Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
INFORMATION FOR THE
BOYS ASKING EXEMPTION

Sheriff Wilson, Chairman of the
Board of Exemption, for Audubon
County, has sent the Journal the
followilng Telegrams from Provost
Marshal General, B. H. Crowder,
to Governor Harding for general
information to- the boards Through
out the state. 80.
No. 267O and Rulings ON same.
No. 267O Reference a,uling E. Con
piDed rullLmg No. 8 concerning de
pendency ON the grounds of mar
1dage. ........
Please CALI attention Of local
boards to the facts THAT soldiers
pay is not less than thirty dollalrs
per month and that a6a clothing,
subsistence, medical treatment and
housing are Furnished ito him. Under
tiie law, HE may allot any portion
OF his pay to a dependent. Many
soldiers receiving thirty dollars per
month are easily able to- allot $25.-
90 a month to the support of
dependents. In case of DEATH din
lime OF duty, the government will
pay to the beneficiary designated
by THE soldier six months pay. Sec
tiIom of the selectiWe service act
provides that those i'm a status
With respect to persons depende MT
upon them for support which rem
ders their exclusion or discharge adj
visable may be discharged, but it
/ does not require that they shall
be discharged in ALL such cases. The
discretion Of local boards is in-
yoked by this provision and such
boards may we'll take the fact de-
\ oided above into consideration i'm
deciding eaims for discharge due
to dependency with a view to de-
.termining whether, as matter
of fact, the person claiming such
discharge will mot he i'm as good
or better positdon to- support his de-
penldeuts after his sslectiom for
mildtary service as he was before.
If such is the case, of course,
discharge should not be granted
Signed Crowder.
EXHIBIT "a" !.
Rules adopted by the DISTRICT
Boards for the Northern and South
ern Districts OF Iowa. August 3,
1917
Rule L. In considering cnims for
exemptions presented to the Dns-
tr1icf, boards fer their actlom, mar
riage of the claimant will mot be
regarded as even presumtiwe evil
dlenJce THAT the claimant has depend
ents Actual existing dependencyw
in, the meaning OF the act OF con-
gress and the established rut
es and, regulations must i'm aiV
cases be shown. Proof OF the
character required by the act ol
congress and said rules and regu-
Nations in addition to the fact OF
M auriage must be Furnished DIN ever!
case before the district boards Will
SUSTAIN the granting OF exemptions
of married claimants.
Rule 2. THE board will rigidly ap
ply the presumption that the burdeu
DIS in al'l gases ON THE claimant tt
fully sllbstaniate his claims for eX
emption, and if THE evidence Leaves
this question: i'm doubt, the claim
for exemption will imvariably bs
denied. ........
Rule 8. In ALL cases OF claims for
exemption because of industrial OF
agricultural conditions and i'm all
cases where the district boards ar;
authorized SO to do, such boards
will request information from mem
bers of local boards, county at
torneys, and ALL persons acquainted
with the facts. i'm respect of al
marriage that may assist the board
in passing upon claims for e0enp
tiom or discharge. This will be dor
In order that claims for exemption
may mot be granted i'm amy cas-
where the fact that claimant ha
held for military service will mo
in the opinion of the boart
RESULT i'm direct, substantial, ant
material loss to am agricultural O
industrial enterprise.
Rule A. A claim for discharge be
cause the claimant lis engaged il
an agricultural or industrial enter
prise of the character specified iu
the act of congress, win met be re
uordods ac ssufficiIehltly eStainliShea