The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-07-05
PRESIDENT ISSUES
DRAFT EXEMPTION
Local Board to Pass Upon all
Claims May Appeal to
District Board


S, were issued today at the direction
of President Wilson. They leave to
be prescribed later the manner of de-
termining the order of liability of the
men registered but set forth in great
detail the method of arriving at ex-
emptions and the work generally Of
the local and district boards.
Exemption regulations add little to
the terms of the draft law, the ques-
ton of whether a man between the
ages of Fl and 80 is entitled to ex-
emption because of dependents, the
nature of his occupation or physical
unfitness being for the boards to de-
eide after proper investigation. 1t
is made very clear, however that
there are to be no class exemptions
and that each individual case must
be decided upon its merit
The Appeal Boards
The local boards will pass upon
claims for exemption, except those
based upon industrial or agricultural
occupations, subject to appeal to the
district boards. All cases involving
agricultural or industrial exemptions
will be passed upon by the district
boards-one for each federal judicial
district-which also will decide APP
peals from decisions of the local
boards.
In the near future a date will be
set by Brigadier General Crowder,
provost marshal general for the
meeting and organization of the
boards. At the same time it is ex-
pected that the selection regulations
will be promulgated so that process
may be put under way without de-
lay. The present intention is to call
the selected to the colors about Sep
TENDER LIST, or as soon thereafter as
the environments to house them can
be completed.
Method of Notification
Upon organizing, the local boards
will take over from the 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 quota is to
be drawn from its territory (minus
credits for enlistments in the nation
al guard or in the regular army |
each board will prepare list of per-
sons designed for service in the order
of their liability, post the list, give
it to the press and within three days
send to each designated person by
mail.
Physical Examination
AS the men so notified appear, the
boards first will make a 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 examina-
ton is passed successfully, then
comes the question of exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board includ-
ed;
The Exemption
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
itary or naval service of the United
S ,s..fes, ss..h hiets Ct Germany, all
other aliens who have not taken out
first papers, county or municipal Of
ficers, custom house clerks, workmen
in federal armories, arsenals and
navy yards, persons in the federal
service designated by the president
for exemption, pilots merchant ma
rine sailors, those with a status with
respect to dependents which render
their expulsion desirable Ia married
man with dependent wife or child,
son of dependent widow, son of de-
pendent, aged or infirm parent, or
brother of dependent orphan child
under 16 years of age; those found
morally deficient and any member of
any well recognized religious sect,
existing May 1S, 1917, whose creed
forbids participation in war and
whose religious convictions accord
with the greedy
Claims for Exemption
Claims for exemption because Of
dependents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by third party who has person.
ally Investigated the case. A claim
made by the husband must be ac-
companied by supporting affidavits
signed by the wife and by the head of
a family residing in the same terri
tory.
A claim by the wife or third par