River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-22

of United States.
Alien enemy.
Resident alien tnot an enemy who
claims exemption.
Person totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for mill
tary service.
Person morally unfit to be a soldier
of the United States.
Licensed pilot actually employed in
the pursuit of his vocation.
Member of well organized reli gious
sect or organization, organized anC ex-
listing on May 1S, 1917, whose then
existing creed or principles forbid it's
members to participate in war in any
form, and whose religious convictions
are against war or participation there
in.
Boards to Aid Reqistrants.
To aid the registrants in filling out
these questionnaires and determining
their classification legal advisory
boards have been provided for each
local exemption district. Disinterest-
ed lawyers have been taken into serv-
ice to aid in the general administra-
ton of the law.
All exemptions made prior to this
the military service must fill out a
QUESTIONABLE, and the merits of his
case will be decided upon again.
Any person failing to fill out ques-
tionnaire is automatically placed in
Glass 1 and liable for immediate duty.
Following the classification comes
a series of general questions. There
then follow eleven other series Of Ques-
tons which fit particular cases rang
ing from the man who claims physical
disability to questions asked Of men
seeking exemption because they are
divinity students.
The general questions establish a
most intimate knowledge of the per-
sonal characteristics Of the registrant.
He must state every occupation at
which he has worked during the past
ten years, giving not only the name of
the occupation, but the number of
hours worked each week and state
ment of his education.
In these questions the registrant is
given. the privilege of stating his pref
erence of service, and may state
whether he is willing to attend a
night school fitting him for service
prior to being called into camp.
There then follows list of 81 trades
and professions, and the registrant is
given space to indicate which he has
worked in and for how long period.
Occupational List.
The occupational list follows:
Accountant; artist, dramatic or
otherwise; auto and gas engine man
(a) factory, (b) garage, (c) ignition
system, (d) marine engines; auto and
motor truck driver, baker, band in
strument, barber, blacksmith (a) help
er (b) forger; boatman, boilermaker,
bookkeeper, butcher, canvas worker,
carpenter (a) brigde, (b) cabinetmak-
er, (c) house, (d) ship; chemical in
Gustry worker, clerical worker, con-
crete worker, contractor, cook, dentist,
detective, craftsman (a) architecture
al (b) mechanical, (c) typographical !;
druggist, electrician (a) instruments
repair, (b) motors and dynamos, (c)
outside work, (d) wiring; engineer,
graduate, (a) automotive, (b) chem
ical, (c) civil, (d) electrical, (e) me-
chanical, (f) mining, (g) sanitary; fac
tory worker, farmer, furrier, freight
er, forest ranger, foundry man GAP
core maker and molder, (b) furnace
man; grocer, guard, gunsmith, harness
maker, horseman, horseshoer, laborer,
lawyer, lineman, (a) telegraph, CD
telephone; locksmith, longshoreman,
lumberman, machinist (a) drill press,
(0) general mechanic, (c) grinding
machine, (d) lathe, (e) miller and
planer, (f) toolmaker; mason, mer-
chant, millwright, miner (a) digging
and loading, (b) drill, (c) explosives,
(d} timbering, (e) track laying; NOV
ing picture expert, nurse, painter (a)
house, (b) sign, (c) scene; pattern
maker, physician, plasterer, plumbing
trades, policeman, printer, quarryman,
railroad man (a) construction, OBJ
operation, (c) maintenance, (d) re-
pair; railway mOtorman, rigger (a)
bridge, (b) building, (c) ship; sales
man, sawmill man, seafaring man,
sheet metal worker (a) copper, OBJ
iron, (c) tin: shipbuilder, shoemaker,
stableman, steam engineer (a) motive,
(b) stationary; stenographer, stock
keeper, structural iron and steel work
er, student, surveyor, tailor, teacher,
teamster, telegrapher, telephone opera
tor, telephone repairman, tile man,
typewriter, veterinary, Waterman, well
der, acetylene, etc. wheelwright. wire
less operator.
Many Questions Asked.
Persons claiming exemption on the
ground of being aliens are asked to
give the date Of their birth, their birth
place, the time of their entrance to this
country. the name Of the vessel upon
which they entered and their compan-
ions. They are also asked, "Are you
willing to return to your native coun-
try and enter its military service?"
Claimants for exemption on grounds