The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-23
CITIZENS LIABLE
TO MILITARY SERVICE
Order in Which They Will be Called
Designated in the Fol-
IOwing RuIes

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/ Designated in the Fol-
lowing Rules
The five classes into which 100000
men registered last June under the Sc
;lective draft act for military duty
land those who are registered hereaf-
| ter are all divided and the order in
which they will be called for service,
have been officially announced In
Washington in Provost Marshal Cen
eral e. H. Crowder's QUESTIONABLE,
which every registered man must I'LL
out and file.
The order shows some change from
the tentative draft published some
time ago.
Contrary to published reports, it
does not exempt married men as
class, but does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list of eligibles. In fact,
the QUESTIONABLE indicated that only
men of the first class will be called to
the colors, except in the gravest emer-
gency.
The five official classifications of
iregistrants follow:
Class One
Single men without dependent rela-
tives.
Married men, with or without chill
dren, or father of motherless children,
who has habitually failed to support
his family.
Married man dependent on wife for
support
Married man dependent on wife,
children, or father of motherless chill
dren; man not usefully engaged, fam
lily supported by income Independent
OF his labor
Unskilled farm laborer.
Unskilled industrial laborer.
Registrars by or in respect of
whom no deferred classification is
claimed or made.
Registrars who fail to submit ques-
tionnaire and in respect of whom no
deferred classification is claimed or
made.
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Second Class
Married man with children, or faith:
er of motherless children, where such
wife or children or such motherless
children are not mainly dependent
upon his labor for support for the rea-
son that there are other reasonably
certain sources of adequate support
| (excluding earnings or possible earn
ings from the labor of his wife,, avail.
able, and that the removal of the reg
istrant will not deprive such depend
ents of support.
Married man, without children,
whose wife, although the registrant is
engaged in useful occupation, is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for
support, for the reason that the wife
is skilled in some special class of work
which she is physically ableto per-
form, and in which she is employed,
or in which there is an immediate
opening for her under conditions that
will enable her to support herself de.
Gently and without suffering any hard
ship.
Necessary skilled farm laborer in
necessary agricultural enterprise.
; Necessary skilled industrial laborer
in necessary industrial enterprise.
Third Glass
Man with dependent children (not
his own, but toward who he stands
in relation of parent.
Man with dependent aged or infirm
parents.
Man with dependent helpless broth
ers or sisters.
County or municipal officer
Highly trained fireman or police
man, at least three years in service of
municipality.
Necessary custom house clerk.
Necessary employee of United States
in transmission of the mails.
Necessary artifcer or workman in
United States army or arsenal.
Necessary employe in service of
United States.
Necessary assistant, associate or
hired manager of necessary agricultu-
raj enterprise.
Necessary highly specialized techni-
| cal or mechanical expert of necessary
industrial enterprise.
Necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary industrial en-
terprise.
Fourth Class