The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-22
Exemption Claims Before Boards
voided by New Order From
&. Crowder. 52 ,
BACK TO ORIGINAL STATUS
Secretary Of War Authorized to Draft
Into immediate Service for Special
Duty Any Man Qualified for
80. 49,. Such Duty. '.'.rt.. .

NiSIllHRlOHs NOV. 2 1S.--MRn WHO
have been drafted and have, appeals
from the decision Of their local board
pending will have their cases auto
matically thrown out by d ruling Of
Provost Marshal General CroIder in
connection with the revision of the
draft regulation. ."H'7" e. 49,
Major Easily Smith, legal expert OF
General Crowder's staff, who, with Col.
High Johnson, did most of the work
In revising and reOrganizfng the draft
system, explained that all such appeals
VIII automatically cease to exist, as
theh man VIII be returned TO his orig
fnal status-that Is, 10 the position he
was in before being called before the
draft board. e. a." : '.-
y He will be sent a questionable. If
his replies TO the queries In that book
let Indicate that he should be grant
ed the deferred classification--fo
which HIS present appeal will be- made
he will be so classified, by the board.
y Can Appeal Decision.
Should the board decide, however,
that he belongs in Glass 1, subject to
Immediate call, he will be so notified
and Will have the right of appealing
TO the district board for such deferred
classification. -. 't'@
Subject to Immediate Service.
The text of the new rule whereby
the secretary of war is authorized
to draft into immediate service for
special duty any man believed from
the record to be qualified for such
duty, no matter what his classified
ton or his order number in the draft,
is couched in the widest terms AS
given out by the provost marshal gen
eral it follows: .", .e~,. g.. 80
1.-The deferred classification of ex-
perts and men highly skilled in indus
try or agriculture Is intended TO pre-
vent the waste incident to, induction
into military service Of men whose spe-
cial qualifications render them more
valuable to the national interest; in
some other capacity. - ~ =
War Need Can Reverse. Plan. :,
"There are, however, circumstances
In which the need Of the military es-
Enlistment for expert men is such
that the national interest is better
seryed by inducing such men into mill
tary service than by leaving them en-
gagged In industry or agriculture. In
such circumstances neither deferred
classification nor the ground of en-
gagement In industry or agriculture
or the order numbers heretofore as
signed by lot can be permitted TO defer
the call of such men into military serv-
fee" /. .''sS .a. .s'@ rs. .-'',. o.
The provost marshal general made
clear today that because the new reg
ulations provide that men not com
pletely crippled may be held subject
for special army, service, md will not
be. exempted, this does not mean that
the army proposes to fill up It's ranks
behind the lines and on routes of COM
muDication with semidisqualified men.
Such men viii be put practically in
d special class, and can .be called only
under a special and specific summons
for men disqualified for general mill
tary service, but qualified for special
service, -." .''.' -. :, j.. ~
Would Admit Minor Defects.
This ruling applies to thousands of
men are suffering from fiat feet, but
lar minor deformities which would
disqualify them from field service, but
which would not interfere with them
operating any motor cars and such 9TH
or work, or on line Of communication
duty. 1t also applies to men under
weight, or whose health would render
them unavailable in hard weather.
Local boards will be constituted ju-
dicial bodies, with power to summon
and swear Witnesses FOR Hearings ON
any case. They may require the POI
lice to serve simmons and witnesses
who fail to respond viii be practically
in contempt Of court and their cases
will, be turned over to the local courts.
After December Is there win be no
voluntary enlistinents In the army, ma
rine corps or navy By draft ehgibles
except upon certihcation from their To-
cal boards that they are sufficiently fur
down on the list to make them unlike
IL to be called within a Forthcoming
draft call. and finally there will be ere
ated In every community a medical ad-
yisory board Of review.
Men of drift age with dependent
relatives are placed In more secure
position. There isfno way under the
new plan In which men with depend
cnts can be called up for service out
Of their turn Added protection for
dependents Is secured by the require
ments In cases where the registrant
seeks to waive his deferred classified
lion status that waivers also must be
obtained from those dependent upon
him before he can be taken into the
military service. "v
The effect of the regulations is to
close the rnnks of the, army, navy, or
marine corps absolutely to men be-
tween twenty-one and thirty-one years
old where they have dependents upon
them who would suffer IL they went
ito TIE front, IocaI boards are consti-
itutsd Judges a an such cases. 3
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