Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-12-14
FACTS ABOUT
SECOND DRAFT
Divides 100000 Men Into Five Class.
es and Reveals Order in Which
They VIII be Called.

iHS h'e CidSStS llllO WHICH S,UUU,-
600 men registered for military duty
and those who are registered here
laftcr-are divided and the order in
which they will be called for service
were officially announced recently in
the provost-marshal-ge ques-
tionnairc which every registered man
musst fill out and file The order
shows some change from the tentative
draft published some time ego.
Contrary to some published REPORTS
it does not exempt married men as Il
class, but does place married men with
dependent wives and children far
down ON the list of tables. In fact,
the questionairs indicates that only
men of the first class will be called
to colors except in the gravest IN
mergency.
The five official classifcations of re-
gistrants follow:
Class One
(a) Single men without dependant
relatives.
I (b) Married man with CIR without
children, or father or mctlcrless chill
dren who has habitually failed TO sup
port his family.
(c) Married mai dependent on wife
for support.
(d) Married man, with or without
children, or father of mothcrlcss chill
dren; man not usefully engaged. fam
lily supported by income Independent
of his labor.
(e) Unskilled farm laborcr.
| (fN IIpcl.;ltoJ inJ, a ,in l>h
Registrant, by or in respect of whom
no deferred classification is claimed Or
made.
RegiGtrant who fails to submit ques-
tionnaire and in respect of whom no
deferred classification claimed or made
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Class Two.
(a) Married man wit: children, or
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 the
reason that there are other reasonably
certain sources of adequate support
| Excluding earnings or possible earn
ings from the labor of Che wife,, avail
able, and that the removal of the re-
gistrant will not deprive such depend
ents of support
(b( Married man, without children,
whose wife, although the registrant
is engaged in useful occupation, is
not mainly dependendcnt upon his la
Dor for support for the reason that
the wife is skilled in some special
class of work which she is physically
able to perform and in which she en-
ployed, or in which there is an i'm
mediate opening for her under condi-
lions that will enable her to support
herself decently and without suffer
ing any hardship.
(c) Necessary skilled farm labor
ers in necessary agricultural enter
prise.
I'D Necessary skilled industrial la
borer in necessary industrial enter
prise.
Class Three
(a) Man with dependent children
mot his own, but toward whom he
he stands in relation of parent.
% Man with dependent aged or
infirm parents.
(c) Man with dependent helpless
brothers OF sisters.
(d) County or municipal officer.
(e) Highly trained fireman or po-
liccman. at least three years in ser
vice of municipality.
| (f) Necessary custom-hQuse clerks.
(g) Necessary employee of United
States in transportation of the mails.
| (h) Necessary artifier of workman
in United States armory or arsenal.
Cd Necessary employee in service
[ of United States.
ID Necessary assistant, associate,
or hired manager of necessary agri-
cultural enterprise.
! (k) Necessary highly specialized
technical or mechanical expert of cX-
pert of necessary industrial enterprise
| Cd Necessary assistant or associ-
ate manager of necessary industrial
enterprise.
Class Four.
(a) Man whose wife or children>are
mainly dependent on his labor for sup
port.
% Mariner actually employed in
| sea service of citizen OF merchant IN
the United States.
,(c) Necessary sole managing con-
troller, OF directing head Of neces-
sary agricultural enterprise.
Class Five.
(a) Officers, Legislative, executive
tor judicial of the United States or of
States, territory or District of Col
umbia.
CD Regular or duly ordained min
lister Of religion.
&c, Student. who on May IS, 1917,
was pcr;l;i .nG for ministry in re-
cognized schoai.
I'D Persons in military or naval
service Of the United States
(cl Alien enemy.
IF Resident alien not an enemy
who claims exenption.
tg) Person totally and permanent
" physically or mentally unfit for
military service.