The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-05-25


officers, customhouse clerks, persons
employed by the United States i'm the
| transmission of the mails, artificers
and wOrkmen employed in the
armOries, arsenals and navy yards of
| the United States, and such other per-
sons employed in the service of the
United States as the president may
designate; pilots, mariners actually
employed in the sea service of any
citizen or merchant within the United
States; persons engaged in industries,
including agriculture, found to be nee
essary to the maintenance of the
military establishment or the efrec-
tive operation of the military forces
or the maintenance of national inter
est during the emergency; those In a
status with respect to persons degend-
ent upon them for support which rem
ders their Exclusion or discharge advis-
able; and those found to be physically
or morally deficient
mo exemption or exclusion shall
continue when cause therefor no
longer exists: Provided. that notwith-
standing the exemptions enumerated
herein, each state, territory and the
District of Columbia shall be required
TO supply its quota in the proportion
that its population bears to the total
population of the United States"
How Exemptions Are Determined.
The machinery created for determin-
ing of exemptions is thus described by
the bill:
1.-THE president is hereby authorized.
in his discretion, to create and estab-
| .ish throughout the several states and
subdivisions thereof and in the terri
tories and the District of Columbia
local boards, and where, In his discre-
ton, practicable and desirable, there
shall be created and established one
such board in each county or similar
subdivision In each state, and one for
approximately each 10000 of popula-
ton in each city of 10000 population
or over, according to the last census
taken or estimates furnished by the
bureau of census of the department of
commerce. Such boards shall be ap-
pointed by the president and shall con-
siSt OF three or more members, none
of whom shall be connected with the
military establishment, to be chosen
from among the local authorities of
such subdivisions or from other citi-
zens residing in the subdivision or area
in which the respective boards will
have jurisdiction under the rules and
regulations prescribed by the presi-
dent.
Powers Of Exemptino Boards.
such boards shall have power with
in their respective jurisdictions to
hear and determine, subject to review
rs hereinafter provided, all questions
of exemption under this act. and all
questions of or claims for including or
discharging individuals or classes of
individuals from the selectiye draft.
which shall be made under rules and
regulations prescribed by the presi-
dent. except any and every question
or claim for including or excluding or
discharging persons or classes of per-
sons from the selective draft under the
provisions OF this act authorizing the
president 10 exclude or discharge from
the selective draft persons engaged In
industries. including agriculture. found
10 be necessary TO the maintenance of
the military establishment, or the eff
fective operation of the military
forces. or the maintenance of national
interest during the emergency
Additional Boards Provided.
The president is hereby authorized
To establish additional boards. oue In
each federal judicial district of the
United States. consisting of such num-
Der of citizens. not connected with the