The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-28

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ments for the prompt receipt of mail.
Carrying Up Appeals.
| IL. HOW TO CLAIM APPEALS TO
| DISTRICT BOARDS-Claims of ap-
peal may be made by a person within
ten days after the day when notice has
been posted and mailed that such per-
sons name has been certified to the
| district board as one who has been
called for service and not exempted or
discharged.
Therefore If you desire to appeal
(a) Go to the local board and get
or copy form 1913 or 154 for filing your
claim of appeal.
(b) Get or copy also form 151 or 152
for notifying the district board of ap-
peal.
(c) File your claim of appeal (153 or
| 154) with the local board.
(d) Send your notice of appeal
| (form 151 or 1922 to the district board.
(e) Do this within ten days from
| the day when notice that your name
was certified to the district board was
| posted and mailed.
Remember:
order of the board exempting or dis
| charging or refusing to exempt or dis
| charge you. You cannot appeal other
orders or actions of the local board.
13. PROVING YOUR APPEAL-You
have five days after the district board
receives your notice that you have
| filed a claim of appeal in which to file
evidence additional to that filed by
you in the local board, but all such
evidence must consist of affidavits.
Reception of Decisions.
II. DECISIONS ON APPEALING
decision on your appeal must be made
within five days of the closing of proof,
and you will be notified by mail of the
action of the board on your appeal.
IS. CLAIMS FOR DISCHARGE ON
| INDUSTRIAL GROUNDS-Only the
district board can receive claims for
discharge on the ground that they are
engaged in industry, including agricul-
ture, found to be necessary to the
maintenance of the military establish
ment, the effective operation of the
military forces, or the maintenance of
national interest during the emer-
gency.
Such claims must be filed with the
district board on or before the fifth
day after the mailing and posting of
notice that you have been certified
by the local board as one who has
been called for service and not ex-
empted or discharged.
If you desire to file such a claim:
(a) Get a copy at the local or dis
trict board of form 161 or 161a.
(b) Fill the form out properly.
(c) File it with the district board
within five days after the mailing and
posting of notice that your name has
been certified from the local board to
the district board. See section A, reg
ulations.
16. PROOF IN SUPPORT OF IN
can be used in filing proof before the
industrial board of claim for exemp-
ton on industrial grounds. All such
affidavits must be filed within five days
after the filing of the claim.
Industrial Claim Rulings.
II. DECISIONS ON INDUSTRIAL
CLAIM-Within five days after the
closing of proof in any industrial claim
the district board must decide the
claim.
If the decision of the district board
Is in favor of the claim the board will
issue a certificate of discharge. If the
decision is against the claim the dis
trict boards will so notify you.
Remember that you have been
called for military service and that
the certificate of the district boad is
only conditional on your remaining
in the kind of Industrial service on ac-
count of which you were discharged.
No such exemption shall continue
when cause therefor no longer exists
and your certificate of discharge may
be withdrawn or modified by the dis
trict board at any time that the dis
trict board shall determine that the
circumstances require 1t.
1s. APPEALS TO THE PRESI-
DENT-Only decisions of district
boards on industrial claims for dis
charge can be appealed.
If you desire to appeal the decision
of the district boards to the president,
you may do so within seven days of
the date of mailing to you of the de-
cision of the district board. To per-
feet your appeal:
(a) Get or copy from the district or
local board Form 163.
(b) Fill out the form and file 1t with
the district board.
(c) Do this within seven days after
the mailing of notice to you of the de-
cIsion of the district board in your
case.
1e. HOW YOU WILL BE NOTI-
FIED-As soon as your case is finally
disposed of, the adjutant general of
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