Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-07-06

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each designated person by mail.
Persons to Be Exempted.
As the men so notified appear, the
boards first viii make physical exam.
ination In accordance with special reg
ulations to be provided, bearing In
mind that all persons accepted by
J them will be re-examined by army sur
geons. II the physical examination is
passed successfully. then comes the
question of 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 mil
iiary or naval service of the United
States; subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first pa
pers, county or municipal officers, GUS
| tom house clerks, workmen in federal
armories arsenals. navy yards, per-
sons Id the federal service designated
by the president for exemption, pilots,
merchant marine sailors, those with 4
status with respect to dependents
which renders their exclusion desira-
Bile Ga married man with dependent
wife or child, son of dependent wild
ow, son of dependent, aged or infirm
parent, or brother OF dependent orphan
child under 16 years of age) those
found morally deficient and any mem
Der of any wcll-recognized religious
sect existing May IS, 1917, whose creed
forbids participation in war and
whose religious convictions accord
with the creed.
Claims for exemption because of
dependents may be made by the man
himself his wife or utner dependents
or by third party who. has person
ally investigated the case. A claim
made by the husbanS must be accom-
panied by supporting affldavits signed
by the wife and by the head of fam
| lily residing in the same territory. A
claim by the wife or a third party
must be accompanied by two support
ing afidavits signed by heads of fam
lilies. Similar rules govern claims on
the grounds Of other dependents when
the dependents or third parties being
authorized to file claims with support
ing affidayits. In each case the board
must be satisfied before it grants eX-
emption or discharge chat the depend
ent or dependents actually are sup
ported mainly by the fruits OF the
mans mental or physical labor.
| Local boards are required, subject
to appeal, to pass upon claims for ex-
emption or discharge within three
DAYS after the filing of affidavits.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within five days after the clos
ing of proofs and their decisions are
final. If the ruling Of a local board is
affirmed the person In question stands
finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
on the ground of employment In nee.
essary industrial and agricultural oc-
equations the district boards must be
convinced that the particular enter
prise affordlng such employment actu-
ally is necessary to the maintenance of
the military establishment or national
interest during the emergency.
Certificates of exemption will not
necessarily be permanent They may
be revoked with changing conditions or
may be granted only for prescribed
periods.
Begin Choosing Officers.
While the steps are being carried
Jut for getting together the men of
the national army the war department
is making progress with the even
more difficult task of finding officers
for the force. Part of these will come
from the sixteen officers training
camps. The first 10000 of the 10000
men at the camps will be selected for
4 commissions in the first increment OF
the new army. That is less than half
the number of officers necessary.
The war department has approved
recommendations or commanders ot
regular regiments which will commits
sion 1000 or more regular non-com
missioned officers to be captains IN
the first 625,000 of the national army
1t is understood that more than fifty
men from each regiment, in addition
to those now at the officers training
camps. will be given commissions fol
the period of the war.
A trained and experienced regular
officer will command each regiment oil
the national army. TO aid him he viii
have several other regular officers eN
perienced In particular lines, such as
his adiutant, ut least one maior and
his ordnance and quartermaster Off
GERS. The remainder Will come from
the reserve lists, the training camps oil
the ranks of the regular service.
On VERGE Of Civil War.