. REGISTERED MEN MAY ENLIST IN NAVY IF NOT YET CALLED Commander L. T. Clark, U.S.N., retired naval recruiting officer for Louisiana has announced that all men who were registered June 5 under the draft law are eligible for volunteering in the navy, except those who have been notified by the local boards to report. BUY A LIBERTY BOND In asking you to subscribe to the Second Liberty Loan, the government is not asking a favor. It is rather presenting an opportunity for you to make the safest possible investment that will bear 4 per cent interest. Back of every Liberty Bond, guaranteeing it as a safe investment, is all the wealth of the United States. A $50 bill is no better than a $50 Liberty Bond. As a matter of fact, the Bond is more valuable, for it draws interest every day you keep it. It is your patriotic duty to subscribe to the full amount your means permit. **************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Saturday, October 13, 1917 ANOTHER DRAFT NEEDED TO FILL ARMY VACANCIES Washington, Oct. 12.-Discussion of the advisability of expediting the call for the second increment of the draft army now is in progress at the War Department, and it appears likely that the date may be fixed for some time in December or January. Mobilization of the first increment of 687,000 men is now far enough advanced to show clearly that there will be a big deficiency for the seventeen national army divisions. More than 250,000 of the first increment are still to be assembled, but it already is evident that there will be available at the sixteen cantonments quarters for an additional regiment at each post, and at some for a full brigade of two regiments. The strength of the new regimental organization is 3600 men. With a regiment lacking at each cantonment, this alone would mean a shortage of nearly 50,000 men. The shortage is due partially to the necessity of taking out of national army men to fill up National Guard divisions. Two complete national army divisions of Southern troops have been absorbed in this way. The remnants of three other Southern national army divisions will be consolidated for form a single divisional unit and the surplus men from other camps will be sent South to make up the missing divisions. EXEMPTION BOARD PASSES UP QUESTION DEPENDENT FAMILY In the absence of an official ruling from Provost Marshal General Crowder on the question of dependent families, District Exemption Board No. 1 Friday passed up all doubtful claims presented by married applicants. Eugene Lassalle, farmer and dairyman, 8117 Cohn street, appeared for a further extension of time in order to harvest his crop vegetables. The request was denied. Decisions for the day were as follows: Alfred Y. Crow, 901 Camp street, dependent mother; called before the board. Park Woodward, 4819 Carondelet street, further extension of time; request denied. Joseph J. Imbroguglio, 1201 Magazine street, further extension of time; request denied. Chaster [sic] Williams, 1413 Gasquet street, dependent mother; exemption granted. Manuel Legendre, 2123 Bourbon street, dependent wife and grandmother; extension granted. Eugene Lassalle, 8117 Cohn street, further extension of time; denied. John Marino, 528 St. Philip street, dependent parents; called before the board. P. W. Huth, 814 North Derbigny street, dependent wife and child; referred to local board for action. Thomas A. Cochran, 2707 Berlin street; passport granted. George Davidson, 1674 North Dupre street, physical disability; already certified. Emile L. Hazeur, 1333 Annette street, dependent wife and mother; called before the board. Joseph R. Quaide, 1613 Prytania street, dependent parents; exemption denied. Salvatore Latino, 2558 North Prieur street, dependent parents; application to reopen case denied. Nick Cusimano, 1240 South Liberty street, industrial claim; appeal to President granted. R. Butler, 1405 Saratoga street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Adam Lee, 3729 Tchoupitoulas street, dependent mother; exemption granted. Nicholas Ghersanich, 3100 St. Peter street, dependent wife and child; exemption denied. Charles M. Weiss, 928 North Miro street, dependent mother; exemption granted. E. J. Chittenden, 1223 Burgundy street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. Maurice A. Cazaubon, 1648 Baronne street, dependent wife; case reopened and laid over for additional information. SAY FAREWELL TO SOLDIERS Twenty automobiles bearing friends of William Nienaber, Henry Nienaber and Fred Dell escorted them to the station Thursday for a farewell party on their departure to enter the national army. William is the son of Joseph Nienaber, grocer, 8339 Oak street, president of the Jackson Building and Loan Association and the Seventh District Ice Manufacturing Company. Henry Nienaber and Fred Dell are his nephews. Sunday afternoon a district club had a farewell meeting for the patriots. Wednesday night the Oak Club celebrated the departure for services of the trio and of Fred Reich and James Donnelly, two other members of the club, who left here Thursday with the Nienaber contingent. ************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Sunday, October 14, 1917 78,400 DRAFT MEN TO BE TRANSFERRED TO NATIONAL GUARD Washington, Oct. 13.-The War Department made public today details of the orders providing for the transfer of 78,400 men from national army cantonments to the various National Guard divisions to fill them to war strength. State quotas in this process will be determined, upon the basis of congressional representation and, so far as practicable, the drafted men from a state will be assigned to National Guard units from the same state. The orders include authorization of the commander of the Thirty-ninth Division to call upon Camp Pike for 9000 men from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Camp Pike has been ordered to transfer all remaining white men to Camp Jackson, and to receive whites from other camps. ************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Monday, October 15, 1917 ADJUTANT GENERAL SUGGESTS SCHEME FOR THE MARRIED Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 14.--Provost Marshal General Crowder has ruled that all married men who were the main support of their families when they were summoned shall be discharged from the service, regardless of wealth of the parents of either the husband or the wife. Adjutant General McCrory said Sunday it would serve the purposes of the recent ruling made by Provost Marshal General Crowder in the simplest and most direct way if, instead of making every man affected file affidavits and take his case up individually with the adjutant general, the boards should be instructed simply to go over their lists and mark for immediate release every man whose case falls under the class prescribed in the ruling. ************************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune Tuesday October 16, 1917 COMMISSIONS FOR LOUISIANA MEN Washington, D. C., Oct. 16.-Commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps have been awarded as follows to residents of Louisiana and Mississippi and include the following men from New Orleans: To be first lieutenant in the Medical Corps: S. R. Humphreys, F. B. Parker, Muir Bradburn,Thomas B. Bird, N. K. Edrington, A. W. Rhyne, E. R. Bowie, L. R. Humphreys, H. N. Stimpson; To be first lieutenant, dental section, Medical Reserve Corps: W. D. McArthur. ************************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune Wednesday, October 17, 1917 COMMENDED FOR GALLANTRY Washington, Oct. 16.-First Class Fireman Harold H. Duke of New Orleans was commended by Secretary Daniels today for gallantry in jumping overboard from a destroyer and rescuing a shipmate on September 14. Duke's next of kin is a sister, Marguerite Schleiniger, 2513 Clara street, New Orleans. Harold Duke formerly lived in New Orleans at 3512 Clara street, and enlisted in the navy December 27. His sister is Mrs. Richard Schleinger, now living at 3111 Delachaise street, who received a letter from him several days ago telling of jumping into the water to save a comrade who had fallen from a gangplank. He is 20 years old, and has an older brother, William, also in the navy. FIRST "BEEFLESS" TUESDAY SUCCESS New Orleans' first "beefless day" was a success with the local restaurants Tuesday, and restaurant managers are working enthusiastically for the first meatless day Friday. All these arranged tempting bills of fish and oyster specialties and vegetables, using Louisiana products. That it was beefless day was called to the attention of diners by notices in large type upon the bills of fare to the effect that the government was urging everyone to refrain from beef on Tuesdays. SOME EXEMPTED, BUT OTHERS LOSE IN APPEAL CASES Reconsideration of the case of Walter J. Trautman, general manager of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, was decided upon at the session of District Exemption Board No. 1. Mr. Trautman's claim for exemption on the grounds of a dependent wife was denied several weeks ago, but in view of the recent ruling of the provost marshal, the board requested permission from the adjutant general to reopen the case. Paul Chisesi whose physical claim was denied at a previous meeting, filed application for are hearing. He produced a number of certificates from local physicians to the effect that he was physically unfit for service, and this being verified upon re-examination, permission was asked for the adjutant general to reopen the case. Decisions for the day were as follows: George Papattianoslus, Common street, extension of time denied. Paul Chisesi, 724 Governor Nicholls street, physical disability; permission asked to reopen the case. James O. Mumby, 757 St. Charles street, industrial claim; application to reopen case denied. P. Percopa, 1234 Royal street, dependent parents; exemption denied. Edward Dickerman, mariner, exemption and passport granted. George A. Flenard, 1311 S. Johnson street, dependent wife and mother; permission asked to reopen the case. Stanley C. LeBlanc, 1904 Erato street, physical disability; referred to Dr. Lynch for re- examination. Hy. C. Strauss, 4219 Prytania street, physical disability; called before the board on October 22. Ed. F. Savoy, 1205 S. Liberty street, physical disability; exemption denied. James Cloutman, 1032 Independence street, industrial claim, previously discharged; called before the board on Monday. Walter J. Trautman, 2034 Calhoun street, dependent wife; permission to re-open case asked. E. Morgan, 1009 Newton street, dependent wife and child; wife called before the board. MUST SEND 1358 NEGRO SELECTMEN, M'CRORY ORDERS Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 16.-Adjutant General McCrory Tuesday issued a statement of the number of men each parish must send as its pro rata of the 10 per cent of negro selectmen who are to move to Camp Pike, Ark., between October 27 and 31. Boards that have sent, in full, the 40 percent of white selectmen ordered for the September 19 movement will not be called upon to send any negroes during this next movement. The number Orleans Parish boards must send is No. 1 26, No. 2 14, No. 4 28, No. 10 51. These numbers represent not only the number of negroes who will be sent by each board, but The number of white men each board is short of on its original 40 percent. New Orleans No. 10 now has the 28 white men wanted, but was too late getting them ready, so will have to send that many negroes. GETS ADDED NUMBER OF ARTILLERYMEN Alexandria, La., Oct. 16.-The second and third contingents of the Washington Artillery arrived here today from New Orleans and were immediately conveyed to Camp Beauregard. The troops came in two sections over the Southern Pacific railroad. *************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Thursday, October 18, 1917 WOMEN REGISTER TO AID COUNTRY BY WAR SERVICE New Orleans registered more than 48,500 women Wednesday who pledged themselves to "save food and win the war" and for whatever service the government called on them to do in bearing the nation's war burdens. Every woman who registered told what kind of work she could do, how much time she could devote, and whether she desired to volunteer her services or to work for pay. Women who desired to learn other occupations said so, and classes to teach them will be formed. NEW DRAFT PLAN TO TAKE MEN LEAST NEEDED AT HOME Washington, Oct. 17.-A comprehensive new plan for applying the army selective draft which would take first only men without dependents and of no particular value to war industries and establish various grades of dependency and industrial value from which future drafts would be made strictly on the selective basis has been worked out tentatively by the provost marshal general's office and discussed with the President. In selecting men for examination, boards would first take all men physically fit having neither dependents nor value in essential war industries. When this class was exhausted, draft officials would draw on the classes having the slightest dependency claims and the least value in essential industries. WHISTLES TO BLOW AND BELLS RING FOR LIBERTY LOAN Every church bell in New Orleans and the whistle of every factory, where there is steam up at 7 o'clock Thursday night, will join the liberty bells, hung at intervals throughout the business section, in the summons to all New Orleans to gather at the Athenaeum at 8 o'clock for the People's Liberty Loan rally. "WHEATLESS DAY" OBSERVED IN CITY Wednesday was "wheatless day" in New Orleans and observed