Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-13

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to public view. Then, after
having been advised Of the method by
which the order of liability for service
shall be determined and Of the quota
to be drawn from It's territory (mlnus
credits for enlistments In the National
or regular army, each board
will prepare a list Of persons deslgnat-
ed for service I'm the order Of their liza
bllity, post the list, give It to the press,
and within three days send notice 10
each designated person by mail.
AS 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 re-examlned by army surgeons.
II the physical examination Is passed
successfully. then zones the question
Of exemption.
Those Entitled 70 Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include
officers Of the United States. Of the
states, territories and the District Of
Columbia ministers Of religion, stu
dents of divinity, persons in the mill
tary or naval sertice Of the United
States, subjects Of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
c~ustOmhouse 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 sail
ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex-
clusion desirable On married man with.
dependent wife or child, son of a de
pendent widow, son Of dependent, aged
or lnfirm parent, or brother of depend
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age), those found morally deficient,
and any member of any well-recOg.
nized religious sect existing May IS,
1917, whose creed forbids participation
In var and whose religious convictions
accord with the creed.
Man or wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because OF de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by a third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting afidavits signed by the
wife and by the head Of a family re.
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or a third party rus be
accompanied by two supporting afida.
Wits signed by heads of families. Sim.
liar rules govern claims on the grounds
Of other dependents when the depend.
ents or third parties being authorized
to file claims with supporting afidavits
In each case the board must be salts
fed before It grants exemption or dis
charge that the dependent or depend
ents actually are supported mainly by
the fruits of the mans mental or phys
ical labor.
Local boards are required, subject t.
appeal, to pass upon claims for exemp
ton or discharge within three days at
ter the filing OF afidavits.
Must Decide In Five Days.
District boards must decide appea.
cases within five days after the closinl
Of proofs and their decisions are final
If the ruling Of a local board Is af
frm0d the person in question stand.
finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
On the ground of employment in neces
sary Industrial and agricultural occu
patiOns the district boards must be con
WINGED that the particular enterprisl
affording such employment actually II
necessary to the maintenance Of TIN
military establishment Of national in
terest during the emergency.
"The evidence must also establish,
the regulations say, "even If the par
ticular Industrial enterprise or particu
lar agricultural enterprise is found nee
essary for one of the above purposes
that the continuance Of such person
therein is necessary to the maintenance
thereof and that he cannot be replace,
by another person without direct, sub
stantial material loss and detriment {,
the adequate and effective operation o
the particular Industrial enterprise o
uSAlNulLul II tlltl BAlot III Nnl'h hN 4
engaged"
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from tim
to time designate certain industries o
classes Of Industries that are necessar
ard the district boards will be so nc
tilted. It will be the duty Of eacl
board, however, to ascertain the avail
able labor supply for such lndustrie
outside the men called for militRr
service and to take the result into con
slderatiOn In determining such thing,
IF, In the opinion Of the dlstriC
board" this section Of the regulation
concludes, "the direct, substantial, ms
terial loss TO any such Industrial or ag
ricultural enterprise Outweighs the los
that would result from failure to OF
tain the military service Of any sue
person, a certificate of discharge ma
be Issued to him X X X"
Certificates Of exemption will nc
necessarily be permanent. They ma
be revoked with changing conditions