Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-15
THE l4S QUESTIONS
FOR DRAFT men
All Exemptions And Discharges Of
First Draft Are Revoked.
PENALTY FOLLOWS FAILURE
Returns Became Governments Record
Provision For Appeal-To
Mark Own Class.

ing 100000 drau reg1StranIs VIII
nave to answer las questions made
public yesterday.
They constitute q searching inquiry
nto each mans life and fitness and
determine. through the action of the
local draft board. the order OF his call
10 military service.
Heavy Penalty Provided.
This QUESTIONABLE automatically re-
yokes all exemptions and discharges
under the first draft. Failure to re-
turn his answers in seven days after
he receives the questions makes the
registrant liable to a year in prison
such men may be certified into the
nrst class called. Mailing of the list
by the local board constitutes legal
notice to the resigtrant. His failure
to receive it does not excuse him.
Even after answering the question:
naire if a mans status changes and
he does not report 1t within five days
his board he is subject to year in
prison.
Constitutes Each Mans Record.
The minimum number OF questions
each man must answer is about 26, the
maximum about 100. Once filed out
the QUESTIONABLE constitutes each
mans complete record with the gov
eminent. All previous records are
by it automatically wiped out.
on the basis of the draft mans an
swer. verified by the local boards
when necessary, the men are divided
into five classes. the fifth being ex-
empted or discharged from draft.
Liability to service in the other
classes follows the numbers drawn In
the famous lottery July 90
Appeal Is Provided For.
Supporting affidavits of other per-
sons must be secured by every regis
trant who claims exemption or de-
ferred liability on the grounds of
studying for the ministry. dependency
and industrial or agricultural reasons.
A man is permitted to mark the class
he thinks he ought to be placed in.
A blank is provided for each mans
appeal to the President from the
draft boards classification, II unsatis-
factory to the registrant. The board
must give its reasons for putting a
man in q class he did not choose.
The 16-page war-Quiz starts with a
series Of general questions which
every man must answer and ends with
series IL on agricultural occupations.
II series applies particularly to a
certain man, he must answer all
questions therein.
Minute Detail About Dependents.
A man claiming a wife or others as
mainly dependent on his mental or
physical labor for support must go in
to minute detail He must give the
date, place and person by whom he
was married, the amount OF his in
come, how much he figures his de-
pendents need to live comfortably,
whether his wife ever worked and
what at, how much work she has
done in the last IL months and how
much she got for it, whether they
live with his or her parents and if
they rent a house. who the landlord
is and how much they pay him.
One Of the general questions indi-
Gates that the government will send
thousands of draft men to free
night school and teach them war
| trades.
Each man must give list of his oc-
equations, how much he earned at
them and how many hours day he
worked during the last eight years
Every imaginable occupation is IN
cluded His schooling, army-service
preference. present work. and employ
er's name, languages spoken. criminal
| record, If any, and detailed informa-
ton about each alleged dependent
must be given.
Must Prove Alien Citizenship.
If man claims he isn't an Ameri-
can citizen, he's got to prove it be-
yond question. He must prove like
wise his religious convictions against
war, IL any, and show that he be-
longed to- recognized anti-war sect
before America entered the present
conflict. If he claims to be an alien,
he must say whether he would return
to the fighting ranks OF his native
land.
Industrial and agricultural occupa-
lions, next TO dependents, receive most
tions. next to dependents, receive
II man is not engaged in an agricul-
tural enterprise. he need not answer
any further under this head. But II
claiming to be farmer, he must en-
ter into the greatest detail The head
and owner OF farm must also give
additional facts.
The first question under industry
is: Are you engaged in an indus
trial enterprise necessary ID to the
maintenance OF the military establish
ment, or (2) to the effective operation
of the military forces. or CD to the
maintenance Of the national interests
during the emergency? II not, the
man does not answer any further un-
der Series SKI. But a man claiming
exemption under this ground. whether
In business for himself or an empIoye
must show he Is indispensable and
must give complete history OF the
business and his connection with IT..
Classes And Their Order.
The classes and the order in which
they viii be called are as follows:
CLASS /.
Single man without dependent
relatives.
Married man. with or without chill
dren, or father or motherless chill