The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-07
WILSON ISSUES RULES UNDER
WHICH BOARDS WILL OPEE-
ATE.
Method OF Drawing Not Vet An
nounCct-.\Ssumcd from Indication,
That This Process Will bc Carried
Out I'm WashingtOs,--I.ocal AMI Dis
trlr Boar,ls Will Have Separate
Jurisdiction.


ional army advanced another step to.
day when President Wilson promul-
gated the regulations 10 govern cX-
emptions from military service.
Local and appeal exemption boards
already have been appointed and tho
issuance of the regulations will per
nit them To organize immediately and
prepare for the concluding phases If
the task of getting the men under
training for duty in France.
In the order i'm which they mus;
come there are three steps i'm the or
ganization process of the National
army as prescribed by congress.
They are registration. selection anG
exemption. The first step has been
carried through. The regulations is
sued today cover i'm detail the opera
ton of the third step. exemption.
Information concerning the second
step In the series. however, still is
lacking and officials are guarding
closely tho method 10y which selection
Is to be applied.
The exemption regulations an
nounCed that the boards will he al.
vised of the selection process later.
although mono of the steps prescribed
except the organization Of the boards
can be carried on until the selection
machinery has. furnished the names ol
the men OF whose fitness and desirn.
bility for army service. the boards are
to judge. The local boards are di-
rected upon organization to take o,c.
cards and lists of the men registered
on June and as their first duty to
provide serial number for each ro"-
istration card. This has given sup
port To the belief that the selection ~
To be Ly number. Reports were cur
rent recently that the selection draw
ing was to lie made i'm Washington.
Presumably the process oC selection
will be announced only a short timc
before IL IS nut i'm operation. Scptcm-
Ter has been the tentative date set
for calling tho 60, ,0oO of the first con-
tingent To the colors for training.
The exemption process .vill not take
a great deal of time. The whole pro.
cess probably can bc carried through
In less than 80 days.
While these steps arc bclng carried
out for getting together the mon oi
the National army. tho war depart
mont is making progress with the
even moro difficult task Of finding oi.l-
GERS for tho force. Part Of these will
come from the IL officers training
camps. The first 10000 of the i1.oo
men at the camps will he selected TO-.
commissions i'm tho first or the nov
army. That IS less than half nf III,
number of officers ucccssarr. The
war department today approved re-
concentrations of commanders of rc,:
ular regiments which will cummiss;o.
5000 or mnrc regular non commits
stoned officers to hc captains or lieu
tenants in the first G25 900 Of tho Ea
tonal army II is understood that
moro than 80 men from each reg
mcnt. In addition to those now at IN,
officers training camps. will hc given
commissions for the period of IN,
war.
Exemption regulations add little to-
ih" terms of ia" draft bw. The quc,
ton 0f whether man between tho
ares of Il AMI 80 IS entitled To- cNcnp
ton hcC1uS" of dependents. the natur.
OF his occupation or physical unfitncs
hcinE for The boards to- decide art.
proper INVESTIGATION. II is modc clear
however. that there arc tn bc mo- cIa,
exemption. and that each individual
cH-" must hc decided upun it's merits
TIL" local hnirdS--uu" FOR each count
"i loss than tS."o0 population or cit,
"f %o."p". with additional boards whc,.
necessary tor each Jddiiou,l %u.oo
population will poss upon cllims O.,
exemption except t',os" based ur,n.
iudu trial "r agricultural o"cul.f.,
.uhi"c' {" appeal To ia" di.ui...
boards M c.,scS involving uricm
'urIl "r industrial exemptions viii 90
Ufs"d upon hv the district hnlrds
"rc Ter zach federal judicial district
which viii JlS" dcctdc 1rrcrl. rr"r
c'isi"us nr tho lu,,d boards
In th" near tu'ur" Jtir Will -,
sct lr l;rig G'u Cr".,dor. rroyo
wnr.h'l general. for the m'criur or.
"ri'Iui<t'i"u "f tho h",rde n, g.
s.,utc tim" % is expected thrt the rc..
t'tI"us VIII l''. I'r"iruu..,i.L .u th.i 900
pTuCgsg may ht. lIIt under .tr. ,,ttf