The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-07-14

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Methods Of Making the Draft.
Upon organizing the local boards
will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards. which
they will number serially and list for
posting to public view. Then, after
having been advised of the method by
which the order Of liability for service
shall be determined and of the quota
to be drawn from Its territory (minus
credits for enllstments In the National
Guard or regular army, each board
will prepare list of persons designat-
ed for service In the order Of their liza
bility post the list, give II to the press
and within three days send notice to
each designated person by mail.
As the men so notified appear the
boards first will make physical ex-
| animation In accordance with special
regulations to be provided, bearing In
mind that all persons accepted by them
will be re-examined by army surgeons.
If the physical examination is passed
successfully, then comes the question
| OF exemption
Those Entitled to Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
Officers of the United States of the
states, territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers Of religion. stu
dents Of divinity persons In the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States, subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers. county or municipal officers,
customhouse clerks, workmen In fed
eral armories, arsenals and navy
yards, persons In the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail
ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex-
clusion desirable Ga married man with
dependent wife or child son Of de-
pendent widow, son Of dependent, aged
or infirm parent. or brother of depend
ent orphan child under sixteen years
Of age), those found morally deficient,
and any member Of any well-recog-
nized religious sect existing May 1S,
1917, whose creed forbids participation
In war and whose religious convictions
accord with the creed
Man or Vito May Make Claim.
| Claims for exemption because Of de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting aflidavits signed by the
wife and by the head of a family re.
siding In the same territory. A claim
by the wife or third party must be
| accompanied by two supporting afilda.
| Wits signed by heads OF families. Sim
| ilar rules govern claims on the grounds
Of other dependents when the depend
ents or third parties being authorized
to file claims with supporting afiidavlts.
In each case the board must be salts
fed before II grants exemption or dis.
charge that the dependent or depend
ents actually are supported mainly by
the fruits Of the mans mental or phys
ical labor.
Local boards are required, subject to
appeal, TO pass upon claims for exemp-
ton or discharge within three days af
ter the filing Of affidavits.
Must Decide In Five Days.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within five days after the closing
of proofs and their decisions are final.
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firmed the person in question stands
finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
on the ground Of employment In neces-
sary Industrial and agricultural occu-
pations the district boards must be con-
WINGED that the particular enterprise
affording such employment actually Is
necessary to the maintenance of the
military establishment of national in
terest during the emergency.
1.-The evidence must also establish"
the regulations say, "even IL the par
ticular industrial enterprise or particu-
lar agricultural enterprise Is found nee
essary for one of the above purposes,
that the continuance of such person
therein Is necessary to the maintenance
thereof and that he cannot be replaced
by another person without direct, sub
stantal material loss and detriment to
the adequate and effective operation of
the particular industrial enterprise or
agricultural enterprise In which he is
engaged"
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from time
| to time designate certain industries or
classes of Industries that are necessary
and the district boards Will be so no
tilted. 1t will be the duty of each
board. however, to ascertain the avail
able labor supply for such Industries
| outside the men called for military
service and to thke the result into con-
sideration in determining such things.
IF, In the opinion Of the district
board" this section Of the regulations
concludes, ''the direct, substantial, ma
terial loss 10 any such Industrial or az
ricultural enterprise outweighs the loss
that would result from failure to OBJ
tain the military service Of any such
person, a certificate of discharge may
be issued to him X X ""
| Certificates of exemption will not
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