The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-24
LISTS 100000
FORU. S. SERVICE
Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re-
garding Liability for Mill
tary Duty.


Washington. Nov. 10. - The five
classes into which 100000 men regis
tered for military duty-and those who
are registered hereafter-are defined
and the order in which they viii be
called for service were officially an
nounced in the provost marshal gen.
erals questionable which every regis
tered man must fill out and file. The
order shows some change from the
tentative draft published some time
ago.
Contrary to some published reports,
it does not exempt married men as a
class, but it does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list of tables. In fact,
the QUESTIONABLE indicates that only
men of the first class will be called to
the colOrs, except in the gravest emer-
gencyy The five official classifcations
OF registrants follow:
CLASS 1.
A)-Single man without dependent rela-
tives.
CB)-Married man. with or without chill
dren, or father of motherless children,
who has habituaily failed to support his
family.
C)-Married man dependent on wife for
support.
O)-Married man. with or without chill
dren, or father of motherless children;
man not usefully engaged family sup
ported by income independent OF his Ia
Dor
G)-UnskiIled farm Iaborer
CFO-UnskiIled industrial laborer.
Registrant by or in respect Of whom no
deferred classification is claimed or
made.
Registrant who fails to submit questions
naire and in respect of whom no deferred
classification is claimed or made
An registrants not included in any other
division in this schedule.
CLASS II.
CA)-Married man with children or faith
er Of motherless children, where such
wife or children or such motherless chill
dren are not mainly dependent upon his
labor for support for the reason that
there are other reasonably certain sources
of adequate support Excluding earnings
or possible earnings from the labor of the
wife) available, and that the removal of
the registrant will not deprive such de-
pendents of support
CB)-Married men. without children.
whose wife, although the registrant is en-
gagged in a useful occupation. is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for sup
port. for the reason that the wife is
skilled in some special class Of work
which she is physically able to perform
and in which she is employed or in which
IneTe Is an immediate opening LOT neL
under conditions that viii enable her to
support herself decently and without SUI
fering or hardship
CC-Necessary skilled farm Iaborer in
necessary agricultural enterprise
(D)-Necessary skilled industrial laborer
in necessary Industrial enterprise
CLASS III.
CAl-Man with dependent children mot
| his own but toward whom he glands In
| relation Of parenD.
| B)-Man with dependent helpless broth
| ers or sisters
! O)-County or municipal officer.
| G)-Highly trained fireman or police
man. at least three years in service Of
/ municipality
FO-Necessary custom house clerk
| (G)-Necesary employee Of United
States in transmission Of the mails
| G-Necessary artificer or workman In
/ United States armory or arsenal
| Unnecessary employe in service Of
| United States.
| D-Necessary assistant, associate or
/ hired manager OF necessary agricultural
! enterprise
CK-Necessary highly specialized tech
meal or mechanical expert Of necessary
/ industrial enterprise.
! O)-Necessary assistant or associate
manager Of necessary industrial enter
| prise
| (Al-Man whose wife or children are
/ mainly dependent on his labor for sup
/ port
! Bl-Martner actually employed on sea
service or citizen or merchant in the Unit
ed States.
! CC-Necessary sole managing. con-
trolling or directing head Of necessary
| agricultural enterprise
! O)-Necessary sole managing. con-
trolling or directing head Of necessary
| Industrial enterprise.
CLASS v.
-offcers-Legislative. executive or
| judicial of the United States OF Of state.
! territory or District OF Columbia
R)-Regular or duly ordained minister
! m-Student. who on May IS 1917. was
| preparing for ministry IN recognized
DlNPersons IN military or naval serv-
| ice of United States
/ EO-A1ien enemy.
! F-Resident alien Cnot an enemy who
GG11Person totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for military
| service.
! R-Person morally unfit to be a soldier
| of the United States
Unlicensed pilot, actually employed In
i the pursuit of his vocation
| Member of Well-recognized religious
! sect or organization. organized and exist
4 ing on May Is, 1917. whose then existing
| participate in war in any form and whose
| religious convictions are against war or
participation therein
The questions on the subject Of de-
pendents are framed TO meet every
possible circumstance and to draw out
every bit Of information that might be
| OF value TO the boards in fixing the
class to which a man is to be assigned
Seven days are allowed registrants
after receipt of the QUESTIONABLE to
I'LL it out and return it to the local
board