The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-02
PRESIDENT RULES
REGARDING DRAFT
and EXEMPTIONS
Continued From Page One.o

The regulations have been drawn I
with a view to the needs Of the whole
| country and provide system which |
| it is expected will work with the least |
| inequality and personal hardship. !
Any system of selecting men for mil !
| itary service, whether voluntary or |
| involuntary in its operation, neces- |
| sarfly selects some men to bear the |
| burden of danger and sacrifice for<the !
| whole nation. The system here pro- |
vided places all men of military age
upon an even plane and then, by Sc
lection which neither favors the one
nor penalties the other, calls suit the |
requisite number of service.
THE successful operation of this
| law and of these regulations depends
necessarily on the loyalty, patriotism
and justice of the members Of the
boards to whom it's operation is COM
mitted and I admonish every mem
/ Der of every local board and Of ev-
cry district board of review that their
| duty to their country requires an i'm
partial and fearless performance of the
| delicate and difficult duties entrusted
to them. They should remember as
to each individual case pr scented to
them that they are called upon to
| adjudicate the most sacred rights of
the Individual and to preserve unfair
ndshed the honor of the nation.
+ "Our armies at the front will be
| strengthened and sustained if they be
composed of men free from any
sense of injustice in their mode of
selection, and they will be inspired
to loftier efforts in behalf of coun-
try in which the citizens called upon
I to perform high public functions per-
form them with justice, fear1essness
and impartialty"
/ On organizing the local boards will
take over from the registration boards
all registration cards, which they will
| number serially and list for posting
to public view. Then, after having
been advised of the method by which
the order Of liability for service shall
i be determined and of the quota to
be drawn from its territory (minus
credits for enlistments in the nation
al guard or regular army each board
will prepare a list of persons desig-
mated for service in the order of their
liability, post the list, give it to the
!, tice to each designated person by
mail
II As the men SO notified appear the
boards first will make a, physical ex-
i animation in accordance with SPECIAL
4 regulations to be provided, bearing in
u mind that all persons accepted by
them will be re-eXamined by army
surgeons. If the physical examin-
alton is passed successfully then
:. comes the question of exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board in
clude:
). officers of the United States, OF
the states, territories and the Dis
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trict Of Columbia; ministers of re-
Hgion, students of divinity, persons
in the military or naval service Of
the United States, subjects OF Ger
many, all other aliens who have
z not taken out first papers, county
or municipal officers, custom house
clerks, workmen in federal arn1o-
| ries, arsenals and navy yards, per-
, sons in the federal service desig-
. mated by the president for exemp-
) ton, piSots, merchant marine sail
/ ors, those with a. status with re-
, spect to dependents which renders
their exclusion desirable "a mar
ried man with dependent wife or
: child, son of a dependent widow,
SON of a dependent, aged or infinm
Z parent or brother OF dependent or
: phan child under 16 years of age),
those found morally deficient and
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nized religious sect existing May
49, 1917, whose creed forbids par
, ticipation in war and whose relig-
!, ious convictions accord with the
, creed.
Claims for exemption because of de-
3 pendents may he made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by a. third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
lad
by supporting affidavits signed by the
J wife and by the head of a family re-
r siding in the same territory. A claim
: by the wife or a third party must oe
f accompanied fby two supporting afhda-
n Wits signed by heads Of families. Sim
t liar rules govern claims on the grounds
t of other dependents, the dependents or
e third parties being authorized to file
: claims with supporting affidayits. In
e leach case the board must be satisfied
: l7before it grants exemption or dis
e charge that the dependent or depend
: ents actually are supported mainly by
h the fruits of the mans mental or phys
icaa labor.
f Local boards are required, subject to
f appeal to pass upon claims for ex-
: emption or discharge within three
a days after the filing OF affldavits. Dis
$ trict boards must decide appeal cases
J. within five days after the closing of
o lproofs, and their decisions are final.
If the ruling of g. local board is con-
Il frned the person in question stands
finally accepted for military service.
9 In passing on claims for exemption
on the ground Of employment in neces-
Is sary Industrial and agricultural occu-
pations, the district boards must be
n convinced that the particular enter
# prise affording such employment is
q actually necessary to the maintenance
of the military establishment or ma
- tional interest during the emergency.
i ''The evidence must also establish, -
: the regulations say, even if the par
9 tioular industrial enterprise or partfc-
a u1ar agricultural enterprise is found
- necessary for one of the above pur-
- poses, that the continuance of such
- persons therein is necessary to the
maintenance thereof and that he can
- not be replaced by another person
=, without direct, substantial, materia
= loss and detriment to the adequate
;, and effective operation of the partic.
- ular industrial enterprise or agricul-
n tural enterprise in which he is en-
~ gagged"