Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-07-11

| Wuen WIG uies supporting am-
davit It must be upheld by an affidavit
from a head Of a family residing In
| the local area. When a wife does not
support, but herself makes application
| for q husbands discharge she must
! cover the same ground and have two
supporting afiidavits from heads Of
families residing In the local area. un-
less the wife liSes outside this area,
| In which case the afYidavits may come
from the area In which she lives.
When neither the wife nor the hus-
hand makes the application II may be
made by some one personally well &C.
quainted with such husband and his
wife, child or children" who has per
sonally made an Investigation Of the
sources OF income Of the wife, The
person fling such an application must
present Herewith the marriage certifl-
cate or certified copy Of 1t. or submit
the affidavits OF two persons who were
present when the marriage took place.
Similar procedure must be followed
IN the case Of amy son Of a widow de-
pendent upon his labor for support"
and In the case Of the "son OF aged
Of infirm parent or parents dependent
upon his labor for support" for the
father Of q motherless child or chill
dren under sixteen years Of age do
pendent upon his labor for support"
and for the brother Of child or chill
dren under sixteen years OF age who
has Chave, neither father nor mother
and u (are, dependent upon his labor"
What Labor Il.
Labor Il defined In this way:
For the purpose OF these rules and
regulations labor shall be construed
to mean bodily or mental exertion. It
may be either physical or Intellectual;
Il may be professional, mechanical,
commercial, clerical or agricultural,
and each Of these forms Of labor may
exist under notifications or IN com
bination with each other. The means
for the support Of the dependent o. DE-
pendents must be produced BY this IA
Dor, whatever It's character. IL need
not be wholly produced from II, but II
must be mainly 80. A dependent re-
ceiving support from a person whose
income Is derived from dividends or
rents cannot be said to be dependant
upon his labor. but II that income wsse
entirely the fruit Of professional o.
physical ton then such person would
Be dependent upon his labor.
For the purpose Of these rules and
regulations.~ Il Il added, by the term
aged or innrm' parent or parents Is
meant those persons who from old age
and fnnrmity are disabled from earn
ing the means Of supporting them
selves and who by reason Of such age
or inflrmity have become dependent for
the means Of support upon the person
In respect Of whom the claim II made.
II any person claiming exemption or
discharge shall file afiidavits in support
thereof. one such affidavit should con-
tain the statement that he binds him.
self to report at once in person 10 the
local board by which he was called and
notify 1t whenever the conditions ent-
Ting him to exemption or discharge
cease to exist"
Conscientious directors must, within
ten days after fling their claims. pre-
sent afhdavits setting forth:
That the applicant 'is member in
good faith and In good standing Of
well recognized religious sect or organ
ixation (givinx the name thereby or
ganixed and existing May Is, 1917, and
whose then existing creed or principles
forbid its members to participate In
war In any form, and that the religious
convictions are against war or partici-
patton therein, In accordance with the
principles Of said organization"
Must Support Contention.
This must he supported by an affida-
Wit from the clerk or minister Of the
organization. and Gin case any such
person substantiates in the opinion Of
the local board his claim. such local
board shall issue a certificate stating
that such person shall not be required
| or compelled to serve In any capacity
except in some capacity declared by the
president 10 be noncombatant"
Those found to be morally deficient"
are to be discharged upon presenta-
tion by any person to the local board
by which he was drawn for service Of
certificate Of the clerk of any court
OF record In the United States show
ing that the record Of such court dis
closures that such person was at time
stated convicted Of felony and SEN
fenced IN such court"
The district boards provided for are
to have reviewing powers for the most
part They WIN, however, have orig
inal authority In the matter Of "all
questions or claims for including or
excluding or discharging persons arts
ing under the following provisions Of
the act Of congress authorizing the
president to exclude or discharge per
sons engaged IN Industries. including
agriculture found to BE- necessary to
the maintenance Of the military estab-