The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-03

Individual Claims Must Be
Presented in Person
DRAFT PLAN SECRET
Numbered Registration Cards lndl-
Gates That the Drawing win Be
Made by Number.

Washington, July 3-Regulations to
govern the next step toward selecting
a national war army from the millions
registered for service on June were
issued yesterday at the direction of
President Wilson. They leave to be
prescribed later the manner Of deter
mining the order of liability of the
men registered, but set forth in great
detail the method of arriving at ex-
emptions and the work generally of the
local and district boards already
named to carry out the task.
Exemption regulations add little to
the terms of the draft law, the ques,
tion Of whether man between the
ages Of 21 and 30 is entitled to ex
emption because OF dependents, the
nature of his occupation or physical
unftness being for the boards to de.
eide after proper investigation. 1t is
made very clear. however, that there
are TO be no class exemptions and
that each individual case must be de-
cided upon its merits.
The local boards-one for each
county Of less than $4,000 population
or city of 10000 with additional boards
where necessary for each additional
10000 population--will pass upon
claims for exemption except those
based upon industrial or agricultural
occupation, subject to appeal to the
district boards. All cases involving
agricultural or - q vomptions
will be passed upvn Dy rne- district
boards--one for each federal judicial
district--which also will decide ap
peals from decisions of the local
boards
The exemption process will not take
great deal OF time. 1t is difficult to
calculate the time the local boards
will need In passing on the cases that
come before them. The regulations
provide, however that decision in any
individual case shall not be delayed
more than three days by the local
board of an additional five days where
an appeal Is taken to the district
boards. The whole process probably
can be carried through in less than 80
days.
While these steps are being car.
ried out for getting together the men
of the national army, the war depart
ment Is making progress with the
even more difficult task of finding Of
ficers for the force. Part Of these will
come from the 16 officers training
camps. The first 10000 Of the 10000
men at the camps will be selected for
commissions in the first increment of
the new army. That is less than half
the number OF officers necessary. The
war department approved yesterday
recommendations of commanders OF
regular regiments which will commits
sion 5000 or more regular noncommis'
stoned officers to be captains or lieu.
tenants in the first $4,000 of the ma
tional army. 1t Is understood that
more than so men from each regi
ment, In addition to those now at the
officers training camps, will be given
commissions for the period OF the war
Persons who must be exempted OF
discharged by the local board include
Officers Of the United States of the
states, territories an dthe District oi
Columbia, ministers of religion, stu
dents OF divinity, persons in the mill
tary or naval service OF the United
States, shubjects of Germany, all Other
aliens who have not taken out frs
papers, county or municipal officers
custom house clerks, workmen IL
federal armories, arsenals and navy
yards, persons in the federal service
designated by the president for ex
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail
ors, those with q status with respec
TO dependents which renders their ex
clusion desirable "a married man will
dependent wife or child, son of de
pendent widow, son Of dependen
aged or infirm parent or brother o
dependent orphan child under 16 year
OF age) those found morally defcien
and any member of any 'well.recol
rized religious sect existing May Is
1917, whose creed forbids participf
ton In war and whose religious cor
victions accord with the creed.
"Claims for exemption because c
dependents may be made by the ma
himself, his wife or other dependent
or by third party who has persoi
ally investigated the case. A claii
made by the husband must be accon
panied by supporting affidavits signe
by the wife and by the head Of
family residing in the same teri
tory. A claim by the wife or thir
party must be- accompanied by tw
supporting afiidavits signed by heaC
of families Similar rules COVER
claims on the grounds of other d
pendents, the dependents or thin
parties being authorized to file claim
with supporting affidavits.