Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-19
QUEST|0NNA|RES PUT IN MAILS
 YESTERDAY
FIRST INSTALLMENT OF QUESTION SHEETS OF WAR DEPARTMENT ARE SENT OUT BY LOCAL EX- EMPTION BOARD.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

day evening placed in the mails the first installment of the questionnaircS which are to be mailed to every regis tered man in the county, the blanks intended for those whose order num- bers range from to 232 having been the first to be put in the postoffice.
 A similar number of the question: naires will be mailed each day, cx-I elusive of Sundays and holidays, the entire job to be completed in 20 days. The numbers by which the question: naires arc being assorted are the or der numbers and not the old original serial numbers, and by referring toI the list of mailing dates recently printed in these columns, the regis trant can ascertain about what time his own questionnairc is mailed toI him, and he can therefore be on the lookout for it and see that 1t IS prop erly answered and returned 10 the local board within seven days after 1t is mailed by that body.
 According to wire which was re- ceived from the district board yester- day, it is apparently quite necessary to begin the work of getting another contingent together somewhat soon- CT than had been expected, and the members of the local board stated yesterday that in all probability some of the men who reported themselves, through their questionnaires, as being in Class A, would be called in for physical examination before the end of the present month. Class A is in tended for such men as have no valid excuse or reason why they should not be drafted into the army, or in other words, those who voluntarily waive any claim to deferred classification, and put themselves in the ranks of those who will be called first. The wire of yesterday said that things had turned up which made ii necessary to get another bunch of men ready for camp at the earliest possible mo- mcnt, and the local board believes that in case there arc not sufficient men in the Class A bunch to fill a sizablc quota, examinations and draft ings will have to proceed under the rules which formerly prevailed.
 More than 60 men have been re- leased by the local board and have joined the army or navy during the past week or 10 days, according to C. II. Hindcrcr, chief clerk of the board. The time for enlistment in the army of registered men ended yesterday, and no more men who arc subject to draft will be allowed to volunteer for army service, although the ranks of the navy arc still open to the registrants in cases where the men are SO far down the list of order numbers as to not interfere with the draft.
 The qucstionnairc is primarily a number of questions divided into l2 series All of the answers that the rcgistrant makes 10 the questions ask cd must be sworn to, as well as sup porting affidavits made by persons claiming deferred classiications for the rcgistrant.
 Each series of questions, with the exception of series No. l, leads off with d general or key" question to the series, and in the majority oi cases the answer to this question de- tcrmines whether or not the regis trant answers the remaining questions in the series.
 All rcgistrants, however, must an swcr all the questions in the first ser ics, Is questions in all. This series of questions answered by all of the rcgiStrants will give the government comprehensive idea of the training and experience of all of its men oi military age.
 The first two questions ask for the name age, occupation, and address oi the rcgistrant; also the name, addrcs, and relationship of the rcgistrant': nearest relative: also the name and address of the employer of the regis trant.
 The remaining questions of serie: No. are as follows:
 3. Give below all the occupation: at which you have worked during tht past ten years including your occu patton on May IS, 1917, and since tha date, and the length of time you have served in each occupation.
 1. How many hours per week hav' you worked in the occupation or occu pations named during the pcriot siorr May Is IQ1Z2