Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-08-31
LOCAL BOARD CALLS
525 MORE FOR TEST
EXPECTS no EXEMPT ALL MAR
RIED MEN, UNDER PRESI-
DENTS RULING.

Of the selective conscription act an
nounced by President Wilson the
fore part of this week, exempting all
married men with dependents from
service in this first call unless they
have independent incomes upon
which their families can live in their
absence, the local selection board has
called 525 more of the registered
men of the county for physical exam
nation, though under It's former con-
struction of the law 1t had previous,
" certified to the district board the
latter part of last week 1856 men as
held for service from this county. the
full quota of 141 and the 10 per cent
extra required.
The local board anticipates that
under the new regulations governing
dependencies, every married man
among those registered in this coun-
u will be exempted from the first
call. though they may be ordered
into the service when the second call
comes next spring.
Reverses Local Board.
Incidentally, decisions by the dis
trict board this week on appeals from
the refusal Of the local board to ex-
empt certain local registrants on de-
pendency grounds. indicate that the
local board had been too strict In it,
application of the regulations, for
the district board reversed It In the
following cases and ordered the men
discharged from service on this call:
Reischmuth Rominik, Seward G..
Chambers, Ralph Drake. H. Hanson.
George W. Hutton. Wing Tan. Frans
n. s'wentjarvi, .svan y. Crocksr,
Charles H. Fry. Marion H. Gunstoue.
Glenn A. T. Powell, Karl H. Prince.
Raymond L. Abbott. Dan LAwton,
Homer Benson, Chas. @. schirmer.
Perry Larson. Wallace Kelly. Guy G..
Scase. Wilhelm H. Schultz and Harry
Lee Anderson.
The district board granted the ap-
plications for discharge on agricul-
tural or industrial grounds Of Ray
mond L. Abbott. Bert L. Shincke. H.
Sladstedt. Eugene r. Hoffman. Jen-
nings Johnson, Edwin Robert Mum.
Chas. H. Southwick, Ben Goldenburg-
or. Paul =. Prince. Edgar p. Smith.
II denied the claims Of Carl H.
Schroeder, Herbert @. Milne, Andrew
Anderson, Lawrence thompson, Isa-
dore Theriauet. Chas. John Triplett.
Paul Oliver Palmer. Glen Robert
Dodge, Jefferson Alex Haine. Elmer
r. Walker. Louis Lallas. Alfred A.
Hoglund. N s4
Allrms Other Decisions.
In all other appeals. the district
board affirmed the decisions Of the
local board.
On behalf OF the district board.
Lieut.. Gov. Hart. chairman, am
nounced Thursday that the board had
decided to exempt az q rule all mar
f1ed men who became Benedicts prior
to Americas entry into the war. and
those contracting marriage after the
declaration Of war will not be ex.
empted unless . me special reason "a
shown why they should not be certi-
fed for service.
Dates for Examinations.
To examine the 526 men in the
new call sent out. the local board has
notified 90 to appear Friday. so Sat.
urday. 100 next Tuesday, 81 wednes.
day. 100 Thursday and SO Friday
BY the time that is completed. the
first 1000 men among the 1852 reg.
istered in this county will have beer
examined.
Confusion arising because of the
new ruling on dependency exemp
tions after the local board had certi
Ned the county's quota to the district
board. will be Strengthened out. the
board announced Thursday. by re-
opening before the district board thu
cases Of all married men certified a,
held for service. Authority to dt
this was received from Governor Lis
ter Wednesday, who advised tha
Prosecuting Attorney O'Leary. gov
ernment appeal agent for this coun
ty. may do So. In this way the new
ruling will be uniformly applied.
Instructions sent by the governo
to the local boards this week inter
preted the new ruli&g - follows: +.
'sWhsre man Has financial accu
mutations or An indepsndent income
sside from his wage or salary or tn
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