The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-23

winch % HE evidence aOoltloLdi u
that filed by you in the local board.
afhdavits.
Decisions on Appeal.
The decision Of your appeal must
be made within five days of the clos
ing of proof. and you will be notified
by mail of the action of the board on
your appeal.
Clnims for Discharge on Industrial
Grounds.
Only the district board can receive
claims for discharge on the ground
that you are engaged in industry. in
GLIDING agriculture, found to be nee
essary to the maintenance of the mill
tary establishment, the effective oper-
alton of the military forces. or the
maintenance of national interest dup
ing the emergency.
Such. claims must be filed with the
district board on or before the fifth
day after the mailing and posting of
notice that you have been certified by
the local board as one who has been
called for service and not exempted or
discharged.
If you desire to file such a claim:
l. Get or copy at the local or dis
trict board Form 161 or 161a.
= L III the IOIm out properly
3. File it with the district board
within five days after the mailing and
posting of notice. that your name has
been certified from the local board to
the district board.
See section "A, Regulations.
XVI.
Proof in Support of Industrial Claim.
Only affidavits can be used in filing
proof before the district board of
claim for exemption on industrial
grounds. All such affidavits must be
filed within five days after the filing
Of the claim.
Decisions of District Board on Indus
trial Claim.
Within five days after the closing of
proof in any industrial claim the dis
trict board must decide the claim.
If the decision of the district board
is in favor of the claim the board will
issue certificate of discharge. If the
decision is against the claim the dis
trict boards will SO notify you.
Remember that You have been
called for military service and that
the certificate of the district board is
only conditional on your remaining in
the kind of industrial service on ac-
count of which you were discharged.
No such exemption. shall continue
when cause therefor no longer ex-
lists and your certificate of discharge
district board shall determine that the
district board shall determine that the
circumstances require it,
XVIII.
Appeals of Industrial Claim to the
President.
Only decisions of district boards on
industrial claims for discharge can be
appealed.
If You desire to appeal the decision
of the district boards to the president,
#. you may do SO within seven days of
the date of mailing to you of the de-
7 cisfon of the district board. To per-
feet your appeal
l. Get or copy from the district or
| local board Form 1853.
2. Fill out the form and file It with
the district board.
J. Do this within seven days after
| the mailing of notice to you of the
decision or the district board in your
case
How You VIII Be Notified That You
Have Been Selected for Military
Service.
As soon as your case is finally dis
posed of, the adjutant general of your
state will notify you by mail that you
have been selected for military serv-
| ice.
Your local boards will post a list of
all persons selected for military sery-
/ ice in place at the office of the local
boards accessible to public view. The
local board will also give lists of per-
sons selected for military service to
the press with requests for publica-
| ton.
Xxx.
Notice that you have been selected
for militray service will not necessar-
| lily order you into service
The notice to report for military
service will come when the govern
ment is ready to receive you.
E. H. CROWDER.
Provost MarSha1 Ca,a,,I