The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-05
LOCAL BOARD PREPARING
FOR next SELfCT|VF DRAFT
Questionnaires Will be Mailed Out
December 15th-All Previous
Exemptions Revoked

The Local Board for Churchill
county is busily at work preparing
for the Inauguration of the new Sc
lective service which goes into ae-
tive operation on December 18th,
on which date the questionnaires
will be mailed to each of the regis
trants of the county, at the rate of
about 80 each day until the entire
list of 476 has been exhausted.
1t should be thoroughly under
stood that all exemptions heretofore
granted are revoked, and whether
they have been examined and reject
ed or exempted or discharged or
selected they must fill out the ques-
tionnaire in detail and file with the
Local Board within seven days from
the date of mailing The Local
Board is prohibited from preparing
or assisting in the preparation of the
answers to the questions, but local
Advisory Board has been appointed
consisting of Judge T. c. Hart, Geo.
j. Kenny and A. l.. Haight to render
all legal assistance that may be re-
quired to safeguard the rigths of
all.
All registrants are warned that
failure to receive notice or the ques-
tionnaire will not excuse the regis
trant from performing any duty
within the time limit, nor shall il be
of itself ground for an extension of
time. 1t shall be the duty of every
registrant concerning whom any no.
tice Is posted, but who for some
reason has not received the question
naire or notice, as the case may be,
to apply for copy thereof, Failure
or neglect Is misdemeanor, punish
able by imprisonment for one year
and may result in loss of valuable
rights and privileges and immediate
/ induction into the military service;
and such a failure shall also be con-
sidered as a waiver of any right or
privilege which might have existed
in favor of such person if he had
performed such duty
While the questionnaires are mat
ter of public record, the regulations
make it misdemeanor for any
member of the board to divulge any
information regarding physical fit
ness or dependency of a registrant
to persons other than those directly
connected with the administration
of the law.
AS previously explained it is the
purpose of the Selective Service reg
ulations to Immediately classify the
man power of the Nation into five
divisions, which are to be called in
their regular order. All classes other
than the first are TO be known as
deferred classes" and will not be
called for service until the first
class is exhausted.
No date has been set for the call
ing of the next contingent, but it is
anticipated that the new regulations
cannot be fully complied with until
some time in January next at the
earliest, hence it is hardly likely
that there will be another call prior
to February 1st. In the meantime
every registrant will be placed in
the class and order in which he will
be drawn, thus effectually doing
away with the present uncertainty.
Regarding the status of those who
have been examined and accepted,
but have not yet been called to the
service, owing to the filing of the
quota, the new regulations provide
as follows:
Every registrant who, prior to
noon on December Is, 1917, has
been examined and selected and not
| flied of selection, shall remain liable
to be inducted Immediately into mil
itary service in the order of his liza
bility as heretofore fixed by his ord
er number, unless and until, upon
any call upon his Local Board for
men, it shall appear that there is in
ClassI a sufficient number of men to
fill such call, notwithstanding that
such registrant may have been sub
sequently examined and classified
under these rules and regulations
and placed in a deferred class.