Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-15
CR0WDER HAS
ISSUED A new
SERVICE CODE
Men Must Work or Fight is
Order of New Ruling
Just Received.

A new code has been issued by the
provost marshal general at Washing
ton, regarding the selective service
regulations and classifying regis
trants.
1t has been named the duty Of all
persons connected with the admins
tration of the selective service laws
and regulations and all citizens to re-
port facts concerning registrants who
are idlers or engaged in certain non
productive occupations or employ
ments to the nearest local board who
in turn must withdraw deferred clas-
si1cation and order of registrants
found to be idlers or engaged in non
productive occupations.
Every registrant under suspicion
must be served notice Of the action of
the board and also it has been assign
ed the duty Of the board to investi-
gate such cases. Where the board
serving the notice is not the draft
board in which the registrant origin
ally registered. it will be necessary
to make recommendation of the
charge, which action may be acted
upon or further investigated as the
original board may see fit.
The local board OF original juris-
dictien will forward to the district
board their findings Of the case, which
will be acted upon by that body and
a reply affirming, or the will
be made, which notice will be made
to the registrant., r.
In view of the fact hat labor Il
needed and will be needed very much
before the fall. there is little excuse
for registrants who have been given
deferred classification for not engag.
ing in some productive occupation
| According to the recent rulings nc
able bodied registrant Of military age
ed occupations will be considered al
entitled to postponment from call into
military service. H
Persons engaged In serving foot
and drink or either in public places
including hotels and social clubs;
passenger elevators, operators ant
attendants; the door men; footmen
carriage operators, office buildings
and bath houses; ushers and other at.
tendants, engaged and occupied IL
and in connection with games, sports
and .amusements. except actual per.
formers in legitimate concerts, operas
or theatrical performances; .person'
employed in domestic service; saleI
clerks and other clerks employed il
stores and other mercantile establish
ments.
The following grounds will be &C
.cepted by local draft boards and dis
trict boards as reasonable excuses fol
temporary idleness or for being en-
gagged in non-productive occupation
or employment.
Sickness; reasonable vacation: TEN
porary absences (not regular vaca
tions) from regular employment, no
to exceed one week, unless such tenn,
porary absences are habftual and FIRE
quent, shall not be considered as idle
ness.
Where there are compelling domes
tic circumstances that would not per
NIT change Of employment by TIL
registrant without disproportionat,
hardship to his dependents: or wher,
a change from a non-productive to
productive employment or occupation
would necessitate the removal of tn
registrant from his place of residence
and such removal would, in the judg
ment Of the board, cause unusua
hardship to the registrant or his fam
lily; Or when. such change of employ
ment would ~necessitate night employ
ment of women under circumstances
deemed by the boards unsuitable 70
such employment of women, board
are authorized to consider any or al
Of such circumstances as REASONABLE,
excuses for 'non-productive employ
ment.