The Benson signal., 1917-07-07

Our armies at the front will be
strengthened and sustained If they be
composed of men free from any sense
Of injustice in the mode of selection.
and they will be inspired to loftier ef-
forts in behalf of country in which
the citizens called upon to perform
high public functions perform them
with justice, fearlessness and impair
tiality."
Men Designated To Be Notified.
Upon organizing, the local boards
will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards, which
they will number serially and list for
posting to public view. Then, after
having been advised of the method by
which the order of liability for serv-
ice shall be determined and of the
quota to be drawn from it's territory
(minus credits for enlistments in the
national guard or regular army each
board will prepare list of persons
designated for service in the order of
their liability, post the list, give it to
the press and within three days send
notice to each designated person by
mail.
AS the men so notified appear, the
boards first will make 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 passed SUCCESSFULLY, then comes the
question of exemption
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
Officers of the United States, of the
states, territories and of the District
of Columbia; ministers of religion,
students of divinity, persons in the
military or naval service of the United
States subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
custom house clerks, workmen in fed
yards, persons in the federal service
designated by the President for ex'
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail
ors, those with status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex-
clusion desirable "a married man with
dependent wife or child. son of de-
pendent widow, son Of dependent,
aged or infirm parent, or brother of
dependent orphan child under 16 years
of age) those found morally deficient
and any member of any well recog-
nized religious sect existing May 18,
1917, whose creed forbids participation
in war and whose religious convic-
tions accord with the creed.
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 person
ally investigated the case. A claim
made by the husband must be accom-
panied by supporting affidavits signed
by the wife and by the head Of a fam
lily residing in the same territory. A
claim by the wife or third party
must be accompanied by two support
ing affidavits signed by heads of fam
lilies.
Similar rules govern claims on the
grounds of other dependents when the
dependents or third parties being au-
thorized to file claims with supporting
affidavits. In each case the board
must be satisfied before it grants ex-
emption or discharge that the depen-
dent or dependents actually are sup
ported mainly by the fruits of the
mans mental or physical labor.
Local boards are required, subject
to appeal, to pass upon claims for ex-
emption or discharge within three
days after. the filing of affidavits.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within five days after the clos
ing of proofs and their decisions are
final. If the ruling of local board
is affirmed the person in question
stands finally accepted for military
service.
In passing on claims for exemption
on the ground of employment in ne
cessary industrial and agricultural oc-
cupations the district boards must be
convinced that the particular enter
prise affording such employment ac-
tually is necessary to the maintenance
of the military establishment or ma