The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-10-25
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SELECTED men MADE \
KNOWN AT BANQUET
OFFICERS HAD NOT INTENDED
TO MAKE PLAN PUBLIC FOR
TIME.

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Washington, Oct. o. The five
classiications into which men await
ing draft will be divided, under the
new regulations approved by Presi-
dent Wilson, have become public much
before the time planned by the provost
marshal generals office and are here
published.
1t was discovered today that what
was to have remained an official Sc
-cret for week or more was divulged
Saturday night at a dinner in New
York with Secretary Baker and Pro-
vost Marshal General Chowder attend
ed. The provost marshal general dis
.cussed the new regulations, without
intending to make public the classifi-
cations, but some members of a New
York local exemption board, thinking
to elucidate the generals speech,
printed the classifications on the back
of the menu card.
The classifcations are as follows,
and show every man registered; to
which class he belongs and in what
order the different classifications will
be called to service.
CLASsI
Single men, without dependent
relatives.
2-Married man Cor widower with
children) who >habitually fails to sup
port his family.
&Married man dependent on wife
4-Mar1ied man, or widower with
children (not usefully engaged, family
supported by income independent Of
his labor.)
5-Men not included in any other
description in this Or other classes.
6-Unskilled iaborer.
CLASS II -
81 1-Married man or father of moth
-erless children, usefully engaged but
family has sufficient income apart
from his daily labor to afford reasona-
bly, adequate support during his alb
sence.
married man (no children) wife
can support herself decently and with
out hardship.
3-Skilled farm laborer engaged in
necessary industrial enterprise.
4.-Skilled industrial laborer engag-
ed in necessary agricultural enterprise
CLASS III
Man with foster children depend
'ent on daily labor for support.
2-Man with aged, infirm or invalid
parents or grandparents dependent on
daily labor for support.
3-Man with brothers or sisters in
competent to support themselves, de-
pendent on daily labor for support.
4-County or municipal officers.
5-Firemen or policemen.
6-Necessary artificers Of workmen
in arsenals, armories and navy yards.
Necessary custom house clerks.
8-Persons nesessary in transmits
sion of mails.
Unnecessary employees in service OF
United States.
1O-Highly specialized administra-
tive experts.
11-Technical or mechanical ex-
perts in industrial enterprises.
12-Highly specialized industrial ex-
pert in agricultural bureau of state OF
nation.
13-Assistant or associate manager
of necessary industrial enterprise.
14-Assistant or associate manager
of necessary agricultural enterprise.
CLASS Nv
Married man with wife iand) OF
children (or widower with childrenl
dependent on daily labor for support
and no other reasonably adequate sup
port available.
2-Marines in sea service Of nler
chants or citizens in United States.
3-Heads of necessary industrial
enterprises.
4-Heads of necessary agricultural
enterprises.
CLASS v
1-Officers of states or the Unitet
States.
Irregular or duly ordained minis
ters.
Students Of divinity.
persons in military or nava
service.
5-Aliens.
Attorney T. w. Morrissey and H. {