Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-14

CLASS0ROER
DRAFT CALLS
Married Men as Whole are
Not Exempted From
Service.

Washington. Nov. 2i.-The five
classes into which nine million
men registered for military duty
and those who are registered here
affer-are. divided and the order
in which they will be called for
service were officially announced
today in the provost marshal gen.
erals QUESTIONABLE which every
registered man must fill out and
file. The order shows some
changes from the tentative draft
published some time ago.
Contrary to some published reports
it does not exempt married men as a
class, but it does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list of tables. In fact,
the QUESTIONABLE indicates that only
men of the first class will be called to
the colors except in the gravest
emergency. The five official classifi-
cations of registrants follows:
Those in Class One.
(A)-A single man without depend
ent relatives.
tB)-Married man, with or without
children, or father of motherless chill
dren who has habitually failed to sup
port his family.
(C)-Married man dependent on
wife for support
tD)-Married man, with or without
children, or father OF motherless chill
dren; man not usefully engaged; fam
lily supported by income independent
of his labor.
(E)-Unskilled farm laborer.
fF)-Unskilled industrial laborer.
Registrant by or in respect of whom
no deferred classification is claimed OF
made
/ Registrant who fails to submit ques-
! tionaire and in respect Of whom nc
deferred classification IS claimed OF
made
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
| Second Class Status.
(A)-Married man with children Of
/ father of motherless children, where
such wife or children or such mother
] less children are not mainly depend
ent upon his labor for support for tht
! reason that there are other reasonably
certain sources. of adequate supper
Excluding earnings or possible earn
! ings from the labor of the wife) avail
able. and that the removal of the reg
istrant will not deprive such depend
ents of support.
% Married men. without children
whose wife, although the registrant il
tengaged in q useful occupation, is no
mainly dependent upon his labor 70
support, for the reason that the wifi
4 is skilled in some special class o
work which she is physically able b
perform and in which she is employed
or in which there is an immediat
opening for her under conditions tina
will enable her to support herself de
Gently and without suffering or hard
ship.
| Necessary skilled farm labo
| in necessary agriculture enterprise.
Necessary skilled industrial
labor in necessary industrial enter
prise.
Men in Third Glass.
! (A)-Man with dependent childrel
mot his own but toward whom h
stands in relation OF parent.
fB)-Man with dependent aged @
infirm parents.
Conan with dependent helples
brothers or sisters.
(D)-County or municipal officer.
(E)-Highly trained fireman or pc
liceman, at least three years in ser
vice of municipality.
UNNECESSARY custom house clerl
(G)-Necessary employe Of Unite
States in transmission of the mails.
Necessary artifieer or work
man in United States armory or al
senal.
Unnecessary employee in servic
of United States.
Unnecessary assistant, associat
FOR hired manager of necessary agr
/ cultural enterprise.
r Necessary highly specialize
g technical OF mechanical expert OF net
t essary industrial enterprise.
(L)-Necessary assistant or assoc
ate manager OF necessary industri;
:, enterprise.
: What Fourth Class Means.
u (A)Man whose wife or children al
! mainly dependent on his labor II
fl support.
Mariner actually employed
: sea service of citizen or merchant
!. the United States.
Il Necessary sole managing, COZ
e trolling or directing head OF necessal
E agricultural enterprise.
r fD)-Necessary sole managing, Co
: trolling, or directing head of nece
d sary industrial enterprise.
Fifth Class Grouping.
VI fA}-OfIcers: legislative, exeeuti'
II mr. judicial of the United States or
Fl state. territory or district Of Colur
T bia-
.e lB,-Regular or duly ordained mi
lister OF religion.