Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-18
Drastic New Regulations
Cancel All Former Ex-
emptions and Dis
charges.
ny IRWIN w. nARnoun.

| BY IRWIN w. BARBOUR.
| WASHINGTON, November l7.-Dras-
| tic new regulations for the draft, max
ing practically every one of the more
than 100000 registered men subject
to war duty. even II not at the front,
then behind the lines. were approved
by the President and made public by
Provost st-Marshal-General Crowder to-
day.
Affecting moro than 100000 homes.
| the regulations mobilize the war
strength of the country to point
| where only a word Is necessary to take
| n man from his desk or plow or work
bench and put him in trench or ar
| morcd motor car or munition factory
or shipbuilding plant. Here arc some
OF the redical new provisions which
give teeth to the revised rules:
1. Secretary of War Baker is given
authority to revoke any exemption or
disregard at any time the deferred
| classification and order Of call Of any
registered man. II that mans special
| trade or qualifications make him nee
essary for special service. Thus. if
the army finds itself facing n sudden
need for $4,000 chauffeurs. Secretary
| Baker is authorized to direct local
| boards to get that number of chauf-
feurs, no matter where they stand in
order of call. The new questionnalres
which all registered men must answer
will afford the local boards knowledge
of the trade, so 1t will be only mat
ter OF looking over the list and picking
out chauffeurs. The same applies to
any other trade or profession. need for
experts in which arises in any army
branch. The only exception to the rule
is that If man is given deferred
classification because Of dependents, lie
may not be drawn in advance OF his
classification and order number.
ALL DEPENDENTS MUST
WAIVE EXEMPTION CLAIMS
| 2. Voluntary enlistments in the reEu-
| lar army of men between twenty-one
completely stopped on December Is.
II. after that date, a registered man
desires to enter the service ahead Of
his liability to- cali. he must sign a
waiver for all exemption, and If he has
dependents they must waivc all claim
! to his support. He Is then automatic
ally moved to the head Of the list sub
| ject to CALL and goes into uniform i'm
mediately. Should his sole dependents
be child. or children. under sixteen
years OF age, no waiver Will be &C
cepted. and he must stay home and
support them until his order Is
reached
g. Men previously discharged for
slight dcformitics, such at fiat neet,
will be recalled. They will not be
sent to tho front. but will be put on
government work either ut army de-
pots or where they are most nee,.ed.
Only complete physical disability. such
as missing limbs or blindness, Will
be sufficient to warrant the total eN-
cmption or man.
| 4. Men employed in the building and
| fitting of ships for the navy and Finer
Eency Fleet Corporation are not sub
ject 10 call so long they retain
those cmployments. Immediate ely upon
their leaving such positions they as
sumo tho classification they would have
| received in case of other employm ent.
RI:GIsTERED MEN MAY ENLIST
IN NAVY OR MARINE CORPS
| S. Registered men for tho first time
are permitted if they SO desire to en-
list In the navy or marine corps. Per-
mission TO do 60 will be granted, how
| ever, only in case the number of the
man is so far down on the order list
that he is not subject TO call IN the
second draft.
6. An entirely new system of physi-
cal examination is ordered. whereby
n man is examined not only by the
physicians OF the local board, but by
an expert board of seven specialists
before finally accepted for or dis
charged from military duty.
| Z. Tho provost marshal generals Of
flee has bcen given the assistance of
the entire postal machinery of the
country in tracing down men who have
moved from their original Jurisdictions
leaving no addresses behind.
+ 6. General Crowder to-day said II
could not be made too plain that the
new regulations affect every one OF
the registered men not at present In
the uniform of tho United States.
| Every man not included in the $1,000
already drafted Is required TO answer
the questions OF the questionable. and
is subject to tho new rules, which
supersedo all former rulings and rcg-
ulations. All exemptions and dis
charges granted under the old rules
arc automatically Cancelled. and are
waste paper so far as the governmc mcnt
is concerned.
RULES BECOME IlrFECTIvE
SOME TIME IN DECEMBER
Tho rules will become effective, In
part, on November 20. They nrc 10
go into effect as Il whole OIL a date
to be set by tho provost t-marshal-Een-
cral which probably Will be Dcccm-
Der Is.
There will be no change in tho
method of determining quotas for call
under the new rules. All districts
VIII be given credit in the distribu-
ton of quotas for men who voluntarily
enlisted between June 80 and date
yet to be set in advance CT tho actual
date of the second call.
TO assist rcgistrants In preparing
questionnaires. legal advisory boards
of three members each Will bo attach
cd to each of the local boards. Similar
medical advisory boards Will bo Gro
ated, one for every few districts. head
ed by u member OF tho surgeon-Een-
Y erals ONCE. n 4