The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-22

which shall be made under rules and
regulations prescribed by the pre>s
dent, except, any and every question
or claim for including or excluding
or discharging persons or classes OF
persons from the selective draft un-
der the provisions of this act au-
thorizing the president to exclude or
discharge from the selective draft:
Persons engaged in industries, in
Guiding agriculture, found to be nee
essary to the maintenance Of the
military establishment or the effective
operation of the military forces or
the maintenance of national interest
during the emergency
These Are Exempt.
THAT the vice president of the
United States. the officers, Legislative.
executive and judicial Of the United
States and of the several States, ter
ritories and the District of Columbia,
regular or duly ordained ministers os
religion, students who at the time o.:
the approval Of this act are preparing
for the ministry in recognized theo-
logical or divinity schools, and all
PERSONS in the military and naval SER
vice of the United States shall be ex-
empt from the selective draft herein
prescribed; and nothing in this ace
contained shall be construed to re-
Quire OF compel any person to serve
in any of the forces herein provided
for who is found to be member OF
any we'll recognized religious sect or
organization at present organized ana
existing and whose existing creed or
principles forbid its members to par
ticipate in war in any form and whose
religious convictions are against war
or participation therein in accordance
with the creed or principles OF sa'1
religious organizations, but no person
so exempted shall be exempted from
service in any capacity that the pres'-
dent shall declare to be noncombae-
ant: and the president is hereby au-
thorized to exclude or discharge from
said selective draft and from the
draft under the second paragraph or
section l hereof, or to draft for par
tial military service only from those
liable to draft as in this act provided,
persons of the following classes:
County and municipal officers, custom
house clerks. persons employed by the
United States in the transmission OF
the mails, artihcers and workmen en-
ployed in the armories, arsenals and
navy yards OF the United States, and
such other persons employed in the
service of the United States as the
president may designate: pilots; ma
riners actually employed in the sea
service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States; persons en-
Gagged in industries, including agricu'-
ture, found to be necessary to Inc
maintenance of the military estab-
lishment or the effective operation o:
the military forces or the maintenance
of national interest during the emer-
eencv. those in a status with respect
to persons dependent upon them for
support which renders their exclusion
or discharge advisable: and those
found to be physically or morally de-
ficient. No exemption or exclusion
shall continue when cause therefor
no longer exists: Provided, That not
withstand:ng the exemptions enumer-
ated herein, each State, territory ana
the District of Columbia shall be re-
quired to supply its quota in the pro
rortion that its population bears %
the total population of the United
States
This. in brief, is the machinery
which is being "a anidlv gotten in work
ino order for utilization.
The few points which are not spe-
o'fcallv mentioned. namely, the piac-
ing of the State drafting forces IN
the hands of the governors OF the DIFF
fornnt states will he recognized as de-
tails which are arranged by the war
department.
It is finally provided that should
those liable to duty fail to respond
tn proclamation or other notice, they
will, if apprehended, be taken before
the proper legal authorities, and IL
convicted, serve term of year IN
prison and then be placed in the fight
ing lines.
The number of males in South Car
olins at this time between 81 and 80
years Of age is 137,10o, and from this
number her forces are being drawn.