The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29


and other bases behind the Germans
Belgian lire. The British infantry ac-
tivities are confined to trench raids.
10 stressed In the finding of the dis
trict board Of New York City in which
opinion tkis ONCE concurs. with the
understanding that the phrase sup
port available from relative is sup
port partial or total previously ex-
tended to the applicant himself.
I'VE don't concur In the view sug-
gested In some quarters that. in case
Of wife and children actually depend
ent on applicants's labor for support.
and where there are no other means
OF support. the wife should be put to
the necessity of going to work to sup
port herself and children. Bona fide
dependency Of wife and childrea on
labor Of applicant. where in his alb
sence. they would be left without
reasonably adequate support. after
duly taking into consideration SOL
dier's wage and support available
from relatives. as stated In the rulings
OF the provost marshal general. is
ground OF discharge.
This spinion clearly and adequate
iy sxpresaed The intent Of the law In
this regard.
n -ssaxraph- 3. complied rulings OF
this ONCE No. s. addressed a state
Of affairs where the parents or othor
relatives OF the wife or husband are
able. ready and willing adequately to
support the wife and children. II
any. during the absence Of the hus-
band This ruling was responsive to
. class OF cases that had been
brought to the attention OF this Of
nee. whore claims of discharge had
been made on the ground Of depend
ency on a husband. who. as a mat
ter Of fact was not dependent upon
himself. The ruling directed the at
tention Of local boards to the fact
that scrutiny Of cases of this kind
might disclose that no discharge was
advisable.
1T was not intended that Para.
graph b Of the compiled rulings
should apply to the case Of the head
of family whose family at the time
OF his summons and prior thereto
were and had been mainly dependen'
upon his labor for support.
Instances In which local boards
have been In error in respect to these
two classes of cases are rare. 1t was
to be expected that with some 4,5OO
local boards there would be some un-
uniformity OF decision in this regard.
To provide against this ununiformity,
Section 27 Of the regulations provides
for the automatic appeal OF all de-
pendency cases to the district boards.
District boards should scan the de-
cisions OF local boards on questions
VI uoPSnuSHSy duu WucTeVCr IL an-
pears that such decisions are Illegal
Gas In the two cases just mentioned
or otherwise) or where these decis
ions seem to be so far ununiform as
to result in an unequal operation or
the law. the district board should re-
verse or modify the decisions of the
local board"
In his message to governors re-
specting new mobilization orders
Gen. Crowder said In part:
The congress Of traffic that will
be entailed In the early part OF Sep
tember by the movement OF the Ma
tional Guard into training camps
makes Il inadvisable to attempt to
move any large percentage OF the
National Army on September s.
''The object OF calling s per cent
Is to place In the camps enough men
to form a skeleton organization t.
assist In receiving and assimilating the
large contingents. For this reason 1,
Is required that local boards send
only white men and 80 far as prac-
ticable that men with some military
experience or cooks. In making thie