by all the large restaurants. Old- fashioned Southern cornbread, in pones, muffins and corn-sticks, was the principal bread diet. The new war bread also was served by many of the restaurants. This was composed of one- third graham flour, one-third rye and the other third either wheat or a reworking of the stale bread. Tuesdays and Fridays will be meatless hereafter. Tempting bills of fare of Louisiana fish, oysters, shrimp and vegetables are being prepared by the restaurants. BECOMES A MARKSMAN James J. Brunswick, a New Orleans boy who enlisted in the regular army when war was declared, has developed into a sharpshooter and recently was awarded a prize for his fine work with the rifle. He is with Troop K, Sixteenth U.S. Cavalry. Private Brunswick is the only son of Capt. J.W. Brunswick, of the Boylan Agency, and father, mother and two sisters are proud of him. AGED WOMAN REAL PATRIOT Her shoulders draped with a little old cape of ante-bellum vintage, a neat little poke bonnet perched on ringlets of snowy white, and her head tilted back proudly, a frail little creature boldly strode into the booth at the Third Precinct of the Eighth Ward Wednesday and asked to be registered. Recounting her Civil war days she told of three brothers who went to the front, one of which fell at the siege of Vicksburg, and deplored the fact that her sons now were too old to answer the country's call. She registered as Mrs. Anna Kelly, 73, of 2330 Royal street, for many years a resident of New Orleans. SERGEANT LIKES HIS DETAIL First Sergeant Donald B. Jones, Jr., of the United States Marine Corps, has been transferred from the Chicago headquarters of the central recruiting division to the New Orleans headquarters of the Southern division. Sergeant Jones has been stationed at Chicago nine and one-half years, but came to New Orleans eagerly, this being his home town. His father, Donald B. Jones, lives at 1211 State street. Sergeant Jones will be on duty at the marine recruiting office, 617 Common street. ************************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune Friday, October 19, 1917 LATE COUNT SHOWS 53,565 WOMEN IN CITY REGISTERED New Orleans womanhood's answer to the government's call to serve and save, on Registration Day last Wednesday, swelled to 53,565 responses, according to official figures from all wards when the late returns came into headquarters in the city hall Thursday. With returns in from fourteen of the seventeen negro ward registration stations, the negro women registered went to 18,363. ************************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune Saturday, October 20, 1917 AMERICAN TRANSPORT, HOMEWARD BOUND, IS TORPEDOED; 70 LOST; C. L.AUSBURN OF NEW ORLEANS AMONG THE DEAD Washington, Oct. 19.-The American army transport Antilles, homeward bound under convoy, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone on Wednesday. About seventy men are missing and probably lost. The following is the announcement from Secretary Daniels: "The torpedo which struck the Antilles was not seen, nor was the submarine which fired it. The torpedo hit abreast of the engine room bulkhead and the ship sank within five minutes. One hundred and sixty-seven persons of about two hundred and thirty-seven on board the Antilles were saved." Among the enlisted naval personnel lost is C. L. Ausburn, radio electrician, first class, next of kin R. Ausburn, brother, 2800 Louisiana avenue, New Orleans. WRONG ADDRESS FOR AUSBURN C. L. Ausburn has a brother living in New Orleans, R. Ausburn. An Associated Press dispatch gave his brother's address on the Navy Department's list of "next of kin," as 2800 Louisiana avenue, but the family living at that address is of a different name and its members know nothing of Mr. Asburn. They said they had been living in that house five years. DIVISION BOARDS HAVE AUTHORITY TO REOPEN CASES District Exemption Board No. 1, Friday declared that all persons with dependents who were certified for service previous to the recent ruling respecting married men, should apply direct to their respective local boards for the reopening of such cases. The board, however, has no authority to reopen such cases, which should be referred to division boards for action. The question was brought up on receipt of a communication from Charles S. Dittmann, Jr., whose claim for exemption was denied several weeks ago. Mr. Dittmann declares he has a wife and children dependent upon him for support, and is entitled to a rehearing. The matter was referred to the lower board for action. Manuel Malbrough, now at Camp Pike in the ammunition train company, also sent a request for the reopening of his case on the grounds that he has a dependent wife. The board, having no authority in the premises, referred his communication to the adjutant general. Dr. Louis A. Hebert, City Hospital for Mental Diseases, requested that his case be held up pending the arrival of his commission as an officer in the Reserve Corps. His case also was referred for action to the lower board. The first attempt at evasion of the draft law on an industrial claim was brought to the attention of the board in the case of J. Cloutman. The latter secured an exemption while employed as lineman by the Cumberland Telephone Company. Soon after he resigned from his position and enlisted in the navy. Upon being advised of the circumstances, the board addressed a communication to the adjutant general requesting his certification. Decisions of the day were as follows: Manuel Malbrough, Camp Pike, dependent wife; referred to the adjutant general. Milton Boulet, 2721 Canal street, physical disability; exemption and passport granted. George Chandler, 2110 St. Philip street, mariner; permission asked of adjutant general to reopen case. Reuben Hauptmann, 819 North Dupre street, dependent mother; exemption denied. F. W. Schmidt, 3124 St. Ann street, industrial claim; extension of time denied. Isaac Williams, 3307 South Franklin street, dependent wife, war marriage; exemption denied. E. Morgan, 1009 Newton street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. J. Cloutman, 1032 Independence street, industrial claim, now in navy; referred to adjutant general. Robert L. M. Rothe, 1473 North Prieur street, dependent sister; application to reopencase, denied. Payton Thomas, Jr., 1906 Conti street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Charles S. Dittmann, Jr., 3200 De Soto street, dependent wife and children; referred to local board for action. James O. Mumby, manager L. C. Smith Typewriter Company, industrial claim; application to reopen case denied. Walter Strudis, 1816 North Roman street, dependent wife and children; exemption granted. Edson Picou, or Louis Johns, 7735 Zimpel street, physical disability; exemption denied. Harry A. Ward, 