Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-13
EXEMPTION RULES
ISSUED BY WILSON
PREPARATIONS FOR MoBlLlzA-
TON HAVE ADVANCED AN
OTHER STEP.
Process Of Selection VIII Likely Not
Be Made Known Until Drafting
Time Is Near.

mobilization OF the first contingent OF
$500 troops Of the new national army
advanced another step when President
Wilson promulgated the regulations Ia
govern exemptions from military ser
vice. In the order In which they must
come there are three steps in the or
ganization process Of the national army
as prescribed by Congress- They are
registration, selection and exemption
The first step has been carried
through. The regulations issued cover
in detail the operation Of the third
step, exemption.
Information concerning the second
step In the series is still lacking, and
officials are guarding closely the meth
cd by which selection is to be applied.
The exemption regulation announc.
ed that the boards will be advised of
the selection process later, although
none OF the steps prescribed except
the organization OF the boards can be
carried out until the selection machin.
cry has furnished the names OF the
men whose fitness and desirability for
army service the boards are to Judge.
There is one hint as to how the selec-
ton machinery Is to work.
The local boards are directed upon
organization to take over from the reg
istration precincts the cards and lists
of the men registered on June S, and,
as their first duty, to provide a serial
number for each registration card.
This has given support to the belief
that the selection is to be by number
Reports were current recently that the
selection drawing was to be made in
Washington.
May Delay Announcements.
Presumably the process OF selection
will be announced only short time
before It is put In operation. When
that will be is not known. September
| has been the tentative date set for
calling the 625,000 OF the first contin.
gent to the colors for training. Prog
ress with construction OF the sixteen
divisional cantonments for the troops
will govern the action. 1t is believed
there will be no serious delay.
The exemption process will not take
great deal OF time. II is difficult TO
calculate the time the local boards will
needin passing on the cases that come
before them. The regulations provide
that decision in any individual case
shall not be delayed more than three
days by the local board, or an add.
tional five days when appeal Is taken
to the district boards. The whole pro-
cess probably can be carried through
in less than thirty days.
There were no surprises In the ex.
emption regulations. The task OF pass
ing upon the individual cases is left
entirely to the local boards While the
President reserves the right to desig.
nate industries necessary for the pub.
lie good, the question OF whether re.
tention OF any individual engaged in
these industries Is essential Is left to
the boards
In a statement accompanying the
Of the regulations. the
President called upon the boards to
10 their work fearlessly and impair.
tally and to remember that "our ar.
mics at the front will be strengthen
ID and sustained II they be composed
If men free from any sense Of injus.
ice in their mode of selection" The
statement follows:
The Statement.
"The regulations which I am today
,ausing to be promulgated, pursuant
o the direction of the selective ser.
vice law, cover the remaining steps
If the plan for calling into the SER
vice OF the United States qualified
men from those who have registered,
hose selected as the result Of this
process to contribute, with the reg
liar army, the national guard and the
lavy, the fighting forces Of the ma
ion, all OF which forces are under
he terms OF the law placed in pc.
ition of equal right, dignity and re-
with the members OF all
'ther military forces.
THE regulations have been drawn
With a view to the needs and cir
OF the whole country and
'rovide a system which 1t is expected
will work with the least inequality
nd personal hardship. Any system
4 selecting men for military service,
whether voluntary or involuntary In
Is operation, necessarily selects some |
nen to bear the burden OF danger and |
acrif'ce for the whole nation. The |
ystem here provided places all men
I military age upon an even plane |
nd then, by a selection which Meth
r favors the one nor penalties the !
Their, calls out the requisite number
or service.
Calls For Loyalty.
1.-THE successful operation OF this
NV and Of these regulations depends !
ecessarily upon the loyalty patriot
SIN and justice Of the members OF
he boards to whom its operation is
ommitted, and admon!sh every
lember of every local board and OF
very district board to remember that
heir duty to their country requires
n impartial and fearless performances
D the delicate and difficult duties In.
-usted them. They should remember
S to each individual case presented
, WON that they are called upon to
djudlcate the most sacred rights Of
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