Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-12-15

1.-THE successful operation of this
law and of these regulars depends
necessarily upon the loyalty, patriot
ism and justice of the members OF the
boards to whom its operation is com
mitted and | admonish every member
of every local board and of every dls-
trict board of review that their duty
to their country requires an Impartial
and fearless performance of the deli
cate and difficult duties intrusted to
them. They should remember as TO
each individual case presented TO them
that they are called upon 10 adjudicate
the most sacred rights of the indlVld-
ual and to preserve untarnished the
honor of the nation.
Our armies at the front will be
strengthened and sustained If they be
composed of men free from any sense
of injustice in the mode of selection
and they will be inspired to loftier eff
forts in behalf of ii country in which
the citizens called upon to perform
high public functions perform them
with justice, fearlessness and Impair
tiality.'
Upon organizing the local board will
all registration cards, which they will
number serially and list for posting to
public view. Then. after having been
advised of the method by which the
order of liability for service shall be
determined and of TIE quota to be
drawn from its territory (mlnus credits
for enlistments in the national guard
or regular army, each board will pre-
pare u list of persons designated for
service in the order of their liability,
post the list, give ii to the press and
within three days send notice to each
designated person by mail
AS the men so notified appear the
boards first will make physical eX-
animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided. bearing III
mind that all persons accepted by them
will be reexamined by army surgeons.
If the physical examination is passed
successfully, then comes the question
of exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
Officers of the United States, of the
states, territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers of religion. stu
dents of divinity, persons in the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
custom house clerks, workmen in fed
eral armories, arsenals, navy yards,
persons in the federal service desig-
mated by president for exemption,
pilots, merchant marine sailors, those
with status with respect to depend
ents which renders their exclusion de-
sirable Ca married man with dependent
wife or child, son of a dependent wild
ow, son of dependent, aged or infirm
parent, or brother of dependent orphan
child under 16 years of age); those
found morally deficient and any MEM
Der of any well recognized religious
sect existing May Is, 1917, whose creed
forbids participation in war and whose
religious convictions accord with the
creed.
Claims for exemption because of de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents
or by third party who has personally
investigated the ease. A claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife and by the head of family re-
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or a third party must be
accompanied by two supporting affi-
davits signed by heads of families
Similar rules govern claims on the
grounds of other dependents when the
dependents or third parties being au-
thorized to file claims with supporting
affidavits. In each case the board
must be satisfied before it grants ex-
emption or discharge that the depen-
dent or dependents actually are sup
ported mainly by the fruits of the
mans mental or physical labor.
| Local boards are required, subject to
appeal, to pass upon claims for eXemp-
ton or discharge within three days af-
! ter the filing of affidavits.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within five days after the clos
ing of proofs and their decisions are
final. If the ruling of local board is
affirmed the person in question stands
finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
on the ground of employment in nee
essary Industrial and agricultural oc-
equations the district boards must be
convinced that the particular enter
/ prise affording such employment ac-
tually is necessary to the maintenance
of the military establishment or ma
| tional interest during the emergency.
Certificates of exemption will not
necessarily be permanent. They may
be revoked with changing conditions
or may be granted only for prescribed
periods.