3705 Carondelet street, dependent parents; father called before the board Monday. Raymond Hufford, 843 St. Charles street, dependent wife; exemption granted. **************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Sunday, October 21, 1917 NAVAL AVIATORS COVER 200 MILES IN 155 MINUTES New Orleans had a taste Saturday of what Londoners and Parisians have experienced in the way of air raids, though shimmering pieces of paper bombarded the city instead of shells when six airplanes and seaplanes from the naval station at Pensacola circled above and showered the city with appeals to be patriotic and purchase Liberty Loan bonds. It was a startling illustration of what enemy airplanes could do if they had a base a few hundred miles from New Orleans. JOHN B. BAYLOT, NEW ORLEANS BOY, ANTILLES GUNNER John B. Baylot, 17 years old, whose parents live at 1615 Saratoga street, was a naval gunner on the transport Antilles, which was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, and Saturday night his father had not received any word from the Navy Department and both he and his wife were hoping and praying that their boy was saved. When a reporter called at the house Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Baylot and their four children met him at the door and were anxious to know if he Had any information bout the boy. "We are praying and hoping that John has been saved," said Mrs. Baylot. The father, who conducts a butcher shop in the Dryades market, and is one of the leaders of the Dryades Market Carnival Club, said he was told Friday evening that an American transport had been sunk by a submarine, but it was not until he received The Times-Picayune Saturday morning that he knew it was the Antilles. Later in the day he called at the office and asked for further information. Should young Baylot be among those who were rescued by the convoys it will be the second time within the last three months that he has escaped death. Baylot was accidentally shot by one of the members of the crew last July when the Antilles was at a port in France. According to information received the Antilles carried some of the first American soldiers to be landed in France and while the ship was in the French port he was shot. The other member of the crew was cleaning his gun when it went off. Baylot was in the hospital for a few weeks and then returned to the Antilles. The young sailor was well known in this city and was a bright young man. He attended St. John's Catholic School and graduated from St. Aloysius College. Before war was declared he was employed as an office boy at the local Naval Station under Commandant Johnson, who was ordered away at the outbreak of war. Baylot was considered a young hero after the September hurricane of 1915. He stayed at the Naval Station when the storm was at its height, and assisted in the saving of small boats. For two consecutive years he captured three of the first Carnival prizes offered for the best individual maskers. He impersonated Charley Chaplin. Last February, when President Wilson severed diplomatic relations with Germany, young Baylot realized it was his time to join Uncle Sam's navy and went to the recruiting office. He obtained his parents' consent and enlisted as an apprentice seaman. The youth was sent to the training station at Great Lakes and proved to be so bright that in a short while he was assigned to the battleship Pennsylvania. During the early part of July he was transferred to the transport Antilles and had made several trips to France. He speaks French and, according to letters received by friends in the city, many friends in France. It is feared a number of young men residents of Algiers were members of the crew of the ill- Fated Antilles, and members of their families are anxiously awaiting further details on the men who were lost and those who were saved. John Younger, second engineer, and Raymond Healy, an oiler, both residents of Algiers, are believed to have been members of the crew, while it is thought other young men of Algiers were members. Younger resided at Opelousas and Verret streets, with his mother, sister and two brothers. Bennett Ford, Belleville street and Opelousas avenue, and Val Judlin, 301 Pelican avenue, were formerly employed as oilers on the Antilles, but quit on the ship's last voyage to New Orleans. WOMEN WORK HARD TO OBTAIN TOTAL OF 70,000 PLEDGES When all registration cards are turned into headquarters of the Women's Committee of the National Council of Defense it is expected that the grand total will be in the neighborhood of70,000. The total for whites is 46,852 and for the negro women 21,137. SENIORITY RULE GOES Washington, Oct. 19.-The historic seniority rule for army promotions was formally set aside today to govern promotions in the national army and National Guard. Officers of either the regulars, the guard or the national army are held to be equally eligible for temporary appointment or promotion, which must be "based solely on demonstrated fitness without regard to seniority." The new regulations make officers interchangeable within their own arms and grades in the service and the list of reserve corps second lieutenants of the regular army is also made available for appointment of men in that grade to the other branches. ********************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Monday, October 22, 1917 LOUISIANA'S MEN AT BEAUREGARD SEE BUSY DAYS AHEAD Camp Beauregard, La., Oct. 21.-Louisiana's infantrymen stationed here as part of the Thirty-inth Division are looking forward to the next few weeks with interest. It holds for them, the men hear, a reorganization of the regiment based on the new war strength of infantry commands, assignment of drafted men, winter clothing, new equipment and a chance to go on the rifle range. Going over the camp is an all-day job if the visitor is riding. The Washington Artillery camp is about two miles from division headquarters. The First Louisiana Infantry is about half the distance. The Base Hospital Corps of New Orleans, and the First Troop of Cavalry are in camp. With the exception of the Second Troop, the Jennings, La., organization, all the militia forces organized in Louisiana are in the division camp and are now in federal service. The Quartermaster Corps, under the command of Major Gabriel S. Adams, formerly of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, is an important link in the big chain that keeps things going in the camp. Washington Artillerymen and men of the First Louisiana Infantry are looking forward to the Field Day games that will be held October 24. This event was authorized by the War Department through recent orders. The chief event will be a football game between a division team and the Southwestern Industrial Institute. There is one thing