Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-12-06
LOCAL OFFICIALS AT END
PRELIMINARY WORK FOR
NEW DRAWING.
ALL OBLIGED TO ANswE|
Ignorance of Regulations Excuses Mo-
from Filling in Blanks on
Questionnaire.

/ VI IuC luduO county eXem
ton board have completed arrangement
for mailing out of questionnaires to ca,
OF the 1914 registered men in Il
county. All the blanks are ON han
and the board only awaits the arriv
of December Is to begin the actuu
work Of listing each man, with
peclal attention to his qualifications 4
military service, and his dependency
Mailing of the questionnaires will COZ
mence, in accordance with federal re
ulatlons. on December 15, and on tn,
day blanks will be mailed to S percei
OF the registered men in the count
On each following day, percent wi
be mailed, until QUESTIONABLE has bee
sent to each registered man in ii
county.
Must Answer Questions
1t is the duty of the registered me
to fill In answers to the questions an
return the blanks to the local boar
within seven days from the time the
they were sent out by the board. Fac
registered man is obliged to attend n
the matter of answering the question
Ignorance of the fact that he must an,
wer, is excuse to none. And, In en-.
a, registered man does not receive
QUESTIONABLE, he is under obligation N
investigate for himself, and see thai
ne does not receive QUESTIONABLE.
Local exemption boards, federal res
ulatons assert, are not obliged to al
the registered man in filling out thI
blank, but he is urged to 60, with hill
blank, before legal advisory eommit|
tee, appointed in each exemption dis1
trict, for advice as to how he. shall prt|
ceed. Attorney NJ r. Hattabauph /.
chairman of the committee in .idah
county. His appointment, by GovernoI
Alexander has been approved by Pre7
vost Marshal General Crowder.
Aid to Local Board.
"The legal advisory boards that hav
been constituted in your vicinity" ga
the orders to the local boards, "are pro
vided for the purpose of advising rees
istrants and Of giving them actual as
sistance in preparing their questionnaiI
res. Your work will be greatly rel
lieved if you will make all registrantI
understand that they should 20 to thei
legal advisory boards before submittint|
questionnaires. Even if they feel tina
they can make their questionaires ou
themselves they should 90 to thes,
boards and have their completed quesl
tionnaires examined.
"Te government needs your service
in making the actual classification and
you should devote your entire time I'd
the work which the government had
laid out for you.
Big Rush Is Expected.
A rush of work for the local exempt
tion board is anticipated, in connection
with mailing of the questionnaires, ane
listing the answers, and for that reason
the war department has decided to re
lieve tie local boards throughout tht
county of detailed work in explaining l
the questionnaires to registered men.
Registered men who are residing
without the district in which they wert
registered are ordered to immediately
report to their home board their place
of residence, as is evidenced by the
following communication, just received
by Sheriff Lafe Yates, chairman of the
Idaho county board, from Adjutant
General Moody:
Telegram from Crowder.
The following telegram was received
from the provost marshal general, dat
ed Nov 20, 1917 and is published for
your information and guidance:
''Please cause the broadest and most
extensive and continuous possible pub
licity to be given through the adiutant
general, local and district boards, the
newspapers and by all other possible
means of warning to all registrants who
may have changed their places of abode
and post office address to communicate
Immediately with their local boards
where they are registered and furnish
their present addresses so that question.
naires which will begin to be mailed
December Is will reach such registrants
without delay. Registrants are bound
by law to keep themselves advised OF
all proceedings in respect of them and
failure to do so may result in Their
losing right to claim exemption or dis
charge. Please request newspapers Il
give this warning broad and continuou,
publication from this time until til,
process of mailing questonaires ha
been accomplished -
Exemptions Am Revoked.
No registered man is excused fron
answering the questions. Men who havp
been called for service under the frs
draft, and who have been exempted 70
physical or other reasons, are place
on an equal plane with those who hav
not been previously called. All exemt
tions are revoked on December Is.