Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-27

To-Day all details OF the calling
of 625. 900 troops, the first contingent
Of the draft army.
In a statement accompanying the IN
nouncement Of the regulations. the
president called upon the board to do
thei work fearlessly and impartially
n to remember that "our armies at
the front will be strengthened and
sustained if they be composed of men
free from any sense of injustice in their
mode OF. selection
Registration, Selection, Exemption.
There are three steps in the organi-
cation process OF the national army as
prescribed by congress-. They are reg
,istration. selection mo exemption. The
first+tep has been carried through and
approximately 100000 men between
II INC 81 years old nave been regis
Tired. The regulations issued today
Cover in detail the operations of the
third step, exemption.
Information concerning the seconx.
step in The series is still lacking. ara
officials are guarding closely the meah-
cd by which selection is to be Applied.
The exemption regulations announce
that the boards Will be advised of the
selection process later, although none
of the steps prescribed, except the or
~ganization of the boards, can be carried
on until the selection machinery has
furnished the anne of the men whose
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the boards are to adjudge.
There is n hint as to how the Sc
lection machinery is to work. The local
boards are directed upon organization
to AXE over from the registration pre-
cincts the cards and lists OF the men
registered on June S, and as their first
duty to provide a serial number for
each registration card. This has given
support to the belief that the selection
Is to be by numbers. Reports were
current recently hat the selection
was to be made in Washington.
September Tentative Date.
Presumably the process of selection
will be announced only a short time be-
fore it is put in operation. When that
has been the tentative date set for call
ing G25.000 of the first contingent to the
colOrs for training. Progress with con-
structfoh of the l divisional canton
ments for the troops will govern that
action. 1t is now believed there will be
no serious delay.
The exemption regulations, as issued,
add little to the terms of the draft
law. the question of whether a men be
tween. the ages of 81 and 81 is entitled
to exemption because Of dependents,
h nature of his occupation, or ply
cal unfitness being for the boards to
decide after proper investigation. 1t is
made very clear, however, that there
are to be no class exemptions. n that
a individual case must be decided
on its merits.
Phys;eal Qualification Considered.
IA the men so notified appear. the
boards first will make a physical ex-
animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided. bearing in
mind that all persons accepted by them
Will be reexamtnated by army
If the physical examination is passed
successfully. then comes the question
of exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
Officers of the United States. of
the states. territories n the Dis
trict of Columbia; ministers of re-
ligion. students of divinity. per-
sons in the military or naval SER
III OF the United States. subjects
OF Germany, all other aliens who
have not taken out first papers,
county or municipal officers. Gus
tom house clerks, workmen in fed
eral armories, arsenals and navy
yards. persons in the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine
sailors, those with a status with re-
spect to dependents which renders
their exclusion desirable "a mar
rled man with dependent wife or
child, son OF a dependent widow,
son OF a dependent aged or infirm
parent, or brother Of dependent or
phan child less than 16 years odd,
those found morally deficient, and
any members of any we'll recog-
ntzed religious sect existing May
Ii. 1917, whose creed forbids parti-
cipatiOn in war and whose religious
convictions c with the creed.
How Claims May Be Made.
Claims for exemption because of de-
pendents may be made by the man him.
self. his wife. or. other dependents, or
by a third party, who has personally
investigated h Ease. A claim made by
the husband must be accompanied by
two supporting affidavits signed by
the wife and the head of n family living
In IN same territory. A claim by the
wife Or = third party must be eccom-
panied by two supporting affidavits
signed by heads OF families.
Similar rules govern claims on the
grounds Of other dependents. the de-
pcndents or third parties being author
ICED to file claims with supporting affi-
davtt9. 4 each ase the board must
b~0saAalsfled before It grants exemption
discharge that the dependent or de-
pendents actually r supported mainly
IN fruits of the mans mental or,
bhysfcal labor.
Text of Regulation.
The text Of the regulations regarding
an exemption claim by a married man
With dependent wife or child illustrates
the method prescribed for similar cases.
- follows:
Those In a status with respect
70 persons dependent upon them for
support which renders their exclusion
discharge desirable.
&c Any married man whose wife or
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neutrality-suspicious. to such local
b08rd. 1t any time within 10 dava after