The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-11-21
SWEEPING CHANGES MADE
IN DRAFT REGULATIONS
Method Is Designed to Classify Each
Registrant in Order i'm Which
He Will be Called

Under the new regulations sent
out by the war department to pro-
vide for the selection of men for the
second draft army. many sweeping
changes have occurred. The former
cumbersome method of calling large
quotas for examination, selection or
rejection, has been superseded by a
system in which each man will be
classified in the order in which he
will be called for service This
method will settle once and for all
the military status of each of the o.
100000 remaining registrants.
Accompanying the regulations is
16-page QUESTIONABLE which will
be mailed to each registrant contain
ing list of questions covering every
phase of his civil status and which
must be filled out and filed with the
Local Board within seven days from
its receipt The registrant is re-
quested to state the classification un-
der which he believes his case will
fall, supporting his claim by afflda-
Wits which are part of the question
naire, and waiver of all claims for
deferred classification.
Within each class the order of Ii
ability for service as determined by
the National drawing, is retained.
The effect of the order is to make
every man in the first class immed-
lately available for draft in the ord
er of his serial number. When the
first class Is exhausted, the second
class similarly becomes available and
so on down the list.
While the questions go deeply in
to the fitness and civil condition of
the registrant, they are not all diffi-
cult to answer, and when filled out
is the only document the Local
Board will have to consult in order
TO determine the registrants mill
tary status and the order of cali.
In the first class are included all
those single men who are without
dependents of any kind. married
men who have failed to support fam
IS. unskilled iaborers and those
who fall to return to the Local
| Board the QUESTIONABLE properly
filled out. In this class are also those
men whose families are independent
of their labor for support.
The second class consists of men
whose wives or families are not
mainly dependent on their labors for
support for the reason that there are
other reasonably certain sources of
support. excluding earnings or pos
sible earnings OF the wife, and men
whose wives are skilled workers, en-
gagged in q useful occupation or in
which there is an immediate open
ing for her under conditions that
will enable her to support herself. In
this class also are skilled farm and
industrial laborers.
The third class consists of men
with dependent children not their
own, but toward whom they stand
in the relation of parent; men with
dependent, aged or infirm parents,
men with dependent helpless broth
ers or sisters, and county or munich
pal officers. Many others are in this
class. including employees of post Of
fees, custom houses, workmen in
arsenals and employees in necessary
industries.
The fourth class consists of men
whose wives or children are mainly
dependent on their labor for support,
mariners and heads of industries
necessary for the conduct of the war
The fifth class consists of legisla-
tive, executive and judicial officers,
regular or duly ordained ministers,
persons in the military or naval SER
vice, alien enemies, resident aliens,
not enemy who claim exemption, and
licensed pilots. In this class also
are included persons who are mem
bers of religious sects forbidding
members to participate in war.