Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-20
ALL PREVIOUS EXEMPT
ions ARE NOW REVOKED.
When the Local Exemption Board
Mail the QuestiOnnaires to,
in the Draft Saturday
USE CARD IN
Those Discharged on First Call Now
Stand Same as Those Who Were
Not Summoned at First

missionaries to all the men subjecc
to call, all previous exemptions which
had been granted were automatically
revoked.
Under the new regulations all ex-
emptions and discharges already
made are revoked and the registrant
who has been exempted OF discharged
stands in the same relation to liabil-
ity for military service as those who
were not summoned for examination
in the first call.
The QUESTIONABLE is a 15-page
pamphlets containing questions
which registrants are required to an
swer to enable the proper classified
ton or exemption of the registrant.
The questions are simply stated and
can be answered without difficulty by
even those registrants who have very
little education. Many of the ques-
tions can be answered Eyes" or mo"
The board will mail to every regis
trant a copy of the QUESTIONABLE.
Within seven days after it is mailed
Excluding holidays and Sundays) it
must be returned, completely filled
out, to the local board.
When the registrant receives his
copy of the QUESTIONABLE he should
read it through carefully before at
tempting to answer any of the ques-
tons. After reading it he will be in
a better position to answer the ques-
lions intelligently, and then should
start at the beginning to follow the
instructions he has found in the
pamphlet.
No effort sould be made to fill out
any of the blanks or answer any Of
the questions found on page one OF
the QUESTIONABLE until the registrant
has answered all questions on the
succeeding pages. Page I virtually
is a summary of the answers given to
the more detailed questions on the
other pages.
; On pages 2 and 3 the registrant
> will find detailed instructions as to
: the method or proceeding.
/. Where the Work Begins
= The work of actually answering the
t questions is begun on page 4, which
contains general questions about
the registrant, and which is given in
full in today's Post Dispatch.
r 1t is under this title, "Series l. Cen
t eral Questions" and contains only
a the most simple questions, with a
h table enabling the registrant to des-
ignate in a simple manner the occu-
d pations at which he has worked and
o at which he is more proficient. Vir-
e tually every occupation is printed
and the registrant merely selects
those at which he has worked, anc
marks after them the number of years
a at which he has worked at each
81 He draws one line under the occupa.
l. lions at which he has merely worked
and at which he does not considet
himself an expert, and two lines unde.
the occupations at which he consid
Y ers himself an expert. This seriei
: continues to page 6.
I On page 6 there also is Series 2
: Physical Fitness" containing simpl
: questions regarding the registrant'
I physical condition.
: Also on page 6 is "Series 8, Legis
g lative, Executive and Judicial Off
s GERS" The first question is whethe
n the registrant is a Federal or stat
legislative, executive or judicial off
:" Ger. If the answer is mo-" the ap
plicant does not have to answer an
further questions of Series 3.
Questions for Ministers
On page 7 are "Series a, Minister
IN of Religion" and "Series 5, Divinit
i'll Students" If the applicant is not
he regularly ordained minister of RI
g. ligion he does not have to answer an
pc except the first question of series
r. and if he was not a student prepal
he ing for the ministry May 18, 1917, h
does not have to answer any excel
the first questions of series 5.
On page 8 are "Series 8, Militar
vo or Naval Service, "Series Z, Citizei
ship" and Series g., Officials, FEEDER
N Employees, Pilots and Mariners" az
,ot on page 8, "Series 8, Religious Coz
vo viction Against War;" and "Seri'
pir 10, Dependency"
cd With the exception of the depen
ency series all these refer only
.ed registrants who are already in the mi
itary or naval service, aliens, pub
officers, or persons having religio
convictions against war. In the eli
zenship series the registrant, if he
- a citizen Of the United States, a
=, swers only the first question, and If
is not a citizen but does not claim e
emption on that ground, he must a
swer only the first two questions.
NO. he claims exemption on the ground
citizenship he must answer all t
a. questions of the series.
"Series 10, Dependency" contai
the questions the answers to VIII
will determine whether the registra
is entitled to exemption because
dependents.
Affidavits Provided For
,rd Series II and series IL covering
ing dustrial and agricultural o~ccupatic
ten are also given in full.
81 The questionnairs concludes W
supporting affidavits which must
signed and sworn to, if the registri
Els claims exemption on industrial or
bier r~icultural grounds, and the affida
will tie registrant is required to make.
un- After the registrant has answe
ince all the questions he is required to
art swer in the II series he should
turn to page l. If he does not de-
to claim exemption, he should sign
waiver of claim which is found at
Mrs. bottom of the page. If he desires
S in claim exemption he should place
ina cross mark (X) opposite the exel
vice ton ground there printed on which
nails bases his claim. He may base it