Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-11
QUEST|oNNA|RES
Last of 22O2 in Div. No. /
Has Been Mailed

Local Board 10 Busy Classifying the
Reaistrants-JournaI Publishes the
Sub Divisions of Glasses in Which
Registrars Are Placed
The last OF the 2oc2 questionnaires were
mailed to registrants in Div. NO. OF
I<ennebec county on Wednesday, Jan. >
by the local board in Augusta and snouii
be returned to the board on or before Jan
16 Failure to return GLestionnalre is
a ,nisdemeanor and is punishable by hne
or imprisonment Of one year and may re-
suit in the loss Of valuable rights and in
immediate induction into military service.
Any registrant who by reason Of change
o: address since he registered last June,
has failed to receive. a QUESTIONABLE
should Immediately notify his local boar
" hich has the power to extend the time
when it is shown that the registrant mas
a reasonable excuse for not having made
return within seven days after the same
was mailed out. Relatives and friends Of
men who are already in military service
should write the local board, giving the
present address OF the man who volun-
tarily enlisted in order that his name
may be properly recorded on the honor
roll. Registrars who neglect or refuse
to return their questionnaires will be
hunted down BY police officers and must
suffer the penalty for their neglect. There
are comparatively few cases, however,
within the jurisdiction of local Board No.
Il where such extreme measures will be
necessary.
Any registrant who changes his adj
dress from now on should write a letter
to the local board within whose jurisdic-
ton he comes, giving his new address.
Ir fact it is the duty of the registrant to
keep the local board informed at all times
50 that they may readily find him. Ia
every communication to the local board
the registrant should give his order num-
Der SO that his name may be readily
found.
Every regiStrant who has been CLASH
fed has received a card giving his order
number and the class in which he has
been placed He has the right to appeal
from the decision Of the local board
within five days after the classification.
AS soon as possible every registrant will
receive a notice of final classification on
card which he should always carry on
his person. Failure to have such card
will sometimes cause him considera Bile
trouble
| As soon as the present classification is
completed it is likely that all men who
have reached the age of q since June )
will be registered and classified Due
notice will be given, however, by the war
/ =
fore Feb. Is for men to appear for physi-
cal examinations and the number then is
likely to be small in Kennebec county be-
cause of the large number Of men who
are already in military service as yolun-
| teers. In fact there were so many vol
unteers from kennebec county that so far
there has been no draft here, the quota
having been filled by voluntary enlist
ments.
! The local board commends the members
Of the legal advisory boards for the val
liable assistance they have rendered in
aiding registrants In filling out their
missionaries Some of the members
have devoted nearly their whole time in
the past three weeks to this work with
! out compensation.
j The Classification
i 1t is possible that many Of the regis
trants in this vicinity are wondering
what the characters IA" or &C or
3D. mean when they receive the post
card notifying them that they have been
placed in those classes by the local dra fl
board. Perhaps they know in a general
way that they are in Glass l, or or or
! D. as the case may be, but they NAV be
puzzled - to what the letter signifies.
! FOR the benefit OF those who would like
to know in what subdivisions Of the va
rious classes they have been placed the
following summary of the classes is pub
! lished:
| (a) Single men without dependent rela-
! tiyes.
| ID Married men. with or without chill
dren, or father Of motherless children.
VINO has habitually failed to support his
family.
I (0 Married men dependent on wife for
support
/ (d) Married man. with or without chill.
dren, or father of motherless children.
'-'''' nv uocluIIy engaged, family sup
ported by income independent OF his la
Dor.
! (e) Cnskilled farm laborer.
| ~ Cnskilled industrial laborer.
hegistrant by or in respect of whom no
deferred classification is claimed or made.
Registrant who fails to submit oues-
tionnaire and in respect of whom no de-
TERED classification is claimed or made.
All registrants not included in any other
division in this schedule
Class II.
ta) Married men with children or faith
er of motherless children, where such
wife or children or such motherless chill
dren are not mainly dependent upon his
labor for support for the reason that
here are other ree Sonably certain sources
OF adequate SUP. t excluding earnings
or possible earnings from the labor of the