The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-07-14
Regulations Tell
Who Will Receive
Rules Laid Down by President
Give Local Boards Exact In
structions to Follow In
Every Case
THESE CLASSES EXEMPT;
STATUS MUST BE PROVED

OIL 10 MOoi DG rNONEO
These classes are exempt from
draft upon proof OF their status:
Y Men Indispensable 10 industries
4. necessary 10 the maintenance OF |
the military establishment or the i.
national interest
Men with wives, children, par
: ents, brothers or sisters deperS- :
ent solely upon them for sr.@ort. +.
Members OF recognized religious
sects whose creed forbids bear
= ing arms. students OF divinity,
4. ordained or regular ministers.
Legislative, judicial and execu-
7 tive officers OF the United States
= or the states OF the Union.
!. Men in the army or navy OF !
the United States.
Germans and aliens who have
= not taken out first citizenship
: papers.
WOrkmen In the armories. ar .
senals and navy yards OF the
y United States and men engaged
= in the transmission OF the United
4 States mails .
Pilots aud mariners in the mer-
chant marine OF the United States.
4 Criminals convicted or felonIes.
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TINE regulations which will guide
the local boards In deciding wh'
will be exempt and who will no
after the names have been drawn fol
the draft have been very comprehen
sively laid down by President Wilson
Only 625,OOO men are to be called ar
army OF 100000 and i25,OOO reserves
but army officers argue that the add
tional men should know In advance o.
the likelihood OF summons TO service
After the selection has been made Tn,
men viii probably be called to the col
ors Sept. I.
The regulations issued prescribe more
speedy work than had been expected
Three days are allowed to the locR
boards TO make up their lists, ten day,
for hearing claims to exemption.
Call Not by Alphabet.
Those on the registration lists are
not to I've called alphabetically, but seri
ally The cards turned over to the 10
cnl boards are numbered consecutivelJ
az received. Within three days aftel
this has been done notices are TO b,
mailed TO the first third OF the list re
curing them to report for physical ex
animation on the morning Of the tiftl
day following, for the second third tC
report on the sixth day and for those
remaining 10 report on the seventh day
To make IL possible TO examine the
number OF men who will appear IN
such populous communities as New
York. for example, one examining
physician I'm addition TO the one who
belongs 10 the local board Is 10 bs
named IL the number 90 be examined
on any one day shall exceed eighty
two IL the number exceeds 100. witt
others In like ratio. One member OF
Der must be present at each examina
tlon, and no member or physician mny
serve where the person TO be examined
Is OF nearer kin 10 him by blood 81
marriage than second cousin.
A registered man who may be all
sent from his home area on the day ht
was notified TO appear must make ap
plication supported by satisfactory
proof" for examination before anoth
er board IL n registered man Is Ill Inc
must give proof OF this, one affidavit
AZ least coming from licensed physi
elan, and In such cases the local board
may require examination by one OF rs
own physicians. Those who do not
furnish such proof within ten days are
to "be recorded as physically qualified.
Glasses of Exemptions.
The regulations tell the clrcum
stances In which persons may be ex
empted. The classes include officers
OF the United States and OF the seyera
states. territories and the District oi
Columbia; ministers OF religion, stu
dents Of divinity, persons IN the mill
tary or naval service OF the United
States, subjects Of Germany RESIDING
In the United States and nll other
resident aliens who have not taken oui
their first papers.
Emphasis Is laid on the fact that
"the statement on the registration oi
any such person that exemption /!
claimed shall not ID Construed or con
sidcrcd as the presentation Of claim
for exemption These claims mus
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