Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-30
QUESTIONABLE REPEALs
FORMER EXEMPTIONS
WILL BE SENT OUT BY LOCAL
BOARD on DEC. 18th. RE-
PEALS ALL FORMER EXEMP-
TON ALLOW hNCES.
some $50 To BE Forwarded in This
County Must BE Answered by Ey.
cry Registrant Not Already in the
Army.
Continued from last week
Numbers Still Hold Good

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group Of rcgIstrants within the jur-
Isdlctlon Of each local board Is taken
q the unit 10 be- classified and with
in each class the order Of liability is
determined by the drawing which has
hitherto assigned to every man an
order Of availability for military SER
vice This means that no matter
in what class he is put q man will
have n. same relative position, with
respect 10 the time he Is called. as he
had before the first draft was en-
forced.
Twelve Series Of Questions
Thcrr are twelve series of ques-
tons. each under -rpa ate heading.
a- follows. S-u,> l. General Ques-
tons: Snnrs H., Ply sical Fitness;
Series ILL.,. Lsgl-la,lvr, Executive and
Judicial Officer; Series ". Minis
,rr- Of Religion. Series Y, Divinity
S'ud.r,-. Srur- VI. Military or Naval
r-rlcr: S.ro- VII. Cl'Iz"n- hip; Ser
rn- WILL. Officials Federal Employ
,,.-. Pl.o,- and Manners: Series IN,
Religious CONVECTION Against War;
Snr.- y D.pani'nry: Series XI.. In
duzina. Occupation: Series Nil, Ag-
ucul;ural Occupation.
nd"r each h'adGrg there are
number Of questions from three to
'hl--f-two. making III questions in
all. many oC ,Lru divided into several
pats. and u d. upon Tho answers to
th,.-,. uu.-ilun- that claims to ex-
,up'iuu us deferred c'a- ification will
be- determined. The three series Of
questions dealing with dependency, in
du-tru' occupations and AGRICULTURAL
occupations dr clos" an intention on
'ha par, Of the Government to obtain
the most extensive and detailed infor-
nation regarding rcEIstrants who may
set up claims under any of these three
headings.
Under the heading Of Dependency"
the rcgistrant must answer the ques-
ton: Have you a wife, or child. or
aged. lnhrm or invalid parents or
grandpa rents, or brother under six
teen or sister under eighteen years of
age, or a helpless brother or sister of
whatever age, mainly dependent on
your physical or mental labor for sup
port ," II the regiStrant answers
No" he need not answer any further
questions under this heading, but a
he answers Yes" he must then go on
and answer all other questions un-
der that heading. He must disclose
through his answers the person or per-
sons dependent on his labors for sup
port. the amount and nature of his in
come, the amount of his payments for
rent, taxes and to his dependents. the
value of property held by him or byl
the persons dependent on him. the
amount which such dependents obtain
from other sources and their ability
to contribute to their own support.
Affidavit Required
There ar thirty-one general uucs-
tions along these lines, and counting
subdivisions the registrant must put
down no less than fifty separate an
swerS. Having done this the reg
istrant who says he has persons de-
pendent upon him must have the sup
porting affidavit of each person so de-
pendent upon him. This must be
signed and sworn TO according to a
form attached to this series of uucs-
tions.
There are twenty-threc questions
to be answered by the man claimingI
exempted or deferred classification
because of his occupation in industry.
They touch upon the nature of hisI
occupation, his relation to il, whctherI
as employee or in business for him
self, and the amount of his earnings.
He must also give the names Of reIa-
tions who could assist him in the man
agement of his enterprise if he be
in business for himself. Answers toI
this series of questions must also be
supported by aifidavits.
Registrars who are engaged in an
agricultural enterprise and claim ex-
emption or deferred classification on
that account are required to answerI
thlrty-two questions should they be
heads or owners Of farms. Those who
are merely employees must answer
twenty-five questions. The full list
of questions in this series is given
here. 1t is fair sample of the par
ticularity with which the question:
aires goes into the character of busi-
ness or occupation in which the reg
lstrant is engaged.
Questions for Ranchmen
that you are engaged in such enter
tural enterprise? Are you an en-
ployee or the owning and managing
head of the enterprise? Do you claim
deferred classification on the ground
that you are negaged in such enter
prise? State the kind of farm. Are
you engaged in all branches of work
on the farm? If answer mo- state
what branch of work you are engaged
in. State in general terms (not as a
quantity) ta) what is produced by the
entire agricultural enterprise and (bll
what is produced by that branch of
the farm in which you work. Name
post office of the farm. Do YOU give
all your working time to the farm
If not, what other work do YOU do :
What is the name of your Job on the
farm (for instance, 'overseer,' man
ager,' foreman, 1aborer,' &c? What
do you do on the farm? State (alA
how long you have been working at
farming, and (bl how long you have