New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-25
MEN DRAFTED FROM
COUNTY OF BROWN
FIRST HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIx
g." DRAWN WILL APPEAR FOR
EXAMINATION.
REASONS FOR EXEMPTION AND
DISCHARGE ARE GIVEN TO
PUBLIC.

Ten million young men have been
drawn in the draft for the army to be
sent across the water. It remains now
for the exemption boards to pass upon
those drafted. .i-..
The allotment for Brown county is
1856. Allowing so per cent for exemp-
lions there would be 312 drawn before
the quota for this county has been
reached. Below are printed 325 names,
being the first ones drawn in the great
human lottery at Washington last Friday.
Exemption Board.
The exemption board for Brown county
| which consists of Sheriff W. J. Julius,
County Auditor l.. G. Vogel and DR..
Geo. B. Weiser, will on receipt of the
official list, send each registrant notice
to appear at the court house in this city
within seven days from the mailing of
the notice to present their claims for
exemption, and for physical examination.
The following are the grounds for
exemptions:
l. That you are an officer, legislative,
executive, or judicial of the United
States, a State or Territory, or the
District of Columbia.
2. That you are a regular or duly
ordained minister of religion.
3. That you were on May Is, 1917,
student preparing for the ministry i'm
any recognized theological or divinity
school ..."-E
4. That you are in the military or
naval service of the United States.
! 5, That you are subject of Germany,
whether youshave taken ont pagers or
not. 7st
I s. That you are resident alien who
has not taken out first papers.
In addition to claims for exemption
claims for discharge may be made on
any of the following grounds, which are
the only grounds for discharge by local
board.
l. That you are a county or municipal
officer.
2. That you are customhouse clerk.
8. That you are employed by the
United States in the transmission Of
mails.
4. That you are an artifcer. or work.
man employed in an armory, arsenal, or
navy yard of the United States.
S. That you are employed in the,
service of the United States (under-
certain conditions). See paragraph tes
dissection 20, Regulations. ..-.-
6. That you are licensed pilot
regularly employed in the pursuit of
your vocation. F.
employed in the sea service of any citizen
or merchant within the United States
8. That you are married man With
wife or child dependent on you for
support.
Dependent for Support.
9. That you have widowed mother
dependent on your labor for support.
10. That you have aged or infirm
parents dependent upon your labor for
support.
II. That you are the father of a
motherless child. under Is DEPENDENT
upon your labor for support.
H.. That you are brother of ana
orphan child or children under Is de-
pendent on your labor for support.
49,. That you are member of any
Well-recognized religious sect OF organi-
zatlon organized and existent May Is.
1917, and whose then existing creed or
principles forbade its members to par
tlclpate in war in any form and whose
convictions are against war or
participation therein in accordance with
the creed or principles of said religious
These are the only grounds for exemp-
ton or discharge by local board.
Another person can file claim in YOUR
behalf, but must use different forms in
filing the claim.
1t IS understood that the county will
receive credit for all the men who have
which will curtail the quota
to far below the announced quota of
l56. Following are the first 1926 names
drawn:
258-L. 0. Larson, New Ulm.
458-John F. Gerber, New Ulm
l,436-Frank Wandersee, New Ulm
S54-Andrew Christian Anderson, Evan
[,O95-Frank Smith, Morgan
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