The L'Anse sentinel., 1917-11-24
.CROWDER CANCELS
DRAFT EXEMPTIONS
All Registrants Not in Service to
Be Classified.
RULES IN EFFECT NOV. 20
Glass Two viii Be Summoned Into
Active Service Only After Class
One Is. Entirely Ex-
hausted.

Washington, Nov. 16.-All exemp-
tions and discharges in the first draft
Will be Cancelled by the new regulations
that take effect November 20.
The new regulations announced by
Provost Marshal General Crowder call
for the classification of all reglstrants
not now I'm the service. The process
of selection and classification VIII be-
gin on December 10.
Under the new system only I'D forms
will he used by the local boards. Most
of them are postal card forms. The
old system used approximately $50
complicated forms.
Crowder Issues Statement
In preliminary statement issued
here the provost marshal general says:
"The new regulations not only re-
peal all preceding regulations, but
cancel all exemptions and discharges
which have been granted by local
boards under the present system. This
will restore every man to his original
status, and the local boards will SEND
II questionnaire to every man who IL
not In the service.
"Under the new regulations the local
boards will send out ) per cent of their
auestionnaires each day for period
covering 20 days. This method of dis
tribution will allow the local boards.
with the aid of their legal advisory
boards and other volunteers, to In
la
questionnaire without the confusion
and congestion which would attend
the effort 10 require Il larger num-
Der.
Men Ready for Service.
"The military needs of the nation re-
auire that there be provided In every
community list of names of men who
shall be ready to be called into service
Mt any time. The economic needs OF
the nation, while deferring TO the
paramount military necessity, require
that men whose removal would Inter
| fere with the civic, family, Industrial
and agricultural Institutions Of the ma
ton shall be taken In the order N
| which they best can be spared. For
this reason the names of hll men liable
| to selection shall be arranged In five
| classes in the inverse order of their
| Importance 1the economy interests or
| the nation. which include the main
| tenance of necessary industry and ag-
riculture AMI The support of depend
| ents.
"The group Of registrants within the
| Jurisdiction Of each local board is taken
as the unit to be classified Within
each class the order Of liability is de-
| termined by the drawing. which has
| hitherto assigned Ia every man an or
| der of availability for military service
| relative to all meE not permanently or
temporarily exempted or discharged
Call All Class First.
| "The effect of classification in Class
| I Is To render every man so classified
presently liable 10 military service in
the order determined by the national
drawing The effect OF classification
in Class is to grant temporary dis
| charge from draft, effective until Glass
| in the Jurisdiction of the same local
| board Is exhausted. The effect Of
| classification In Glass 3 Is 10 grant n
| temporary discharge from draft, ef-
fective until Classes and in the iur-
! isdiction of the same local board are
| exhausted; and similarly Glass 4 be-
comes liable only when Classes ]. 2
and ; are exhausted. The effect Of
classification in Class 5 Is To grant ex-
emption or discharge from draft. The
term deferred classification as used
in these regulations is equivalent to
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