Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-07-05
Local Draft Board.

j. William klQer, OF Harper TtIIy
district, and Capt. H. c. GetzendanneI
and DR.. VIM. Neill, OF Charles Town,
have been appointed as members OF the
local draft board for Jefferson county
which will select from the registered LIST
the men who will be called for army ser
vice. The Berkeley county board is
composed OF c. w. Thatcher, DR.. S. N.
Myers and DR.. w. T. Henshaw, all OF
Martinsburg. The various registration
boards have made final returns OF the
registration. and the next problem is the
selection of eligibles from this list. Ma
ior George S. Wallace has advised the
new draft boards that the work now de-
volving upon them is national war ne
cessity OF The most urgent sort. Each
draft board consists, OF three members
physician and representatives OF both
political parties. There is one board
for each county-except that in the very
populous counties OF Kanawha, Ohio,
Mcdowell, Fayette, Cabell, Harrison,
Mercer and Marion there are two or more
boards.
The President made public on Monday
the regulations which will govern the
selection OF men for the army. Upon
organizing, the local draft boards will
take over from the registration boards the
registration cards, which they will num-
Der serially and list for posting to public
view. Then after having been advised
of the method by which the order OF liza
bilty for service shall be determined and
of the quota to be drawn from its territory
minus credits for enlistments in the Ma
tional Guard or regular army each board
will prepare list of persons designated
for service in the order OF their liability,
post the list, give il 10 the press and with
in three days send notice to each desig-
mated person by mail.
As the men so notified appear, the
boards first will make physical examl-
nation, in accordance with special regu-
lations TO be provided, bearing in mind
that all persons accepted by them will be
re-examined by army surgeons. II the
physical examination is passed success
fully, then comes the question OF exemp-
ton.
Persons who must be exempted or dis
charged by the local board include: Dill
GERS OF the United States, OF the States,
territories and the District OF Columbia /;
ministers OF religion, students OF divinity,
persons in the military or naval service
OF the United States, subjects ofGermany;
all other aliens who have not taken out
first papers; county or municipal officers,
customhouse clerks, workmen in federal
anmories, arsenals and navy yards, per-
sons in the federal service designated by
the President for exemption; pilots, mer-
chant marine sailors, those with status
with respect TO dependents which renders
their exclusion desirable Ia married man
with dependent wife or child, son OF de-
pendent widow, son Of dependent, aged
or infirm parents, or brother OF depend
emf orphan child under sixteen years OF
age those found morally deficient, any
member OF any well-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 de-
pendents may be made by the man HIM
self, his wife or other dependents, or by
third party who has personally inveSti-
gated the case. A claim made by the
husband must be accompanied by sup
porting affidavits signed by the wife and
by the head OF family residing in the
same territory. A claim by the wife or
third party must be accompanied by two
supporting affidavits signed by heads OF
families. The affidavits OF husband and
vile, il is set forth in the regulations,
must show under oath that the Claimant
for exemption is the sole support OF the
wife and children, if any, the form OF afii-
davt being set forth in the regulations.
The affidavit from the third individual
must state that, to the best OF the atlantis
knowledge and belief, the wife and family
Of the exemption claimant are wholly and
entirely dependent upon the husband
claiming exemption.
Exemptions will be made for physical
incapacity. Crippled persons, if drafted,
will OF course have TO appear before
medical examiner, but will be immediate
ly excused from service. In the first
CPS 900 conscripts the following physical
ailments will dlsqualify: Heart disease,
flat feet, eye diseases or arrangements
which cannot be cured by glasses, tu-
berculosis and other chest diseases cancer
serious affection OF the kidneys Or liver,
varicose veins, infectious blood diseases.