Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1918 — CHARLES F. PHARIS HAS VOLUNTEERED [ARTICLE]

CHARLES F. PHARIS HAS VOLUNTEERED

Quite in contrast to many who are seeking in some way to avoid the draft, Charles F. Pharis, who was placed in Class 4, has volunteered and asked the local board that he be sent wiith the selectmen who are to leave here Tuesday, July 23rd. His name is among the seventy to leave for Camp Taylor on that date. The local board have quite a number who are not at all anxious to get into the service and who have appealed to the district board. Some . who have been given deferred classification .by the district board are causing a great amount of unfavorable comment. The local board is being censored by many when, if the facts were known, it would be found that the registrants and the district board are the ones to blame if those who should go to war have been granted deferred classification. Those who are complaining about unfairness and favors shown by the local conscription board should know the facts and be governed by them. It has been reported that a great majority of the men who have been drafted are Democrats when in truth the greater per cent are Republicans. In fairness to the local board this matter should be canvassed by the chairmen of the two political parties and* a sworn statement of the facts published. The matter of the re-classifica-tion by the district board Should be taken up by the county council of defense in its meeting Wednesday and steps should be taken to at least investigate the many complaints that are being made. . .. This matter should be done in the open and every act of either toe local or district board should be made to square itself with absolute fairness.