The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-17
LISTS 100000
FOR U. S. SERVICE
Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re-
gardlng the Liability for
Military Duty.
MUST FILL out QUESTIONS
Regstrants to Be Allowed Seven Days
Upon Its Receipt for Return--Con-
trary to Report, 1t Does Not
Exempt Married Men.

Washington, Nov. Is. - The five
classes into which 100000 men reg
istered for military duty-and those
who are registered hereafter-are di-
vided and the order in which they
will be called for service were officially
announced in the provost marshal gen
erals QUESTIONABLE, which every reg
istered man must fill out and file. The
order shows some change from the ten
tative draft published some time ago.
Contrary to some published reports,
it does not exempt married as a class,
but it does place married men with
dependent wives and children far down
on the list of tables. In fact, the
QUESTIONABLE indicates that only men
of the first class will be called to the
colors except in the gravest emergency.
Official cIassifications Given.
The five official classifcations Of reg
istrants follow:
CLASS I.
(A)-Single man without dependent
relatives
(B)-Married man. with or without
children, or father Of motherless chill
dren, who has habitually failed to sup
port his family.
(C)-Married man dependent on wife
for support.
(D)-Married man, with or without
children, or father of motherless chill
dren; man not usefully engaged fam
lily supported by income independent
| of his labor.
s(E)-Unskilled farm labor.
| 6F)-UnskilIed industrial laborer.
| Registrant by or in respect of whom
| no deferred classification rs claimed OF
| made.
Registrant who fails to submit q''es.
tionnsire and in respect of whom q.
laaefaFr classification i claimed lain .
All registrants not included in eug
other division In this schedule.
Income Figures In First Class.
CLASS II.
(A)-Married man with children or
father of motherless children, where
such wife or children or such mother
less children are not mainly dependent
upon his labor for support for the rea-
son that there are other reasonably
certain sources of adequate support
excluding earnings or possible earnings
from the labor of the wife) available,
and that the removal of the registrant
will not deprive such dependent or
support,
(B)-Married man, without children,
whose wife, although the registrant IS
engaged in a useful occupation, is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for
support, for the reason that the wife
is skilled in some special class of work
which she is physically able to, perform
and in which she is employed, or IN
which there is an immediate opening
for her under conditions that will en-
able her to support herself decently
and without suffering or hardship.
fC)-Necessary skilled farm labor In
necessary agricultural enterprise.
Value of Essential Work Considered.
CLASS III.
fA)-Man with dependent children
(not his OWN but toward whom he
stands in relation of parent.
(B)-Man with dependent aged or In
firm parents.
(C)-Man with dependent helpless
brothers or sisters. ,.
(D)-County or municipal officer.
(E)-Highly trained fireman or po-
liceman, at least three years in service
of municipality
(F)-Necessary customhouse clerk.
(G)-Necessary employee of United
States in transmission of mails.
(H-Necessary artificer or workman
! in United States armory or arsenal
(D-Necessary employee in service
of United States
(D-Necessary assistant associate or
hired manager OF necessary agricultu-
raj enterprise.
| (K)-Necessary highly specialized
| technical or mechanical expert of nee
| essary industrial enterprise.
O)-Necessary assistant or associ-
| ate manager of necessary industrial
enterprise.
Heads of Necessary Enterprises.
CLASS w.
(A)-Man whose wife or children are
mainly dependent on his labor for sup
| port.
| (B)-Mariner actually employed II
sea service of citizen or merchant II
the United States.
(C)-Necessary sole manager, con
trolling or directing head of necessary
| agricultural enterprise.
(D)-Necessary sole managing, con
trolling or directing head of necessar!
industrial enterprise.
Pastors and Students Listed.
CLASS "
(A)-Off1cers, lesiglative, eXeoutiv,
or judicial. of the United States or o
state, territory or District of Columbia
| (B)-Regular or duly ordained min
| lister of religion
| (C)-Student who on May 49, 1917
was preparing for ministry in recog
nized school.
(D)-Persons in military or nava
service of the United States,
(E)-Alien enemy.
! (F)--Resident alien (not an enemy
| who claims exemption.
| (G)-Person totally and permanent.
physically or mentally unfit for mill
tary service.
(H)--Person morally unfit to be
| soldier Of the United States
| U--Lioenser pilot, actually EN-
| ployed in the pursuit of his vocation