Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
LISTS 100000
FORU. s. SERVICE
Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re-
garding Liability for Mill
tary Duty.

/ classes into which 100000 men regis
tered for military duty-and those who
are registered hereafter-are defined
ana the order in which they will be
called for service were officially an
| nounced in the provost marshal gem
eraIs QUESTIONABLE which every regis
tered man must fill out sind file The
order shows some change from the
tentative draft published some time
ago.
Contrary to some published reports.
II does not exempt married men as a
class, but it does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list of tables. In fact
the QUESTIONABLE indicates that only
men OF the first class will be called TO
the colors, except Iva the gravest emer-
gency. The five official classifications
of registrants follow:
CLASS |.
(A)-singie man without dependent rela.
tives.
(B)-Married man, with or without chill
dren, or father of motherless children.
who has habitually failed to support his
family.
CC)-Married man dependent on wife for
support
Cd Married man, with or without chill
dren' ~xor father of motherless children;
man not usefully engaged family sup
ported by income Independent OF his la
Dor
(E)-Unskilled farm laborer.
(FO-Unskilled Industrial laborer
Registrant by or in respect of whom no
deferred classification is claimed or
| made.
Registrant who fails to submit questions
naire and in respect of whom no deferred
| classification is claimed or made.
All registrants not included in any other
| division In this schedule
CLASS II.
| (A)-Married man with children or faith
| er of motherless children where such
wife or children or such motherless chill
| dren are not mainly dependent upon his
| labor for support for the reason that
/ there are other reasonably certain sources
| OF adequate support Excluding earnings
| or possible earnings from the labor of the
| wife) available, and that the removal of
| the registrant will not deprive such de-
| pendents OF support.
| (B)-Married men. without children,
| whose wife. although the registrant is en-
| gagged in a useful occupation, is not
| mainly dependent upon his labor for sup
port, for the reason that the wife is
| skilled in some special class of work
which she is physically able to perform
| and in which she is employed or in which
| there is immediate opening for her
| under conditions that will enable her to
| support herself decently and without suf-
| fering or hardship.
| (C)-Necessary skilled farm laborer in
| necessary agricultural enterprise.
| D)-Necessary skilled Industrial laborer
| in necessary industrial enterprise.
CLASS III.
| NTH da0apdap4 obIIdrar (not
| his own but toward whom he stands IT.
| relation of paren).
| (B)-Man with dependent helpless broth
/ ers or sisters.
| D)-County or municipal officer.
E)-Highly trained fireman or police
/ man. at least three years in service OF
| municipality.
| UNNECESSARY custom house clerk.
| (G)-Necesary employee of United
| States In transmission of the mails.
| (H)-Necessary artificer or workman in
| United States armory or arsenal.
| O-Necessary employee in service of
| United States.
| Unnecessary assistant, associate or
| hired manager of necessary agricultural
| enterprise.
K)-Necessary highly specialized tech
! nical or mechanical expert of necessary
! industrial enterprise.
| G)-Necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary Industrial enter
| prise.
CLASS w.
(A)-Man whose wife or children are
mainly dependent on his labor for sup
| port.
(B)-Mariner actually employed sea
service or citizen or merchant in the Unit
ed States
(C)-Necessary sole managing. con-
trolling or directing head of necessary
agricultural enterprise.
(D)-Necessary sole managing con-
trolling or directing head of necessary
Industrial enterprise.
CLASS v.
)-Offcers-Legislative executive or
judicial of the United States or of state,
territory or District OF Columbia.
(Bl-Regular or duly ordained minister
of religion.
preparing for ministry in recognized
Dl-Persons in military or naval serv-
ice of United States.
9(E)--Alien enemy,
(F)-Resident alien (not an enemy who
JEFFERSON totally and permanently
| physically or mentally unit for military
| service
| Cn-Person morally unfit to be a soldier
| of the United States.
| Unlicensed pilot, actually employed In
| the pursuit of his vocation.
Member OF well-recognzed religious
sect or organization, organized and exist
| ing on MAY IS. 1917. whose then existing
| creed or principles forbid it's members to
| participate in war in any form and whose
| religious convictions are against war or
| participation therein.
The questions on the subject OF de-
| pendents are framed to meet every
possible circumstance and to draw out
| every bit of information that might be
of value TO the boards in fixing the
class to which man is to be assigned.
Seven days are allowed registrants
| after receipt of the QUESTIONABLE to
fll II out and return IT TO the local
| board.