Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-12-20
NEW ARMY REGISTRATION

! tary enlistments in the United
States army of registered men
| will be forbidden, exsept for
certain medical and dental
! students.
| Uncle Sam will select his
/ fighting men from the list of
100000 men who tomorrow
! will begin to answer 148 search
! ing questions, the answers to
which willdeterminetheir ability
to military service.
The QUESTIONABLE autoInat-
licaliy revokes all exemptions and
! discharges under the first draft.
Failure to return answers in
seven days after received makes
the registrant liable to a year in
prison. Mailing of the list by
the local board constitutes legal
notice to the registrant. Fail
ure to receive is no excuse.
Detailed Information
The questions are framed to
draw outevery hitof information
that maybe of valueto the boards
in fixing thecla towhich aname
is to be assigned. No detail of
the status Of dependents, or Of
possible or aceualoutside sources
Of income, has been overlooked.
The registrant, after filling in
! the inside of his QUESTIONABLE,
indicates on the front the class
to which he believes he should be
assigned. 1t the board agrees,
there is no further action nee
essary by either party until the
individual comes due for mill
tary service and is called up for
physical examination. If the
board disagrees and places the
registrant in another class, the
machinery for appeal to the dis
trict board is set in motion auto
f, matically.
OF the 100000 men who will
receive the lengthy question:
naire, it is estimated 100000
Will be assigned to the first class
and subject to duty with the
colors before any man in any
other class is called.
The first class will be made up
of the following:
Persons in First Class
A-Single man without de-
pendent relatives.
B-Married man, with or
without children, or father of
motherless children, who has
habitually failed to support his
family.
c. Married man dependent
on wife for support.
D--Married man, with or
without children, or father Of
motherless children; man not
usefully engaged, family sup
ported by income independent of
his labor.
E-Unskilled farm labor.
F-Unskilled industrial labor
er. Registrant by or in respect
Of whom no deferred cIassifi-
cation is claimed or made. Reg
istrant who fails to submit
QUESTIONABLE and in respect of
whom no deferred classification
is claimed or made.
All registrants not included in
any other division in this sched-
ule.
Legal and medical advisory
boards in every community will
aid the registrant in making his
answers. He will indicate in
what occupations he considers |
himself expert, and from that |
list it is purposed to create sep
arate groups Of men trained in !
any particular trade or profess |
sion should the need arise for
them.
Divided Into Five Glasses
The men will be divided into
five classes. The fifth, composed /
Of the following, will be exemnt-
ed or discouraged from draft.
A-Ohicers, legislative, execu-
tive, or judicial, Of the United
States or of State, Territory, or
District Of Columbia.
Irregular or duly ordained
minister of religion.
C-Student who on May 18,
19l7was preparing for ministry
in recognized school.
D-Persons in military or
naval service Of the United
States.
E-Allen enemy.
Resident alien (not an
enemy who claims exemption.
G-Persoa totally ard 80
mananently physically ormental-