The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-08
ellgBUQDtlIIED
f'a|llbRtEfNIcoNFfN(f
Dsoula Officials to Meet
:s;D district c Committeeman
i Next Tuesday.
Mf e. REVIEW CASES
vi:
Hhal Checking Of Claims
,nFrom This Section
/ H. ., Expected.
NAY REVIEW CASES

hoard, composed OF Sheriff Green.
Cd4pty Clerk and Recorder Babingtor
ant County Physician Coyningham.,
h. been instructed to meet with the
st4fe district board at Helena.
HE AIissoula board has orders t.
hC III attendance at Helena on Tues
da6 and will leave here Monday night.
No yeasop is given for the Joint ses-
siepi but members Of the local board
hGeeTe 1t Is in regard to local ex-
e1n1eions.
,>s New Rulings Received.
Bhlietin No. 10. from the office OF
the provost marshal general at Wash
1n1tOn, d. C., was received in MisSoula
hW members Of the county draft board
ytlserday. The bulletin contains the
co14piled rulings of the provost mar
shak general In respect to various
Dhhses OF the draft, and particularly
WIN reference to exemptions and dis
chkfge from compulsory service.
6pe OF the rulings points out thai
msh who are drafted are IN nowise
b4<rGd from commissions as IAN Off
or In the military service of the
Qhlted States" or from being engaged
ts.an army field clerk or from being
300WSKSO VA SRCNlcA OSoA6Al OIAC1
than to a mobilization camp quite as
jWGlr from his status as a drafted man
:sa from a status as a civilian or vol
:1hteer soldier"
| Local Conditions Determine.
| Regarding claims for exemption on
Industrial grounds, it, is the ruling Of
The provost marshal general that the
bases in district boards present local
Industrial problems (which can and
dDgkt TO be solved. by those boards on
Attenuation available to them in their
Neatly"
FA4 provost marshal general also
Ss ruled that mailed notices sent
Ak by local boards need not be reg
Uttered In the mail. Another ruling
d$lAres that men whose cases or ex-
a1dipations have been transferred may
xy6prf to the mobilization camp Of the
MApsfer.
The prevalence Of flat foot among
a14dtdates before local boards is be-
i1Tsd to be responsible for this rul-
tdE:
!. Concerning Flat Feet.
1.-THE rules governing the matter Of
hat foot for men subject to the select
W draft are fully set.Nttt l,.:... In, one
;petAsfaph II Is fully set forth that
"a broad flat sole ii common in labor.
Ing classes and particularly among
:. negroes. and Il Is In no way disabling.
Part Of another paragraph In the
regulations also is quoted as follows:
ANY of the physical deficiencies
mentioned above must be present In
such degree as to clearly and unmis-
talably disQuaiify the man for mill
tary service before he can be found to
be physically deficient and not phys
ically qualified for military service.
THE object" says the bulletin, us
to procure men who are physically fit
FOR. the rigors of field service and the
determination Of this question is left
to the guided and learned discretion
Of medical men and not wholly to a
chart Of arbitrary rules"
Claims Of Dependents.
In regard to claims for discharge
on dependency grounds, it is pointed
out as President Wilson's interpreta-
ton that dependency and not relation
ship is the determining factor.
1.-THE selective service law" says the
bulletin. quoting the president. makes
thu fact Of dependents. rather than the
tioz. and there are undoubtedly many
cases within the age limits fixed b,
law, Of men who are married and vel
whose denominations or other eco.
nomic surroundings are such that ne
dependency Of the wife exists in fact
Plainly the law does not contemplate
exemption for this class Of men,"
On the other hand, it is pointed ou
that the mere fact that the wife ma,
not be able to work is not grOunt
which necessarily will prevent dis
charge. Bona fide dependency O
wife or children on labor of applican
where in his absence they will be lef
without reasonably adequate support.
says the bulletin, after duly takinl
into consideration the soldiers wag
and support available from relatives
us stated iii the rulings Of the proves
marshal general. is ground of dis
charge"