The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-30
Rules Al Married Men Should
Know If They Expect to Claim
Exemption from Army Service

the grounds that you are a married
man with wife or child dependent
upon your labor for support; that
you have a widowed mother or aged
or infirm parents dependent upon
your labor for support; that you are
the father of motherless child
under sixteen dependent on your labor
for support."-Uncle Sam.
The mere fact that a man took
unto himself wife after war was
declared with Germany, will not bar
him from claiming exemption from
service In the national army.
Despite rumors that Uncle Sam
will, for war purposes. consider such
men single, local exemption boards
have received no such instructions.
Such exemption claims will be pass
ed upon strictly on basis of de-
tendency, according ito Dwight N.
Lewis, chairman of the second dis
trict board.
If a wife has been earning enough
money to virtually support herself,
the mere fact that she quits her job
will not excuse her husband from
military service. The wife must de-
pend absolutely upon her spouse for
support.
11s Different Forms.
The war department has drawn a
set of rules which must be religious
ly followed in seeking discharge from
army service. One hundred and th1r-
teen different blank forms have been
provided. Each person will be re-
Quired to tlll out from one to five Of
them.
All exemption claims must be made
in the form of aftidavits and must
be witnessed by notary They
must be filed either by the drafted
man, his wife or some interested
person.
If a married man wants exemption
he must present three affidavits--one
by himself. one by his wife and
third by the head of family ac-
quainted with circumstances Of the
case.
Affidavits must be filed within ten
days after discharge claim has been
made.
Form Of Affidavit.
In the case of a married man
whose wife or child is dependent on
his labor for support, he must sign
an affidavit giving the following
facts:
1. Name, age and place of resi-
dence.
2. Name and place of residence of
his wife.
8. Name, age and place of resi-
dence of his child or children Uf
any).
man, the husband of said wife, the
father of her child or children, that
such wife, child or children are de-
pendent upon his labor for support.
S. Statement that his income from
which such wife and child or chill
dren received such support was
mainly the fruit of his mental or
physical labor and was not mainly
derived from property or other
sources Independent of his mental
or physical labor.
The wife's supporting andavit
must corroborate that Of the hus-
band. In addition, she must state
the approximate amount of her sepa-
rate income and the Independent In
come of child or children during the
last preceding year, exclusive of any
sums received from her husband and
exclusive of any gifts to her or her
child or children, the same being
merely the income derived from the
separate or Independent property Of
or property held in trust for her, the
child or children.
What Wife Must Avow.
The wife's affidavit must further
state that she or her child are de-
pendent upon her husbands labor for
support and that her husbands in
come from which she. her child or
children received such support was
mainly the fruit of his mental or
physical labor. and was not income
mainly derived from property or
other sources Independent Of his
labor. The third afhdavft must be