The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-12

Methods Of Making the Draft.
Upon organizing the local boards
will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards. which
| they Will number serally and list for
posting To public view. Then. after
having been advised of the method by
which the order of liability for service
shall he determined and of the quota
TO be drawn from it's territory (minus
credits for enlistments I'm the National
Guard or regular army, each board
viii prepare list OF persons designat-
ed for service I'm the order of their liza
bility. post the list. give II To the press.
and within three days send notice 10
each designated person by mail.
AS the men so notified appear the
boards first will make a physical ex-
animation I'm accordance with special
! regulations to he provided. benring i'm
mind that all persons accepted by them
VIII he re-eXamined 10y army surgeons.
II the physical examination Is passed
successfully, then comes the question
of exemption.
Those Entitled to Exemption.
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 i'm 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.
cuStomhouSe clerks workmen I'm fed
eral armorieS, arSenalS and navy
yards, persons In the federal service
| designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail
ors those with n status with respect
10 dependents which renders their ex-
cluSion desirable On married man with
dependent wife or child. son of de
pendent widow, son of dependent. aged
or iniirm parent. or brother of depend-
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age), those found morally deficient.
and any member of any welI-recop-
nized religious sect existing MAY is.
1917, whose creed forbids participation
in war and whose religious convictions
accord with the creed.
Man or Wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because of de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents.
or by third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
! by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting afIidavits signed by the
wife and by the head OF n family re-
siding In the same territory. A claim
| by the wife or third party must be
/ accompanied by two supporting affida-
| Wits signed by heads of families. Sim
| ilar rules govern claims on the grounds
OF other dependents when the depend
ents or third parties being authorized
10 file claims with supporting afIidavits.
In each case the board must be salts
! fed before II grants exemption or dis
charge that the dependent or depend
entS actually are supported mainly by
| the fruits of the mans mental or phys
| ical labor.
Local boards are required, subject to
! appeal. 10 pass upon claims for exemp-
! ton or discharge within three days af-
| ter the fling of afiidnvits
Must Decide in Five Days.
| District boards must decide appeal
! cases within five days after the closing
| Of proofs and their decisions are final.
! If the ruling of local board is af-
/ irmed the person in question stands
! finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
| on the ground of employment i'm neces-
sary Industrial and agricultural occu-
! pations the district boards must be con
WINGED that the particular enterprise
| aitording such employment actually is
! necessary TO the maintenance of the
military establishment of national in
| tereSt during the emergency.
The evidence must also establish"
the regulations say, "even if the par
ucular industrial enterprise or particu-
lar agricultural enterprise is found nee
essary for one of the above purposes.
that the continuance of such person
therein is necessary 20 the maintenance
thereof and that he cannot be replaced
by another person without direct, sub
Stan'lal material loss and detriment to
the adequate and effective operation of
the particular industrial enterprise OF
agricultural enterprise I'm which ne Is
engaged"
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from time
To time designate certain industries or
classes of industries that are necessary
and the district boards will be so no
tilted II will be the duty OF each
board. however. to ascertain the avail
able labor supply for such industries
outside the men called for military
service and TO take the result into con
sideration in determining such things.
IT. ia the opinion of the district
board, this section of the regulations
concludes, "the direct. substantial ma
tcrial loss To- any such industrial or ag-
ricultural enterprise outweighs the loss
that would result from failure to Oh
tain the military service Of any such
person, certificate of discharge may
be ISSUED to him X x X"
Certificates of exemption will not
necessarily be- permanent They may
be revoked with changing conditions.
OF may be granted only for prescribed
periods.
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