The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-17

FIRST STEP IN NEW CLASSIFICA-
TION BEGINS.
Call Issued for Volunteer But
Trained Assistants to Aid I'm Task.

SciSStcu iueii, ITONOSI MuTSndl 1eH
eral Crowder has directed local ex-
emptiOn boards to compile the infOr-
nation contained in their docxe
sheets and registration cards The
boards will need for this work from
five to Is assistants working from
three days to two weeks, according
to the size OF the district
The assistants must be volunteers
trained for this class of work and a
call was sent out today to obtain the
needed volunteers. High school teach
ers are suggested as the persons best
adapted to meet the emergency.
The five classes into which 9,00O,-
900 men registered for military duty
and those who are regis. cred here
after-are divided and the order in
which they will be called for SER
vice were officially announced today
in the provost marshal generals
ques.ionnaire which every registered
man must fill out and file. The orde:
shows some change from the tenta-
tive draft published some time ago.
Contrary to some published reports
ii docs not exempt married men as
II class, but does place married men
with dependent wives and children
far down on the list of tables In
fact, the QUESTIONABLE indicates tina.
only men of the first class will b.
called to colors except in the gray
est emergency.
The five official classihcations of
registrants follows:
Class One.
(a) Single man without dependcn,
relatives.
(b) Married man, with or without
children, or father Of motherless
children who has habitually failed
10 support his family.
tc) Married man dependent on wife
for support.
Cd Married man, with or withol
children, or father Of motherless chill
dren; men not usefully engaged, fam
lily supported by income independent
of his labor.
(c) CnsSilled firm laborers.
CD Unsettled industrial laborcr.
Reoistrant ~ or in respect of
claimed or made.
Registrant who fails to submit
qucstionnaire and in respect of whom
no deferred classification is elaine
or made.
All regis,rants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Class Two.
(a) Married man with children O,
father of mother,ess children, wher
such wife or children or slch mother
less children are not ma My depen l.
ent upon his labor for support for thu
reason that there are other reasohab
ly certain sources oe adequate sup
port (excluding earnings or possible
earnings from the labor of the wife)
and that the removal Of tn
registrant will not deprive such de
pendents of support.
OBJ Married man. without children
whose wife. although the registrant
is engaged in a useful occupation, is
not mainly dependent upon his labo.
for support. for the reason that tn :
wife is skilled i'm some special class
Of work which she Is physically abla
to perform and I'm which she is en-
plOyed, or i'm which there Is IN i'm
mediate opening for her under con-
ditions that will ena bic her to su.,
port herself deccntly and without SUI
fering any hardship.
Co Necessary s.,il!ed farm labor in
necessary agricultural enterprise.
cd Necessary skilled Industrial In =
borer in necessary Industrial enter
prise.
Glass Three.
(a) Man with dependent children
mot his own, but toward whom h
stands in relation of parent)
co Man with. dependent aged or
inlirm parents.
(c) Man with dependent helpless
lrothcrs CT sisters.
I'D Coun. or municipal officer
(e) Highly trained fireman OF
POLICEMEN. ut least three vars in ser
Vice OF municipality
! f) Necessary custom house clerk
go Neccs ary employee Of Unite
States In transmissio IN OF the mails.
th) Necessary artilcer or workme,