The Washington herald., 1917-07-29
final DRAFT Order
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vice. must be approved or disapproved
by the responsible Cabinet officer or
Department head. The regulations
apply to persons both within and with
out the District Of Columbia.
Executive Order.
The executive order in part follows:
In view Of the high national i'm
portancs Of carrying out the spirit
OF the ssIeCtive service act and OF
securing its fullest effectiveness, by
holding To military service all drafted
mon who are not absolutely indis-
pansl6le to the work Of the civil
executive departments by reason OF
their special personal experience and
SKIN. I direct that the greatest care
10 exercised by department officials in
Issuing the anidavits of necessity
provided for by the Presidential
70 SuI1ti0ns section 20. paragraphs tb),
,c,. ard ,dp. for the purpose Of au-
thorizng the discharge Of such per
sols by local boards.
Those paragraphs provide as fol-
lows.
- Persons employed by the United
tSrates in the transmission of the
mails. Any person employed by the
United States in the transmission Of
the malls, upon presentation TO such
local board. at any time within 10
days after the fIinS Of claim Of dis
charEe BY OF in respect of such person,
Of an AFFIDAVIT signed by the post
master or some appointee of the
President or Postmaster General hay-
in- direct supervision of such en-
r.0ye. stating that such employe IS.
n his opinion. necessary to the ef-
fr~tiye and adequate transmission OF
the mails and cannot be replaced by
another person without substantial
material loss of efficiency in the ef-
foctive and adequate transmission of
the mails.
ID Artifcers and wOrkmen en-
pfCyed in the aTmOries, arsenals, ana
navy yards Of the United States. Any
artifcer or wUIk man employed in any
ar-nory, arsenal, or navy yard of the
United States. upon presentation to
such local board. at any time within
ten days after the filing of a claim
Of discharge by or in respect Of such
person. Of an affidavit signed by the
commandment or officer having COM
mand Of the armOry. arsenal. or navy
ward Of the United States in which
such person is employed, stating thai
such person IS. in his opinion, neces-
sary to the efficient and adequate
operation Of such armoTy, arsenal, or
navy yard Of the United States ana
cannot be replaced by another per
son without substantial material loss
of Efficiency N the effective ana
y adequate operation Of such armory.
arsenal or navy yard Of the United
states"
ID Persons employed in the serv-
ice Of the United States designated
by the President to be exempted. Any
person employed in the service of
the United States. upon presentation
to such local board at any time
within ten days after the filing of
a claim Of discharge by or in respect
Of such person, of an AFFIDAVIT signed
by the official Of the Government of
the United States having direct su-
pervisiCn and control of the depart
ment. commission, board, bureau, d.
vision, or branch of the Government
OF the United States in which such
person Is employed stating that such
person Is, in his opinion, necessary
to the adequate and effective opera
ton OF such department, commission.
board. bureau, division, or branch in
the service OF the United States and
cannot be replaced by another per-
son without substantial material loss
in the adequate and effective opera
ton Of said department. commission.
board. bureau. division, or branch of
the service of the United States.
1T ia earnestly hoped, moreover.
that. acting in the same spirit as
the Federal Departmental officials. all
citizens who may be called upon, as
employers, under Section a of the
regulations. to make afidavits for
securing the discharge OF persons
deemed to be indispensable to national
Industrial interests during the emer-
gency, will exercise the same con-
scientious and scrupuloUs caution to
the end that there will appear to
be no favored or exempted class
among the citizens called by law to
the national defense.
WOODROW WILSON,"