Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-01
the daily labor Of her husband for sup
portT Only the exemption boards can
determine this fact. ~

the daily labor Of her husband for sup
portf Only the exemption boards can
determine this fact M
Dependency TO 30 sifted.
Where dependency Is claimed and
the circumstances show a marriage
hastily performed since July 20 by a
man whose number is high on the avail
able list, the actual fact of dependency
must he closely scrutinized.
Moreover, by sections of the act Of
May is any person who Z. eyades
or aids another to evade the require
ments of this act Is guilty of a mis-
demeanor; and local boards are author
lied to warn persons who claim dis
charge on the ground of marriages con-
tracted since tie date Of the act that
both parties are liable to prosecution
under this provision. If, in fact, the
marriage was contracted solely with
intent to wade the performance Of mill
itary duty 90
Whether policemen and firemen,
guardians Of public safety and proper
ty. are to be exempt from military SER
vice under the iraft is a matter now
under consideration. 1t has been set
tied that they shall net be exempt as a
class, bu, it is regarded as probable
that individual firemen and policemen
if called hy the draft will in most cases
be discharged from service on the
ground that they are municipal officers
whose work is necessary 10 the inter-
ests of the nation. The judgment of the
boards will be relied on in these cases
to a great extent
Orders We're sent to the local boards
today regarding the second call for
men on the draft lists in case the per-
centase of reflections on account of
physical disability exhausts the first
list before quotas are filled. They were
authorized to make the second call on
the basis Of 10 per cent of required
quotas.
No board the order says, "can re-
ceive final credit on its quota for any
selected man until word has been re-
ceived from the military, authorities
at the rendezvous or mobilization camp
that the man has been accepted into
the military service Of the United
States
Some men passed by. the local boards
will be exempted or discharged on ap-
peal by the district boards and some
will be discharged for Industrial rea-
sons by the district boards. Some will
be rejected at mobilization camps.
Ten Per Cent More Discharges.
The number of persons passed by
local boards who will be discharged by
district boards or at mobilization camps
Is tentatively estimated at about 10 per
cent. Of those passed by the LOCAL board
Therefore local boards should continue
to call men up for examination until
they apparently have filed their quota
with 10 per cent additional. 4
Local boards have been ordered TO
call 200 per cent of their quota for ex-
animation By the seventh day after the
call is sent out all claims for ex-
emption and discharges by men called
VIII be filed in the local board BY ex-
amining the number and character of
these claims and by Considering the
of persons reflected physically
the board can roughly estimate the
number of men that e. WI, be neces-
sary to call to I'LL their quotas.
y INN ediately ate. making this es-
innate the board should send out new
call computed on the experience of the
first call. This new call should be for
enough men to complete 10 per cent
Of their quota"
1t also was ruled by the provost
general that service in Red
Cross ambulance companies is not mill
tary service WITHIN the meaning of the
seIective army law and is not = valid
claim for exemption or. discharge.