The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-11
Work or Fight.

Whenever after July l, 1918, any reg
istrant in Glasses l, 2, or 4, whereve
he may be located, is reported to the
local military registering board to bt
an idler or to be engaged in any occu
patton or employment defined and de-
scribed in these regulations as non.
productive occupation or employment,
such registrant will be notified of day
and hour when he may appear and
present such evidence by affidavit or
otherwise, bearing upon the rsason for
such employment as he may care to
submit.
The local board will then investigate
the circumstances of the case, and if it
shall appear to the satisfaction of the
board that without reasonable excuse
The registrant is an idler or is engaged
In nonproductive occupation or en-
ployment as defined in these regula-
tons, shall revoke the deferred classifi-
cation or liability for military service
OF the registrant and shall place him
in position to be liable to immediate
induction into military service.
The above decision of the local board
is subject to appeal by the registrant to
the district board.
Temporary absence or regular vaca-
tons will not be considered as cause
for the taking away of deferred classifi-
cation.
The following are the classes of occu-
pations affected by this order:
1. Idlers.
2. Persons engaged in the serving
OF food and drink, or either, in public
pisces, including hotels and social
clubs.
8. Passenger-elevator operators and
attendants; and door men. footmen,
carriage openers and other attendants
in clubs, hotels, stores, apartment
houses, office buildings and bath
houses.
A. Persons including ushers and
other attendants engaged and occupied
In and in connection with games,
sports and amusements, excepting act
ual performers in legitimate concerts,
operas or theatrical performances.
3. Persons employed in domestic
service. 1
&. Sales clerks or other clerks en-
ployed in stores and other mercantile
establishments.
The following grounds shall be ac-
cepted by local board as reasonable ex-
cuse for temporary idleness or for being
engaged in nonproductive occupation
Dr. employment
a. Sickness.
b. Reasonable vacation.
c. Lack of reasonable opportunity
'or employment in any occupation out
side OF those described in the foregoing
list.
d.. Temporary absence from regular
not to exceed one week,
lnless such temporary absences are
and frequent, shall not be
as idleness.
e. Where there are compelling do
hSooAO ChiCuDlSIduCcS tudU WOuIQ not
permit change of employment by the /
egistrant without disproportionate
hardship to his dependents or where a !,
change would necessitate the removal !.
i the registrant from his place of resi-
lence, and such removal would in the {
Judgment of the board cause unusual {
hardship to the registrant or his fam
ly, or when such change of employ
nent would necessitate the night en-
,loyment of women under circum- |
tances deemed by the boards unsuita- 3
lie for such employment of women, :
'oards are authorized to consider any
II all OF such circumstances as reason c
lble excuse for nonproductive employ
nent. :
Local Board for Division No. /, Bur
ngton county, wishes to inform all
egistrants affected by this order that I
INVESTIGATIONS of such cases as GOMEZ t
nder this order will begin promptly I
n July 1st,. and would advise that
UGH registrants as will fall within the |
RECEPTIONS "a, b, C, and e" above '
hould have their proof in for consider [
ton by the board as soon as possible /.
nd not later than July LIST. !.
Local Board for Div. No. 1,
Burlington county,
Richard s. Folwell, Chief Clerk