Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-23
Expected That First Class viii Furnish
100000 Men. Others May Not
be Called Now.

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men as class, but does place mar
ried men with dependent wives and
children far down on the list of la
bles. In fact, the questionairre in
dicates that only men of the first
class will be called to the colors ex-
cept in the gravest emergency.
The official classifications of reg
istrants follow:
Class /
(a)-Single man without depend
emit relatives.
(b)-Marrried man, with or with
out children, or father of motherless
children who has habitually failed
to support his family.
(c)-MaTried man dependent on
wife for support.
(0-Married man, with or with
out children, or father of motherless
children, man not usefully engaged,
family supported by income indie
pendent of his labor.
(e)-unskilled industrial laborer.
(f)-registrant by or in respect
of whom no deferred classification
is claimed or made.
(g)-registrant who fails to sub
nit questionable and in respect of
whom no deferred classification is
claimed or made.
(h)-All registrants not included
in any other division in this sched-
ule.
Class 2
(a)-Married man with children,
or father of motherless children,
where such wife or children or such
motherless children are mainly de-
pendent upon his labor for support
for the reason that there are other
reasonably certain sources of ade-
quate support Excluding earnings
or possible earnings from the labor
of the wife, available, and that the
removal of the registrant will not
deprive such dependents of support.
(b)-Married man, without chill
dren, whose wife, although the reg
istrant is engaged in useful occu-
patton, is not mainly dependent up
on his labor for support, for the rea-
son that the wife is skilled in some
special class of work which she is
physically able to perform and in
which she is employed, or in which
there is an immediate opening for
her under conditions that will enable
her to support herself decently and
without suffering or hardships.
(c)-Necessary skilled farm la
borerin necessary agricultural en-
terprise.
Class 3
(a)-Man with dependent chill
dren mot his OWN but toward whom
he stands in relation of parent.
(b)-Man with dependent, aged or
infirm parents.
(c)-Man with dependent, helpless
brothers and sisters.
(d-County or municipal Off
GER.
(c)-Highly trained fireman or
policeman, at least three years in
service of municipality.
Unnecessary custom house
clerks.
(g)-Necessary employee of Unit
ed States in transmission of mails.
UNNECESSARY artificer or work
man in United States armory or ar
senal.
Unnecessary employee in ser
vice of the United States.
Unnecessary assistant, associ-
ate or hired manager of necessary
agricultural enterprise.
Class
(a)-Man whose wife or children
are mainly dependent on his labor for
support.
(b)-Mariner actually employed
in sea service or citizen or merchant
in the United States. IT,
Unnecessary sole managing,
controlling or directing head of nee
essary industrial enterprise.
Class 5
(a)-Officers, legislative, execu-
tive or judicial of the United States
or of state, territory or District OF
Columbia.
(b)-Regularly or duly ordained
minister of religion.
! (c)-Student who on May, 18
1917, was preparing for ministry in
recognized school.
(d)-Persons in military or ma.
val service of the United States.
(e)-Ailien enemy.
| IA Resident alien (not anan1vl