Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-18
WILL POST DRAFTED MEN TODAY
Local Exemption Board to Make Official Announcement This Morning of Those Accepted for Servce-Men Who Fail Appear Are Automatically Taken Into National Army-Failure Report for Military Duty Constitutes Deserton

are appealed by the government to the district board, but this clause is only inserted to secure uniformity of ac- tion. District boards are to examine these cases to discover departures from the law, regulations. and rul- ings; they will not and can not open every case it's merits. It is in the local boards alone, therefore, that the solution of the difficulty and the pro- lection of deserving claimants lies.
 Drafting of Members of Religious
 Sects
 Persons considered under paragraph 'i'' of section 20 of the regulations will be drafted, will be forwarded to 8 mobilization camp, will make up part of the quota from the state and district from whence they come, and will be assigned to duty in capacity declared by the president to be non combatant.
 Instructions Concerning Enlistnents
 After Call by Local Board.
 An erroneous instruction has been sent by the navy department to naval recruiting stations to the effect that persons could voluntarily enlist in the cal board. The attention of the navy department has been called to this error and it is being rectifed by tele- gram. After person has been called by the board he can not voluntarily enlist in the military or naval ser vice, and such voluntary enlistment will not protect him from the penalty of the law for failure to report to the local board.
 Duties of Persons Designated to Take Appeals Under Section 27 of the Reg
 uIations.
 Persons designated to take appeals 70 be placed on mailing list of the go Vernor.-AI rulings, regulations, and instructions from the provost marshal generals office or the office of the governor of the state affect ing the execution of the selective-ser vice law should be mailed to the per son designated to take appeals before each local board
 To file appeal in every dependency case.-For the purpose of securing uniformity in the case of local boards section 27 of the regulations provides that every discharge granted on the ground of dependency shall be ap- pealed to the district board District boards will not and not reopen ach one of these cases on its merits but they will examine all cases to in sure that there has been no depar- ture from law, regulations, rules. and rulings. Where the person designa ted to take an appeal has filed with his formal appeal in dependency cases evidence tending to show that the discharge should not have been grant ed. the district board will, of course, consider the case anew on it's merit
 To take appeals in other cases.- The procedure of local boards is not controversial. They proceed on the individual inquiry as agents of the government and do not sit as a court to decide between conflicting claims The person designated to take ap- peals from their decisions should con- slider himself one cooperating with the local board rather than as an at torney appearing before it. In many cases persons in the community will furnish him with information fndf- eating that the local board is being imposed upon by particular claim ants. In such cases he should in- form the local board where a decis- ion has not been reached and fhere a decision has been reached he should appeal the case. He should also ap- peal all other cases in which he thinks that the decision is not in accord with the best interests of the government or the law, regulations. rules. and rulings governing the case.
 Designation does not carry compen- sation.-The designation of the per son to take appeals does rot carry compensation or the rental of offices. Where the amount of work is great. the governor may authorize clerical assistance, but this expense should be kept down to the requirements of ab- solute necessity.