The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-01
THE NEW RULES
FOR THE DRAFT.
Classification Of Every Man
Who Is Drafted.
BACHELORS COME FIRST
Those Awaiting Draft Are Divided Into
Five Classes--Men Habitually Fail
ing To Support Their Fam
lilies Cannot Escape.


Washington. = The FIVE classifica.
tions into which men awaiting draft
will be divided, under the new regula-
tions approved by President Wilson.
have become public much before the
time planned by the Provost Marshal
Generals office and are here published.
II was discovered that what was to
have remained an official secret for a
week or more was divulged Saturday
night at dinner in New York. which
Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal
General Crowder attended. The Pro
vost Marshal General discussed the
new regulations without intending to
make public the classifcations, but
some members of New York local
exemption board, thinking to elucidate
the Generals speech, printed the
classification on the back of the menu
card.
The classifications are as follows,
and show every man registered, to
which class he belongs and in what
order the different classihcations will
be called to service:
CLASS ].
!. Single man without dependent rel
atives.
2. Married man (or widower with
children) who habitually fails to
support his family.
3. Married man dependent on wife
for support.
4. Married man Tor wldower with
children) not usefully engaged,
family supported by income inde-
pendent OF his labor.
5. Men not included In any other de-
scription in this or other classes.
6. Unskilled laborer.
CLASS II.
/. Married man or father OF mother
less children. usefully engaged, but
family has sufficient income apart
from his daily labor to afford rea-
sonably adequate support during
his absence.
2. Married man-no children-wife
can support herself decently and
without hardship.
3. Skilled farm laborer engaged In
necessary industrial enterprise.
4. Skilled industrial laborer engaged
in necessary agricultural enter.
prise.
CLASS III.
l. Man with foster children depend
ent on daily labor for support.
2. Man with aged, infrm or invalid
parents or grandparents depend
ent on daily labor for support.
8. Man with brothers or sisters In.
competent to support themselves.
dependent on daily labor for sup.
port.
4. County or municipal officer.
s. Firemen or policemen.
6. Necessary artifcers or workmen
in arsenals, armories and navy
yards.
Z. Necessary custom house clerk.
8. Persons necessary in transmission
of mails.
%. Necessary employees in service OF
United States.
10. Highly specialized administrative
experts.
II. Technical or mechanical experts
in industrial enterprise.
IL. Highly specialized agricultural eY.
pert in agricultural bureau of state
or nation.
13. Assistant or associate manager Of
necessary industrial enterprise.
IA. Assistant or associate manager OF
necessary agricultural enterprise
CLASS w.
1. Married man with wife (and) or
children (or widower with chill.
dren) dependent on daily labor for
support and no other reasonably
adequate support available.
2, Mariners In sen service OF mer
chants or citizens In United
States.
3. Heads OF necessary industrial en-.
terprises.
4. Heads Of necessary agricultural
enterprises.
CLASS V.
/. Oficers of states or the United
States.
2. Regularly or, duly ordained min.
listers.
8. Students Of divinity.
4. Persons in military or naval serv.
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S. Aliens.
6. Alien enemies.
Z. Persons morally unfit.
s. Persons physically, permanently or
mentally unfit.
9. Licensed pilots.
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