The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-26
LOCAL BOARDS HAVE ORAGN-
IZED JURISDICTION IN NEAR
LY ALL CASES..
MARRIED MEN METHOD
MUST FILE AFFIDAVIT OF HIM
SELF AND WIFE TIME REG.
ULATIONS.


Considerable c)nfusion exists among
the public as to what the men W
have been drawn for the conscripted
army will have to do, whether they
desire to claim exemptions OF comply
with the regulations as to getting in
to the service.
So soon as the local board receives the
official list from Washington, it will
send out to the men whose names We're
drawn on official notice of the same.
The men must look out for the receipt
of this notice as the duties of the
board cease when the notice is placed
in the mail.
The official instructions ON this sub
ject read as follows:
The persons whose names are on the
available list Of those called will be
ordered to report for physical exam
ination upon specified dates to be
stated in the notice.
One third of such list will be noti-
fed to appear on the morning Of the
fifth day following the mailing of the
notice. Approximately the next third
of the list will be directed to appear
on the morning Of the sixth clay, fol-
lowing the mailing of the notice, and
the remaining names on the ist will
be ordered to report on the morning
of the seventh day following the mail
ing Of the notice.
The lecaf 'Du:afl has orig ifai jt!riss'
diction in all cases Of exemption ex-
cept ''persons engaged in industries,
including agriculture, found to be nee
essary to the maintenance Of the mil
itary establishment, OF the effective
operation Of the military forces, or the
national interests during the en1er-
gencv."
Persons desiring to claim their ex-
cnptions on any of these grounds
must make tllei- applications direct to
this board at Bismarck. in all cases
passed upon by the local board the
right to appeal to the district lies
with any person aggrieved
The details Of the classes of per-
sons who are = titled to exemption
have been printed in the news col
un,ns of The daily papers before this
date. The method Of procedure fol
men who claim sucl, exemption on tho
grounds of being husband have also
been published. To help those who
might have considered the stories
matters of little moment at the time
and to answer the numerous inquiries
that are coming to the office, the reg
plations with reference to married
men are reprinted. All claims for ex
elnptions must be made within sever
days after the mailing Of the notic'
from the local pcard-not the time o
its receipt by the conscript. Thi
must be made in person and on blank
provided by the department for tha
purpose. In the case Of a married ma
within ten days after the time h
claims his exemption, he must fiji
with the local board his affidavit Civ
ing his name, age and place of resi-
dence and the name and place Of res
idence of his wife or children unde
the age of sixteen years. The afida
Wit must set out that the wife o
child or cEildre-. are dependent upo
his earnings for support. The afida
Wit must be supported by an AFFIDAVIT
of his wife setting out that she is tn
wife of the principal, that she is til
wife or mother of such children an
that he is the father Of the children
1t must also show her income separat
and apart from the earnings of til
husband. These atfidavits must (
made on the blanks provided by tn
government.
The process for claiming exemption
on the grounds of dependent relative
other than wife or children in gene
al the affidavit Of the person asl.;n
such exemption must be supporte;
the affidavit of those dependent upe
the conscript.
The following are the only groun'
for exemptions:
1. That you are an officer, legisl
tive, executive, OF judicial of the Uni
ed States, State or Territory, or Il
District of Columbia.