Tombstone epitaph., 1917-05-27

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 officers. customhouse clerks, persons transmission of the mails. artificers and workmen employed In the armories. arsenals and navy yards of the United States. and such other per sons employed in the service of the United States as the president may designate; pilots. mariners actually employed in the sea service of any States: persons engaged in industries. including agriculture, found to be nee essary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the effec- tive operation of the military forces or the maintenance of national inter est during the emergency: those in a status with respect to persons degend- ent upon them for support which rem ders their txclusion or discharge adviS- able; and those found 10 be physically or morally deficient.
 No exemption or exclusion shall continue when 8 cause therefor no longer exists: Provided. that notwith- standing the exemptions enumerated herein. each state. territory and the District of Columbia shall be required to supply its quota in the proportion that its population bears 10 the total population of the United States"
 How Exemptions Are Determined.
 The machinery created for determin- ing of exemptions is thus described by the bill:
 The president is hereby authorized in his discretion, to create and estab- l. .ish throughout the several states and subdivisions thereof and in the terri tories and the District of Columbia local boards. and where. in his discre- ton. practicable and desirable, there shall be created and established one such board in each county or similar subdivision in each state. and one for approximately each 5000 of popula- ton in each city of 5000 population or orer. according to the last census taken or estimates furnished by the bureau of census of the department of commerce. Such boards shall be ap- pointed by the president sai shall con sist of three or more members. none of whom shall be connected with the military establishment. 10 be chosen from among the local authorities of such subdivisions or from other citi- zens residing in the subdivision or area in which the respective boards will nave jurisdiction under the rules and regulations prescribed by the presi- dent.
 Powers Of Exemptina Boards.
 Such boards shall have power with In their respective jurisdictions to hear and determine. subject to review as hereinafter provided. all questions of exemption under this act, and all questions of or claims for including or discharging individuals or classes of individuals from the selective draft. which shall be made under rules and regulations prescribed by the presi- dent, except any and every question or claim for including or excluding or fischarging persons or classes of per sons from the selective draft under the provisions of this act authorizing the president to exclude or discharge from the selective draft persons engaged in industries. including agriculture. found to he necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment, or the ef- fective operation of the military forces. or the maintenance of national interest during the emergency
 Additional Boards Provided.
 "The president is hereby authorized to establish additional boards. one in each federal judicial district of the United States, consisting of such num- Der of citizens, not connected with the