New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

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persons designated as members OF Local Boards to present
any reasons they may have for not serving as such. 1t is
indispensable that the personnel Of these Boards be per-
mancnt. BY Section . Of the Selcctive Service Law per-
sons designated to perform this service are as effectively
drafted for this duty as are the resistrants who are to be
selected for military service. In the future members OF
Local Boards will be excused from performing this serv-
ice only for the most urgent reasons approved by the Gov
ernor OF their State. IT is requested that the Governor close
ly scrutinzc each case presented to him and that he recon-
mend the excuse Of members OF Local Boards only in case
Of great hardship Unless the Governor believes that the
excuse presented is valid. substantial and controlling, the
attention OF the person should be directed t. Section 6 of
the law, and in case OF further refusal to serve the case should
be reported 10 the nearest representative Of the Federal De
lartment Of Justice. These instructions do not apply, Of
course. to members OF Boards who are to be removed under
instructions from the War Department.
o. Subject, Dockets of Local Boards.
Local Boards must keep a complete docket Of every case
called, The case number shall be The order number OF the
person called. There shall be noted on the docket every &C
ton that is taken in respect Of the case. Printed docket
sheets will be distributed within the next week. In the mean
time, local Boards should keep the date for entry in their
docket on memorandum sheets for each case.
(). Subject, Number of person. to be called by Local Boards.
No Board can receive final credit on its quota for any
selected man until word has been received from the Military
authorities at the rendezvous or mobilization camp that the
man has been accepted into the Military Service of the United
States. Some men passed by the Local Board will be exempt
led or discharged on appeal by the District Board and some
viii be DISCHARGED for industrial reasons bv the District
Board. Some viii he rejected at mobilization camps. The
number OF persons passed Iy Iosal Boards who will be dis
charged by District Board, or 1T mobilization camps is ten
tativIy estimated at ahoat ton per cent of those passed by
the ocal Board. Therefore, Local Boards should continue
to call men up for examination until they have apparently fill
led their quota with ten per cent additional.
Local Board, have been ordered to call t#o hundred
per cent OF their quota for examination. By the seventh
day after this call j., sent out, all claims for exemption and
dis hargtS by men called win be filed in the Local Board.
BY examining the number and character Of these claims and
by considering HE number OF persons rejected ply ,jcaly the
Board can roughly estimate the number Of mon that it will
be necessary t. call To- fiji their quotas. Immediately after
making this estimate, the Board should send out a new call
computed on the experience OF the first call. This new call
should be Tor enough men to ~cotrllte one hundred and ten
per cent Of the quota.
Cd. Subject, Permits for Passports.
The State Department issucs passports to persons Sub
jcct to draft only when the application is accompanied by a
permit by the Provost Marshal General to leave the country.
Until August 9Th, applications for permits will continue to be
made To this office but after that date such applications shall
be made 10 Local Boards. If the Board is of the opinion that
the application is meritorious ii will Immediately call the ap-
phcant for Military Service. as prescribed by regulations, and
will examine him physically and receive claims of exemption
or discharge made by or in respect of him in the Local Board
1t will take waivers from the applicant Of the periods of time
by regulations for notice and for filing claims and
will certify the case of the District Board, by letter and not
on Form 40, together with the application for permit. The
district Board will hear any appeal or claim for DISCHARGE
that may be filed in the case, will take waivers of the periods
of time prescribed by regulations for notice and for filing
claims. and will make its decision with the greatest possible
cApclllpn. II the applicant IS exempted or DISCHARGED the
District Board will issue the permit stating therein that the
person has been exempted or discharged and that the War
Department has no objection to the issue of a passport. If
the applicant is held for Military Service the District Board
refuse the permit unless the District Board is convinced
that the absence will be merely temporary and that the ap-
Dlcants order number is so far down the list that he coujd
lot be included in the present draft. If the Board is so con-
ii may still issue the permit, but the Board will REQUIRE "
the applicant a signed statement of his address while
lbsent and that he understands his obligations under the law
md an engagement to keep himself informed of his proximity
o call and to return on call by the Local Board. If the ap-
Dhcant is held for Military Service the District Board will
lot certify the case to the Adjutant General but will return
he papers to the Local Board, which will keep such papers
e. Subject, Permits to go to Canada. Il
No passport is required by the State Department to 90
o Canada but persons subject to draft who ATTEMPT to cross
he line are often subject to delay while their cases are in
To obviate this delay, permits to 60 to Canada
may be issued in proper cases.
f. Subject, Service in Red Cross Ambulance Companies is not
Military Service within the meaning of the law and is not a =
valid claim for exemption OF discharge. =
If a Local Board elects to do so and a person called for .
hysical examination desires to have himself examined be- ,
ore the day set in his call, the Board may accomplish such 4
hysical examination before the day so set. But this pro- .
edrre shall not abridge the time prescribed in regulations .
'thin which claims of exemption or discharge, may be filed. :.
h.. Subject, Persons registered in two Jurisdictions. :
Section 90 prescribes the method by which a person reg :