The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
ADVICE FOR MEN OF DRAFT AGE
 TO ASSIST THEM IN FILLING OUT
 OUESTICNNA|RES OF GOVERNMENT

1 1A0 O1 lIl0 legal dQ- visory board of this city which is CO., operating with the exemption boards in the careful filling out of question naires issued its second bulletin this morning.
 Bulletin No. 3.
 To determine whether wife, child parent, or other person is mainly de- pendent on a registered man, the President has published the following rules:
 Rule I. In determining whether a claimed dependent is Mainly depen- dent on a registrant's labor for sup port" the board will consider all ex- isting or available reasonably certain sources of support other than the la Dor. of the registrant, excepting only public charity, and including: | (a) Income of the claimed depen- dent from any source whatever, tn- cludtng gifts, and including also the income Cor what reasonably and justly should be the income) from the labor of the claimed dependent; ex- cept that where the dependent is the 1 wife or child of the regtstrant the in- come Cor what should be the in- | come) from the labor of the claimed 1 dependent shall only be authorized in l the classification schedule. (b) Income of the registrant from any source whatever, including gifts and excluding his labor.
 Co The contribution which the reg istrant may reasonably and justly be expected to make or which he is re- qrired to make, from his pay as g. sol dier.
 (d) The amount of support which the claimed dependent would receive from any provision of Federal law made or hereafter to be made to SUD- port such dependent during the ab- sence of the registrant or to insure such dependent against loss entailed by the death or disability of the reg | istrant."
 The government compels a soldier to turn over half of his pay to his wife and children, and the government | makes a monthly allowance of ar equal amount plus about $5 for each child, not in any event over $50 ! month.
 l \CJ 1IIC OA4CCI OI ally HUI statute, made or hereafter to be made on the claimed condition of depen- dency.
 (f) The amount which other per- sons (who have or have not hitherto mainly or partially supported the claimed dependent and who can req sonab1y and justly be expected to dc sol are able and willing to contribute to the support of the claimed depen. 1 dent during the absence of the regis 1 trant; except that, where the claimed | dependent Is the wife or child of the registrant, support by persons other than the registrant shall NOT be con. sidered
 I If, considering such of these cir oumstances as the board is authorized to consider, or other circumstances not herein mentioned, the board finds that l the removal of the registrant will de- prive the claimed dependent of req sonably adequate support, the board may find that the person claimed to be dependent is mainly dependent | upon the registrant's labor for sup port"
 "Rule II. Where the claimed de- pendent is not the wife or child of the registrant, and where persons persons other than the registrant have contributed to the support of the claimed dependent, or have an equal legal or moral obligation to do so, the board should consider all cir cumstances stated in Rule I. but it should not find the person mainly dependent upon the registrant's labor for support" unless 1t finds that such other persons cam ot reasonably and l justly be expected to undertake the support of the dependent during the absence of the registrant and unless it finds also and specifically that the re- moval of the registrant will remit the claimed dependent to public charity imp art, or in whole, for support.
 Rule III The term children" !" where used without qualification, shall be taken to include an unborn child, and, except as provided in Sec tion (a) of Rule VIII, shall be taken to import only children (the issue of the registrant) and step-children and l legally adopted children. It shall be taken to import boys under 16 and | girls under IS years of age. Rule ". The dependency of rela- tives residing abroad who are not citi- zens of the United States or who have not declared their intention to be- come such, shall not be considered as a ground for deferred classification. D Recent Marriages. Rule V. On May IS, 1917, every I l. tice of his obligation to render mili- 1 tary service to his country. The pur- pose of the Selective Service Law was not to suspend the institution of mar riage among registrants, but boards should scrutinize marriages since May IS, 1917, and especially those hastily effected since that time, 70 | determine whether the marriage rela- i ton was entered into with a primary view of evading military service, and unless such is found not to be the case boards are hereby authorized to disregard the relationship so estab- lished as a condition of dependency requiring deferred classification under these regulations"
 | Over 4,500 Questionnaires have been mailed, and few have been re- turned Don't put off answering the questions and filing 1t with the local board. There may be such rusn l that you cannot be properly taken care of.
 Cut this out and look up Bulletins 1 and 9. They may be useful to you. Committee of the Legal Advisory ] Board of the City of Bridgeport. 1 EMPOWERS S75