the matter with the camp, the men say, and that is sand. When the wind blows, and there is a breeze all the time, it literally rains sand. However, this uncomfortable feature is insignificant compared to the many conveniences the government has prepared for the comfort of the soldier. Each tent in the infantry is equipped with a stove. Wires are being laid throughout the camp, and soon every tent will have an electric light. One of the most efficient organizations of the infantry, and the one best known to New Orleans, is the Machine Gun Company. There were so many New Orleans men in the company that Adjutant General McCrory transferred its headquarters to New Orleans, with Captain Emmett, L. Irwin in command. At the call to arms in April, this Company had a strength of fifty-three men. Receiving orders to recruit to war strength, the company was raised to a war footing of seventy- four enlisted. Captain John B. Johnston was appointed commander, assisted by Lieutenant J. H. Daniel and Lieutenant Edward G. Tujague, the latter two of New Orleans. At the call to arms in April, the Machine Gun Company had a strength of fity-three men. Receiving orders to recruit to war strength, the company was raised to a war footing of seventy- four enlisted men. Captain John B. Johnston was appointed commander, assisted by Lieutenant J. H. Daniel and Lieutenant Edward G. Tujague, the latter two of New Orleans. Three enlisted men of this company were on the border last year and served with the Second Separate Troop of Louisiana Cavalry, which is now the headquarters company of the "Rainbow Division," at Mineola, New York. These men were transferred in February and have served with the gunners during the present emergency. They are: Private Leon Guenard, Private Edward Earl Hymel, and Sergeant W. H. Reed. The roster of the Machine Gun Company follows: Captain John B. Johnston; Lieutenants Edward C. Tajague, Ralph V. McCarty; First Sergeant Thomas H. Norris; Mess Sergeant Elwyn J. Barrow; Supply Sergeant Whitmel H. Reed; Stable Sergeant Matt M. Price; Sergeants Henri Wolbrette, John Maxwell, Jr., William K. Irwin, Lester R. Roosa, Leo H. Katteringham; Corporals Robert C. Crawford, George W. Davis, Frederick R. Grant, Louis A. Larrey, Henry R. Muth, Robert C. Smith, Allen Thomas; Horse Shoer James O. Flores; Mechanics Rodney F. Boudreaux, George E. Wilson; Cooks Albert S. Mancusco, George S. Roth; Buglers Peter J. Navo, Walter F. Norton; First Privates John W. Armbruster, Patrick D. Carey, Daniel Edwards, Sterling W. Gladden, Alfred J. Janssens, Ulric C. Jones, Alrige J. Messina, Joseph A. Murphy, Neil H. Murphy, Stanley H. Sobral, Charles H. Winterhaler; Privates Isadore Abramson, Mark J. Anthony, Trygve M. Bakke, Bartley Balfe, Albert S. Berot, John J. Berot, Bernard F. Bonnecaze, Charles F. Boyle, Henry J. Bryer, Anthony Cangelosi, Camile J. Carmouche, George P. Cole, Randal S. Coste, George E. Crane, Joseph J. Doyle, George P. Dupuy, Nero J. Edwards, Baxter E. Fearing, Edward F. Giordano, William F. Hill, Clifford C. Huddleston, Edward E. Hymel, Howard C. King, Joseph E. Manale, Alton T. McGuire, Charles D. Muller, Joseph H. Delkers, Lawrence Otto, John N. Paulin, Leonard E. Salomon, Paul D. Snow, Hagan J. St. Pierre, Charles L. Stiffell, Max Tugendhaft, Herman J. Vezellie, Guy L. Walker, James F. Wise. ************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Tuesday, October 23, 1917 DESTROYER CASSIN, TORPEDOED, KEPT ON U-BOAT TRAIL Washington, Oct. 22.-Coolness and quick maneuvering by Commander Walter H. Vernou probably saved the American destroyer Cassin from destruction in an encounter with a German submarine in the war zone on October 16. The Cassin had been searching half an hour for a submarine first sighted five miles away when Commander Vernou suddenly saw a torpedo 400 years distance and making for the ship at great speed. Realizing that his vessel was in imminent danger of being hit amidships and broken in two, the commander ordered full speed ahead and the wheel hard over. The patrol boat was just clear of the torpedo's path when the projectile broached on the surface, turned sharply and hit its objective. Recovering quickly from the shock of the explosion, the Cassin continued the search to be rewarded by the showing of the U-boat's conning tower. Four shots were sent at the German and two came so close that the submarine quickly went under again. Admiral Sims reported that the behavior of the officers and the entire crew was admirable. One of the men cited by Vice Admiral Sims for showing coolness and qualities of leadership was John Leo Davis, seaman, mother Elizabeth Dunne, 816 Jackson avenue, New Orleans. YOUNG DAVIS' FRIENDS PLEASED (photo) Every member of the family and all the friends of John Leo Davis, 23 years old, were delighted Monday when news reached the city that Davis was one of the first war heroes. His mother and stepfather, John Dunne, who live at 816 Jackson avenue, said the young man has been in the navy six years, and has made several good records. "When I was asked about my son," said Mrs. Dunne, "I thought something horrible had happened to him, but I was mighty glad to learn that my boy showed coolness and qualities of leadership." Davis is 23 years old, and attended the local public schools. After leaving school he went to work for E. E. Prevost, steamship agent, and held that position until he enlisted. NEW SELECTIVE DRAFT SYSTEM IS ANNOUNCED Washington, Oct. 22.-The five classifications into which men remaining in the draft will be divided under the new regulations approved by President Wilson are as follows: CLASS I 1-Single men, without dependent relatives. 2-Married man (or widower with children) who habitually fails to support his family. 3-Married man dependent on wife for support. 4-Married man (or widower with children) not usefully engaged, family supported by income independent of his labor. 5-Men not included in any other description in this or other classes 6-Unskilled laborer. CLASS II 1-Married man or father of mother-less children, usefully engaged, but family has sufficient income apart from his daily labor to afford reasonably adequate support during his absence. 2-Married- man-no children-wife can support herself decently and without hardship. 3-Skilled farm laborer engaged in necessary industrial enterprise. 4-Skilled industrial laborer engaged in necessary agricultural enterprise. CLASS III 1-Man with foster children dependent on daily labor for support. 2-Man with aged, inform or invalid parents or grandparents dependent on daily labor for support. 3-Man with brothers or sisters incompetent to support themselves, dependent on daily labor for support. 4-County or municipal officer. 5-Fireman or policeman. 6-Necessary artificers or workmen in arsenals, armories and navy yards. 