Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-07-11

boards all registration cards, which they will number serially 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 it's territory (minus credits for enlistments Tn the National Guard or regular army), each board will prepare list of persons designat- ed for service in the order of their lia- bility, post the list, give it 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 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 mili- | 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 armories, arsenals and navy l yards. persons in the federal service designated by the president for ex- emption, pilots, merchant marine sail- ors, those with q status with respect | to dependents which renders their ex clusion desirable Ca married man with l dependent wife or child, son of 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 IS, 1917. whose creed forbids 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 third party who has personally investigated the case. A claim made by the husband must be accompanied by supporting affldavits signed by the wife and by the head of family re- siding in the same territory. A claim by the wife or a third party must De accompanied by two supporting affida- 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 affidavts. 1 In each case the board must be satis- l fled before 1t grants exemption or dis charge that the dependent or depend ents actually are supported mainly by l 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- | f1rmed the person in question stands finally accepted for military service. In passing on claims for exemption | on the ground of employment in neces- sary industrial and agricultural occu- pations the district boards must be con | vinced that the particular enterprise affording such employment actually is necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment of national in terest during the emergency.
 "The evidence must also establish" the regulations say, "eyen if the par ticular industrial enterprise or particu- 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 to the adequate and effective operation of the particular industrial enterprise or agricultural enterprise In which he Is engaged
 May Designate Certain Industries.
 Later the president may from time to time designate certain industries or classes of industries that are necessary and the district boards will be so no tified. It will be the duty of each board, however, to ascertain the avail obla labOr SI1pply for SIlch industries outside the men called for military service and to take the result into con- sideration in determining such things.