Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-29
To Relieve Certain
Hardships in Draft Law

Elective Service system on the question
| Of exemptions or discharge and, II viii
be of great convenience FOR the mill
tary authorities to have the decision
of the local and the district boards
on the question Of whether the ex-
emption or discharge should have been
granted originally. To obtain THIS oe-
cision the method prescribed eeiew
will be used. Cases in this general
class also fail into two special classes.
(A) Where the person has never
reported to the local board at al ano
has been certified to the Adjutant Cen
erai of the State on Form l4s-A and
has heen ordered by the Adjutant GEN
erai to report for military duty and Is
thus inducted into the military serv-
ice.
In case "A the Adtutant General OF
the State may Withhold entry OF the
name of>the registrant from Form
14s-R and may request the proper
local board to reopen the case. The
local board should then reopen the
case. pass upor its merits, And cercfy
II to the district board. all IN the nor
NAL manner as though It had turisdic-
ton 70 discharge. Similarly. the dis-
trict board should pass upon the casa
If the exemption or discharge 10 re-
~use6. the district board will not enter
the name on 1874 but VIII notify the
Adtutart General Of the state OF its
action and the Adtutant General Win
send tire man TO the proper moonfBa-
fion camp direct or VIII order INN 70
report 70 his local board for trans
portat;on as seems most convenient
In case the exemption or discharge 80
granted, the local board VIII not DE-.
liver the discharge certificate 70 tbs
reristrsnt but viii send Il 20 the Al
iutan. General Of the state who VIM
forward II to the Adtutant General OF
the Army with the request that the
man shall be discharged from military
service by the Secretary Of War On the
ground that his Induction into military
service was contaminated through err
ror Thereupon. the Adtutant Gen
eral of the Army viii order the dis
charge Of the man from military serv-
ice and will forward the discharge 70
the Adtutant General Of the State for
delivery to the registrant-
CB) Cwhere the man has been
called 10 report for military duty by a
local board and sent to the mobiliza-
ton camp.)
In case "B" either the local board or
the military authorities at the mobili-
cation camp may request Of the Adju-
tant General of the State permission
for the local board TO reopen the case
for the purpose Of determining wheth-
er or not the exemption or discharge
should have been granted. or the Ad-
iutant General of the State may re-
quest the local board 70 reopen the
case for the same purpose. In case
permission Is granted or request is
made by the Adjutant General the
local board will reopen the case, pass
upon its merits and certify IL 10 the
district hoard in the regular manner.
The district board will also treat IL III
the regular manner. II IL is deter
mined that the exemption Or discharS-
should not have been granted the dis
trict board will 50 notify the Adiutant
General Of the State who wifi, in
case where tho request 20 reopen
comes from the commanding officer Of
the mobilization camp, promptly notify
such commanding officer that there Ia
no ground for discharginc the man
from military service
II II is determined that the discharge
should have been granted. the local
board will not deliver copy Of the
discharge to- the registrant but will
send ii 10 the Adiutant General Of the
State who will forward il 10 the com =
handing officer at the mobilization,
canar with the request that the man W..
discharged from military service On
the ground that he should have been
discharged from draft. Thereupon the
commanding of1cer Al the mobilization
camp will discharge the man from
military service