El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-26
MEN
DRAF TED ISSUED
Local Exemption Boards
Receive Instructions to
Summon Eligibles.

d Fl Paso selective draft exemption
+ boards have received data relative Go
/ the manner i'm which examinations
viii De conducted for the new nation
iaI army and viii begin work of select
ms the local quota within the next
. few days. All men registered for
draft viii be mailed notices by the
boards having Jurisdiction i'm the two
T lefty districts and the county. giving
. the time and place ON which they are
+ TO Doe examined. I'm the event that the
man 90 De examined is absent from
his district AT The time set for the eN-
animation he shall Immediately make
application 60 be examined before
some other local board IN another
The directions iu part follow
Rules Are Quoted.
There has been many Inquiries re-
ceiEed as TO how exemptions from
the selectivs draft are 10 Doe deter
mined The following is taken from
the rules and regulations prescribed
hy tha president under the act OF con-
Ere-S approved May is. 1871
There viii be- local exemption
board iu each county. two in ID PaSo
city. Federal district boards are 10 be-
named The local boards have already
been appointed and 10 Us expected that
the district boards viii be appointed
this week
BoardS To Notify.
The local board viii mail notice
TO each man drafted. requiring him
90 appear on certain day stated in
the notice for physical examine ION
II the man is absent from the county
or for any other reason cannot appear
before the board on the day mem
toned in the notice. he should JIM
meiIarely make application TO the
local board to be examined before
some local board iu another county.
or. lt he cannot appear on account Of
sickness. he should Immediately notify
the board TO that effect.
The local board has authority TO
discharge persons found TO De uhvsi-
caIlE deficient. according TO forms and
regulations 10 be furnished by the
government and they may also eN-
empt the following
Those Who Are Exempt.
Officers. legislative. executive or
judicial of the United States or OF the
county and municipal officers who
have been elected 10y popular vote
and whose offices cannot bee filled by
appointment for uneXpired terms
Ministers of religion
Students OF divinity.
Persons in the military or naval
service of the United States.
subjects of Germany residing fin the
All other aliens who have not taken
out their first papers declaring their
intention TO become citizens Of the
United States.
Persons employed by the United
States in the transmission Of the
mails
Persons employed in the service Of
the United States in other depart
uents. upon affidavit being made by
the proper officer of the United States
sary TO the adequate and effective or
Grafton OF the department or branch
OF service in which they are engaged
With Dependent Families.
Those in status with respect 10
persons dependent upon them Tor
support which renders their exclus-
ion or discharge desirable This ap-
plies TO any married man whose wife
or child is dependent upon his labor
for support. TO a man who has aged
or iufirm parents. or who has one
or more brothers or sisters who are
dependent upon his labor for sup
port or who has a widowed mother
who is dependent upon his labor for
support.
The local board may also examine
or discharge those found 20 bee NOR
ally deficient, viz. persons who have
been convicted OF felony
The local board may also exempt
persons belonging 10 religious or
carnations which existed prior 20
May IS. 1917. whose creed and reliE-
ious convictions are against particl-
patton in war in any form
The claim on the registration card
that The person is entitled 10 eEemp-
tiou is not sufficient and claims for
exemption must be filed with the
local bOaTTs. supported ny proper
affidavits oy the person called or
some one in his behalf. on or before
the seventh day after the mailing
by the local board Of the notice 20
be given such pelson Of his having
been called for service.
Appeals TO District Board.
Appeals from the decision Of the
local board may be made TO the fed
eral district board, provided that no.
tice TO be given by the local board
to the person stating that his name
has been certified 10 the federal dis
trlct board as one having been called
for service and not exempted or dis
charged
The fact that a man is not able 10
speak, read or write the English lam
Suage is not a ground for exemption
or discharge.
The local boards have no jurisdic-
ton 20 discharge or exempt any per-
son on account Of his being engaged
in agriculture OF other industry or
enterprise necessary 10 the malute-
nance OF the military establishment.
NA- aH-- SUN A'AF1 AA''AlH -AA AE
termiued by the federal district
board.
The mere fact that a person is
engaged in agriculture or other nee
essary industry viii not OF itself
eutitle him 10 exemption Each case
viii be considered on It's merits aro
in order to rnrifle person TO "a
emption on this ground DO must be
established by evidence. 70 the sat
isfaction Of the district board that