Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-10
EVERY REGISTERED MAN
MUST Do ACTUAL WORK
New Regulations Bar All Idlcncss
on and After
July 1.
MUST HAVE REAL EMPLOYMENT
Even Nonproductiyc Trades or I'm
necessary Occupations will Not
Suflicc-Every Rcgistrant Must
Help Nation to Win the War.

There Will be absolutely no chance
Tor resiStrant in classes 1, =. or
to get away with idlencss after July 1.
according TO the selectivc service rcEu-
iation as amended and published on
May "a 1T shall be the duty of all
persons to. report men of these classes
VIII" arc not engaged in productive en-
pioyment. and who evidently think
the world owes them a living" The
regulations read:
Whenever. after July /. 1918. any
registrants in classes /. .. or 4.
wherever he may be located is re-
ported to or observed by any loca!
board. whether IL be his local board Of
origin chat is the local board having
original Jurisdiction of his registration
and qucstionnaire) or local board
having jurisdiction over tho territorial
area in which he may be found
whether having original Jurisdiction
over him or not, to be an idler or TO
be engaged in any occupation. or en-
pioyinent defined and described In these
regulations or any anne ailments there
OF as a nonproductire occupation or
employment, such local board shall, nv
notice as hereinafter prescribed. notify
him and set day and hour when the
reSistrant may appear and present
such evidence. by affidavit or other
wise bearing upon the reasons for his
status. as he may care to submit The
day so set shall be not less than three
nor more than seven days after the
date of such notice unless the local
board on account of distance or other
good and sufficient cause extend the
time"
OF course notice will he given such
men. and the local boards will be ex-
pccted to make their investigation
with sympathy and common sense; for
there may be a reasonable cause for
idleness. But idleness will at all times
affect the deferred classification of the
men in these classes. The regulations
also contain the following:
IF "A resistrant is idle. he, OF course
is not occupied or employed at all
and his status of idleness furnishes
ground for the withdrawal Of his de-
ferred classification or late order num-
Der; and tho regulations applicable to
IDLE rcEistrants shall he deemed appli-
cable also TO gamblers of all descrip-
ton and employees of race tracks and
bucket shops. and TO fortune telicrs
clairvoyants. palmists and the like
who. for the purposes OF these regula-
tons. Shall he considered as oilers.
ORDER DEFINES CERTAIN
SONPRODUCT1yE OCCUPATIONS
The employment or engagement Of
age in any OF the following occupa-
tions or employments is not sufficiently
effective. in the present emergency, to
justify the postponeucnt of mis- call
into military service, Notwithstanding
he may have late order number and
notwithstanding he may have been
placed in class ., J or 4 on the
ground of dependency: and all regis
trants engaged as follows are to be
considered by local and district boards
engaged in nonproductive occupa-
tions or employments:
"(a) Persons engaged in the serving
Of food and drink, or either. In public
places, including hotels and social
clubs:
"'b, Passenger elevator operators and
attendants; and door men, footmcn.
carriage openers and other attendants
III clubs. hotels. stores. apartment
houses, Office buildings and lighthouses:
"tc) Persons. including ushers and
other attendants. engaged and occu-
pied in and In connection with games.
sports and amusements, excepting &C
tual performers in legitimate concerts.
operas, Of theatrical performances:
"Ip Persons employed in domestic
service;
"(c) Sales clerks and other clerks
employed in stores and other mercan-
tile cstablishmon