The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-27
u. S. DRAFT FOR
ALL WAR WORK:
BOARDS NAMED
President Appoints Local Bodies
Named by Governors to Hear
Exemption Claims.
REGULATIONS ARE Due SOON
Cabinet Passes on Rules and Executive
Will Promugate Them Within the
Next Forty-Eight Hours-AII
Must Do Their Share.

Washington, June 27.-President
Wilson today appointed the local
boards named by the governors to
hear exemption claims on the first
draft, by which 650,000 are to be Sc
lected for the army.
The rules governing exemptions
have not yet been issued, but will be
soon, so the work of selecting the
army may be begun next week.
In a great majority of the cases the
personnel of the boards shows that
President Wilson followed the suggeS-
tions of army officials that city and
county officials be utilized.
Boards Named by Governors.
The president, however, had asked
the governors of the various states
to nominate candidates for the
boards, and it may be assumed that
the boards as announced have the
approval, not only of the president,
but of the state executives.
In New York city and Philadelphia
nounced.
The "a states in which committees
are complete, with those exceptions,
are Washington, West Virginia, Utah,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mime
sofa, Nevada, Montana, Nebraska New
Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Tennessee, Connecticut, Illinois, New
York and Pennsylvania.
Exemption regulations were whipped
into final shape at the cabinet meet
ing. President Wilson probably will
promulgate them within the next 4S
hours.
With few exceptions, the rules are
the same as contained in the draft
submitted to President Wilson by
Provost General Crowder. 1t is un-
derstoOd the president eliminated GER
tain exemptions, believing every man
in the nation must do his share in the
war. whether on the battle front or
not, and work within the country on
war duties will be found for many un-
ft physically to go into the trenches.
Will Draft for War Work
Information emanating from the
White House during the last two days
indicates the draft will be much heav-
ler than has heen suspected. Instead
of merely picking men for the army.
many will be drafted for other war
work.
The grounds on which exemptions
will be made on the first draft follow
L. Physical incapacity, including
heart disease, fiat feet, eye defects
which cannot be corrected by glasses,
tuberculosis and other chest diseases,
cancer, kidney or liver affections, vari-
cose veins, infectious blood diseases.
2. Employment in vital war indus
tries, including shipbuildlng, munitions
making, work in gun and supply fac
tories, navy yards, oil fields, coal mines
and certain government duties. Even
tually women will replace many of
these men, who will be released for
army service.
3. Religious opposition. Only those
who were members of such faith be-
fore March ID will be exempted.
f. Men the sole support of families.
The instructions to the exemption
boards include drastic provisions to
prevent fayoritism and evasion of
service. The boards are expected to
begin work Immediately after receiv-
ing notice of appointment.