Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-04-25
FURLOUCHs ARE TO
HELP FARM WORK
WAR DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO
! LET ENLISTED MEN Go HOME
TO SOW AND HARVEST.
HOW TO MAKE APPLICATION
Many Drafted Men Have Been Ex-
cused Under Vocation Provisions
Trade Tests Used to Secure Skilled
Workers for Army.

Trade Tests Used to Secure Skilled
Workers for Army.
(From Committee on Public Information.)
Washington.-For the purpose of
augmenting agricultural production II
is the intention of the war depart
ment to grant furloughs to enlisted
men to enable them to engage In farm
ing during the present season. Com
manding officers may grant such fur
loughs within prescribed rules when
ever 1t appears they will contribute
to increased farm production.
Furloughs may be given by COM
manding officers of posts, camps, can
itonments, divisions, and departments.
They will be for short periods, large
,ly for seeding and harvesting time.
They will not be granted to enlisted
men Of or above the grade Of first SER
geant, nor in an organization that
has been ordered to move or Is in
transit from points of mobilization or
training to port of embarkation. All
furloughs granted will be recalled and
the men ordered to their organizations
when they have received preparatory
orders for duty overseas.
Furloughs granted for farm work
will be without pay and allowances,
except that enough pay will be re-
tained in each case to meet allotments
in force on the day of the order, war
risk insurance, and pledges on Lib
ierty bonds.
For specially qualified experts in
agriculture furloughs may be granted
by the secretary of war upon applica-
ton by the secretary of agriculture,
providing such furloughs are volun-
tarlly accepted by the persons for
whom application is made.
Individual applications for furloughs
submitted by relatives will be on Il
form to be furnished by local draft
boards. Two sections are to be made
iout and presented to the local board,
which can complete the form.
If the furlough is granted the appli-
cation will be fled by the command
ing officer and certificate furnished
the soldier. If not granted, the appli
cation will be returned with reasons
for disapproval.
If the soldier initiated the applica-
tion he will give the name of the per-
son for whom he desires to work, from
whom will be ascertained the need
for farm service.
! Furloughs may be granted en- bloc
to men who are willing to accept them
Sc 80 Go &f,,,a
consumed in travelling from the post
to the place of labor will not exceed
IA hours. In making these applica-
tions farmers will use form of the
iprovost marshal generals office, also
going to the local board.
Under provisions of the selective-
service law making specified vocations
iapart from the necessary industries"
! dealt with by the district boards, ST.
i716 men We're excused from military
duty.
OF the men exempted, 1,665 were fed
leral or state officers; ministers, 1916;
divinity students, 3,144; in the military
and naval service, 1892.
! County and municipal officials mum.
bering $50 were discharged; custom
house clerks. III; mail employees,
1,476; arsenal workmen, 2,35S; fed
eral employees designated by the pres
lident, 1,777; pilots, 1,772; mariners,
l2,666.
The alien property custodian has
been given power to sell, Mt private
sale without advertisement, enemy.
owned live stock, feed or food stuffs,
hides and other animal products, agri-
cultural products, fertilizers, chem
icals, drugs, essential oils, lumber,
cotton, tobacco, furniture, books, glass
and china ware, wearing apparel, jew.
ielry, precious stones, pictures orna-
nents, bric-a-brac, objects of art,
raw or finished textile materials,
! trunks, boxes, partially or completely
manufactured metals, fabrics, rubber
and rubber products, and all kinds of
merchandise, in lots having market
value of not more than $4,000.
Such sales may be held at places
and under conditions prescribed by the
lalien property custodian.
I Federal reserve banks are to redis-
count notes secured by farm tract
ors, according to the department of
agriculture. Instructions have been
issued to all federal reserve banks au-
thorizing them to rediscount tractor
paper presented by any member bank,
provided 1t has maturity not exceeding
six months and the tractors are pur-
chased for agricultural purposes.
In Oklahoma, county councils of de-
lfense are securing pledges from auto
mobile owners to furnish transporta-
tion to speakers for community coun-
ellis. The pledge provides that the
chairman of the county council may
hire car at the expense of any signer
who fails to furnish transportation at
the time promised.