The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-23
GRAFT PLAN LEAKS 0UI
Becomes Known Week Ahead Of
Time.
Five CIassifications of Registrants, Ap.
proved by President, Told
at Banquet.

washington, Oct. %. - The five
classihcations into which men await
ing draft will be divided under the
new regulations approved by Presi-
dent Wilson, have become public much
before the time planned by the pro-
vost marshal generals office and are
here published.
1t has been discovered that what
was to have remained an official secret
for a week or more was divulged Sat
urday night at a dinner in New York
which Secretary N. ID. Baker and
Provost Marshall General Z. N. Crow
der attended. The provost marshal
general discussed the new regulations.
without intending to make public the
cassitications, but members of a New
York local exemption board. thinking
to elucidate the generals speech.
printed the classifications on the back
of the menu card
The classifications are as follows.
and show every man registered, to
which class he belongs and in what
order the different classifications will
be called to service.
CLASS 1.
iDsingle man without dependent
2-Married man Cor widower with
port his family.
married man dependent on wife
for support
4-Married man Cor widower. with
en- cs,hildrenl not ysefully engaged, fam
ny supported by income independent
5-Men not included in any other de-
scription i'm this or other classes.
e-unskilled laborer.
CLASS z.
MARRIED man or father of mother
less children, usefully engaged but
family has sufficient income apart from
ms daily labor to afford reasonably
adequate support during his absence
married man. no children, wife can
support herself without hardship
S-Sktlled farm laborer engaged in
necessary industrial enterprise
4-Skilled Industrial laborer engaged
IN necessary agricultural enterprise
CLASS 3.
Man with foster children depend
ont on daily labor for support
2--Man with aged, infirm or invalid
parents or grandparents dependent on
daily labor for support
3-Man with brothers or sisters in
competent to support themselves, de-
pendent on daily labor fUr support.
4-Gounty or municipal officers
5-F1femen or policemen.
Necessary artificers or workmen
In arsenals, armories and navy yards
Necessary custom house clerks
S-Persons necessary in transmission
of mails.
s-Neeessary employees in service of
the United States.
10-Hlghly specialized administrative
experts;
1l-Technlcal or mechanical experts
In Industrial enterprises
l2-Htghly specialized agricultural
expert in agricultural bureau of state
or nation.
13-Assistant or associate manager
OF necessary industrial enterprise
14-Assistant or associate manager
OF necessary agricultural enterprise
CLASS 4.
married man with wife (and)
children Cor widower with children)
dependent on daily labor for support
and no other reasonable adequate sup
2-Marines in sea service of mer-
chants or citizens in the United States.
S-Heads OF necessary Industrial en-
4-Heads of necessary agricultural
CLASS 8.
1-Officers of states or the United
States.
2-Regularly or duly ordained minis
ters
3-Students OF divinity.
4-PeTsons In military or naval serv-
tee
5-Aliens.
6-Alien enemies.
Persons morally unnt.
S-Persons physically, permanently
or mentally unfit.
9-Licensed pilots
Persons exempted in the first draft
probably will be assigned to places un.
der the new classifications.