Gunnison news-champion., 1917-11-23
QUESTIONABLE
ABOUT READY

WILL De SENT OUT NJ LOCAL,
0OARD In FEW DAYS; n.
PEALS ALL FORMER ExmGP.
TlON ALLOWANCES
Some $50 Ts Be Fsrwsrjed h II
County Must Be Answered By ~
cry Registrant Net Alrsady = ~
Army.
The questionaire through whicA
claims Of exemption from military ser-
vice and for deferred classihcation ars
to be established by al men Of mili-
tary age who were not selected nm
der the first draft has been made pub
lie by Provost Marshal General Crowd
er. It embodies the whole scheme for
bringing to the aid of the government
every man between the ages Of TWEEN
ty-one and thirty-one who can under
any circumstances assist in the proee-
cution of the war.
The scheme is based upon the theory
that all such men can be classified in
the order of their availability for mil
itary service, in other words, real
selective draft. In the first class are
placed those who have no reason, 90
far as occupation or existence of de-
pendents go, for not taking their plac-
es with the fighting forces. The Sec
ond class includes those who ought
to serve next in the event that the
supplies Of men drawn from the first
class are exhausted, and SO ON through
the five classes, each succeeding one
SO made up rs to include men whose
availability is less than that Of the
men in the class just preceding It.
Easily Understandable .>-e--,--s -ssal..ssF
That they may be placed in these
various classes the men who re9is-
tered for the first draft and were eth
er not called up for examination or
were rejected after examination must
all answer the questionaire. II will
appear q rather formidable document
at hrst glance, but the directions ta
the registrant are eouched in precise
and easily understandable terms. In
addition, It is made known that legal
advisory boards, composed of disin-
.tonAatn116 Aa1HSnE9y and lavuno16 hnpun
been formed Throughout the counffy-
These boards will be present at Al
times during which local boards are
open for the transaction of business,
either at the headquarters Of the local
board or at some convenient place in
the neighborhood, and will give reg
istrants such advice and help as they
may need in understanding the ques-
tions and filling out the answers cor
rectly. No charge will be made for
this service.
1t is planned that each local board
shall send to every registrant in its
district one of these questionaires, and
the questions must be answered and
the questionable must be returned to
the local board within seven days af-
ter the date upon which it was sent
out. But the responsibility for get
ting the QUESTIONABLE is laid upon the
registrant. He cannot plead that he
never received the document. Due mo-
tice of the sending out of the ques-
tionaires in any district will be given
by the local board. The Selective Ser
vice Law makes failure to perform any
prescribed duty misdemeanor on the
part of the registrant, and any regis
trant, except an alien enemy, who fails
to return his questionable to his local
board on the date required will be
deemed 10 have waived all rights and
he will be placed Immediately in Class
l., which Is the class first liable to be
called for military duty.
There are twelve series of ques-
tions, each under separate heading
as follows: Series l., General Cues
tions; Series IL, Physical Fitness;
Series III, Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Officers; Series w., Minis
ters Of Religion; Series ", Divinity
Students; Series W., Military or Naval
Service; Series VII, Citizenship; Ser
les WILL, Officials, Federal Employ
ees. Pilots and Mariners; Series IN,
Religious Conviction Against War:
Series K, Dependency; Series XI., In
dustrial Occupation; Series XII, Ag-
ncultural Occupation.
Under each heading there are q
number Of questions-from three to
thirty-two making 141 questions in
all, many OF them divided into several
parts, and it is upon the answers to
these questions that claims to ex-
emption or deferred classification will
be determined. The three series Of
questions dealing with dependency, in
dustrial occupations and agricultural
occupations disclose an intention on
the part of the Government to obtain
the most extensive and detailed infor-
nation regarding registrants who NAV
set up claims under any of these three
headings.
Under the heading Of Dependency"
the registrant must answer the ques-
tjon: "Have you wife, or child, or
aged, infirm or invalid parents or
grandparents, or brother under six
teen or sister under eighteen years of
age, or . helpless brother or sister Of
whatever age, mainly dependent On
your physical or mental labor for sun
port I" II the registrant answers
ANo," " he need not Answer any furt1sef
questions under this heading, bat e
he answers sYesS he must then 70 q :
and snswer al ether questions -