Mexico Missouri message., 1917-07-12


will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards, which
they will number serlally and list for
posting to public view. Then, after
having been advised of the method by
which the order Of liability for service
shall be determined and of the quota
to be drawn from its territory (mInus
credits for enllstments in the National
Guard or regular army, each board
will prepare list of persons designat.
ed for service in the order of their liz.
bility, post the list, give 1t to the press,
and within three days send notice to
each designated person by mail.
As the men so notified appear the
boards first will make a physical ex.
animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided, bearing In
mind that all persons accepted by them
will be re-examined by army surgeons.
If the physical examination is passed
successfully, then comes the question
Of exemption.
Those Entitled TO Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board include:
officers of the United States, of the
states, territories and the District of
Columbia; ministers of religion, stu
dents of divinity, persons in the mill.
tary or naval service of the United
States, subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
customhOuse clerks, workmen In fed.
eral armorles, arsenals and navy
yards, persons In the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail
ors, those with status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex-
clusion desirable Ga married man with
dependent wife or child, son of a de-
pendent widow, son of dependent, aged
or infirm parent. or brother of depend
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age). those found morally deficient,
and any member Of any well-recog-
nized religious sect existing May 1S,
1917, whose creed forblds participation
in war and whose religious convictions
! accord with the creed.
Man or Wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because of de
| pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by a third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
| by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting afiidavits signed by the
| wife and by the head Of n family re-
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or third party must be
accompanied by two supporting afiida-
Wits signed by heads of families. Sim
| liar rules govern claims on the grounds
of other dependents when the depend
entS or third parties being authorized
to file claims with supporting affidavits.
In each case the board must be salts
fed before 1t grants exemption or dis.
charge that the dependent or depend,
ents actually are supported mainly by
the fruits of the mans mental or phys.
ical labor.
Local boards are required subject to
appeal, TO pass upon claims for eXemp,
ton or discharge within three days af.
Ter the filing of affidavits.
Must Decide in Five Days.
| District boards must decide appeal
cases within five days after the closing
of proofs and their decisions are final
| If the ruling Of local board is af
firmcd the person in question stands
| finally accepted for military service.
In passing on claims for exemption
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sary industrial and agricultural occu
pations the district boards must be con.
WINGED that the, particular enterprise
affOrdlng such employment actually Is
necessary to the maintenance of the
military establishment OF national In
tcrest during the emergency.
"The evidence must also establish, >
the regulations say, 'even If the par
ticulnr industrial enterprise or partlcu
lar agricultural enterprise is found nee
essary for one of the above purposes
that the continuance of such person
therein is necessary TO the maintenance,
thereof and that he cannot be replaced
by another person without direct, sub
stantial material loss and detriment Il
the adequate and effective operation Of
the particular industrial enterprise Ol
agricultural enterprise In which he /!
engaged"
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from tim,
to time designate certain Industries Of
classes of industries that are necessary
and the district boards will be So no
titled. It will be the duty of eacl
board. however, to ascertain the avail
able labor supply for such industrle'
outside The men called for milltar!
service and to take the result into con
sideratlon in determining such things
IF, In the opinion Of the distric
board" this section of the regulations
concludes, "the direct, substantial, ma
teria. loss to any such industrial OF ag
ricultural enterprise outweighs the los
that would result from failure to oh
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