South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14

SItNLloualTe blanks for classifying
all men within the draft age for
CONSUMPTION under the new system
recently inaugurated will soon be i'm
the hands Of the various boards for
mailing TO the men IA their juris-
dictiOn. The blanks contain Is
pages and are 50 by III inches
in size a copy OF the QUESTIONABLE
will be mailed 10 each man who
registered June .. and regardless OF
the fact that he may have SINCE
been exempted or discharged from
military service does not excuse him
from flling out the blank and re-
turning il 20 his local board. Fail
ure TO do so and having il in the
hands OF his board within seven
days after 10 has been mailed to
him will be considered as a mis-
demeanor punisha bic by fine or i'm
prisonment for one year and may
result in the loss Of valuable rights
and in immediate induction into
military service.
Five Glasses TO be Formed.
Each man will be placed In one
Of five classes % he called 20 mill
itary duty in the order numbered.
Following are the classey and
divisions that grounds for exemp-
ton claims may be based on:
Class la Single man without
dependent relatives. Cb) Married
man, with or without children, or
father Of motherless children. who
has habitually failed 10 support his
family CO. Married man depend
ant on wife FOR support (d)
Married man, with or without
children. or father Of mother
less children: man not use
fully engaged, family supported by
income independent OF his labor.
(e) Unskilled farm labOrer 90
Unskilled industrial laborer (g)
Registrant By OF in respect Of whom
no deferred classification Is claimed
or made. (h) Registrant who fails
TO submit questionable and in re-
spect OF whom no deferred classic
cation is claimed or made. CD All
registrants net included I'm any
other division in this schedule. (The
three last divisions are left open 10
be marked by a member OF the
reEistrants local exemption board
according TO the members judg-
ment)
Class 2.-ia) Married man with
children or father Of motherless
children are not mainly dependent
upon his labor for support for the
reason that there are other reason
ably certain sources of adequate
Support (excIuding earnings or pos
sible earnings from the labor OF
the wife, available. and that the
removal o. the Resistant will not
deprive such dependents Of support.
tb) Married man. without children,
whose wife, although the registrant
is engaged in a 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 i'm
which she is employed, or in which
there is an immediate opening for
her under conditions that viii en-
ohIe her 10 support herself decently
and without suffering or hardship.
tcl Necessary skilled farm labOrer
in necessary agricultural enterprise.
SdI Necessary skilled industrial Ia
lorer in necessary industrial en-
terprise.
class 3.-Ca) Man with dependent
children (not his own, but toward
whom he stands In relation Of
parent Cb) Man with dependent,
AGED or lnfirm parents. Co Man
with dependent helpless brothers or
sisters (d) County or municipal
officer. (e) Highly trained fireman
or policeman. at least three years
in service OF municipality. 90
Necessary customhOuse clerk. CD
Necessary employe of United States
FIN transmission OF the mails. (h)
Necessary artifcer or workman in
United States armoTy or arsenal. G)
Necessary employe in service of