Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
EXEMPTION
BOARD READY
EXPECTING DAILY TO RECEIVE
MASTER LIST OF PERSONS
SUBJECT TO DRAFT.
MANY DRAFT REGULATIONS
Claiming of Exemption Not a Sign
of Cowardice.

Sheriff Sawyer, chairman of
Boundary county's exemption board,
is expecting daily to receive from the
authorities at Washington, d. c., the
list from which the county's quota
for the draft army of 100000 will
be chosen. When this list arrives
the first to appear before the exemp-
ton board will be notified and pleas
of exemption will be heard daily
until the quota is secured.
The exemption board of this coun-
ty now consists of Sheriff Sawyer,
DR.. E. E. Fry and E. M. Flood, Mr..
Flood having been selected to fill
the vacancy on the board which was
created when war department offic-
ials ruled that no person of draft
age would be allowed to sit on an
exemption board. This ruling effect
ed ]. V. Stanley who registered as
No. 1. Mr.. Floods appointment came
by mail from Adjutant General
Moody who acted following Sheriff
Sawyer's telegram asking for advice
in the matter.
Elsewhere in this weeks Herald
is the list of those subject to draft
up to 246.
H. H. Taylor, of Standpoint, A. c..
White, of Laclede, DR.. j. B. Morris,
of Lewiston, R. X. Myers and l. E.
Snow have been appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson as members of the north
ern district exemption board for
Idaho. The first meeting of the
board was held yesterday at Occur
d'Alene City at 10 o'clock.
The regulations concerning the
draft say:
Those drawn will have seven days
from time notice of call is mailed
or posted in which to claim exemp-
ton and will have ten days more in
which to file proof of claim, which
must be by affidavit on forms which
can be secured from the local ex-
emption board.
On the day named each person
drawn must appear for physical ex-
animation and this appearance must
be made whether or not claim fol
exemption is filed.
The grounds for exemption that
will most commonly apply are clergy
men or theological students, a Ger
man subject, with or without frs
papers, resident alien without frs
papers, county or municipal officer
employed in transmission of the mail
employed in navy yard, arsenal, etc.
pilots and seamen, supporting Deepen
dent wife, child, widowed mother
aged or infirm parents, orphan broth
ers or sisters under 16, member o
religious sects opposed to war.
Proof of circumstances causing ex
emption must be filed on prope
blanks within ten days of filing o
claim and decision must be mad
by local board within three days
Then appeal may be made to distric
board either by claimant or govern
ment. Only the district board ca
receive or act on claims for exemp
ton on industrial grounds. In genera
it may be said that only those re
quired by the industries necessar
to the war work of the nation Wi
be exempted and that probably tn
war department will be represente
by council who will oppose most ar
plications unless they are clearly an
strongly justified. In any case
claimant engaged in. an exempte
occupation must remain in that G
another similarly exempted or he ca
be impressed later.
1t is understood that the affidavit
of employers in industrial claim
will be useful if not necessary.
A claim for exemption may B
made by another party with or will
out the consent of the person cor
cerned.
1t will be noted that the regul;
tions exempt resident aliens witt
out first papers, the inference bein