Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-12

All genito urinary diseases, hentorr-
holds o pronounced type, proiapsus,
lfistula and assures.
Other ailments included in the list
are rheumatism, diseases of the joint
OF disabling type, irreducible or false
Joints. severe sprains, atrophy, par
alysis, permanent contraction OF the
muscles, etc.
Hands, webbed fingers. extension or
loss Of motion or one or more fingers
loss or serious mutilation of either
thumb; total loss of index finger of
right hand; total loss of any two fin
gers Of the same hand; loss of second
and third phalanges of all fingers of
either hand.
Legs and feet, varicose veins. pro-
nounced, knock knees, club feet, web
feet, webbed toes, bunions, overriding
or marked displacement or deformftS
of any of the toes, hammer toes.
Men Who Will Be Exempted.
The government regulations pro-
that the following persons are to
be exempted or discharged by the To-
cal exemption boards:
Officers of the United States, of the
states, territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers of religion, t
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 officers,
custom house clerks, workmen in fed
eral armories, arsenals and navy
yards. persons in the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine
sailors, those with a status with re-
spect to dependents which renders
their exclusion desirable Ca married
man with dependent wife or child, son
of a dependent widow, son of a de-
pendent aged Or infirm parent, or
brother of dependent orphan child
less than 16 years old,) those found
morally deficient, and any member of
amp well recognized religious sect ex-
listing May IS, 1917, whose creed for
bids participation in war and whose
religious conviction accord with the
creed.
From the last clause in the above
paragraph 1t will be seep that per-
sons who have become members of
Quaker or other ahti-militaristfc re-
ligious bodies subsequent to the en-
actment Of the selective CONSUMPTION
law will not be exempted on that
ground.
How Claims Are Made.
SldlInS OF exemption of de-
pendents may be made by the reg
!strant himself, by his wife or by 9TH
er dependents, or, in certain cases,
by third parties who have made a
personal investigation Of the claims.
If a husband claims exemption on
the ground Of dependents, he must
submit affldavits signed by his wife as
as by a head of a family living in
the same district. An exemption
claim made by a wife or by a third
party must also be accompanied by
amdavtts which give full particulars
regarding the nature Of the individual
1t is noteworthy that a man.
claims exemption on the ground
that his services as a family support
must prove hat he makes his liv-
ing by physical or mental work. In
vestment interests will not be consid-
cred in this connection.
The regulations %stipulate in great
detail which information must be
given to the government as a support
for an exemption claim.
In passing on the exemption claims
for reasons Of necessary employment
in Industrial and agricultural occupa-
tons, the exemption boards must
make sure that the services of the
claimant really are indispensable and
must file evidence to the effect.
1t is also pointed out that those who
are exempted from the first draft may
be called on for military service, later
If the president Of the United states
thinks 1t necessary to prescribe a new
registration.