The circle banner., 1917-07-13

| Clauly.
Methods of Making the Draft.
| Upon organizing the local boards
will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards, which
they will number serially and list fol
posting to public view. Then, aftel
having been advised of the method by
which the order of liability for service
shall be determined and of the quots
| to be drawn from it's territory (minus
credits for enlistments in the National
| Guard or regular army, each board
| will prepare list of persons designat
ed for service in the order of their liza
bility, post the list, give it to the press
and within three days send notice to
each designated person by mail.
| AS the men so notified appear the
boards first will make a physical ex-
| animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided, bearing in
mind that all persons accepted by them
will be re-examined by army surgeons.
If the physical examination is passed
of exemption.
Those Entitled to Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include {:
Officers of the United States, of the
states, territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers of religion, stu
dents of divinity, persons in the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States, subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
customhouse clerks, wOrkmen in fed.
eral armories, arsenals and navy
yards, persons in the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail
Ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex-
clusion desirable Ga married man with
dependent wife or child, son of a de-
pendent widow, son of dependent, aged
or infirm parent, or brother of depend
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age), those found morally deficient
and any member of any well-recog-
nized religious sect existing May IS
1917, whose creed forbids participation
in war and whose religious convictions
accord with the creed.
Man or Wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because of de.
pendents may be made by the man
himself, bis wife or other dependents,
or>by a third party who has personally
investigated the case. claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife and by the head of family re-
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or a third party must be
accompanied by two supporting affida-
Wits signed by heads of families. Sim |
liar rules govern claims on the grounds |
of other dependents when the depend |
ents or third parties being authorized |
to file claims with supporting affidavits.
In each case the board must be salts
fed before it grants exemption or dis
charge that the dependent or depend
ents actually are supported mainly by
the fruits of the mans mental or phys
ical labor.
Local boards are required, subject to
dPpCdi1 " pass upou tldlllS lOI cAclIp-
ton or discharge within three days af
ter the filing of affidavits.
Must Decide in Five Days.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within five days after the closing
Of proofs and their decisions are final.
If the ruling of a local board is af-
irmed the person In question stands
inaiIv accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
IN the ground of employment in neces-
,ary Industrial and agricultural occu-
,atiOns the district boards must be con-
yinced that the particular enterprise
such employment actually is
military establishment Of national IN
crest during the emergency.
1.-The evidence must also establish"
he regulations say, "even if the par
icular industrial enterprise or particu-
ar agricultural enterprise is found nee ,
ssary for one of the above purposes,
hat the continuance of such person
herein is necessary to the maintenance I
hereof and that he cannot be replaced {
Y another person without direct, sub /,
tantial material loss and detriment to 6
ne adequate and effective operation of /,
ne particular Industrial enterprise or 6
enterprise in which he is
ngaGed.'
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from time I
, time designate certain Industries or r
asses of industries that are necessary
nd the district boards will be so no. n
fed. 1t will be the duty of each p
Dard, however, to ascertain the avail 2
Die labor supply for such industries .
inside the men called for military !,
,rvice and to take the result into con- ;,
deration in determining such things. n
eff, in the opinion of the district r,
,ard," this section Of the regulations
includes, "the direct, substantial, ma =.
rial loss to any such industrial or ag- VI
cultural enterprise outweighs the loss
at would result from failure to OBJ u
in the military service of any such
rson, certificate of discharge may
issued to him x x X'
Certificates of exemption will not
cessarily be permanent. They may 81