7-Necessary customhouse clerks. 8-Persons necessary in transmission of mails. 9-Necessary employees in service of the United States. 10-Highly specialized administrative experts. 11-Technical or mechanical experts in industrial enterprises. 12-Highly specialized agricultural expert in agricultural bureau of state or nation. 13-Assistant or associate manager of necessary industrial enterprise. 14-Assistant or associate manager of necessary agricultural enterprise. CLASS IV 1-Married man with wife (and) or children (or widower with children) dependent on daily labor for support and no other reasonable adequate support available. 2-Mariners in sea service of merchants or citizens in United States. 3-Heads of necessary industrial enterprises. 4-Heads of necessary agricultural enterprises. CLASS V 1-Officers of states or the United States 2-Regularly or duly ordained ministers. 3-Students of divinity. 4-Persons in military or naval service. 5-Aliens. 6-Alien enemies. 7-Persons morally unfit. 8-Persons physically, permanently or mentally unfit. 9-Licensed pilots. SUNDAY AUTO RIDE FOR ENLISTED MEN The New Orleans Commission on Training Camp Activities has issued an appeal to automobile owners asking them for the use of cars for giving the members of "Uncle Sam's" fighting forces stationed in New Orleans, an outing next Sunday afternoon. DISTRICT BOARD REVOKES DECISION IN G. C. CURL CASE George C. Curl, whose claim for exemption was previously denied, was given a rehearing, and, under the new rule, was discharged from service. The applicant claimed to be the sole support of a wife and child, but under the former ruling had been certified. Upon permission of the adjutant general the case was reopened by the local board, and the discharge granted. Decisions for the day were as follows: Leonard A. Jefferson, 1309 Dufossat street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Harry A. Ward, 3705 Carondelet street, dependent parents; laid over. Clarence Davis, 7456 Mississippi street, physical disability; laid over. Theophile Desselle, 917 Joseph street, dependent mother; exemption denied. Percy C. Goldenberg, 1523 Baronne street, dependent mother and sister; exemption granted. H. C. Strauss, 415 Milan street, physical disability; referred to Dr. Lyons for examination. Oran Barilleau, 1524 Melpomene street, dependent wife; called before the board. Dominic M. Cassagne, 1519 South Franklin street, dependent wife and three children; exemption granted. Joseph Coltraro, 1800 Burdette street, dependent wife and mother; called before theboard. T. Sciortino, 921 Poydras street, physical disability; exemption granted. W. Jones, 1710 South Rampart street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Frederick J. Hanning, 1409 South Liberty street, dependent mother; exemption granted. Andrew Lynch, 4214 Laurel street, dependent wife and mother; application to reopen case denied. George C. Curl, 2005 St. Charles avenue, dependent wife and child; case reopened and exemption granted. Bernard Monteleone, 1904 Erato street, physical disability; exemption denied. J. Jacona, 709 St. James street, alien; exemption granted. C. Montalbano, 729 St. Philip street, alien; exemption granted. S. Brancato, 1921 Dauphine street, alien; exemption granted. P. Bulafo, 721 Burgundy street, alien; exemption granted. Charles A. Messina, 539 Fourth street, Gretna, alien; exemption granted. Charles Stabile, 1478 North Roman street, alien; exemption granted. M. Coffaro, 835 St. Peter street, alien; exemption granted. **************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Thursday, October 25, 1917 WAVE OF PATRIOTISM SWEEPS ALL THE CITY AS THOUSANDS MARCH Hurling defiance at enemies at home and abroad, in a succession of ear-splitting cheers that testified approval of the Liberty Loan and America's part in the world struggle, New Orleans loosed its pent-up patriotism Wednesday night as 10,000 men, women and children marched and counter-marched through Canal street answering President Wilson's call to rally to the Liberty Loan standard. Breaking all previous records, residents from every section of the city and its environs thronged Canal street from Elk Place to South Peters, the sidewalks, car tracks and neutral ground a solid mass of enthusiastic American gathered to answer their country's appeal for aid in the battle for liberty. Social barriers were broken down under the strain of enthusiasm, and men and women from every walk of life rubbed shoulders with each other in a conglomerate mass of struggling, cheering humans, rending the air with shouts as the marching columns followed in the wake of a dozen bands playing inspiring and enthusiasm-impelling music ranging from "Yankee Doodle" and "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town" to "Dixie" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." ONLY DEPENDENCY CASES OF MARRIED MEN TO BE OPENED The erroneous impression that all married men were entitled to exemption under the draft law was finally corrected through an official communication received Wednesday morning from Adjutant General McCrory, and read at the regular session of district appeal board No. 1. In response to a request for information concerning the status of married men, as a class, on previous instructions and rulings, the following was received from the provost marshal general, and communicated to the board by the adjutant general of the state: "No case should be reopened, except upon proper application, duly made, and there is positively no authority for a general reopening of any class of cases. "Only cases of dependency, where non-culpable ignorance or error in law has resulted in severe hardship, should be considered. "It is evident from the above, that the request for reopening should come from someone who has the right to review the facts and merits, and who is in best position to do so. Since the adjutant general has no right to review the merits of any care, therefore: The adjutant general holds that where his permission to reopen is necessary, the request for his permission must come from the local board. In each case the request should show whether the man has been sent to camp or whether he has been certified on form 164 and not yet sent to camp. Attention is directed to the fact that the permission of the adjutant general is not necessary for reopening of cases not yet certified back to local board on form 164. A local board, in deciding whether or not they ought to ask the adjutant general permission to reopen a case, will use their own judgment as to whether not, in their judgment and opinion of the various rulings and instructions communicated to them, the case or cases ought to be reopened." Having obtained authorization from the adjutant general, the board Wednesday reopened