Arizona republican., 1917-09-28
NEW ORDER MAY SAVE HARDSHIP
 FORLOCA[ MEN
Provost General Allows to Exemption Boards Great CT Latitude in Such Gases as That of D. D. Murphy

Although It has been urged that the greatest of care be exercised by the local and district military boards in the selection of men for the national army, nevertheless cases of extreme hardship have been revealed, to relieve which the boards were powerless. One or two of such cases have been found in Mari copa county. Now comes the provost marshal general with special orders to cover these particular cases of hard ship. The boards are urged, however, to see that this authority is not abused. The orders, which were received yes terday are as follows:
 There is urgent necessity for sys tematic method of relieving hardship in cases where, either through error in jaw of local or district board OF through the Incapable ignorance of the registrant, person who clearly ought to have been exempted or dis charged has been held in service After q man is inducted into the military ser vice, the local and district boards have no authority to discharge him from the military service. Before he is so in ducted they have authority to discharge him from draft. There are two general classes of cases of such hardship. In the first class the man has not been inducted into the military service. In the second class he has been inducted into the military service.
 i. Where the Man Has Not Been ln- ducted Into Military Service A man is inducted into military ser vice from and after the day and hour specified by the local board or the ad- jutant general of the state for him to report for military duty. This general class divides itself into two special classes.
 (A) Where the person has been cer- tified by the local board.to the district board as having been called by local board and not exempted or discharged but has not yet been certified back from the district to the local board, In case A." the local board may re- open the case upon its own motion or upon the request of the adjutant gener- al subject to the condition that the To- cal board shall immediately notify the district board that it has extended the time for filing proof and has re-opened the case.
 (B) Where the person has been cer- tified from the district to the local board as selected for military service but the date specified by the local board for induction into military ser vice has not yet arrived or where the local board has not yet specified the date for induction into military service. In case ''B" either the local or district board may reopen the case upon re- ceiving permission to do so from the adjutant general of the state or upon request from the adjutant general of | the state and the local board may defer | orders into the military service pend | ing receipt of permission from the ad d- l jutant general. In case the adjutant 1 general so requests or grants permis- l sion, he will notify both the local and l the district board
 | II. Where the Man Has Been lnducted i Into the Military Service A man already inducted into military | service cannot be discharged therefrom ] under authority of the Selective Service | Law but he can be discharged by the secretary of war under his plenary au- | thority to discharge men from military | service In the cases of hardship which We are now considering, a discharge i from military service may be granted l on the ground that the exemption or l discharge from draft should have been | granted. The military authorities can | not conveniently review the action of l the selective service system on the l question of exemptions or discharges
 md it will be of great convenience foI | the military authorities to have the de- cision of the local and district boards 1 on the question of whether the eXemp- l tion or discharge should have been
 granted originally. To obtain this de | cision the method prescribed below vii be used Cases in this general class
 also fall into two special classes (A) Where the person has never re- | ported to the local board at all and
 has been certified to the adiutant gen. eral of the state and has been ordered | y the adlutant general to report fol | military duty and is thus inducted into | the military service.
 In case A the adjutant general o | the state may withhold entry of the
 name of the registrant and may re- | quest the proper local board to reoper
 the case. The local board should ther | reopen the case, pass upon it's merits | and certify it to the district board, al | lnsthe normal manner as though it hat
 jurisdiction to discharge. Similarly
 the district board should act upon tn,
 easel If the exemption or discharge i! | Tefused, the district board will not en.
 ter the name but will notify the adiu | tant general of the state of it's actioI l and the adjutant general will send tn
 man to the proper mobilization cam
 direct or will order him to report t'
 his local board for transportation al
 seems most convenient.
 In case the exemption or discharge i
 granted. the local board will not 1elive
 the discharge certificate to the regis
 rant but will send it to the adjutan | general of the state who will forwar,
 it to the adiutant general of the arm.
 with the request that the man snail b
 discharged from military service by tn | secretary of war on the ground tha
 his induction into military service wa
 ,onsummated through error. There
 1pon the adjutant general of the arm
 will order the discharge of the ma
 from military service and will forwar
 to the adjutant general of the state fo
 delivery to the registrant.
 (B) Where the man has been calle
 to report for military duty by loca
 board and sent to the mobilizatio | camp.
 In case ''B" either the local board 0
 the military authorities at. the mObili
 .ation camp may request of the adju
 ant general of the state permission fo | the local board to reopen the case fo
 the purpose of determining whether c
 not the exemption or discharge shoul
 have been granted, or the adjutar
 general of the state may request the To al board to reopen the case for tn
 same purpose. In case permission
 granted or request is made bv the ad iutant general, the local board will re
 open the case, pass upon its merits an
 certify it to the district board in tn
 regular manner. The district board wi
 llso treat it in the regular manner | t is determined that the exemption c discharge should not have bee l ha fpio ,rl xxr;n n