Arizona republican., 1917-08-18

There is a disposition by many of
 gard an important feature of the con
 scription act providing that. selected
 men must be taken in the order of their
 drawing. In Pima county the board is disposed to take the single men first, and when it appears that there will not be enough of them, to begin talk ing the married men in the order in which they have been drawn. That is contrary to the regulations issued by the provost marshal general
 In other parts of the country an other way of disturbing the order has been discovered in permitting sys- tenn of volunteering. That is an ar engagement is made by which one who does not want to go to war perhaps q married man, but without valid claim to exemption, can secure a friend or one who does want to go to war, to take his place in the list. That is especially drowned upon by the pro- rost marshal general, who yesterday sent out the following order, "a copy uf which was received at the office of the governor:
 Reports received concerning few local boards are to the effect that these boards are proceeding to call throughout the whole list of persons registered. then to certify up only those who claim no exemption regard less of whether their order of obliga- ton places them within the quota, leaving the claims of exemption unde cided or merely formally allowing all of them without discrimination. In effect this course permits volunteer ing among registrants. This method is illegal and unauthorized. All regis trants stand in an equality before the law except as the law decreeS an in- equality. The law decrees an inequal- ity only where exemption boards, after properly exercising their functions, have granted exemptions or discharges Furthermore, the method results in ealing men for military service out of their order Local boards should cer- tify those who claim no exemptions rapidly, but they should also act on claims for exemptions rapidly and within the time prescribed by regula- tion and certify the cases at once. District boards should also certify promptly to local boarcs those who claim no exemption, out they should also act promptly on the cases of those who do not claim exemption, and espe ] cialy on the cases of persons whose l order of obligation is early
 "The first 30 per cent of the quota may be composed of men whose cases : are decided. although the cases of persons of prior obligations are still | pending in the district board but great : care must be taken by c-le focal board [ to send no one to military duty whose order of obligation is so late as to make it improbable that he will be within the total quota. By September . 18th, when the second call is made, there will be enough appea ed cases and cases within the exclusive juris- diction of the district beard decided to make up the second 30 per cent from men whose order of oDiiga;:on is near ly and who are hence sure to be within the quota. The same will be true of the 30 per cent to be furnished on Oc tober 3rd. The last 10 per cent must be selected with great care to be sure that no one in the whole quota is sent for military duty while selected per son with an earlier order of obliga tion for military services is allowed to remain at home
 Reports have come from nearly all the counties that an unexpectedly large number of drafted men have not responded to the call of the eXemp- tion boards. All such 1nen will be cer- tified as having passed, and later they will have to wrestle it out with the army authorities. They can put in no claim for exemption on any ground, ', but, of course, will not be accepted into the service un eSs they are physi- | cally fit.
 Those who are so certified and do not appear will be technically desert CTS and will be treated as such. A man gains nothing by absenting him self from the exemption board. He