The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-11-15
NEW DDAFT RULE
CREATES FIVE CLASSES

questions, designed to disclose a
mans whole life. On the answer
each of the nine million men who
must reply to these questions give
will depend their selection for mill
tary service.
One of the most important feature
of the QUESTIONABLE is the fact that
1t contains for the first time officially
the exact classifications, the exact ma
ture of the five groups into which
registered men will be divided.
Glass 1-(a) Single men without
dependent relatives. (b) Married
man with or without children, or
father of motherless children who
has habitually failed to support his
family. (c) Married man dependen
on wife for support. (d) Married
men with or without children, or
father of motherless children; man
not usefully engaged family support
ed by income Independent of his la
bor. (e) Unskilled farm laborer (f)
Inskilled industrial laborer.
NRegistrant by or in respect OF
whom no deferred classification is
claimed or made.
Registrant who fails to submit
QUESTIONABLE and in respect OF whom
no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
All registrants not incluled in any
other division in this schedule. =
Glass 2--(a) Married man with
children or father of motherless chill
dren, where such wife or children OF
such motherless children are no
mainly dependent upon his labor for
support for the reason that there ara
other reasonably certain sources o
adequate support teXcluding earn
ings or possible earnings from thf
labor of the wife) available, and tha'
the removal of the registrant will no
deprive such dependent of support,
(b) Married men without children
whose wife, although the registrar
is engaged in a useful occupation, is
not mainly dependent upon his labor
for support, for the reason that the
wife is skilled in some special class
of work which she is physically able
to perform and in which she is EN-
ployed, or in which there is an i'm
mediate opening for her under con-
ditions that will enable her to sup
suffering or hardship. (a) Necessary
skilled farm laborer in necessary ag-
riculture enterprise. (d) Necessary
Nsiined industrial laborer in necessar.
enterprise.
KClass 3-(a) Man with dependen'
children (not his own but toward
whom he stands in relation of parent
(b) Man with dependent aged or in
Arm parents. (c) Man with depend
ent helpless brothers or sisters. (d)
County or municipal officer. (e)
Highly trained fireman or politician
at least three years in service of mu-
nicipality. (f) Necessary custom
house clerk. (g) Necessary employe
of United States in transmission
the mails. (h) Necessary artificer or
workman in United States army or
arsenal. d) Necessary employe in
service of United States. Cd Neces-
sary assistant, associate, or hired
manager of necessary agriculture en-
terprise. (k) Necessary highly spe
cialized technical or mechanical ex-
merit of necessary industrial enter
prise. ID Necessary assistant or as
sociate manager of necessary indus
trial enterprise.
Glass 4-(a) Man whose wife OF
children are mainly dependent on his
labor for support. (b) Mariner actu-
ally employed in sea service of the
merchant marine of the United
States. (c) Necessary sole managing
controlling or directing head of ne
cessary agricultural enterprises. (d)
Necessary sole managing. controll-
ing, or directing head of necessary
industrial enterprise.
Glass 5-(a) officers, legislative.
Executive, or judicial of the United
States or of state, territory, or Dis
trict of Columbia. CD Regular OF
duly ordained minister of religion
(c) Student, who, on May 18, 1917.
was preparing for ministry in recog-
nized school. (d) Persons in military
or naval service of the United States
(e) Alien enemy. (f) Resident alien
(not enemy who claims exemption
(g) Person totally and permanently.
physically or mentally unfit for mill
tary service. CHI Person morally
unfit to be a soldier Of the United
States. CD Licensed pilot. actually
employed in the pursuit of his voca-
tion
Members of we'll recognized relig
ious sects or organization, organized
and existing on May 1S, 1917. whose
then existing creed or principles for
bid its members to participate in
war in any form and whose religious
convictions are against war or par
ticipation therein.
Legal and medical advisory boards
now being organized in every com
munitv will aid the registrant IT
making his answers. He will indi-
cate in what occupations he consid-
ers himself expert and from that list
It is proposed to create separate
Groups of men trained in any par
Iieular trade or profession, should
the need arise for them.
The questions on the subject of de-
pendents are framed to meet everr
possible circumstance and to draw
out every bit of information tha'
might be Of value to the boards in
fixing the class to which man is tc
be assigned. No detail of the status
of dependents, of possible or actual
outside sources of income, has been |