The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-06
Many Subjects Discussed
in Bulletin to Boards
With Exemption Powers

The following bulletin has been Is
sued to the boards OF exemption in
the various counties in Iowa from
Governor Harding. Some of It's pro
visions are interesting and will effect
many. Here are some Of the pro
Visions:
Ample time and opportunity has
now been allowed to persons desig-
mated as members of local boards to
present any reasons they may have
for not serving as such. 1t is indis-
pensable that the personnel of these
boards be permanent BY section six
of the selective service law. persons
designated to perform this service
are as effectively drafted for this
duty as are the registrants who are
to be selected for military service
In the future. members of local boards
will be excused from performing this
service only for the most urgent
reasons, approved by the governor OF
their state 1t is requested that the
governor closely scrutinize each case
presented to him and that he recon-
mend the excuse Of members of local
boards only in case Of great hard
ship. Unless the governor believes
that the excuse presented is valid,
substantial, and controlling, the at
tention Of the person should be direct
ed to section six of the law, and IN
case Of further refusal to serve the
case should be reported to the near
est representative of the federal de-
partment of Justice. These instruc-
tons do not apply Of course to mem
bsrs Of boards who are to be remov-
ed under instructions from the war
department.
Local boards must keep a complete
docket Of every case called. The
case number shall be the order NUM-
Der of the person called. There shall
be noted on the docket every action
that is taken in respect of the case.
Printed docket sheets will be dis
tributed within the next week In
the meantime, local boards should
keep the data FOR entry in their dock
ct on memorandum sheets for each
case.
Number Of Persons to be Called.
No board can receive final credit.
on it's quota for any selected man I'm,
til word has been received from the
military authorities at the rendez-
vous or mobilization camp that the
man has been accepted into the mill
tary service of the United States.
Some men passed by the local
board will be exempted or discharged
on appeal by the district board and
some will be discharged for indus
trial reasons by the district board.
Some will be rejected at mobilization
camps The number of persons pass"
ed by local boards who will be dis
charged by district boards or at mob
ilization camps is tentatively est1mat-
ed at about ten per cent of those
passed by the local board. Therefore,
local boards should continue to call
men up for examination until they
have apparently filled their quota
with ten per cent additional.
Local boards have been ordered to
call two hundred per cent Of the
enth day after this call Is sent out.
charge by men called will be filed In
the local board. By examining the
number and character Of these claims
and by considering the number of
persons rejected physically the board
can roughly estimate the number OF
men that it will be necessary to call
to fill their quotas. Immediately
after this estimate, the board should
send cut a new call computed on
the experience of the first call. This
new call should be for enough men to
complete one hundred and ten per
cent Of the quota
Permits for Passports.
The state department issues pass
ports to persons subject to draft
only when the application is &C.
by permit by the provost
marshal general to leave the country. |
Until August 5, applications for per-
nits will continue to be made to this /,
office but after that date such appli- |
cations shall be made to local boards !
# the board is of the opinion that
he application is meritorious 1t will !
Immediately call the applicant for i
military service as prescribed by |
regulations and will examine him
and receive claims on ex-
,mption or discharge made by or in
Of him in the local board. 1t
will take waivers from the applicant /;
If the periods of time prescribed by !
equations for notice and for filing
claims and will certify the case to
he district board, by letter and not
IN form forty-six, together with the
application for permit. The district
BOARD will hear any appeal or claim
or discharge that may be filed in
he case, will take waivers Of the
periods Of time prescribed by regula-
ions for notice and planned for fill
ng claims, and will make its decision /
With the greatest possible expedi-
ion. If the applicant Is exempted