Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-11-29
THE NEW DRAFT
RULES EXPLAINED
Gratiot County Draft Board
Gives an Explanation of New
Rules tc BE Used.
WORK IS GREATLY SIMPL|FIED
And Ten Pages More of Questions
Within Seven Days-Order of
Classes Called.


The five classes into which all men
divided are shown below These are
not exactly as published a month
ago but are guaranteed TO be abso-
rectly from the Questionaire furnish
lutely correct having been copied di-
cd to the local board by the govern
ment.
1t does not exempt married
men as Il class but il does place mar
ried men with dependent wives and
children below the list of tables as
only men of the first class will be
called to the colors except in the
graveso emergency
The FIVE official classifcations Of
registrants follow:
Class |.
A-Single men without dependent
relatives.
b Married man with or without
children on father Of motherless chill
dren who has habitually failed to sup
port his family.
C Married man dependent upon
wife for support.
D-Married man, with or without
children or father of motherless child
rem; man not usefully engaged fam
ily supported by income independent
Of his labor
E-Unskilled farm laborer.
F-Unskilled industrial labor.
Registrant by, or in respect of
whom no deferred classification is
claimed or made.
Registrant who fails TO submit
QUESTIONABLE and in respect of whom
no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Class ?
A-Married man with children or
father of motherless children, where
such wife or children or motherless
children are not mainly dependent
upon his labor for support for the
reason that there are other reason
ably certain sources of adequate sup
port (excluding earnings or possible
earnings from labor of the wife).
available. and that the removal of
the registrant will not deprive such
dependents of support
B-Married man. without children,
whose wife, although the registrat is
engaged in useful occupation, is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for
support, for the reason that the wife
is skilled in some special class of
work which she is physically able to
perform and in which she is employed,
or in which there is an immediate
opening for her under conditions that
will enable her to support herself de-
Gently and without suffering or
hardship
C-Necessary skilled farm labor
in necessary agricultural enterprise
Unnecessary skilled Industrial
laborer in necessary industrial en-
terprise.
Class
A-Man with dependent children
tnot hi sown) but toward whom he
stands in the relation of parent.
B--Man with dependent aged or in
firm parents.
C-Man with dependent helpless
brothers or sisters.
D-County or municipal officer
E-Highly trained firemen or po-
licemen, at least three years in the
service of municipality.
Necessary customhouse clerk
Unnecessary employee of the
United States in the transmission Of
the mail
H-Necessary artificer or workman
IN u. ). armory or arsenal.
Necessary employee in the ser
vice of the United States.
NECESSARY assistant, associate.
or hired manager Of necessary agri-
cultural enterprise.
Necessary highly specialized
technical or mechanical expert of
necessary industrial enterprise.
Necessary assistant or assoc
late manager Of necessary industrial
enterprise
Class
A-AIan whose wife or children
are mainly dependent on his labor
for support
B-Mariner actually employed in
sea service Of citizen or merchant ia
the United States.
Unnecessary sole managing. con
trolling or directing head of nee
essary industrial enterprise.
Unnecessary sole managing. con-
trolling, or directing head Of neces-
sary industrial enterprise
Class )
-OIllcefS-Leglsla executive
or judicial of the United States or of
state territory or District of Col
umbia.
B-Regular or duly ordained min
ister of religion.
C-Student who on May ls. 1917.
was preparing for ministry in
recognized school.
D-Persons in the naval or mill
tary service of the United States.
E-Alien enemy.
Resident alien mot an enemy
who claims exemption.
G-Person totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for mil
ltary service
h-Person morally unfit to be a
soldier of the United States.
Licensed pilot actually employed
IN the pursuit of his vocation.
Member of well-recognized reig-
lous sect or organization. organized
ana existing on May 1S, 1917, whose
then existing creed or principles for
bid ITS members 20 participate in
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