Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-07-11
EXEMPTION RULES OUTLINED.
Those of Vital Necessity to Life of
Nation May Remain at Home.

States with the least inequality and
personal hardship
The rules are for the guidance of
the exemption and appellate boards
established throughout the nation to
handle this immense part Of the
work. The Presidents action sets
the machinery in motion. A later
proclamation will set date for the
draft and provide certain regulations
for its operation. July 10 Is the day
most spoken Of at present as the date
Of the draft.
The regulations promulgated by
the President I'LL booklet of more
than SO pages. In an accompanying
statement the President character
ICES them as drawn with a view to
the needs and circumstances Of the
whole country"
II admonish every member of
every local board and of every dis
trict board Of review" the President
goes on, that their duty to their
fearless performance of the delicate
and difficult duties entrusted to them.
They should remember as to each in
dfvidual case presented to them that
they are called upon to adjudicate
the most sacred rights of the indi-
vidual and to preserve untarnished
the honor Of the nation"
The Presidents proclamation ex-
empts the following classes OF men
from service in arms:
Exemptions.
/. Officers of the United States
and OF the several States and Terri
tories and the District Of Columbia
2. Regularly ordained ministers Of
religion and students Of divinity pre-
pairing for the ministry on May 1S,
1917.
3. Persons already in the armed
forces OF the United States.
4. Alien enemies and all other al
lens who have not taken out their
first papers.
5. County and municipal officers
G. Custom house clerks.
7. Persons employed in transmits
sion OF United States mails.
s. Workmen in armories, gun fac
tories. arsenals and navy yards of
the United States.
.. Steamship pilots.
10. Mariners actually employed in
, the sea service of the United States
or OF any citizen or merchant within
the United St" .es.
II. The following classes VINO are
, sole support Of dependent relatives:
Any married man whose wife or
| child is dependent upon him.
Any son of widow dependent
upon him.
Son Of aged or infirm parent, or
parents, upon him.
Father Of a motherless child, or
children, under 16 years Of age, de-
pendent upon him.
Brother Of child or children un-
der 16 years Of age. who, or has, or
have neither father nor mother and
is, or are, dependent upon him.
Members of well-recognized relig-
ious sects, organized or existing May
IS, 1917, whose creed forbids its
members to participate in war.
Moral delinquents. (This class in
cludes criminals.)
All to Appear.
Every citizen, If drafted, must ap-
pear before the exemption boards. If
he has claim for exemption he must
present 1T, accompanied by affidavits
supporting his statement. The board
will then determine his status.
The rules for the operation Of the
draft will provide, 1t is understood,
for an immediate physical examina-
ton. If the conscript is found to
be untitled physically for armed
service his case will be settled and
in this way the exemption boards will
be saved an immense amount of la
Dor
1t has been stated that 100000
persons would be drawn in the first
draft. Each man drafted is to be
given number by the local boards.
The numbers in serial progression
Will be forwarded to Washington.
One million such numbers will be
drawn from the jury wheel in the Of
flee OF the provost marshal general
here. Army officials want 625,0O0
men from the first draft. If it is
found that 900 600 names arc In