Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-08

| Because not all who were summoned
| before the examining board for the
draft appeared this forenoon the pro-
| gress of the examination was checked.
Only forty-one out Of sixty summoned
! appeared, leaving more than 100 to be
examined this afternoon. Up to II
o'clock this forenoon. when the exam
| nations ceased, until afternoon, total
| of 331 out Of 452 summoned had been
examined. OF the 331 examined 2o9
| had been accepted and seventy-two
had been rejected.
| OF the 259 accepted as physically fit,
| 179 had already filed claims for eXemp-
| tons up to II today. To that hour the
| percentage rejected was 21.7 Of those
examined. Today is the last day those
who were examined Monday can file
claims for exemption. Those examined
| Tuesday have until Thursday night,
and those examined today have until
Friday night to file their claims
Tighten Lid on Exemptions.
A tightening of the lid on claims for
exemption, including very important
| changes in the original regulations
that the local board must follow, were
received by telegraph Tuesday night
| and this morning.
Most important Of these is that the
| regulation ordering that the board
"shall' exempt those having wives is
| changed. making the exemption OPP
| tional with the board.
The amended regulations from the
provost marshal general are that Inc
board may" exempt because of de-
pendent wife. But and this is another
| important revised section of the regu-
lations, the wife, by affidavit, must
not only prove that she is mainly de-
pendent upon her husbands labor for
support, (Which does not necessarily
mean his income) but she must also
show that relatives are unable to sup
port her.
Marriage Not Valid Ground.
The general opinion that marriage OF
| itself was grounds for exemption 10
| firmly corrected by the revised regula-
tons The regulation reads: Mar
rage Of itself Is not valid ground lor
| a claim for exemption
It puts special emphasis on the rul-
| ing that especially are not hastily con-
| tracted marriages, and particularly
those marriages contracted since July
| 20, the date OF the drawing to be
grounds for exemption. The Local
! board is ordered to consider that re-
| cent marriages and especially those
contracted since July 20 do not create
! a dependency of the wife on the hus-
band The board is ordered to use es-
peciaI care closely to scrutinize claims
he
| pendent wife married to the claimant
| recently.
All thru the meaning and trend oil
| the new ruling Is that the mere claim
| of dependency by a wife is not SUM-
| cient ground for exemption, but tnat
| the actual fact Of dependency must De
| proved"
Must Compare Army Pay.
Where claims for exemption because
| of the dependency of a wife is made
the pay Of soldier, together with al
lowances to his estate in case OF MS
death, all of which are set out in the
new regulations, must be compared by
the board with the earnings OF the
husband in civil life when it considers
the case of dependency. On this phase
| of the boards deliberations on claims
the regulations read:
| THE discretion of local boards is in
voked by this provision and such
boards may we'll take the facts as cit
| ed above into consideration in decid-
ing claims for discharge due to de-
| tendency with a view to determining
| whether as matter Of fact, the per-
son claiming such discharge will not
! he in as good or better position to sup
port his dependents after selection for
military service than he was before
| II such is the case Of course discharge
should not be granted"
Warning Against Falsifyins.
The board at this time issues a
warning to any who have or may make
false statements under oath in affi-
davits in support Of claims for exemp-
ton. The board is advised already
that what appear to be false claims
have been made in such affidavits. The
act of congress creating the draft pro-
vided a penalty clause Of fine and i'm
prisonment for such Justification.
Those, if there are any, "slackers'
who fail to appear for examination are
to be reported at once. Preparation
was begun today by the board to com:
pile list from the first 452 summoned
of those who have failed to appear pJ
this evening. The list will be forward.
ed to the adjutant generals office a
once for it to take action promptly.
New Clerk on Board.
Clyde Morse, who has been in charg:
of the clerical work Of the board since
it was organized, and who has person