Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-17
new ORDERS
AS help FOR
DRAFTS men
Those Showing Dependents
Cannot Be Called Out
Of Turn.

Washington. Nov. 17.-Men OF
draft age with dependent rela-
tiYes are placed in a more secure
position under the new regulations
TO govern future operations of the
SeleetiYe service Law made public
today by Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
While deferred classification un-
der the new plan, which replaces
all discharge Or exemption eerti-
ficates, may be revoked when
granted for any other cause, there
is no way in which men with de-
pendents can be called up for SER
vice out of their turn.
Added protection for dependents is
secured by the requirement in cases
where the registrant seeks to waive his
deferred classification status that
waiver also must be obtained from
those dependent upon him before he
can be taken into the military service.
The effect of the regulations is to
close the ranks of the army, navy or
marine corps absolutely to men be
tween Il and 81 years old where they
have dependents who would suffer II
they went to the front. Local boards
are constituted judges OF all such
cases.
Service Behind the Lines.
For the first time way is provided
in which men physically untitled for
front line duty in the army and yet
able to do some part Of the work of a
soldier may be called for limited mill
tary service behind the lines. Partial
physical exemptions may be granted in
local boards to create this new CLASH
fication.
The most noteworthy changes in the
regulations, outside of tho creation OF
an emergency fleet to permit ship
workers to remain at their jobs, are as
follows.
Local boards are granted virtually
judicial powers to summon witnesses
and obtain information Local police
will see that any witness responds.
A definite program Of correspond.
ence between the boards. state officials
and the provost marshal general
office is provided to keep this aspect
Of the business decentralized and NOV
ing smoothly.
Local boards are authorized to gram
partial exemption for partial physica
disability, reserving the men in this
status for special and limited mil
itary service"
Special Skilled Glasses.
Authority is granted TO form specia
classes Of men highly skilled in par
ticular trades or professions and sum
mon them under this special heading
regardless Of their grouping in tht
general classification plan. The sec
rotary of war may revoke origina
classification, except that no mar
granted deferred classification because
of dependents may be advanced in any
way or called for service out of his
regular order. When deferred classi
! fcation has been granted for industrial
or agricultural reasons, a special!
qualified registrant may be summoned
| out of his turn. It is made plain tina
men already held by local boards fol
service will continue to be sent for
i ward as needed until such time as thu
new class l in each district is suffi
! GENTLY organized to care for draft:
| from the district All pending appeals
will then be wiped off the slate and the
new system viii apply in full
Another change permits enlistmen
! of registered men in the navy and ma
/ rine corps where they are so far dowI
on the call list as to make certain tina
their action will not delay the task o
army building.
About Voluntary Enlistment.
| Provision for voluntary enlistmen
| in the army is made by means of {
voluntary waiver classification and the
automatic advancement of the regis
trant to class / and his induction a
once into the military service. Wher,
the registrant has dependents. hi:
waiver must be accompanied, however
/ by waivers from those dependent OF
! him. If not minors, or by affdaViti
showing that miner dependents viii b,
adequately provided for, if there art
minor dependents. A waiver by /
minor cannot be accepted.
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