Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-28
RECISTRANTS IN
LATE CLASS ARE
UNDER NEWRULE
Exemption Board Gets Copy OF
Changes Made in Selecti1e
Service Regulations.
EIGHT EFFECT SOME HERE
Marriage Not Sufficient Claim For
Deferred Class Unless There
Are Children.

Registrars in the class Of June.
1915. are under a new ruling. ac-
cording to advices received by the
local exemption board officials
contained in a copy OF changes
made IN the selective service regI-
lations in sections l, 80. 20. y, =,
IS, 79, 80, IS. l01. and 107.
One of the most important
changes relative to the probable
effect Il Will have on local draft
men is that contained in section
-
This section states that the fact
Of dependency resulting from mar
rage OF the last TegistTants who
have married since the date of the
introduction OF the joint resolution
ia congress requiring their regis
trat.on- 10 wit, Jan. 10. viii be dis
regarded as ground for a deferred
class.
Claims Of dependency resulting
from marriage on or prior to Jan.
I5. 1915 Will be disregarded IN
less the dependent is the child Of
the marriage born or unborn o.
or prior to June 9, 1918, in-which
case such a registrant upon salts
factory proof shall be classified in
class two.
Nothing in this amendment to
rule five section y, shall be con
strued as requiring the transfer
to class two OF any registrant fin
ally classified in class one on the
affirmative finding that his marrl-
age since May IS. 1917, was made
with the primary view Of eyading
n military service.
n The new regulations provide
. that the local board shall proceed
TO the consideration of claims Of
exemption OF fiTemen and police
men only when exemption is asked
in the usual manner in the ques-
tionnaires and supported by aft
davits OF the official head Of the
department of the municipality by
which the registrant is Employed
Such affidavits must show that the
Fegistrant has been continually
employed and compensated by the
municipality he Is now serving for
at least three years. and that he
stantial detriment to the public
safety of the municipality.
Regulations Governing Aliens.
Regulations governing aliens
provide. that a resident alien, not
an alien enemy, who has not de-
Clared his intention to become a
citizen Of the United States, unless
such nOndeClarant has stated in his
answer to question five of series
seven of the QUESTIONABLE that he
does not claim exemption on the
ground Of his alienage, shall be
classified in the same manner as a
citizen.
NOn-Citizen Indians are also -
he classified in this manner in
cases where they do not claim ex-
emption for this cause
Aliens OF both classes. June.
1917 and June. 1918. who have
come here after June 1917, are not
required to register unless they
have declared their intentions to
become citizens
Citizens or persons who have de-
Ciared their intention to become
citizens. VINO have not hitherto
registered and who have been alb
sent without the territorial limits
OF the United states are now re
quiTed to register within five days
after their return.
All registrauts of the class Of
June. 1918. who are employed as
seamen. when claiming exemption
must have affidavits filled out by
their employers. Licensed pilots
who claim exemption must have
their claims supported by an affi-
davit from either the collector or
deputy collector OF the tort from