The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
DEPENDENTS GET
7 REAL PROTECTION
NEW DRAFT RULE
MEN WITH HELPLESS FAMILY CAN
NOT BE CALLED UP OUT
OF THEIR TURN.
LOCAL BOARDS JUDGE
And Registrant Can Not Waive His
Exemption and Go Into Army Unless
Dependents Are Willing and Also
: Waive Their Rights.

Washington, Nov. 17.-Men of draft
age with dependent relatives are placed
! In more secure position under the new
regulations to government future oper-
| alton of the seective draft service law
made public today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.
While deferred classification under
the new plan, which replaces all dis.
charge of exemption certificates, may
be revoked when granted for any other
cause, there is no way in which men
with dependents can be called up for
service out of their turn
Added protection for dependents Is
secured by the requirements in cases
where the registrant seeks to waive his
deferred classification status that waiv-
ers also be obtained from those depend.
ent upon him before he can be taken
into the military service.
The effect of the regulations is to
close the ranks of the army and navy
o. marine corps absolutely to men be-
tween Il and 81 years where they have
dependents upon them who would suf.
Ter If they went to the front.
Local boards are constituted judges of
all such cases. For the first time, also
way is provided in which men physi.
cally untitled for front line duty in the
army and yet be able to do some part
Of the work of a soldier. may be called
upon for limited military service behind
the lines. Partial physical exemptions
may be granted by local boards to Gre
ate the new classification.
Where registrants are away from
home districts or in other circumstanc-
es. application to the local board for a
QUESTIONABLE is all that is required
Noteworthy Changes.
The most noteworthy changes in the
regulations. outside of the creation of
an emergency clause to permit shin
workers to remain at their jobs, are as
follows:
Local boards are granted virtually
judicial powers to summon witnesses
and obtain information. Local police
will see that any witness responds.
definite program of correspondence
between the boards, state officials and
the provost marshal generals office
is provided to keep the aspect of the
business decentralized and moving
smSothly
The entire postoffice machinery Is
drafted to aid local boards in tracing
registrants and right-ofway for men
connected with draft proceedings is re-
quired.
Local boards are authorized to grant
partial exemption for partial physical
debility. reserving the men in this stat
us for special and limited military
service"
Authority is granted to form special
classes of men highly skilled in par
ticular trades or professions and sum-
mon them under this special heading
regardless of their grouping in the gen.
eral classification plan.
May Revoke Original Classification.
The secretary of war may revoke
original classifications, except that no
man granted deferred classifications be-
cause of dependents may be advanced
in any way or called for service out
of his regular order When deferred
has been granted for in
dustrial or agricultural reasons. a spec
tally qualified registrant may be sum-
moned out OF his turn.
Under the new organizations. district
boards become purely appellate bodies,
before which can be heard only evidence
before the local board. For
additional facts, the certificates may
be returned to the local board
1t is made plain that men already
held by local boards for service will
continue to be sent forward as needed
until such time as the new CLASS ONE
in each district is sufficiently organized
to care for drafts from the district All
pending appeals will then be wiped off
the slate and the new system will ap-
ply.
Some May Enlist In Navy.
Another change permits men register
ed in the National army TO enlist in the
navy and marine corps where they are
so far down the list that il is certain
kheir change will not interfere with
the army in building. No credit is
given for such enlistment on army quo
tas, and local boards are judges of each
case.
Voluntary enlistment is made by
means of a voluntary waiver classified
ton and the automatic advancement of
the registrant to CLASS ONE. and his
induction at once into the military SER
vice. Where the registrant has depend
ents, his waiver must be accompanied,
however by waivers from those depend
ent on him. If not minors, or by af-
fidavits showing that minor dependents
will be adequately provided for, IL there
are minor dependents. A waiver by a
minor cannot be accented