The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-23
Wife MAY FILE
EXEMPTION CLAIM
FOR DRAFTED men
Official Lists to Be Sent to
Local Boards From Wash
ington Tonight.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNlNc

WASHINGTON, July %. - Having
designated by lot the order of liability
to military service, the government
enters today upon the process of de-
termining on merit who shall be sent
to the battle line and who shall re-
main at home to help feed and NUM-
ton the nations armies.
The local exemption boards now
come into action. To them will be
mailed tonight the official lists Of the
numbers drawn In the draft lottery
Beginning at the top Of the list the
board in each exemption district will
summon twice as many registrants as
the aggregate of the quota assigned
to 1t by the state authorities.
Examinations Open Soon
In some districts, it is expected, the
boards will be examining registrants
and determining exemption claims
within the next fortnight. After be-
ing selected for the army the regis
trant will have several weeks In
which to settle his business affairs be-
fore going to the training camp.
The man who stands near the head
Of the list, especially within the first
call of the local board, should imme-
diately find the office Of his board and
verify the order in which his number
was drawn. Then, If he intends to
nle a claim for exemption or dis
charge, he should carefully examine
the regulations.
Must File Claims Early
If listed among those needed for the
first contingent, he will receive a no.
tice of CALL If he has moved from
the address given on registration day,
he should either notify the local
board having Jurisdiction over him or
arrange for immediate forwarding of
any mail sent to his former address,
Within seven days after the date this
notice is sent. he may make a claim
for. exemption or discharge. He then
has ten days more in which to file
affidavits proving his claim.
The man called must appear for
physical examination on the date spe-
Gifted in the call. Otherwise he VIC
lates the selective service act and
makes himself subject to the same
penalty he would have incurred had
he failed to register on June 8.
wife May File Appeal
The registrant who has only an in
dustrial or agricultural claim to make
need not support his claim before the
local board. He must wait until he
receives notice that his claim has
been certified to the district board
Within five days after this notice is
mailed he must fle his industrial or
agricultural claim with the district
board to which 1t has been certified
He then has five additional days in
which to file affidavits supporting the
claim.
The law does not limit the filing of
claims to the party called. A mans
wife or his friend may file the claim
for him.
1t is expected that the greater per-
centage Of discharge claims will come
from married men. The census fig
ures for registration estimated that
As per cent. of the men between the
ages of 81 and 81 were married. The
law expects all men who are morally
bound to support a wife actually de-
pendent on them to claim discharge,
but it will let no man pass whose aft
davits show he is trying to hide be-
hind petticoats.
Married Men Trouble
The question Of discharging mar
ried men is giving officials consider
able trouble. No official attempt be-
yond the draft regulations has been
made to define the exact status mar
ried men will have to show to secure
discharge. 1t is certain that men
whose wives are not dependent on
their labor for support will be accept
ed for service. 1t will be up to the
local boards to determine to what ex-
tent wife depends on her husbands
labor. and they will Judge this accord
ing to the nature of the affidavits
fled
Eligibles are warned against falsi-
flying these affidavits. The federal
government will vigorously prosecute
all cases where there is evidence of
perjury. This policy, it is said, will
also be applied to men in discharge
of industries who grossly exaggerate