Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-11-21
NINE MILLION MEN
LISTED FOR DRAFT
UNCLE SAM BEGINS BIG INVEN.
TORY OF MAN POWER.
Registrars Will Be Allowed Seven
Days to Make Return-Rules Are
Laid Down by the Provost
Marshal General.

| Washington. Nov 49, = The five
classes into which 100000 men regis
| tered for military duty-and those who
are registered hereafter-are defined
| and the order in which they will be
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
| class, but it does place married men
| with dependent wives and children far
| down on the list of tables. In fact,
| the QUESTIONABLE indicates that only
| men of the first class will be called to
| the colors, except in the gravest emer-
| gency. The five official classifcations
| of registrants follow:
CLASS |.
(A)-Single man without dependent rela-
| tives.
(B)-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.
O)-Married man. with or without chill
| dren, or father of motherless children;
man not usefully engaged family sup
ported by income Independent of his Ia
| Dor
G)-Unslxlled farm laborer.
| (FO-UnSkilled industrial aborer.
Registrant by or in respect of whom no
laf oil foo ton, &c ole cd or
made.
Registrant who fails to submit questions
| naire and in respect of whom no deferred
classification is claimed or made.
All registrants not included in any other
| division in this schedule.
CLASS 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
and in which she is employed or In Whlch
there is immediate opening for her
under conditions that will enable her to
support herself decently and without SUI
fering or hardship.
(C1-Necessary skilled farm laborer In
necessary agricultural enterprise.
D)-Necessary skilled industrial laborer
in necessary industrial enterprise.
-
(A)-Man with dependent children mot
his own but toward whom ne STANDS III
relation of parent.
B)-Man with dependent helpless broth
ers or sisters.
D)-County or municipal officer.
E)-Highly trained fireman or police
man, at least three years in service of
municipality
F)-Necessary custom house clerk.
CCS-Necesary employee of United
States in transmission of the mails.
H)-Necessary artificer or workman in
United States armory or arsenal
Unnecessary employee in service of
United States.
(D-Necessary assistant. associate or
hired manager of necessary agricultural
enterprise.
K-Necessary highly specialized tech
meal or mechanical expert of necessary
industrial enterprise.
O0-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.
O)-Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling or directing head of necessary
Industrial enterprise.
CLASS v.
(A)- Officers-Legislative, executive or
judicial of the United States or of state,
territory or District of Columbia.
(B)-Regular or duly ordained minister
of religion.
U1-Student. who on May 49, 1917,
preparing for ministry IN recognized
school.
D)-Persons in military or naval serv-
ice of United States.
(E)-Alien enemy.
FD-Resident alien (not an enemy who
claims exemption.
JEFFERSON totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for military
service.
HD-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 49, 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
a. fn 6rox IIt
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
hoard