Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-11-28
TO CLASSIFY Gil men
SUBJECT TO DRAFT
Questionlaire VIII he NEaiieil Out Soon
to Every AEan Registered.
FIVE CLASSES
ARE ESTABLISHED
Men Without Dependents Will BE Call
ed FOR Seryiee First.-NSany
Questions to Answer.

ed FOR Service First.-NEalsy
Questions to Answer.
livery drafted man who has been eN-
empted from the draft is replaced in
the class still subject to draft and every
exemption certificate heretofore issued
is declared revoked by the ':Question-
naire' governing the second draft
copies of which win be mailed out soon.
: Altho twas assumed by draft officials
that men who have obtained exemption
one might be in a position to do so
= again under the new rulings, there is
absolutely no statement to that effect
in the 'uuestionnaire.
The "questionnaire'S must be filled
out by every man registered for the
draft who has not already been sent
to a national army camp. 1t will be
the basis for determining the status of
every registrant at all future times. 1t
is Is page pamphlet in which is print
ed every question which registrant
must be asked to determine whether he
shall serve as soldier. There is space
for answering every question together
with full, proper forms for all afti-
dayits and oaths which must support
all claims for exemption.
The statement that >all previous ex-
emptions are revoked is made in the
instructions which preface the Is page
g QUESTIONABLE" under the title ''Revo-
cation 1t reads as follows:
Section 4. Revoca tion of. exemption
and discharge-All exemptions and dis
charges made prior to the date of these
rules and regulations, and all certii-
Gates in evidence thereof are hereby
revoked, and all such certificates here
tofore issued shall have no further
validity.
Complete instructions for use of the
questionable are printed on pages 2
and 3. On page 4 are the general
questions of "Series L. the. set of
questions which every registrant, with
out exemption, must answer in full. In
this are included the name, occupation,
residence and relationship to nearest
relative of each person. If employed
he must SO state, also by whom, num-
Der of hours of work weekly, Occupa-
tion in which registrant considers him
self best fitted, schooling, willingness to
take schooling fitting for special army
service, previous military experience
and foreign languages spoken. a
Every registrant must also fill out
the questions as to his general physi-
cal fitness in "Series % on page g. If
he claims physical DEFICIENCIES he must
answer the questions which will des-
cribe that physical unitness. Series 3
to II provide the registrant means of
furnishing data as to his eligibility for
exemption on any other ground than
physical as follows: Series, 3, legisla-
tive, judicial or executive officers; 4,
ministers of religion; 5, divinity stu
dents; 6, military or naval service; z,
citizenship; 8, officials, federal en-
ployes, pilots and mariners; 9, religious
conviction against war; 10, dependen-
cy; IL, Industrial occupation; 12, agri.
cultural occupation.
In each of these Series the regis
trant must answer the first question by
+yes" or mo-" telling by that answer
whether he intends to claim exemption
who answer mo" need fill out nothing
more in that Series. Those answer
ing Eyes, must fill out the blank in full
with supporting affdavits where these
are included in the form.
Supporting affdavits are required il
the cases of divinity students, depend
sncy, and Industrial or agricultural oc
cupation
The result of the t'questi vii
be to group all registrants in five
tsclasses" from which men will be SEN
directly into the armies. Glass I is un
married men, and include person!
with dependents and officials and EN-
ployes of government offices which
make them eligible for discharge
Glass includes Industrial and agri
cultural exemptions and Glass min
listers, men in the military service, tn
permanently unfit physically and lie
ensed pilots.
All the men eligible in "Class 1" will
be drafted before any of those il
"Class % are taken, and so on success
sively. Within each class the orde
numbers Of the original draft will b.
operative.
instructions to registrants provid
that the 'squestionnaire" must be care
fully read and studied. Each registrar
shall then answer the general questions
sSeries l." and the. necessary ques
tions in "Series. g." also such question
in following series as he is warranted i
employing. He shall then turn back t
page of the "questio and max
an *" opposite the class and subdt
7ision Of that class in which he believe
~ himself to belong.
The instructions provide that a ma
may claim exemption under as man
heads as he has grounds to prove. Falls
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