The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-05-31

o CLASS EXEMPTION
Farmers to Be Takensas Well M
Others-Dependents Ont
side Wives,May
Not Exempt.

washington. May 29s--Ali married
men will be exempt on the first DRAFT.
They must register, however ana DO
subject to service when more me are
needed. s
There viii be no wholesale industrial
exemptions by specified classes or ocs
equations. While many "details Of thu
SOC, 900 men between the ages OFT
n 81 out o the snenriy 80, DOC, 600
men who register June S will be picked
Tor the army are still to be formulated,
the two points mentioned above have
been settled. They are embodied in "
distinguished committee oE civilians
called together by President Wilson
and working On the exemption foatures
with the provost marshal Tho
conference with the higher and Icsison-
sible officials, it was learned toGaysshaS
resulted In approval Of the " mst1nr
points.
Other Exemptions Uncertain.
The two questions OF exemption sce
men with dependents and those needed
In industrial work at honle have proved
the most difficult to work outingaWay
to secure anything like evgn handed
justice in operation. The difficuIty. il
is stated. of determining whethersor not
q married man was actually needed to-
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consideration that finally determined
the officials to exempt all married men,,
As to the men with other dependent
relatives, such as an aged mother or
father, the decision Will be IN to tho
local county OF city bonrd with final
q district federal board. Appeal from
the district board n in turn be E4ado
to President Wilson.
Farmers Not Exempt. 4
The question OF Industrial exssaxp-
tons. officials stated. was found tDaba
even more difficult. 1t has been agreed
among the officials that the mere fact
q man is a farmer, munitions makersor
engineer does not necessarily imply
that he would be Of more use at hons
than in the rmy 1T may be possible.
1t is pointed out, to spare many men
from the farms and the factories maxi
ing war supplies.
All industrial exemptions will he
made by the district board, subject to
appeal to the president either by q
ploye or employer.
Registration Exemptions After. i
The law specifies there shall DC ii
OF these boards in each federal judicial
district. An employee Or group Of
ployes may appeal to his board for
exemption from military service on tho
ground that their work is Of such O
character as to make them OF more
value at home. In the same way an
employer can ask for exemption of the
men in his employ whom he believes
are more necessary to the Wefl-being
of the nation at home than they are for
service in the army II viii be for the
board to weigh the evidence and decide
the question.
The exemption regulations viii not be
promulgated until after Jun 5. the
registration day, so as to cause no con-
fusion about registration.
The war department has not yet dee
cided whether to stop volunteering
upon registration day, June 5, as has
been considered, and will the regular
units by draft, but it was believed vol
unteering would be permitted to con-
ttnue at least until the exemption regu-
lations had been formulated n the
actual process Of drafting the men
some time in the middle of the SUM
mer invoked.
Guard Enlistments Reduced.
Enlistment in the national guard
since the lid a been taken off re-
cruiting up to war strength has shown
a loss rather than an increase in the
guard total in the last 10 days. This
largely has been due to married men
being let out of guard regiments and 70
the loss of 3,033 men and officers in
Ohio regiments, where there was a re-
organization In most states guartlsrncn
With dependents have all been dropped.
so that a steady gain can now be ex-
pected.
The national guard in federal service
now totals 3,1S4 officers and IS, 566 men,
or only one-third of the present guard
strength.