The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
Ruling Permits Registered
Men to Enlist Until Dec. Is

; Many inquiries are being made of
the Provost Marshal Generals office
as TO whether men within the draft
age may be permitted to enlist vol
unfairly. This called forth the fol-
lowing statement on the subject:
AS far as the Army is concerned
the local board will become the re-
cruiting office for men of draft age
who desire to join the military
branch ahead of their turn. No vol
untary enlistment may be made after
December Is. Amy registrant, not
an alien enemy, whose order num-
Der is so low that he is not within
the current quota of his local board,
may be inducted Immediately into
military service Oh his own written
/ request by complying with the fol-
! lowing requirements:
''(a) If he is in Glass ii. III. or
! ", he shall file with his local board
a waiver of all claims OF deferred
! classification.
"CbD If he is in Glass ". on the
ground of dependency, he must ac
/ company his application and waiver
! with a waiver from those persons in
behalf OF whom he was so placed in
. CLASS / '. NO "dlh Ct II OIil ClllluI eli
or persons non compos mentis shall
be recognized Dy local board.
/ Upon receipt of such application
and waiver, the local board shall ex-
anime him physically ana if he is
found qualified for military service
shall Immediately induct him into
such service by issuing, in respect of
him. the usual order of induction in
tho
date desired by him (but not later
than seven days after the date of
his application), for induction into
military service. The local board
shall thereupon send him in the us
ual manner to the nearest mobiliza-
ton camp for assignment to duty. but
not as or with any part Of the cur
rent quota of such local board.
This proceeding shall not be con-
sirued as authorizing any local
board to send less than the total
quota called for fro mthe local
board composed entirely of regis
trants whose induction into military
service was not advanced under the
provisions of this section. Credits
for such registrants so inducted into
military service out of their order
W Ill ne rttONtu " lONdl DooANS oii
the quota called for next after their
induction into military service.
Great care has been taken in
separating such cases from the regu-
lar quotas in order to comply with
the provisions OF the law which pro-
hibits substitution.
"A man may enlist in the Navy Or
Marine Corps, but only upon presen-
to nffinnr nP q
certificate by his local board to the
effect that his class and order num-
Der are so low that he is not with
in the current quota of his local
board. Thereafter, upon presenta-
ton by the registrant to his local
board of a certificate of a commits
stoned officer of the Navy or Marine
Corps stating that he has been SO en-
listed, such certificate shall be filed
with the QUESTIONABLE and the regis
trant shall be placed in Glass V on
the ground that he is in the naval
service of the United States.
Under such regulations as the
Surgeon General may prescribe, and
upon receiving permission from the
Surgeon General to do so, any medi-
cal student, hospital inferno, dentist
dental student, veterinarian, or vet
erinary student may enlist in the en-
listed reserve corps of the Medical
Department, and thereafter upon
presentation by the registrant to his
local board of Il certificate of a COM
missioned officer of the Medical De-
partment of the Army that he has
been so enlisted, such certificate shall
be filed with the QUESTIONABLE and
the registrant shall be placed in
Glass V on the ground that he is in
the military service Of the United
States. TT re is no other ground
upon whic such persons (as such)
may be placed in deferred class.
ANY registrant at any time, re-
gardless of classification and order
number, may be commissioned in the
Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or ap-
pointed an Army field clerk, and
thereafter, on presentation by the
registrant to his local board Of a
certificate of his commanding officer
stating that he has been so commits
stoned or appointed, such certificate
shall be filed with the QUESTIONABLE
and the registrant shall be placed in
Glass V on the ground that he is in
the military or naval service of the
United States.''