The Washington herald., 1918-09-10
CR0WDER GIVES
DRAFT RULES
FOR INDUSTRY
Issues Relations Governing
Essentially Of New
Draftees.
REGULATIONS PROVIDE
That Occupation and Draf-
tee Must Both Be
Essential.


whether any registrant in the coming
draft is in an essential industry or
occupation and is himself essential to
that industry were announced from
the Provost Marshal Generals once
yesterday.
The new regulations were made
necessary by the amendment to the
Seiective Service Act passed after the
questionnaires had been printed, and
their distribution begun.
The Government Printing once here
has been working since Saturday on
these revised regulations and a leaf
let of instructions and explanations
to accompany them, and yesterday de-
Iivered 100000 copies of each. These
are being sent out to be included in
the questionnaires.
Deferred occupationaI classification
may be secured in four ways: .
i. The registrant himself may claim
II.
2. His employer or some other per-
son in interest may claim 1t for him
s. The Local Draft Board may rec
oumend IT to the District Board,
without action by the Fcgistrant OF
his employer. 81. ~.
4 The Advisory Committee of the
District Board may recommend II to
the District Board.
But the full Jurisdiction over the
occupationai deferred classification.
lies In the District Board. and its de-
cision Is final, except for the appeal
to the President. The District Ad.
yisory Board is merely to make rec
concentrations, and the priorities or
preferential list of the War Industries
Board is not binding on the District
Board as to the essentially of any
industry or occupation.
The District Board, when claim fol
deferred classification for occupa.
tional reasons comes before it, Will
first consider IL the industry or oc-
cupation is necessary to tho main.
tenance of the military establishment
or the effective operation of the mill.
tary forces or the maintenance Of
national interest during the emer'
gency."
II the occupation is held essential
the board will then consider if the
individual is essential to 1t.
New Regulations.
The new regulations provide:
Il. That the registrant Is actually
and completely engaged in the in
dustry or occupation or employment
or agricultsrei enterprise in the ca
pacity recited In any of the rules re
garding deferred classification, anc
that he is competent and qualified
in that capacity.
80. That the removal of the regis
trant would result in direct, substan
| tial. material loss and detriment t.
the effectiveness OF the industry o.
occupation or employment or agri
cultural enterprise.
80. That the available supply Of per
| sons competent in the capacity re
cited in the rule is such that tn,
registrant can not be replaced in sucl
capacity without direct, substantial
material loss and detriment to tn
adequate and effective operation o
| the industry or occupation or employ
ment or agricultural enterprise"
In determining the essentially o
the registrant to an essential occupa
tion, Gen. Crowder advises the dis
| trict boards to consider:
81. The length of time the regis
/ trant has been engaged in such ca
pacity and especially whether the cir
| cumstances of his engagement ar
such as to convince the board tha
he is not now so engaged for the pri
mary purpose Of evading militar.
service.
''2. The nature of the claimant
! study, training, or experience and tn
| extent and value of his qualification
for the capacity in which he is en-
| gagged. -
| "a. The actual conditions whicl
| would result from his removal!