Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-09
EXEMPTION CLAIMANTS
MUST FURNISH BLANKS
t.stsh " Evxde Military Service Has
Exhausted the Governments
Supply.
NEED NOT PAY NOTARY FEE
Lodi Boards Are Empowered to
Make All Acknowledgements by tho
6electivc Draft Act District
Boards Meet To-Day.

Men making q claim for exemption
from military service will be required
to, furnish the blanks upon which the
supporting aftdavits are made. This
ruling was made yesterday by tho
observation-disclosures in Il telegram
to- Adjutant-G eneral w. w. Sale, anu
was caused by the fact that ne un-
expected number OF exemption claim
ants quickly exhausted the supply OF
blanks which the government had
printed for free distribution.
All afidavits must be made i'll a uni
form style. but the provost-marshal-
general directed the Adjutant-General
to- notify local exemption boards that
typewriter copies may be accepted.
Tie also adds that large private con-
Germs will probably seize the chance to
print the blanks and offer them for
sale at a reasonable price. within the
rcauE of all.
4A1onG the line of affidavits. Gov
ernuE Henry {. Stuart yesterday called
attention to the fact that many no.
taries in NirEinia were making Al prac-
tile af charging a fee for the acknow-
lehEHinent OF signatures. The Cover
NOR asked that II be made clear that
there Is no occasion for any man to
pays notary. Scores of notarics have
volunteered to make the acknowledge
meWts without charge, while all local
bo&fds are empowered to make the ac-
acknowledgements.
MEN AT CAMP NAY DE
sSs~ EXA3fiNED Bi LOCAL BOARD
Remission has been secured from
Warrington to have all drafted men at
CaaHf Lee. Petersburg, examined before
thG4lrince George County board. There
arHkt men from surrounding cities
aikk counties now working at the cam
tofHient, and II Is feared that the loss
ofs1ifne necessary for them to go TO
th4frs homes would retard the work,
~copsequently the other arrangements
wSEe. made.
Rhe Acknowledgement was notified
yesterday that he would receive in
sttHttions to-day in regard to the mobi-
l~iasfion Of the first draft contingent.
TEM letter follows:
S&e~ regulations governing mobili-
zaf{bh and the certitication Of men from
diSfttct bpurds to Adjutants General
wtf.be mailed TO you OF August Q. In
they meantime local boards should GER
tifSSto district boards daily on foruL
1464hosc who have been called and who
haff mot been exempted or discharged
either because they failed to file any
claim or because their claim has been
dedEikd adversely. strict compliance
WIFI tthiS rule is necessary since on
Sentembcr l the War Department, via.
CAN. not to exceed onc-third of tn.
Q,Iuta from each State TO he entraincd
Decentralization camps between SCI,
tenfper 8. Unless we wish TO be pat
in - position OF not furnishing Isrn as
faFS as the War Department is ready TO
reoAive them, each state should have
ACCUMULATED by September I IL minimum
of1Hne-third OF its quota not exempted
or hdischarEcd. This can only be at
taiRGd If local boards certify these lists
upsaafly with great expedition"
MIST MAKE STRICT
~ EXAMINATION OF EYES
Instructions for all physicians to pa,
striG attention TO the detection Of eye
DISEASES, were also issued Us Iviiuws:
Sturgeon General advises that in
order TO prevent the terrible ravages
which result from the Introduction int
thetarmy Of that dread disease of tho
eyeS known as Trachoma. the lids of
every recruit he everted to insure the
absence of this disease and that any
Dorderline or suspicious eases be re-
ferred TO an Opsthalmic Surgeon espec-
ially qualiHed III this line"
A joint session OF the two Virginia
district boards VIII be held in Lynch
burS this morning Tor the purpose of
making uniform rules OF procedure.
The boards Will be sooned m
with cases brought up on appeal and
Will find considerable work In order
TO dispose .-f tnc,n in time for the first
contingent 10 ensrain for the mobili-
cation camp between September /