The Benson signal., 1917-11-24
LISTS 100000
FORU. S. SERVICE
Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re-
garding Liability for Mill
tary Duty.

called for service were officially an
nounced in the provost marshal gen
erals QUESTIONABLE which every regis
tered man must fill out and file. The
order shows some change from the
tentative draft published some time
ago.
Contrary to some published reports,
it does not exempt married men as a
class, but it does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list of tables. In fact,
fhe QUESTIONABLE indicates that only
men of the first class will be called to
the colors, except in the gravest emer-
gency. The five official classifications
Of regiStrants follow:
GLASS l.
(A)-Single man without dependent rela-
tives.
CB)-Married man, with or without chill
dren, or father of motherless children,
who has habitually failed to support his
family.
(C)-Married man dependent on wife for
support.
D)-Married man, with or without chill
man not usefully engaged family sup
ported by income Independent of his la
Dor.
E)-Unskilled farm laborer.
F)-Unskilled industrial laborer.
Registrant by or in respect of whom no
deferred classification ~ais claimed or
made.
Registrant who fails to submit questions
naire and in respect of whom no deferred
tinn G M ed
All registrants not included in any other
division in this schedule.
GLASS II.
(A)-Married man with children or faith
er Of motherless children where such
wife or children or such motherless chill
dren are not mainly dependent upon his
labor for support for the reason that
there are other reasonably certain sources
of adequate support Excluding earnings
or possible earnings from the labor of the
wife) available, and that the removal Of
the registrant will not deprive such de-
pendents of support.
B)-Married men, without children,
whose wife, although the registrant is en-
gagged in a useful occupation, is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for sup
port, for the reason that the wife Is
skilled in some special class of work
which she is physically able to perform
there Is an immediate opening for her
under conditions that will enable her to
support herself decently and without suf-
fering or hardship.
(C)-Necessary skilled farm laborer in
necessary agricultural enterprise.
O)-Necessary skilled industrial laborer
in necessary Industrial enterprise.
CLASS Ill.
(A)-Man with dependent children (not
his own but toward whom he stands in
relation Of parent.
(B)-Man with dependent helpless broth
sisters.
D)-County or municipal officer.
(E)-Highly trained fireman or police
man, at least three years in service OF
municipality.
FO-Necessary custom house clerk.
= (G)-Necesary employee of United
States in transmission Of the mails
CD-Necessary artificer or workman in
United States armory or arsenal.
O-Necessary employe ins service OF
United States.
UNNECESSARY assistant, associate or
hired manager Of necessary agricultural
enterprise.
D-Necessary highly specialized tech
nical or mechanical expert of necessary
industrial enterprise.
G)-Necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary industrial enter
prise.
CLASS ~.
(A)-Man whose wife or children are
mainly dependent on his labor for sup
port.
(B)-Mariner actually employed on sea
service or citizen or merchant in the Unit
ed States.
(C)-Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling or directing head of necessary
agricultural enterprise.
D)-Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling or directing head Of necessary
industrial enterprise.
CLASS v.
)-Offcers-Legslative executive or
judicial of the United States or of state,
territory or District of Columbia.
B)-Regular or duly ordained minister
of religion.
(C)-Student, who on May IS, 1917 was
preparing for ministry in recognized
school,
D)-Persons in military or naval serv-
ice of United States
(E)-Alien enemy.
(F)-Resident alien (not an enemy who
claims exemption.
(G)-Person totally and permanently
nhvsically or mentally unfit for military
service.
D-Person morally unfit to be soldier
of the United States.
O-Licensed pilot, actually employed in
the pursuit of his vocation.
Member of well-recognized religious
sect or organization. organized and exist
ing on May 1S. 1917. whose then existing
creed or principles forbid it's members to
participate in war in any form, and whose
RELIGIOUS convictions are against%war or
participation therein
The questions on the subject OF de-
pendents are framed to meet every
POSSIBLE circumstance and to draw out
every bit of information that might be
of value to the boards in fixing the
class to which a man is to be assigned.
Seven days are allowed registrants
after receipt of the QUESTIONABLE to
fill it out and return it to the local
board.