The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15

naval service of the United States
 ,. That you are a subject of Ger many. whether you have taken out papers or not.
 5 That you are d resident alien who has not taken out first papers.
 In addition to claims for exemp- ton. claims for discharge may be made on any of the following grounds which are the only grounds fer dis charge by a local board.
 1 That you are a county or mu- nicipal officer
 ? That you are customhouse clerk
 3. That you are employed by the United States in the transmission of mails
 { Tha, you are an artificer or workman employed in an armory. arsenal, or navy yard of the United States
 ,. That you are employed in the service of the United States (under certain conditional. See Paragraph tE) of Section 20, Regulations.
 6. That you are a licensed pilot regularly employed in the pursuit of your vocation.
 !. That you are a mariner actual ly employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States
 $. That you are a married man with wife or child dependent on you for support.
 9. That you have widowed moth CT dependent on your labor for sup port.
 To That you have aged or infirm parents dependent upon your labor for support,
 II. That you are the father of a motherless child under Is dependent upon your labor for support.
 12. That you are a brother of an orphan child or children under Is dependent on your labor for support.
 13. That you are a member of any well-recognized religious sect or or ganization organized and existent May IS, 1917, and whose then exist ing creed or principles forbade it's members to participate in war in any form and whose religious con yictions are against war or partiCi- patton therein in accordance with the creed or principles of said re- Ngious organization.
 These are the only grounds for exemption or discharge by a local board.
 Another person can file a claim ill your behalf, but must use differ ent forms in filing the claim. Ten Days After Filing Claim to File
 Proof
 Your claim of exemption or dis charge must be filed within seven days of the day on which notice to you that you are called was posted and mailed. But after you have filed your claim for exemption or discharge you have ten days within which to file proof
 The method of proving claims is very simple but it is rather exact. If you follow the rules given below of you.
 First Go to the local board and consult the regulations to find out the form number of the affidavits that you must submit for your par tiCulaT claim.
 Second. Ask the board for the blank affidavits that are necessary in presenting your proof; if the board has not the forms, ask to consult the pamphlet of forms.
 Third. Have the affidavits proper ly accomplished and return them to the board within the time limit as signed VOl-10 days from the filing of your claim.
 Remembers:
 (A) You must submit your proof in the prescribed form and the board has no authority to exempt or dis charge you unless you submit all the affidavits required by regulations.
 (B) There will be DO argument be- fore the board and no proof other than the prescribed affidayits unless the board calls fo1 ether proof which it will do in only a limited number of cases.