Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-25

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Duplicates of the first page OF
QUESTIONABLE may be used by third
persons to present to local poaros
claims for deferred classification OF
rexistrants who for one reason or an
other may refuse to mako proper anu
legitimate claims for deferment draie
ofieials pointed out today.
Thus men who might fail to ME p
claim because they did not wish to
continue the support Of their families.
it Is pointed out would nnd that
their wives have recourse to duplicate
FIRST pages Of the questionnaires con-
cerned. Securing duplicate OF the
first page Of her husbands question
naire from his local board. the wife
may indicate thereon the deferred
classification she claims her husoano
should have, and the local board Will
proceed to call for evidence.
Employers, under this section OF the
new edition of the selectiye service
regulations. may file claims Tor an en-
pIoye who, by reason OF mistaken
ideas of patriotism, refuses to enter
tain claims for deferred classihcation
on occupational grounds.
Every person other than the regis
trant who claims exemption or de-
ferred classification of a registrant
must make the claim or claims on the
first page of the registrant's CUES
tionnaire, or on a duplicate of the
same, and must file the same, with all
supporting proof, within seven days
after notice to the registrant to
answer and file his QUESTIONABLE"
The duplicate is form 1001-A- and
may be secured at any local board in
town. Local boards of the city
realize that there will be no wide
experience indicates to them that
there will be many cases during tho
present filling out of questionnatres
which will require their use.
More Receive Questionnaires.
The second 10 per cent of aues-
tionnaires approximately 1000 in
number were received by District
registrants on the first mail delivery
this morning. Legal advisory sta
tions. opened yesterday throughout
, the city, today found themselves get
| ting down to the normal grind OF
helping registrants with the docu-
ments.
| Already missionaries. completely
| filled in and signed. have been re-
| turned to local boards showing that
| some registrants require but one OF
I the seven days allowed for the COM
| pletion of the work.
"It is not the function Of q member OF
! the legal advisory board to adopt mar
row view of registrant's rights and
claims for deferred classification" Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder has
| warned the lawyers who are giving Tree
legal aid to the registrants.
Aims at Fair Treatment.
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registrant, is to assist the latter in ev-
cry way in presenting all legitimate
claims in order thar every fact peril
nent to the resistrant's case may be
/ fairly and fully presented to the local
and district boards. to the end that such
| boards may reach a conclusion. upon
the facts in each registrants case.
which will be fair to the registrant and
fair to the government"
| Legal advisers. Of course, are discour-
aging registrants from claiming deferred
classification on doubtful or frivolous
grounds. The relation Of legal adviser
and registrant is not that Of attorney
and client. and all registrants are warn-
ed that they must not regard the ad-
yisers in the latter light.
Members of the legal advisory
board today called the attention OF
registrants to several pertinent para
graphs contained in manual issued
at the meeting of the board here Mon
iddy n1RnI lIllS ulduudls willie
TENDED primarily for the boards. con-
tains instructions for registrants as
Some Governing Facts.
Men engaged here in filing out their
iouestionnaircs would heed the fol-
lowing:
lin with black ink, and not with pen
Gil. Additional afidavits may be type
written or legibly written in black
link on one side only of white paper
lof the approximate size Of page Of
the QUESTIONABLE.
"Where deferred classification il
!claimed the registrant should not
IpIace a cross in any Of the divisions
of class 1. He could. however. indi-
cate his claims for deferred CLASSIC
lfication in the various other classes,
land is not limited to one claim. The
lclaimant should indicate every claim.
"The blanks of the QUESTIONABLE
should be filled out with answers
4 none or other synonymous expression
should DO written when negative is
to be expressed. A dash or other mark
of the pen is Improper.
Follow the instructions on the
QUESTIONABLE implicitly. Let every
answer be- absolutely frank and truth
full.
Mono Of the records relative to the
health of a registrant. under the head
Of physical fitness or relative to de-
tendency Except the names and adj
dresses Of dependent). is permitted to
be disclosed to any person other than
the proper government officials.
Three hundred and ninety-one COL
ored draftees were entrained at
Union station this morning for Camp
dix, Wrightstown. N. J. The men, all
qualified for general military service
went away singing.
The national lottery for order num-
berg for the new registrants prob
ably will be postponed until next
week, owing to an error made BY