three separate cases wherein applicants had previously been certified in the army. In each instance, the board reversed itself and granted exemption. P. Chissesi, 724 Governor Nicholls street, produced a number of certificates testifying to his unfitness for military service, while George A. Flenard,1311 South Johnson street, proved he was the sole support of his wife. George Chandler, 2110 St. Philip street, exhibited certificates to the affect that he was a mariner. All three were exempted. Other decisions were as follows: Carl H. Strauss, 415 Milan street, physical disability; exemption denied. Joseph Coltraro, 1800 Burdette street, dependent mother; exemption denied. O. Barrilleau, 1524 Melpomene street, dependent wife; wife called before the board. Salvador Latino, 2558 North Prieur street, dependent parents; exemption denied. Charles Davis, 1904 Second street, dependent mother; exemption granted. John Dearing, 2849 Magazine street, dependent mother; exemption granted. Stanley LeBlanc, 1732 Euterpe street, physical disability; exemption granted. Frank R. Beighey, 1618 Terpsichore street, dependent wife; exemption granted. **************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Friday, October 26, 1917 CAMP PIKE TAKES $1,176,000 IN BONDS, MAKING HUGE GAIN Lieutenant John St. Paul of New Orleans, who has been acting as assistant to the adjutant in the receiving station for the past month, yesterday was transferred to the 162nd Depot Brigade Headquarters, where, as aide, he will be a member of the personal staff of Brigadier General Poor, commanding the brigade. Lieutenant St. Paul received his commission at the close of the Fort Logan H. Roots Training School, and was among the first officers reporting to Camp Pike for service. Among Louisiana selectmen received at Camp Pike today was R. J. Fernandez of New Orleans. He was brought in by Memphis officers as a deserter, having been arrested in that city. Fernandez is said to have told officers in the registering division that he would not have been caught had he not been drugged. He is held in the guardhouse here awaiting trial for desertion. He gave his vocation as news agent. Among the New Orleans men who arrived today is Andrew Arnold, a member of the New Orleans police force. ************************************************************************* Excerpts from The Times Picayune Saturday, October 27, 1917 LOCAL BOARDS RECEIVE DIGEST OF DRAFT RULES Personally appearing before District Exemption Board No. 1 Mrs. Maximillian Fink, wife of the musician, now serving in the army at Camp Pike, made a strong appeal in behalf of her husband at the session of the board Friday. Mrs. Fink said she had never been able to obtain justice from the local board which, after reopening her husband's case, again had denied his exemption. She declared she had been forced to abandon her recent home, and since the departure of her husband she had been living with her mother-in-law and had been made an object of charity. Under the late ruling of the provost marshal, she said, her husband was legally entitled to exemption. After considering the case, members of the board resolved to send all documents in connection with the appeal to the adjutant general for decision. Appeal also was taken in the case of Joseph A. Bunol. The latter was certified for service previous to the new ruling after his mother had been called before the board and had promised to contribute $25 monthly to the support of her daughter-in-law. The case was laid over for future consideration. Decisions for the day were as follows: Joseph A. Bunol, dependent wife; held over. J. D. Tufts, 449 Belleville street, industrial claim; exemption granted. Frederick Jacob, 819 St. Louis street, dependent sisters; exemption denied. Ernest Pierre, 2402 Calliope street, dependent mother; exemption granted. Philip Farrero, 923 St. Peter street, dependent wife; exemption granted. Joseph O. Landry, 1618 Terpsichore street, passport granted. John Davis Jr., 4825 South Front street, dependent mother with five children; permission to reopen case asked. ANOTHER DETAIL OF MEN IS SENT TO CAMP PIKE Division No. 4 wishes to report that through error, Mr. J. Paul Bayon, Jr., was reported in the press recently as one who failed to report when called. The board for some reason has not received enlistment certificate from the proper authority, but we are advised by Dr. J. Paul Bayon, Sr., that his son is an acting corporal in Battery B, Washington Artillery. Proper enlistment certificate will be sent us at once and the board takes this opportunity to express its regret that the matter should have so happened. ************************************************************************ Excerpts from The Times Picayune Sunday, October 28, 1917 REOPENING CASES MADE DIFFICULT BY AID PROVISIONS Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 27.-A brief resume of the outstanding provisions of the act of Congress approved October 6, 1917, providing family allowances, allotments, compensation and insurance for the military and naval forces of the United States, was received Saturday in a telegram by Adjutant General McCrory from Provost Marshal General Crowder. The act provides a family allowance not to exceed $50 a month, additional to the soldier's pay, which allowance will be paid by the United States Treasury Department. Following are the schedules of monthly allowances for beneficiaries as given in the telegram: Class A-Wife, child or children-(A) If there be a wife, but no child, $15; (B) wife and one child, $25; (C), wife and two children, $32.50 with $5 per month for each additional child; (D), if there be no wife, but one child, $5; (E), no wife but two children, $12.50; (F), no wife, but three children, $20; (G), no wife but four children $30 with $5 per month for each additional child. Class B-Grandchild, grandparent, parent, brother or sister-(A), one parent, $10; (B), two parents, $20; for each grandchild, brother, sister or additional parent, $5. FAREWELL DANCE FOR MR. SEIBERT One of the pleasant events of the past week was the surprise party given in honor of George J. Seibert at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Green in General Ogden street. The parlors were patriotically decorated in Stars and Stripes, and a large American flag hung in the doorway. Dancing was indulged in until midnight, when Mr. Seibert's many friends bade him farewell. He left Thursday afternoon for Camp Pike. ORLEANIAN IS MARKSMAN Although he donned the uniform of a sea-soldier only since June 19, John F. Thibodeaux, New Orleans boy serving in the United States Marine Corps, has qualified as marksman, winning the coveted medal and an increase of pay at the recent Port Royal, S.C., shooting trials, after expertsthad put him and