New Britain herald., 1917-07-02

them, will be re-examined by army surgeons. If the physical examination is passed successfully, then comes the question of exemption.
 Those Exempted.
 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 itary or naval service of the United l States, subjects of Germany, all other aliens who have not taken out first papers, county or municipal officers, l customs house clerks, workmen in 1 federal armories. arsenals and navy yards persons in the federal service designated by the president for ex emption, pilots, merchant marine sail 1 ors, those with a status with respect ] to dependents which renders their l exclusion desirable Ca married man ! with dependent wife or child. son of | a dependent widow. son of depen- l dent aged or infirm parent, or 1 brother of dependent orphan child 1 under 16 years of age) those found 1 morally deficient and any member of any we'll recognized religious sect ex- isting May IS, 1917, whose creed for 1 bids participation in war and whose I religious convictions accord with the creed.
 l Claims for exemption because of de- i pendents may be made by the man l himself his wife or other dependents. or by third party who has personal 1 ly investigated the case. claim made by the husband must be accom-
 panied by supporting aff1davits signed 1 by the wife and by the head of a I family residing in the same territory. l A claim by the wife or a third party must be accompanied by two support ! ing affidavits signed by heads of fam
 flies. Similar rules govern claims on l the grounds of other dependents the l dependents or third parties being used 1 to file claims with supporting aff1davits l In each case the board must be satis l fled before it grants exemption or dis 1 charge that the dependent or depend
 ents actually are supported mainly by l the fruits of mans mental or physical 1 labor.
 Local boards are required. subject
 to appeal, to pass upon claims for ex- 1 emption or discharge within three days after the filing of afhdavits. Dis trict boards must decide appeal cases within five days after the closing of
 proofs, and their decisions are final If the ruling of a local board is af- # ff5rmed the person in question stands finally accepted for military service. o1ciY h. ton on the ground of employment III necessary industrial and agricultural
 occupations the district boagA9 nsHs1
 be convinced that the particular enter
 prise affording such emI Iloyment is
 actually necessary to the enaintenance
 of the military lent or na'
 tional interetg duringx thu emergency ,; .'The evidence must ali establish, 7
 the regulations say, "eye1 if the par t+;cu1ar industrial entefPrfse or par ticular agricultural Enterprise is
 found necessary for one of the above
 purposes that the, continuance o1
 such person therein is necessary t6 the maintenance thereof and that ht
 l cannot be replaced by another person
 without direct. substantial, mater1a
 loss and detriment to the adequate
 and effective operation of the parnc'
 ular industrial RfnterpNee or asrlcui
 tural enterprise in which he is. en' Egaged." z s. ,ts
 Later the president may, rom r7a)
 to time, designate certain tnd dustfN
 or classes of industries that ere hecV' sary and the district boards will nnf n
 so notified It will be the duty 70 each board, however, to ascertain tht available labor supply for such sfp . dustries outside the men called 'fo1 I, military service and to take the re i sult into. consideration in determining , such things. "If. in the opinion of distric hoard" this section of the regulation , concludes, the direct, substantlal
 material loss to any such lndustrla ; hr agficultural enterpriSe outweigh ! inc loss that would result from fail 9 ure to obtain the military service Q Il any such person, certificate of dis :. charge may be issued to him. ,~d Certificates of exemption Will no . necessarily be.permanent They ma, | be revoked with changing condition , l or may be granted only for prescribe 7 tpertcds,
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