New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
Must Prove They Did Not
Wed to Evade Mill
tary Duty
Old Rule Is Changed
Government Disclai,ns Inten.
,;on to Discourage Enter
ing Welded State
aVhv did YOU marry,

why did you marry
The lss local draft boards Of this city
r.r. Yesterday instructed by the dis
,-;,t board, over which Charles +.
uuehes presides, to make this inquiry
:, srery man married since May is.
,s,7. who seeks exemption.
- the registrart is able to demon
,.rsie that he did not marry primarily
;, evade military service he Will be
.l..sd in deferred class. On the
.,ber hand, if the draft judges are con-
r;,.sd that the young mans motive in
..rrying was unpatriotic he will be
,,;smatized as Stacker and will be
.,sss;ded at the top Of the list of eli
.bles as single man without depend
sot relatives. The burden of the proof
riN be on the seeker after exemption
This new Interpretation is regarded
:, concession. In the first draft the
y.v York district uniformly regarded
n marriages made since May Is last,
when the selective service law passed,
.s n the Stacker variety, and refused
"a consider any war brides as depend
ants Under the new ruling the local
bosrds will have to specify in such
,.ses the reasons for the decision it
makes. Heretofore the mere date of
II. late marriages was sufficient to
throw out the claim of exemption.
Draft officials believe that the pro-
oorticn of marriages since May IS
which will come into good standing
rrder the new ruling will be small.
Yanv bona fde claims. it is forecast,
will be waived by patriotic bride
rooms.
The authority for the District Board
stand, which was announced after a
week of debate and reference to the
committee Of chairmen, is derived
rom the following rule of the new
.slective service regulations, approved
by the President:
"On May Is, 1917, every person sub
ject to registration had notice of his
obligation to render military service
10 his country. The purpose Of the Sc
lccllVe service law was not 20 suspend
the institution of marriage among reg
istrants, but boards should scrutinize
marriages since May IS. and especially
those hastily entered into since that
time, to determine whether the mar
rage relation was entered into with a
primary view of evading military SER
vice, and unless such is found not to
be the case boards are hereby author
lied to disregard the relationship so
established as a condition Of depen-
dency requiring deferred classification
under these regulations"
Leopold Tschirky. son of Oscar
lschirky, manager of the Waldorf AS
Dfia Hotel, got deferred classiica
ion from the district beard on the
s'Ound that he is necessary techn-
al expert in necessary industry"
He is assistant purchasing agent for
tie Bethlehem Steel Corporation. and,
though he spends most of his time IN
South Bethlehem, Penn, he registered
!or the draft at Local Board 122 in this
dty, claiming New York as his legal
place of residence. The board was
unanimous in giving temporary dis
charge to Tschirky
Former Justice Hughes, in announc-
ing that the next meeting of the board
voald take place next Thursday, said
that when the rush of appeals which
is expected in about week comes it
may be necessary to hold evening ses-