Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-07-12

:; Men morally deficient. y
= Members of recognized relig- :
y ious sect existing prior to May =
:; 1S, 1917, whose creed forbids :
I, participation in war. =
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I'd for service in the order of their liza
bility. post the list, give it TO the press, |
and within three days send notice Ia
each designated person by mail.
AS the men SO notified appear tn
boards first will make a physical ex-
animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided. bearing In
mind that all persons accepted by them
will be re-examined by army surgeons.
If the physical examination is pasved
successfully, then comes the question
of exemption.
Those Entitled to Exemption.
Persons who must he exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
officers of the United States. of the
states. territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers of religion. stu
dents of divinity. persons in the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States. subjects of Germany. all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers. county or municipal officers,
customhouse clerks. workmen in fed
eral armories. arsenals and navy
yards. persons in the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption. pilots. merchant marine sail
ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex-
clusion desirable Ga married man with
dependent wife or child. son of a de-
pendent widow, son of dependent. aged
or infirm parent. or brother of depend
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age). those found morally deficient,
and any member of any well-recog
nized religious sect existing May IS.
1917. whose creed forbids participation
in war and whose religious convictions
accord with the creed.
Man or Wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because of de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself. his wife or other dependents,
or by third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife and by the head Of family re-
siding in the same territory. claim
by the wife or a third party must be
accompanied by two supporting affida
Wits signed by heads of families. Sim
. liar rules govern claims on the grounds
. of other dependents when the depend
, ents or third parties being authorized
to file claims with supporting affidavits
, In each case the board must be salts
: fed before it grants exemption or dis
charge that the dependent or depend
l ents actually are supported mainly b,
' the fruits of the mans mental or phys
;. ical labor.
2 Local boards are required, subject t
!. appeal, to pass upon claims for exemT
\ ton or discharge within three days al
+ ter the filing of affidavits.
= Must Decide in Five Days.
i District boards mist decide appea
: cases within five days aiier the closin
+ of proofs and their decisions are fina
r If the ruling of a local board is a
l. frmed the person in question stand
o nlttilN dNttDAtd lOi li4lilidAS NiNts
j. In passing on claims for exemptio
n on the ground of employment in necei
T. sary industrial and agricultural occl
4, pations the district boards must be col
e WINGED that the particular enterpris
n alfording such employment actually
necessary to the maintenance of II
military establishment of national i
f- forest irtriuu the amprnpucN
Is 'The evidence must also establish
m the regulations say, "even If the pa
10 ticular industrial enterprise or parHc
n lar agricultural enterprise is found ne
or essHry for one of the above purpose
s. that the continuance of such perst
ty therein is necessary to the maintenan
al thereof and that he cannot be replace
IL by another person without direct, su
to stantial material loss and detriment
to the adequate and effective operation
IN the particular Industrial enterprise
tie agricultural enterprise in which he
d. engaged
he May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from til
be to time designate certain Industries
be classes of industries that are necessa
sc and the district boards will be so I
IN. tilted. 1t will be the duty OF ea
eff board. however. to ascertain the ava
oh able labor supply for such industri
nm outside the men called for militia
I'm service and to take the result into &C
ar sideration in determining such thin
"If, in the opinion of the distr
board" this section of the regulatio
DIS concludes, "the direct, substantial. II
on terial loss to any such industrial or I
oh ricultural enterprise outweighs the Il
FOR that would result from failure to
ter tain the military service OF any 81
by person, certificate of discharge N
Ice be issued to him X X X"
,ta Certificates of exemption will
Ius necessarily be permanent. They m
nal be revoked with changing conditio
lrd or may be granted only for present.
at periods.