fellow marines through training at the various island camps. During this training the men are taught the fine points and "moods" of the Springfield "30" so that by the time the range is reached they thoroughly understand the rifle. Then follow lessons in the art of maintaining correct shooting positions and the judging of distance, each man being coached by an individual instructor. It is an open secret that thousands of marines are now in France ready to take their stand in the cause for democracy and the local lad will be well prepared when the time comes to join them. He is the son of Mrs. Alice Thibodeaux of 1217 North Tonti street. NEW ORLEANS BOY SHARTSHOOTER Sergeant Thomas A. Sturges, New Orleans boy with the Eighty-Second Company, Sixth Regiment, United States Marine Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, has been presented with two medals for marksmanship, one for range and the other for sharpshooting, according to information which reached the city several days ago. Sturges is 26 years old and enlisted with the marines in 1913 and on account of the present war re-enlisted. His mother is Mrs. Josephine E. Sturges. Besides his mother he has two sisters, Mrs. Annie Hogshead of Seattle, Wash. and Mrs. Finlay Lastrappes of Mandeville, La. ORLEANS BOYS MAKE GOOD Two New Orleans boys are rising rapidly in the military service of the United States. They are sons of Sergeant John M. Dunn of the Second Precinct Station. John M. Dunn, Jr., who is in the navy, is in charge of the provost guard detailed at the Third Precinct Station. He had recently been advanced to chief boat-swain's mate, while Edward C. Dunn, who was a private in Company H. Seventeenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, has been promoted to corporal. *********************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Monday, October 29, 1917 FIRST BAND FORMED IN THE NEW ARMY Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 28.-With an aggregation of unusually fine musicians, the Three Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry, a Louisiana organization, has formed the first band in the national army division at Camp Pike. Among other players is Max Fink of New Orleans, an internationally known violinist. ************************************************************************ Excerpts from The Times Picayune Tuesday, October 30, 1917 CROWDER REJECTS EXEMPTION APPEAL OF S. J. ROSENTHAL Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 29.-The appeal of Solomon J. Rosenthal, of New Orleans, who claimed exemption on the ground that he was employed by the Jahncke Company and was necessary to the Jahncke brothers in the conduct of their business, has been rejected by Provost Marshal General Crowder. In a letter to Governor Pleasant on the subject, General Crowder reviews at length the alleged efforts of Rosenthal to avoid army duty on various grounds. Rosenthal engaged himself to the Jahncke Company after he had been summoned for examination, says General Crowder, and the district board's discharge of him should be considered void. CAMP BEAUREGARD CHANGES MAY BRING MANY PROMOTIONS Camp Beauregard, La., Oct. 29.-The break-up of the First Louisiana Infantry commanded by Colonel Frank P. Stubbs began Monday morning with Companies I, G and M leaving the regiment. Two-thirds of the enlisted strength of these commands are now assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Infantry (Third Arkansas) and the remaining third to the Mississippi Engineers. Companies H and L will leave the regiment Wednesday to be part of the One Hundred and Fortieth Machine Gun battalion. Company K will leave Wednesday, too, to become the provisional military police company. EXEMPTION BOARD MEMBERS UNABLE TO AGREE ON RULE Believing the ruling of October 23 was in conflict with the previous telegram of the provost marshal general concerning the status of married men with dependents, District Exemption Board No. 1 applied to Adjutant General McCrory for specific information relative to claims presented by a number of married men sent to Camp Pike under former regulations. The conflict of opinion is based upon the words "only in cases of hardship should a married man be exempted," contained in the latest ruling issued by the adjutant general. Decisions Monday were as follows: Joseph Zanco, 2201 Orleans street, dependent wife and child; exemption granted. Lucien C. Barbarin, 1717 Carondelet Walk, dependent mother with three children; called before the board. Dr. William Hebert Wynn, Magnolia and Thalia streets, asked to be transferred to Medical Department; called before the board. S. J. Nuccio, 2304 Gravier street, dependent wife; called before the board. Frank McGinty, 403 Baronne street, physical disability; exemption granted. Edward Bowman, 4330 Palmyra street, physical disability; called before the board. Edward Ludman, 3236 Banks street, dependent parents; called before the board. Henry J. Dyher, 430 South Alexander street, dependent wife; called before the board. Edward C. Gaute, 818 North Galvez street, industrial claim; applicant and Mr. Conery, president of the Universal Electrical Company, called before the board. Louis J. Thomas, 815 North Galvez street, dependent mother and four children; called before the board. Kristo K. Marina, 518 Dumaine street, industrial claim; called before the board. Clement Favre, 2751 St. Peter street, dependent wife and mother; called before the board. Bozo Vordanovich, 1117 St. Peter street, mariner; called before the board. Jacob Amato, 1619 St. Ann street, agricultural claim; called before the board. Sidney Querergue, 1616 North Robertson street, dependent wife; called before the board. George Wedemeyer, Jr., 432 State street, dependent wife; exemption claim allowed by lower board. *************************************************************************** Excerpts from The Times Picayune Wednesday, October 31, 1917 POSTMASTER EXPLAINS SOLDIERS' MAIL RULES The parcel must be clearly and plainly addressed. The names of addressee and designation of the branch or unit of service to which he is attached must be clearly given as follows: Name and unit to which he belongs, American Expeditionary Force, care of Commanding General, Port of Embarkation, Pier 1, Hoboken, N.J. In addition to the name and address of the sender, there must also be written above the address the words "Christmas Mail." Packages must be deposited in the post office prior to November 15. No perishable food products, other than those enclosed in glass jars or cans, should be packed in such shipments. Packages weighing twenty pounds would be accepted if addressed to members of the expeditionary forces in France, but should they be addressed to civilians in France the weight limit should not exceed seven pounds.