Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-11
DISTRICT BOARD
DUTIES DEFINED
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made for each local hoard or will
be made within the next few days.
The person so designated is direct
ed by section ~ of the Regulations
to appeal every case of exemption or
discharge on the ground OF depend
ency. In other cases he will keep
himself informed of the action of
local boards, in other cases, and on
his initiative, or upon information
that may be brought to his attention
by other persons. he should appeal
other cases of exemption or discharge,
when in his opinion, the best inter
ests OF the Government and justice to
other registrants make such an ap-
peal desirable.
Question Can a person married
since Jluy 20 base claim for dis
charge on that ground?
Answer. Marriage is not of itself
valid ground for making claim of
discharge.
A man whose wife is mainly de-
pendent on his daily labor for sup
port may claim exemption on that
ground. But dependency is a matter
OF fact The rule does not ask, lis
the husband, as a matter OF law. liza
BILE to support the wife," 1t asks,
Is the Wife as matter of fact,
mainly dependent on the daily labor
Of her husband for support? ?" Only
the exemption boards can determine
this fact, Where dependency is
claimed and the circumstances show
a marriage hastily consummated
since July 20 by man whose number
is high on the available list the actual
fact OF dependency must be closely
scrutinized.
Moreover, by section 6 of the act
Of May IS, any person who
eyades or aids another to eVade the
requirements of this act" is guilty of
a misdemeanor; and local boards are
authorized to warn persons who claim
discharge on the ground of marriage
contracted since the date of the act,
that both parties are liable to prose-
cution under this provision it, the
marriage was contracted solely with
the intent to evade the performance
of military duty.
When an alien has declared his
intention to become a citizen more
than two years ago, and has in the
meantime never applied for final
papers, such an alien is a declarant
under the selectiye service act, and
is therefore amenable to the draft,
although it may be true that under
the naturalization law such an alien
would not have been able to take
advantage of his declaration of in
tention for the purpose of obtaining
full citizenship by applying for final
bttBCA6 immediately. L HG SLdtulG dp-
plies to those who have declared their
intention, and makes no distinction
as to whether the declaration of in
tention is one made within two years
or not.
In order to claim a discharge un-
der the original jurisdiction of dis
trict board, the claimant must show
that he is engaged in one of the in
dustries, including agriculture, upon
which that jurisdiction is based
Questions have been asked whether
(a) Firemen,
(b) Policemen,
(c) Students in technical schools
and colleges can be considered as
engaged in such industries None of
these classes can be so considered and |
therefore there is no statutory au-
thority for claiming or granting dis
charge in the case Of firemen, polise-
men, or students in technical schools,
under the provision of section A of
the Regulations for Local and Dis
trict Boards.