Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20
.IARRIACE Since
DRAFT LAW NO
EXEMPTION
RASTIC RULING AFFECTING
| REGISTRANTS ISSUED BY
PROVOST MARSHAL
iILL Be PUT IN CLASS ONE
hose With Children VIII be Granted
Place in Glass 2-Men of 81
Also Effected.

III e.
Marriage since the enactment of the
Elective draft law no longer will be ac-
= pted as cause for exemption from mill
Try service except in the cases of men
no have become of age since June 10,
6 PTS, the date ON which the joint reso-
ition requiring their registration was
& ttroduced in congress.
u 1 Following is an order sent to all state
l' raft executives from Washington by
!, rovost Marshal General Crowder:
Z; "Please promulgate at once to local
cards the following important amend
ient to the selective service regula-
= ons:
( "Rule 5, section 70, S. S. R., is
I mended to read as follows:
''Rule 5A because of fact of Deepen
ency resulting from marriage of a
/; u, egistrant who has become 81 years
III Id since June 5, 1917, and who has
4; larried since the date of the introduc-
/. ion of the joint resolution in congress
equiring his registration, towit JAN
-, 1917, viii be disregarded as a ground
or deferred classification.
F~ Must Have Child to Escape.
'B-If a registrant who has attained
NJ rhe age of twenty-one since June 5,
HI 917, and who has contracted marriage
E subsequent to the date of the enactment
l,l f the selective service law to-wit, MAY
4 > 3, 1917, but ON or prior to JAN Is.
HI !; ,9lS, claims deferred classification on
Il flhe ground of dependency resultino from
:, Is lis marriage, the fact of dependency
: ,esulting form his marriage will re dis
Regarded as ground for deferred class
7 q. fication unless the dependent is a child
( s'pf the marriage, born or unborn on or
I l'orior to June 9, 1918, in which case such
I 4 registrant upon sufficient proof be-
ng made shall be classified in Glass ..
If registrant other than one who
(Aas attained the age of 2l since June !
,, 1917, who has contracte marriage
iince May IS, 1917, claims deferred
i classification on the ground Of depcn- %
fency resulting from his marriage will
pc disreearded as ground for deferred
classification, unless the dependent is n .. a
II Ihild of the marriage born d. unborn ON +
~ pr before June o, 1918 in which case u
- ,uch registrant upon satisfactory proof -
Npeing made shall be placed in Glass ,.
~ No Transfer Downward.
"D-Nothing contained in this
amendment to rule shall be construed Vi
rs requiring the transfer to Glass of ar
ony registrant who has been finally
telassified in Glass on the affirmative ~
Ending that his marriage since May Is. di
/, 1917, was made with the primary view 70
,9f evading military service. tb
a Instruct all local boards forthwith st,
, to reclassify all cases involving marriage III,
since May Is, 1917 in accordance with III,
Che above" ON
The order will equ&lize the Glass
glass all over the United States and
N2lace hundreds of thousands of men into
fhis class, which is rapidly being de-
,pleted.
The reason for this is, say military ~
Officials, that various states adopted
hi4-erent rules, and placed different in an
ferpretatiOns on the newlywed provision I
pt the law, some placing all of them in and
Glass l and others placing them in the Z
ldeferred Class where they would be be for
exempt from military service for some fore
time to come. L
I, Nearly complete reports to the pro- NOR
,vost marshal general s office show that day
'744,S65 young Americans who have be- N
come of age during the estimate of dept
the last year are below the witt
census bureau but since more than 20O- othe
900 under registered men 81 years of A
age already are enlisted in the army Kan
navy or marine corps, the military au- Adk
thOrities find the result highly salts Al
factory. turn