The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-12-31

HE ALASKA CITIZEN. F. tail. but so shIfuIIy has the ques- uounalrr been designed that every answer is anticipated and requires only in rare instances more than two or three words.
 The new regulations are so ar ranged that information may be found almost at a glance. A com plete table Of contents is provided an exhaustive index has been insert ,d. and each paragraph is broueht put in boldtace type making it most accessible to the seeker for infor nation
 One of the noteworthy features of the new regulations is the az po.utmcnt of an officer as an assist ant to the governor This oucel will also be the disbursins officer and the final affairs of the sclcctiHt service system will thus be brough into intimate touch with the pro vest marshal generals office in Washington Among his other du tics will be that of keeping all ac counts closed in order that the de partmcnt at Washington may hay, at any time a statement of the ob legations and estimate of future e penses.
 Reasons for Classification
 Under part 1, which deals wit classification rules and principles. there are clearly laid down the vari oua rules which will govern disUict and local boards in the classified ton of regtstraats, while the req sons for and efcct of classification arc clearly set out as follows:
 The military needs of the nation require that there be provided ir every community a list of name. of men who shall be ready to b called into service at any time, Tn economic needs of the nation, while dcferring to the paramount military necessity, require that men whose removal wouIs interfere with tne civic, family industrial and agricul- ruraI institutions of the nation shall ht taken in the order in which they best can be spared. For this req son the names of all men liable to selection shall be arranged In five classes in the inverse order of their importance to the economic inter ests of the nation, which include the maintenance of necessary indus try and agriculture and the support of dependents.
 The group of registrants within the jurisdiction of each local board ss taken as the unit to be classi- fled. Within each class the order Of liability is determined by the drawing, whcih will assign to every man an order of availability for mili- tary service relative to all men not permanently or temporarily exempt cd or discharged The effect of classi- licaUon in class l is to render every man 50 classified presently Habl to military service in the order q teImined by the drawing The c feet of classification in class ? i. 10 grant d temporary discharge iron draft, effective until class l in th. jurisdiction Of the same local boalD is exhausted The effect of classl ucauon in class is to grant a tenn poraIy discharge from draft, el 1ectiye until classes 1 and ?, in til jurisdiction of the same local board are exhausted; and similarly, cIa5 i becomes liable only when clasac. i, } and are exhausted. The etiye. of classification in class is t. grant exemption or discharge from draft. The term deferred classiti cation,' as used in these regulations, is equivalent to the term .tempoIar! discharge.'
 The volume of new regulations contains within it's two covers ever! possible source of information which local and district boards should have readily accessible. The master list of the drawing is published in full as well as all statutes relating to the selectiye service law, together with the insurance law, so that loca. boards, in passing upon. questions of dependency, may take into con sideration all rights, duties and ob legations of the registrants.