The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-25
Cla,' iidcahon for Selected Men
Is Made Known at Banquet

i6cations into which men awaiting
draft will be divided, under the new
regulations approved by President
Wilson, have become public much be
fore the time planned by the proves,
marshal generals office and are here
published.
Il was discovered today that what
was to have remained an ofncial Sc
cret for week or more was divu1ged
Saturday night at dinner In New
York which Secretary Baker and Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder attend
ed. The provost marshal general dis
cussed the new regulations, without
intending to make public the classii:
cations, but some members of q New
York local exemption board, thinking
to .elucidate the generals speech,
printed the classifications on the back
of the mend card.
The classifications are as follows,
and show every man registered; to
which class he belongs and in what
order the different classifications will
be called to service:
sclass
II Single man, without dependent
relatives.
Married man (or wfdower with
children) who habltually falls to sup
port his family.
Married man. or widower with
children mot usefully engaged, family
supported by income Independent OF
his labor).
" 5-Men not included in any other
description IN this or other classes.
6-Unskilled laborer.
:. cliss II .
Married man or father OF moth
erless children, usefully engaged but
family has sufficient income apart
from his daily labor to afford reason
ably adequate support during his alb
s4nce.
married man (no children) wife
can support herself decently and with.
out hardship.
3-Skilled farm laborer engaged in
necessary industrial enterprise.
4-Skilled industrial laborer engaged
In necessary agricultural enterprise.
Glass I'll
Man with foster children depend
ent on. daily labor for support.
MAN with aged, infirm or invalid
parents or grandparents dependent on
daily labor for support.
3-Man with brothers or sisters in
competent to support themselves, de.
pendent on daily labor for support.
-County Or municipal officers,
5--Firemen or policemen.
Necessary artificers or wOrkmen
In arsenals, arn1ories and navy yards,
Necessary custom house clerks. \
8-Persons necessary in transmits,
sion Of mails. .s,i
9-Necessary employees in service Of
10 Highly specialized administra-
tive experts. <@ 8
11-Technical or mechanical experts
in industrial enterprises.
Highly specialized industrial ex-
pert in agricultural bureau Of state or
nas.-n.
s1S-Assistant or associate manager
Of necessary industrial enterprise.
,14-Assistant or associate manager
ct necessary agricultural enterprise.
Glass "
Married man with wife (and) or
children Cor widower with childreD
dependent on daily labor for support
and no other reasonably adequate
support available.
Marines in sea service of mer-
chants or citizens in United States.
: 3-Heads Of necessary industrial
enterprises.
4-Heads Of necessary agricultural
enterprises.
Class v
1--OGicers Of states or the United
States.
Irregular or duly ordained minis
ters.
Students of divinity.
4-persons in military or naval
service.
5-Aiiens.
The First National Bank announces
that it will provide free Of charge, a
large safety deposit box for the pur-
pose Of safety keeking LIBERTY
LOAN BONDS. 24-ld-lw
Miss Pearl Griner, of Leal, is the
guest Of Mrs. F. O. Falstad, during the
faacharS' Institute