Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-08
Student OFFICERS ARE
NOT EXEMPT FROM DRAFT
Neither Are Men mt Work on Arm,
Cantonments, Says Gen
eral Sale.
SPECIAL WARNING is ISSUED
Men Who Fail to Respond Lose Their
Opportunity to Claim Exemption.
and Will Be Certified as Fit for
Military Service.

~
Opportunity to Claim Exemption,
and Will Be Certified as Fit for
Military Service.
1.Studcnt officers in training at Fort
Myer. and other camps are not exempt
from the sclectivc draft. according to
q telegram received yesterday from the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by Adjutant-
General w. w. Sale. a similar notice
il. regard 10 workmen at army canton
ments has been received and n warn
ing that men who fail to appear for
examinations when ordered to do SO
by local boards will lose their chance
10 claim exemption, has been sent out
by General Sale.
In the case Of men in training, they
will not have 10 appear before the To-
cal boards for a personal examination.
but may file a certificate from their
commanding officer. showing that they
are At for military service. In event
they are commissioned as officers be-
tween the time for physical examine
ton and the date they are ordered to
appear in the mobilization camp, they
must file a certificate and the State
Will receive credit in its quota. In q
like manner If a man ordered to enter
the mobilization camp Is designated by
the War Department to continue in
training, the State will receive due
credit.
Tho situation at tho army canton
ments Is different. The registered men
must appear personally before the local
boards when ordered to do so. If they
refuse or fail to appear, they will BIO
certified to the district boards as avail
able for military service, and will lose
their chance to claim exemption. They
will then be ordered into camp, and il
they do not show up. will be branded
as deserters and will be subject to
court-martial for the serious military
offense of deScrtion.
MEN AT CANTONMENT
ENORMOUSLY INFORMED
From Petersburg the ~Adjutant-Gen-
eral has received information that tho
men working at the cantonmcnt there
hav been told that they need not ap-
pear for examination when ordered to
do SO. To correct such an impression
the Adjutant-General has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the local boards of
Richmond. Petersburg and the coun-
ties of Henrico, Hanover, Chesterfield,
D~inwiddic, Prince George. Charles
City. Sussex and Surry:
The, attention OF this Office has been
called to the fact that men who rave
been drafted and notified to appear for
physical examination in many instances
arc at work at the Camp Lee Canton
ment, near Petersburg. and have not
appeared for such physical Namina
ton.
1T is unonicially stated that this
is because these men have been told
at the camp that they need not appear.
We do not know that this is the case.
but we are in receipt of instructions
from Washington to the effect that If
these men do not appear they will be
drafted INTO military service and their
chance to file claim for exemption or
discharge will be lost. and. IL they do
not appear when ordered to military
duty, they will be treated as deserters,
and that any orders they claim to have
had to the contrary at the Camp Lee
C~antonment will not be a defense.
Bear this in mind when considering
such cases. and, if possible. give wide
publicity 10 this as many men from
your cities and counties are no doubt
now At work there"
RULING IN
TO TRAINING CAMPS
The ruling In regard to the training
camp registrants follows:
Upon receipt OF notice to appear for
physical examinations before a local
board, Il candidate in a reserve officers
training camp may procure a certificate
from his commanding officer that he
has been physically examined and has
been found fit for military service. In
stead OF making a personal appearance
before the board. he may file the Ger
titicate. r.. i.
Upon+ths- receipt OF such certificate
the local board will record him. and
thereafter will treat him as one called
and physically qualified for military
service. and. if no claim for Exemption
or discharge, or in respect of such per-
son is filed, the named will be certi-
fed TO by the district board on form
las as to that OF n person called and
not exempted or discharged. If the
Candidate is appointed as Il commits
oi1onl nfprar q affair hn hoe hanr nrlar,l
to report TO a local board for cxami-
ination. but before he is called as a
drafted man to report to a local board
for military duty and for transporta-
tion TO a mobilization camp. he should
obtain from his commanding officer a
certificate in duplicate that he has been
so appointed. He should forward ono
such certificate TO the local board and
one to the acknowledgement of the state.
In such case the local hoard will be
given credit FOR one man. and should
present the certificate to the mobiliza-
ton camp in lieu of the drafted man.
The acknowledgement OF the state will
give the proper local board credit for
one drafted man and will present the
other certificate to the provost-marshal-
general at the time OF the final ac-
counting for quotas for the state. in
lieu of a drafted man.
WILL. BIZ CREDITED
ON LOCAL QUOTA
IF the candidate is not commissioned
before being ordered to report to his
local board for military duty and for
transportation TO the mobilization
camp. then he must so report TO his
local board unless, by orders of the
MAR Department. he is authorized TO
report for duty at a raining camp.
lin which case an official cop OF the
o-dcr will be furnished the local board
and to the adjutant- general OF the
State. Upon receipt of this order, the
local board VIII be credited on its
quota with enc drafted man upon pre-
sentation OF such an order in lieu OF
"a drafted man.
IF "A candidate in Il reserve officers
training camp is appointed as a com
missioned oflcer prior to his being
called to report 10 u local board for
n, inaAian -. rA.Ia 1-.-