Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-04
PROVOST MARSHAL
MAKE MANY RULINGS
Questions as to the Proper
Handling of Draft by
Local and District Boards
Answered.

Ample time and opportunity has
now been allowed TO persons dosig.
mated as members OF Local Boards
to presenrany reasons they may have
for not serving as such. 1t is indis.
pensabla that the personnel of these
Boards be permanent BY Section
six Of the Selectiye Service Law per
sons designated to perform this ser
vice are as effectively drafted for
this duty as are the registrants who
are too selected for Military Service.
In the future members of Local
Boards will be excused from per-
forming his service only for the most
urgent reasons approved BY tho
Governor of their state. It Is re-
que ted that the Governor closely
scrutini2e each case presented to him
aud that he recommend the excuse
Of members Of Local Boards ONLY in
ease Of great hardship Unless the
Governor believes that the eytlec
presented is valid, substantial, ana
controlling the attention OF the per-
son saould be directed to Section six
OF the Law, and in case of further re-
fusal TO serve the case should he re-
ported to the nearest representative
Of the Federal Department of Justice,
These Instructions DO not apply Of
eoulso to members Of boards who are
20 be removed under instructions
from the War Department
No Board can receive final credit
On It's quota for any selected man un-
81 Woea has been received from the
Military authorities at the rendea-
gous o. llobilization camp that the
nan has been accepted into the mill
tary eryite of the United States.
Some men passed by the Local Board
will be exempted or disqualified on
appeal by the District Board and
some VIII be discharged for industrial
fca20ns by the District Board. Some
will be rejected at Mobilization
Camps. The number of persons pas
.el bY Local Boards who will be dis
'harged by District Boards or at Mo-
Camps is tentatively esti-
mated at about ten percent of those
passed by the Local Board There
ore Local Boards should continue to
all men up for examination until
hey have apparently filed their
,uota with ten percent additional
Local Boards have been ordered
o call two hundred percent Of their
luota for examination BY the sew
nth day after this eau is sent out
III claims for exemption and dis
.narsed by men called will be fled in
he Local Board. BY examining the
lumber and character and by con-
ideging the number Of persons re-
aeted physically the Board can
oughly estimate the number Of men
hat it will be necessary to call to
Ill their quota Immediately after
making this estimate, the Board
hould send out new aall computed
N the experience Of the first call
'his new call should be for enough
men to complete one hundred and ten
,ercent Of the quota
The State Department issues pass
Dorts to persons subject to draft only
when the application Is accompanied
~ permit by the Provost Marshal
General to leave the country. Until
august 5th applications for permits
gill continue to be made to this
,iiice but after that date such appli-
ations shall be made to local Boards
+ the Board is Of the opinion that
he application Is mcritorious it will
call the applicant for
service as prescribed by
regulations and will examine him
and receive claims of ex-
mption or discharge made by or in |
aspect of him in the Local Board |
{ will take waivers from the appli- |
ants of the periods Of time prescribed |
y Regulations for notice and for |
iling claims and will certify the |
ase to the District Board, by letter |
nd not on form l4G. together with |
he application for permit The |
district Board viii hear any appeal |
r claim for discharge that may be |
led in the case, will take waivers |
/ the periods Of time prescribed by |
equations for notice and for fling |
laims, and will make its decision
With the greatest possible expedition.
I the applicant is exempt or dis
harged the District Board will issue |
he permit stating therein that the |
erson hes been exempted or dis
harged and that the War Depart
lent has no objection to the issue |
+ a passport II the applicant is