The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-12
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COMPLETE LIST OF ALL REGIST
Erred MEN WITH NUMBERS BY
WHICH THEY ARE DRAWN
INFORMATION ON METH0OOF THE DRAFT
Local Board Organized With Dr.. StoIl,
Chairman, n s. T. Baker as
Secretary.

Our local exemption board has COM
pleted its preliminary work and the
numbers have been sent in. These
numbers and anne are published
herewith.
President Wilson says: "The sue
cessful operation of this law and of
these regulations depends necessarily
upon the loyalty, patriotism and JUS
tice of the members of the boards to
whom its operation is committed and
] admonish every member of every
local board and of every district
board of review that their duty to
their country requires an impartial
and fearless performance of the deli
cate and difficult duties ~intrusted to
them. They should remember as TO
each individual case presented to
them that they are called upon to adj
judicate the most sacred rights Of the
individual and to preserve untarnish-
ed the honor of the nation.
"Our armies at the front will be
strengthened and sustained if they
be composed Of men free from any
sense or injustice in the mode of
selection and they Will be inspired to
loftier efforts in behalf Of a country
in which the citizens called upon to
perform high public functions, per
form them with justice, fearlessncss
and impartiality.'
The following general information
has been given out by the Oficial
Bulletin and will govern the actions
Of the different boards:
As the men SO notified appear, the
boards first viii make a physical tx
animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided. bearing in
mind that all persons accepted by
them viii be re-cXamined by army
surgeons. If the physical examination
is passed successfully, then comes tho
question of exemption.
'I SOllS WHO must W cA'itlpltA VI
DISCHARGED by the local board include:
Officers of the United States, of the
states. territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers of religion, stu
dents of divinity, persons in the mill
ta.- q. laval serv " o e Gated
States, subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
custom house clerks. workmen in fed
yards, persons in the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption. pilots, merchant marine sail
ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their
exclusion desirable Ca married man
with dependent wife or child, son of
a dependent widow, son of dependent,
aged or inirm parent. or brother of
dependent orphan child under 16
years of age). those found morally de-
fcient and any members of any We'll
recognized religious sect existing May
IS, 1917. whose creed forbids partici-
patton in wal and whose religious con-
victions accord with the creed.
Claims for exemption because of
dependents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents
or by a third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife and by the head of a family re-
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or a third party must be
accompanied by two supporting aft
davits signed by heads of families.
Similar rules govern claims on the
grounds of other dependents when the
dependents or third parties being au-
thoriZed to file claims with supporting
a%ffidavits. In each case the board
must be satisfied before it grants ex-
emption or discharge that the de-
ptIucHt VI ueptiucHtS dCIudliy dic
supported mainly by the fruits Of the
mans mental or physical labor.
Local boards are required, subject
to appeal, to pass upon claims for
exemption or discharge within three
days after the filing of affidavits.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within FIVE days after the clos.
ing Of proofs and their decisions are
final II the ruling of q local hoard