Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
Persons Entitled to Exemption.

Persons Entitled to Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
officers Of the United States. Of the
states. territories and the District OF
Columbia; ministers Of religion. stu
dents of divinity. persons In the mill
tary or naval service OF the United
States, subjects of Germany; all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers: county or municipal of1cers.
customhouse clerks. workmen in fed
eral armories. arsena1s and navy yards,
persons in the federal service desig-
mated by the President for exemption:
pilots. merchant marine sailors. those
with a status with respect to de-
pendents which renders their exclusion
desirable "a married man with de-
pendent wife or child, son of a de-
pendent widow, son of dependent, aged
or inflrm parent. or brother OF de-
years of age); those found morally de-
ficient any and member of any well
recognized religious sect existing May
1s. 1917. whose creed forbids partici-
patton in war and whose religious con-
victions accord with the creed.
Claims for exemption because OF de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents
or by third party who has personally
Investigated the case. claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife and by the head of family re-
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or third party must be
accompanied by two supporting afi-
dayits signed by heads OF families SINH
lar rules govern claims on the grounds
Of the other dependents. the dependent
or third parties being authorized to file
claims with supporting affldavits. In
each case the board must be satisneo
before 1t grants exemption or discharge
that the dependent or dependents &C
fruits of the mans mental or physical
labor.
Duties Of the Boards.
Local boards are required. subject to
appeal. to pass upon claims for ex-
emption or discharge within three days
after the filing Of affidavits.
District boards must decide appeal
cases within Ave days after the CLOSING
of proofs. and their decisions are maj.
II the ruling Of local board 10 az
nrmed the person in question stands
finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption on
the ground Of employment in necessary
Industrial and agricultural occupat1ons
the district boards must be convinced
that the particular enterprise affording
such employment actually is necessary
to the maintenance of the military es-
tablishment OF national interest during
the emergency.
"The evidence must also establish,
the regulations say, "even IL the par
ticular industrial enterprise or particu-
lar agricultural enterprise is found
necessary for one of the above pur-
poses, that the continuance of such
person therein is necessary to the main
tenance thereof and that he cannot be
replaced by another person without d.
rest. substantial. material loss and det-
riment to the adequate and effective
operation of the particular industrial
enterprise or agricultural enterprise in
which he is engaged"
May Make Later Designations.
Later the President may from time to
time designate certain industries or
and the district boards will be so noti-
fed. It will be the duty of each board,
however. to ascertain the available la
Dor supply for such industries out
side the men called for service and to
take the result into consideration in de-
termining such things.
IF. in the opinion of the district
board" this section of the regulations
concludes. "the direct, substantial. ma
terial loss to any such industrial or ag-
ricultural enterprise outweighs the loss
that would result from failure to OBJ
tain the military service of any such
person. certificate Of discharge may
be issued to him ."
Certificates of exemption will not
necessarily be permanent. They may
may be granted only for prescribed Pc
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