The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-20
BOARD TO HEAR
CLAIMS TUESDAY
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|OAIIAhuCu CIOIl dRG OnG.
sent by the local board to the dis
trict board as one who has been call
cd for military service and net ex-
empted or discharged.
Within two days thereafter, if
practicable, a list of those so certi-
fed to the district board will be Civ
en- to the press with a request for
publication, will be posted in the Of
hces Of the local board accessible to
the public view, and notice will be
mailed to the address on the regis
tration card. Therefore, if the regis
trant has filed a claim for exemption
and proof in support thereof, watch
the notices in the Office of the local
board beginning about five days af-
ter the filing of the proof has been
made and see what disposition was
made of the case.
Further Sitting. ----~.-.-..
On Wednesday afternoon, COM
mencing at o'clock, the Cass county
examination board will sit again, for
the purpose of examining registrants
who were i'll and could not report
last week and those who were told to
report later.
The matter of hearing exemptions
In Cass county is about II or IL days
behind other cities in the east. Coun-
ty Auditor. Tucker says this is due
to the fact that the master list was
mailed out to the eastern cities
sooner than to the cities in the west.
An illegal Procedure,
The practice 4 adopted by local
exemption boards in some counties
of running through the entire regis-
tration list and reporting, to the dis
trtct board only registrants who do
not claim exemptions is not legal,
and will not be countenanced, Pro
vost Marshal Crowder advised Gov
ernor Frazier in a letter which the
latter has sent to the fifty-three
local boards in North Dakota, .-
Some county boards are proceed
ing to call the whole list of persons
registered and then to certify only
those who claim no exemptions, re-
CARELESS of whether their order of
obligation places them within the
quota, leaving the claims of exemp-
ton undecided or merely formally
allowing all of them without dis
elimination" wires General Crowd
er.
Call Men in Order Drawn.
I'm effect, this course permits
volunteering among registrants. The
method is Illegal and unauthorized.
All registrants stand in equality be-
fore the law. This practice results
in calling men out of their order.
The district boards must certify all
names to the district board. Great
care must be taken by the local
board to send no one to military
duty whose order of obligation is so
late as to make it improbable that
he will be within the total quota.
District boards should certify
to local boards those who
claim no exemptions and should also
act promptly on the cases of persons
whose order of obligation is early.
The first 80 per cent of the quota
may be composed of men whose
cases are decided, although the cases
of persons of prior obligations are
still pending in the district board.
When the second call is made Sept.
10, there will be enough appealed
cases within the exclusive jurisdic-
ton of the district board decided to
make up the second 80 per cent from
men whose order Of obligation is
early. The same will be true of the
80 per cent called Oct. 8, but care
must be exercised in the selection Of
the last 10 per cent to avoid includ-
ing anyone whose order of obligation
would not include him in The quota
while registrant whose order Of
obligation would result in his selec-
ton is allowed to evade service"
Boards Are Delayed.
Sufficient registrants must have
been accepted by each county board,
certified to the district board, and
by that board certified to the adult
ant general and back to the county
boards to fill the 80 per cent Of the
quota to be called Sept. 3d." said
Luther e. Birdzell in COM
menting upon the fact that some of
the local boards have not shown the
speed expected. Much of this delay
Is due to the fact that county audi
tors have been at the capital this
week attending sessions of the state
board of equalization. With their
of duty next week, more
progress may be anticipated. Some
Of the county boards are not certify
ing the names of men as accepted,
but evidently believe it the intent of
the law that no certif1cation be made
nntiI the county's quota is filled. This
Is not a correct Interpretation of the
Law, states Judge Birdzell and I'M
less these counties certify to the dis
trict be ard the names of men as they
are accepted they will not be ready
to supply their 30, per- cent Of the
total quota Sept. s.
Certified Partial lists.
Counties which have certified
partial lists to the district board to
date are Adams, Billings, Burke,
Dunn. Golden Valley, Grand Forks.
Griggs, Hettinger, LaMoure, Me-
Lean, Oliver, Pierce, Ramsey, Ran
som. Sheridan, Slope, Steele and
Towner. No reports have been re-
ceived from other counties. and the
board will have nothing from them
upon which II can act when IL con-
venes next Monday. The board will
work as rapidly as possible, and will
certify the names Of accepted men
to the local boards and to the adult
ant general beginning the third day
its converting.