The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1918-06-20
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO REGISTRANTS.
Office of Local Board, Parish of
Natchitoches, La.
June 18th, 1918.

has issued new regulations and
rulings known as the farm OF
fight" regulations, which, in sub.
stance and effect, makes it COM
pulsory upon all registrants with
| in the jurisdiction of this Local
Board, on or before July 1st, 1918,
if not so engaged and employed, to
at once seek employment in pro-
ductive operation.
1T is the duty of this Local
Board. after July LIST. 1918, to in'
vestigate the occupations and EN-.
ployment of ALL the registrants
within our jurisdiction, irrespec.
tive of what class they were placed
This Board is going to perform
that duty.
The Provost Marshal Genera
has defined what are non-produc.
tive occupations and employ.
ments. This list of non-produc.
tive occupations and employments
will be supplemented and added to
as the occasion requires, but al
this time the following are the
only ones applicable. We quote
the words OF the P. NJ. g.. that
there will be no misunderstood
ing OF the order:-
Section 121-K of the Selective
Service Regulations read as fol-
lows:-
Section 12i-K. Definition of non-pro-
ductive occupation or employment.
In the present emergency it 10 moi
possible to extend the protection Of de-
ferred classification to those Fsgistrants
engaged in certain occupations or en-
ploy ments which are non productive.
There is a great demand for labor in
all productive occupations and employ
ments, and especially in agriculture
and other necessary industries. There
fore, regisstants, VINO have been given
deferred classification and who can en-.
gage in some productive occupation OF
employment without substantial finan
cial loss or hardship to themselves OF
others, should be willing to seek some
productive occupation or employment
or enter the military service rather
than remain in an occupation or EN-.
ployment in which they are rendering
no effective assistance to the nation.
If registrant is idle, he Of course II
not occupied or employed at all, and
his status of idleness furnishes grounC
for the withdrawal of his deferred elias
sification or late number order: and tn.
Regulations applicable to idle regis
trants shall be deemed applicable alst
to gamblers of all description and EN-
ployees of race tracks and bucket shop
and to fortune tellers, clairvoyants
palmists and the like, who for the pur
poses Of these Regulations, shalt b.
considered as idlers.
The employment or engagement o
auy able-bodied registrant of militar,
age in any of the following occupation
Tor employments is not sufficiently eli
fective, in the present emergency, .
Justify the postponement of his call in
to military service, notwithstandin
he may have a late order nj m5er, an
notwithstanding he may have bee
placed in Class ii, III or Nv on tn
ground of dependency; and all regis
trants engaged as follows are to b
considered by Local and District Board
las engaged in non-productive occupa
tions or employments:
| (a) Persons engaged in the servin
of food and drink, or either, in publ
places, including hotels and social clubs
(b) Passenger elevator operators an
attendants, and door men. foot mer
carriage openers and other attendant
in clubs, hotels, stores, apartment
houses, Office buildings and bath houses
4 (c) Persons including ushers an
other attendants, engaged in and occu
pied in and in connection with games
sports and amusements, excepting a.
tual performers in legitimate concerts
operas or theatrical performances;
1 (d) Persons employed in domesti
service;
| (cl Sales clerks and other clerk
employed in stores and other mercan
tile establishments.
Any registrants can call at th,
Office of this Board prior to july
| LIST and full information will bs
given him. After that date the
Board will act on its own init.
alive.
The time has come for "idlers
and registrants engaged in non-
productive occupations and en-
Payments" to seek productive oc-
cupations or be indicted into the
military service.
This Board hopes that every
registrant within its Jurisdic-
ton will have sought and OBJ
tanned a position in some produc-
tive occupation or be prepared,
alter July 1st. 1918, to submit to
this Board good and sufficient rea-
sons why his deferred classifca-
ton and order number should not
be withdrawn and be Immediately