The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-23
BULLETIN. OF MFORlNA TON
FOR PERSONS REGISTERED

Claims LOT QISCi1dESS NC AioN.S 80
any of the following grounds. which
are the only grounds for discharge by
a local board.
l. That you are county or NUM-
cipal Officer.
2. That you are customhouse
clerk.
g. That you are employed by the
United States in the transmission of
mails.
4. That you are an artificer or
workman employed in an armory, ar
senal, or navy yard of the United
5. That you are employed in the
service Of the United States (under
certain conditions). See paragraph
(e) of section 20, Regulations.
6. That you are licensed pilot reg
ularly employed il the pursuit of your
vocation
Z. That you are a mariner actually
employed in the sea service of any
citizen or merchant within the United
States.
s. That you are a married man with
a wife or child dependent on you for
support.
9. That you have a widowed mother
dependent on your labor for support
10. That you have aged or infirm
parents dependent upon your labor
for support
IL. That you are the father of
,motherless child under 6 dependent
upon your labor for support.
IL. That you are brother of an
| orphan child or children under 16 de-
pendent on your labor for support
ID. That you are a member of any
well-recognized religious sect or or
ganization organized and existent May
IS, 1917 and whose then existing
creed or principles forbade it's mem-
bers to participate in war in any form
and whose religious. convictions are
against war or participation therein
in accordance with the creed or prin-
ciples of said religious organization.
These are the only grounds for ex-
emption or discharge by a local board.
Another person can file a claim in
your behalf, but must use different
forms in filing the claim.
| VIII.
Ten Days After Filing Claim to File
Proof.
! Your claim of exemption or dis
/ charge must be filed within seven
days of the day on which notice to
you that you are called was posted
and mailed. But after you have filed
your claim for exemption or discharge
| you have ten days within which to file
proof.
| The method of proving claims is
very simple but it is rather exact. If
| you follow the rules given below YOU
will have done what is required of
| you.
i First Go to the local board and
consult the regulations to find out the
| form number of the affidavits that
you must submit for your particular
| claim.
| Second Ask the board for the
| blank affidavits that are necessary in
1 presenting your proof; if the board
! has not the forms, ask to consult the
pamphlet of forms.
Third. Have the affidavits properly
accomplished and return them to the
board within the time limit assigned
you--1o days from the filing, of Your
| claim. =
| Remember: =
(a) You must submit your proof in
/ the prescribed form and the board
| has no authority to exempt or dis
| charge you unless you submit all the
| affidavits required by regulations.
| (b) There will be no argument be-
| fore the board and no proof other
| than the prescribed affidavits unless
| the board calls for other proof which
| it will DO in only limited number
/ of cases.
When Claims Are Decided.
Every claim for discharge or ex-
! emption will be decided by the local
board within three days after YOUR
affidavits have been filed.
x
Certificate of Exemption or Discharge.
If your claim is allowed a certifi-
cate of exemption or discharge will be
issued to you.
Remember:
(a) This certificate may be recalled
at any time.
OBJ If it is temporary or condi-
| tional, it becomes of no effect when
the time or the condition named are
fulfilled
(c) You have been drawn for mill
tary service and when the condition
that has postponed your posting to
the colors ceases you may be recalled
| at any time.
Cd Remember that your case may
| still be appealed to the district board
by the government and on this appeal
| your certificate may be withdrawn at
once. When SO withdrawn you stand
precisely as tho you had been selected
Tor military service by the local board
| XII
Adverse Decisions on Claim.
If your claim is disallowed by the
! local board your name will be certi-
fled and sent by the local board to
| the district board as one who has been
called for military service and not ex-
| empted or discharged. Within two
days thereafter. if practicable, a list
| of those so. certified to the district
| board will be given to the press with
a request for publication, will be post
| ed in-the offices of the local board
accessible to the public view, and no.
| tice will be mailed to the address on
| your registration card.
Therefore, If you have filed a claim
/ for exemption and proof in support
thereof, watch the notices in the office
1 of the local board beginning about
| five days after you have filed your
/ proof to see what disposition was
I made of your case and make arrange
i ments for the prompt receipt of mail
| XII.
How to Claim Appeals To District
| Boards.
/, Claims of appeal may be made by
/ a person within 10 days after the day
| when notice has been posted and
mailed that such persons name las
/ been certified to the district board as
/ one who has been called for serTice