The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-13
DUTIES Of RfGISTRAhTS
AAG BOARDS SHOWN
Instructions From Provost -$farshat
General Officers Received
Here Yesterday.

Instructions bca ring on the respec-
tive duties OF registrants and local
exemption boards were received from
the Office OF the provost marshal gen
eral yesterday by the governor. They
arc as follows
Inquiries indicating that many
members Of legal advisory boards and
uemhe<s of some exemption boards
aud some state officials are under the
impression chat members of scgal ad-
NiSorV boards have authority to ad-
wise exemption boards concerning IN
tcrpgeGatiou, construction or apphCa-
tiuu az selection service Law and Sc
ieetive service regulations Legal ad-
FisolN boards have no such functions.
FAeH primary duties are 10 advise
Fesisiranta and aid registrants in max
INS proper and truthful answers 10
questions and securing such support
ing g0idsglts as may be required in
particular classes OF cases. Local
boards must apply To adjutant general
FOR advice and interpretations under
section ~ The foregoing is not main
famed 20 prevent legal advisory boards
from assisting local boards in every
possible manner. hut their advice or
Interpretation l& NOT binding upon
boards
Ion 81 ia sent.
Section l51. sclective service reg
uiation is amended by the addition Of
he following paragraphs:
'Fs--under the regulations as the
ehiet signal officer may prescribe and
upon receiving permission from the
chief signal officer to do So candidate
FOR commission as flyers, observers
and bauoonists ia Tho aviation section
signal corps may be enlisted in the
aviation corps Thereafter upon pre-
sentation by the registrant to MS
local board Of certificate stgued by
the president or recorder of said ex
anininx board that he has been SO
enlisted such certificates shall be fled
with his questionable ana the regis
trBnt shall be placed in class 5 on
the ground that he is n the military
I service 81 the United States.
r Whenever a 1eristrant who has
been enlisted IN the navy. marint
corps. enlisted reserve corps of tht
medical department engineer enlisted
reserve curps OF signal enlisted re-
serve corps or signal enlisted corps
under the provisions Of paragraph a
y. y, or +. as the case may be. This
section or who has been commission
cd or appointed under provisions o.
paragraph G, this section. shall bt
subsequently, discharged from tht
military or naval service of til,
United states. IT. shall be the duty O
the officer dischargiug him immedi
ateIy TO notify the registrant loca
board of such discharge. Said loca
board shall at once reclassify regis
trant, and # his class and order mum
her has been reached he shall h
physically examined and II fount
physically qualified he shall forthwith
j be inducted into the military servic
Z and sent 10 the mobilization camp L
which his board contributes.
y In compliance with section 81, Sc
VI lective draft regulations. the proves
marshal general deslRnates Decembe
: as the dav upon which local hoard
c shall begin the mailing Of question
naires TO all registrants and fixes th
period of December ! 3 to January :
=. inclusive, as the time within whic
mailing is TO be completed.
} In accordance with section 2, selec
q tive service regulations, registrant
who on December | : stand selecte
stFf' military service Under tho ToI
$ regulations which remain liable 10 b
indicted into service to MI deferre
percentages OF the current quotas
any local board and quotas of any fl
iture call until il will appear this
llihere is in class + sufficient nun
- her Of men TO I'LL up quotas under sue
called or calls II is desired Us far Z