Weekly journal-miner., 1917-08-01
PERJURY PENALTY IS
 FIVE YEARS
DRAFT IS MORE SERIOUS MATTER THAN EVEN
 REGISTRATION; EVASION
 OF RULES TO BE DEALT WITH VERY SEVERELY.
(From Saturdays Daily)

| QTd1t, WHICH nave been sent out Dy Provost Marshal General Crowdcr, reveal for the first time the detailed process of all phases of the great un dertaking, including the extremely se- we're penalties which attach to evasion.
 The new instructions show clearly that the government is treating the draft as a more serious matter even than registration. The evidence of this is in the penalties fixed for evasion of the draft and violation of the rules.
 While a years imprisonment was the maximum penalty for failure to register, the lodging of military serv- ice or assisting a registrant to escape by taking false oath or conspiring with him, incurs the liability of inn prisonment from two to five years and heavy fines besides.
 Any person who makes false statement in behalf of claim for eX- emption or discharge, is liable to one years imprisonment.
 Severe Penalties. If two or more persons conspire to assist anyone in wrongfully evading military service, they shall be liable to a Sl0,000 fine each and two years Imprisonment.
 False witness is something that few will care to indulge in. A perjured affidavit, which seeks to relieve any registrant from military service, is punishable by a maximum fine of S2,000 and five years in prison.
 Among the more important rules are the following:
 "The person who is discharged be- cause of physical disability will not be obliged to present any further claim for exemption or discharge, nor will it be necessary for the local board to consider such a claim or take up any time with it.
 Physical Test First.
 Rejection upon physical examina- ton eliminates the consideration of any other cause of exemption or dis charge.
 If any person called by a local board and notified to appear for physical examination shall be unable to appear in person for physical ex animation on or after the tenth day after the mailing of the notice direct ing him to appear for such eXamina- ton because of sickness, he shall es- tablish, by means of affidavits. such inability to the satisfaction of the local board. One of the affidavits in support of his inability must be made by a licensed physician.
 Any person who shall make or be a party to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the ft- ness or liability of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of this act shall be pun ished by imprisonment of not more i than one year, or, if subject to mili- tary law, shall be tried by court-mar- tial and suffer such punishment as court-martial may direct.
 If such person does not satisfy | such local board of his inability to ap- | pear because of illness, such board | may enter an order requiring an ex amining physician of such board to | examine such person."
 Subjects of Germany. aliens, per- sons in the military or naval service of the United States, Federal and | State officers are classified as exempt l from service.
 Whenever the board is of the opin- ion that there is reason for believing | that any person is entitled to excmp- | ton such board may postpone the physical examination of any such per son until after his claim for exemp- ion or discharge shall have been hcard.'
 On the subject of dependents the new instructions have this to say: Tt may be broadly stated that it is the purpose of the government to hu- namely protect those who may be left unprovided for, if the persons within | the degree of relationship specified in the regulations are taken for military service.
 At the same time, because of this desire on the part oi the government to protect specified persons who may be dependent, the government should not be wrongiully and improperly de prived of the services of those persons who do not in fact support such de- pendents, but who may seek to use such claim of support as an excuse and preteXt to avoid military service.
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