Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-13
NEW DRAFT REGULATIONS
CAUSE MANY INQUIRIES
Important Points Arc Ruled Upon
by Provost Marshal.
General.
sGyERAi. ISSUES CLEARED
Rules for Selcctive Service Allow
Numerous Points to BE Raised.
Claims for Deferred Classification
Matter OF Intense Interest.

lntcres. in the new sclcc;ivc service
regulations was tho cause of Il dozen or
moro importan, kilograms being re-
cc!vcd at the acknowledgements Office
yesterday from Provost Alarshal-Gcn-
cral C'rowdcr. These wires were in
response TO numerous inquiries
AsAfany Of these indicate that members
OF tho legal advisory boards and mem
hers Of the local exemption boards
besides state officials, arc under the
false impression that legal advisory
boards have authority TO advise ieca!
boards concerning the construction, in
depreciation and application of the
sclcctivc service law and regulations.
General Crowdcr stated cmphaticaiiE
that 40 such function was WITHIN me
Scopc OF tho legal advisory boards;
whose primary duty was to advise
rcEistrants and aid them in MAX inE
proper and truthful answers 10 thc
questions in the uuestionnaires ana
also in securing the supporting az
iidarits in such cases as they arc re-
quircd.
nation. apply 10 tho Adjutant- General
rho legal ,dvisory boards may. oil
course, advise the local exemption
boards, but such advise has no binding
furcc at all, SAID the message.
TO DEFER SERVICES
or POSTAL EMPLOYEES
Kin a second message, General crowd
Fl, stated that President wilson mao
authorized that employees in the postal
,rrvicr called to report for induction
info military service between December
IN and January be deferred from such
service until after the latter date.
With reference to tho qucStonnaireS'
ha
Il message was receiver from ti!e ~
rost-AIarshal by the Adjuiant-Gcnera
,crr,t, the effect that Guestionnaires
sh.l, he mailed out to the reGistrantS
who have not been indicted ihto mn
tarv service under the process Oh INC
draft and accepted ut the m"poti"i''o'
csmps between December 10 ana Jan"
- o. inclusive and beginning on inc
,irst named date. he message Iu'eu
raj rcristrants standing Sclected on
December II under tic Old reEu"!t'o.'n
ANIL remain liable II iii UP oe!''Etu
ncr cents OF the current quota OF VI
future calls until il shall "npea' '""
there are enough men c'aas'h." ~
Need in class one TO meet such fc-
uuircm cnts. :, ,..;r.
|-rrrc message expressed the deslre
,,o, all quotas after December - DC
tillcd from class | as far as p"s"'o.e'
This however, depends entlreN Oh ~
manner Of the local boards c%ped!tihs
their work. II WAS Hi."
i, no claim for deferred cia*S:ac;.tI"H
Mas Sled in the uuestionnairc t"ere
would be no appeal from the clasSiI-
r.;;on of the local hoard. The result
Of this ruling is that tncre Is no use
ia send eases TO the dis;ric: boards
except whore deferred classification
wxS-c.aiIned and appeals on the ground
Of industrial and agricultural pursuits.
according to the ruling. II no claim
!cr deferred classification Is made in
=ovcn DAYS after the mailing Of the
olicStionnairc. the local board shall, i'll
proper cases. nut the reGistrant in
class 1 and notify him OF such action
AT once Claims for deferred ciaasiii-
cation on industrial and agricultural
grounds shall he sent as soon ~ nos
s,blc and notice OF classification VIII
he mailed by the local board on thr
return OF the case from the district