Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-30


bv blood, marriage or contract who Is
ln any way assisting or can assist you,
late why he cannot assist you, state
why he cannot take your place. By
% nom are you employedg What are
lulr earnings, in money value, as an
Employee on said farm, whether in
money or produce, or both, per day,
per week or per month, as the case
may be? Are you the sole manag-
lrg head and owner of the farm Do
uu own the land? What is its value
How long have you owned il? State
,a.ur OF personal property owned and
L. 81 by you on the farm. If you lease
,.,- land (a) upon what terms, Ib)
name and address of owner, and tcb
has many persons are in your en-
: r. and Id the total you have paid
Hg the past year TO all of said
cr pIoyees, whether in money or pro-
% ssc."
C"a-ci,rticus DIRECTORS
Those who attempt 10 avoid mill
'l~y service or classification on the
ground Of 4 religious conviction
AGAINST war must answer six qucs-
toms A. follows: Are you q member
90. = religious sect or organization
whose creed forbids you to partici-
pate IN war in any form? If so. state
tt, name of the sect and the location
~ It's governing body or head. State
the date and place or organization of
. OUT local church. State number of
a,Anr"nts of such sect in the United
States. When did said sect adopt
90. no-.tiOn 10 war as a part of its
o..ri? When. where and how did
ul n"comc a member Of such sect ?
,..r he name and location of the
.a ucuIar congregation OF which you
a.. = member"
La~ing followed directions the reg
Istrart will have established himself
IN at least one of the thirty-nine di-
yI.ions into which the five classes of
elglUlcs and members of well rec
oprIzed religious sects or organiza-
ton. Crgarizcd and existing on May
y. ,plI, whose then existing creed or
pr Inciples forbids its members to par
,Iripate in war in any form. and
whose religious convictions are against
war or participation therein" have
been divided. Turning then to the first
page of his QUESTIONABLE he makes
a check mark opposite the division or
divisions in which he wishes to be
classified and having taken an oath as
to the truth of his answers he returns
his questionable to his local board. In
the event he wishes to appeal to his
district board from the recommended
tions by his local board a form for
that purpose is provided on the last
page OF the QUESTIONABLE.
There appears to be no provision
made anywhere for the classification
Of those who style themselves paci-
fists and do not wish to do anything
either to aid the war or to help carry
out the scheme by which those who
do wish to help are to be enabled to
do so. The only thing that looks like
it is the notification that failure to
comply with the law is misdemeanor
punishable by Imprisonment for one
year.
Registrants are required under the
same penalty to inform their local
board within five days of any fact
which might change or affect their
All exemptions and
made prior to the date of
these rules and regulations, and all
certificates in evidence thereof, are
revoked, which means that every man
between the ages of twenty-one and
who is not an alien must
obtain and answer this questionnaire.
Men obtained for the National Army
under the draft went into the SER
vice as soldiers only and were assigned
to whatever branch of the service they
seemed best fitted for. Under the new
any man liable to be
drafted may state what branch Of the
army he prefers to serve in if selected
: artillery, aviation, engineer corps,
infantry, medical department, ordn-
ance department or quartermaster's
corps. In the first series to be an
swered the tenth question calls for
the occupation at which
the registrant has worked and a
double underscoring of the occupation
in which he is skilled. There are
occupations listed under
this question.
Best available estimates indicate
that the first of the FIVE classes will
contain more than 100000 men.
II is regarded as practically certain
that Congress will take up the ques-
ton of extending the Draft Law to
cover men who have attained the age
of twenty one since it was enacted.
Should thnt be done and provision
made for the registration, thereafter,
of every man as he reached that age,
it is probable that perhaps 600, 900
would be ;.dded to class No. l auto
maticaily by next March. In that
event no present plans for the army
would reach the men in class No. 2.
Officials have already considered the
that Congress will decide to
take in these additional young men.
Some fair system by which they may
be registered, classified and assigned
to places will be devised. New regu-
lations TO be published shortly prob
ably will set way in which this can
be done.
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