The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-17
DRAFT CLASSIFICATION
Is EXPLAINED BY BOARD

Men claiming exemption or deferred
classification under the new draft reg
ulations have for some reason been
puzzled when they receive a classif-
cation card bear letter and figure,
A for instance.
The draft Office has been beseiged
with demands of what does this
mean?" The draft clerks up to this
time have patiently explained that 1t
is the classification number which the
men claimed. "The trouble is" the
clerk of the Office, said yesterday,
that the men have allowed the at
torneys to fill out their missionaries
and have not taken the pains to no
tice under what classification their
claims placed them. Then when they
receive their classification cards, they
are puzzled"
The following explanation Of the
five classes are published in the hope
that registrants will discover from
that just what their numbers mean
and will not interfere with the work
Of the draft board with numerous
questions.
Class
A-Single man without dependent
relatives.
B-Married man, with or without
children, or father Of motherless chill
dren, who has habitually failed to
support his family.
C-Married man dependent on wife
for support.
D-Married man, with or without
children, or father of motherless chill
dren; man not usefully engaged, fam
lily supported by income independent
of his labor
E-Unskilled farm laborer.
F-Unskilled industrial laborer.
Registrant by or in respect Of whom
no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
Registrant who fails to submit
QUESTIONABLE and in respect Of whom
no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Class II
A-Married man with children or
father of motherless children, where
such wife or children or such mother
less children are not mainly depen
dent upon his labor for support for
the reason that there are other reas
onably certain sources of adequate
support Excluding earnings or posi-
bly, earnings from the labor of the
wife, available, and that the remov
al Of the registrant will not deprive
such dependents of support.
B-Married man, without children
whose wife, although the registrant IL
engaged in a useful occupation, is not
mainly dependent upon his labor fol
support, for the reason that the wife
is skilled in some special class d
work which she is physically able tt
perform and in which she is EN-
ployed, or in which there is an imme
diate opening for her under condi
lions that will enable her to support
herself decently and without suffer
ing or hardship.
| C-Necessary skilled farm laborel
in necessary agricultural enterprise.
| Unnecessary skilled industrial lab
orer in necessary industrial enter
prise.
Glass III
A-Man with dependent children
(not his OWN, but toward whom he
stands in relation of parent.
B-Man with dependent aged or in
firm parents.
C-Man with dependent helpless
brothers or sisters.
D-County or municipal officer.
E-Highly trained fireman or po-
liceman, at least years in service of
municipality.
Unnecessary customhouse clerk.
Unnecessary employee Of United
States in transmission of the mails.
Unnecessary artifcer or workman
in U. s. Armory or arsenal.
Necessary assistant, associate,
or hired manager of necessary agri-
cultural enterprise.
Unnecessary highly specialized
technical or mechanical expert of nee