Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-28
IS MADE FOR
CORRECTION OF ERRORS
observation-disclosures Crowd Q r
Rulcs on Gases of Men Improp-
erly Sent to Camp.
HOW CASES MAY BE REopENEp
In Some Instances, Through Ignor.
ance Of Registrant, Local and Dis.
trict Boards Were Not Fully In
formed as to Exemptions.

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military service through the draft as
result Of error will be relieved of
this hardship as quickly as possible by
War Department Orders to this effect
were received yesterday by Governor
| Stuart from Provost Marshal-Gcneral
Crowder. Adjutant General Sale prompt
ly had the instructions communicated
| to all local and district boards.
According to the order there Is
urgent necessity for systematic
| method OF relieving hardship in cases
where. either through error In law or
OF local or district board or through
the nonculpable Ignorance of the regis
trant, person who clearly ought to
nave been exempted or discharged has
been held for service. After Il man Is
inducted into the military service the
local and district board have authority
TO discharge him from military service
Before he is so indicted they have
authority to discharge him from draft.
There are two general classes of such
hardships. In the first class the man
mas not been indicted into military SER
Vice. In the second class he has been
INDICTED into military service.
man is indicted into military SER
vice from and after the day and hour
specified by the local board or the Ad-
1utant General OF the State for him to
report for military duty" reads the
| order Continuing. 1t says:
This general class divides itself into
two special classes.
"(A Where the person has ham
certified by the local to the district
board on form las as having been called
| by local board and not exempted ar
discharged. but has not yet been certi
hed back from the district to the local
board in accordance with section 2 mo.
piilzation regulations.
WHEN LOCAL BOARDS
MAY REOPEN CASra
In case "A the local board NAV
reopen the case upon It's own motion.
or upon request of the adjutant-generall
subject to the condition that the local
| ooard shail Immediately notify the dis
trict board that II has extended the
time for filing proof and has reop.nnd
the case.
ODD Where the person has been
certined from the district to the local
board as selected for military service,
nu. .he GATE specified bf the local boar;
ior induction into military service has
not yet arrived. or where the local
Doard mas not specified the date for IN
auction Into military service
IN case 'B' either the local or the
district board may reopen the case up,n
. .S,s permission to do SO from tn.
Ao1utant-General of the State. and n.
local board may defer orders into NIL,
tary service pending receipt of permits
sion from the adjutant -general In
case the acknowledgement so requests
or grants PERMISSION. he will notify
pom the local and the district board
"A man already indicted into mill
tary service cannot be DISCHARGED
.herefrom under authority OF the SO.
iectiVe service law but he can he dis
charged by the Secretary Of War un-
oer MS plenary authority to discharge
men from military service In tho
cases Of hardship which we are now
considering. discharge from military
service may be granted on the ground
that the exemption or disc barge from
draft should have been granted The
military authorities cannot convenient
ly review the action Of the selectiye
service system on the question of ex-
emption or discharges and il will he
or great convenience for the military
authorities to have the decision of
the local and the district boards on tho
question OF whether the exemption l.
or discharge should have been granted
originally. To obtain this decision the
method prescribed below will be used
Cases In this general class also fall into
two special classes.
WANTS ADVICE OF
LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS
A-Wherc the person has never
reported to the local board at all and
has been certified to the Adjutant-
General OF the State of form 146-A and
has been ordered by the Adjutant-
General to report for military duty
and Is thus indicted into the military
service.
I'm case "A the Adjuta General
OF the State may withhold entry of the
name of the registrant from form
146-B and may request the proper local
board TO reopen the case. The local
board should then reopen the case pass
upon It's merits. and certify 1t to the
district board. all in the normal man
ner as though IT had Jurisdiction to
discharge. Similarly. the district board
should pass upon the case. If the ex-
cmption or discharge is refused. the
district hoard VIII not enter the name
on 1854. but Will notify the Adjutant-
General OF the State of its action and
the Adjutant-GcneraI will send the
man to the proper mobilization camp
direct or will order him to report to
his local board for transportation as
seems most convenient. In case the
exemption or discharge is granted, the
local board will not deliver the dis
charge certificate to the registrant, but
VIII send it to the Adjutant General
OF the State who will forward it TO the
Administered of the Army with the
request that the man shall be discharC-
ed from military service by the Secre-
tary of War on the ground that his
Induction into military service was
consummated through error. There
will order the discharge of the man
from military service. and Will forward
the discharge to the Adjutant General
OF the State for delivery to the regis
trant.
MAY REQUEST THAT
CASES BE REOPENED
'B-Where the man has been called
to report for military duty by a local
board and sent to the mobilization
camp.
I'm case b either the local board or
the military authorities at the mobilI.
zation camp may request of the Adju-
tant-Gencral OF the State permission
for the local board to reopen the case
for the purpose of determining whether
or not The exemption or discharge
should have been granted, or the Ad-
1utant-General Of the State may re-
quest the local board to reopen the case
for the same purpose. In case permits
sion Is granted or request Is made by