Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09

Washington, Aug S.-More than 100000
men of the selective draft forces will be
called to the colors September to go inn
mediately to their divisional training can
tonments. This will bring the strength
of the United States army on that date
up to practically 1,O00.OOO men.
Brigadier General Crowder. Provost
Marshal General. despatched the follow
ing telegram to the Governors of the
States to-day cautioning them to make
certain that the first one-third Of their
quota of the first increment of registered
men is ready in time:
New regulations governing mobiliza-
tion and the certification Of men from dis
trict boards to adjutants general will be
mailed to you on August 9th. In the mean
time, local boards should certify to dis
trict boards daily those who have been
called and who have not been exempted or
discharged either because they failed to
file any claim or because their claim
has been decided adversely.
"Strict compliance with this rule is
necessary since on September 1 the war
department will call for not to exceed one
third of the quota from each State to be
entrained for mobilization camps between
September and September 5. Unless we
ing men as fast as the war department is
ready to receive them, each State should
have accumulated by September a mini
mum Of one-third of its quota not ex-
empted or discharged. This can only be at
| tanned IL local boards certify these lists ur
| with great expedition"
GUARD AGAINST DISEASED EYES.
General Crowder also sent this addi-
Al .lnt-
of the local boards:
"Surgeon-general advises that in order
to prevent the terrible ravages which
result from the introduction into the
| army Of that dread disease Of the eyes
known as trachoma, the lids of every
recruit be everted to insure the absence
of this disease and that any borderlne
or suspicious cases be referred to ar
opthalmic surgeon and especially qualified
| in this line"
The messages were followed up by g
new ruling regarding exemptions because
of dependents. which is expected to de-
crease considerably the loss of men from
the military service for this reason
| Boards are authorized hereafter to deny
exemptions to married men whose wive
are solely dependent upon them, bu
where the parents or other relatives o.
|
assume the burden of her support during
| his absence. The same course is to b,
| followed where the drafted mans employ
ers agree to continue his salary as
patriotic duty.
a third supplemental ruling provide
that where man has supported his de
| pendents by his own labor on land whicl
he owns and the boards find that the Ian,
could be rented to advantage so as L
continue the support for the wife derive,
from the rental exemption for the maj
may be denied.
DEPENDENTS" DEFINED
The telegram to the Governors follows
'Under the presidential regulations tn
term dependent for support has give
rise to several further questions of prin
ciple affecting large numbers of persons
"The general basis for ruling upon sue
questions should be the spirit and pun
pose of the act in providing for such dis
charge. wherever the terms Of the act an
Of the regulations are not In themselve
conclusive. The act authorizes the Pres
dent to discharge wherever the partie
: drafted are in status with respect I
persons dependent upon them for supper
which renders their exclusion or dischare
advisable
Such dependency ordinarily render
discharge advisable, because since til