Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-11
EXEMPTION BOARDS WORK
HARD ON CLAss|F|CAT|ONs
All Vuestionnaircs Arc Now in the
Mails, Including Deferred
RegistrantS
MANY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
Failure to Turn In QUESTIONABLE. or
to Furnish Address Il 1t Has Not
Been Received, May Result in
Charge MS .Descrtcr.

! Charge MS .Descrtcr.
Metnbers OF the local exemption and
legal advisory boards already have the
:uEe task Of classifying the registered
men well In hand. and with the mall
ing OF tho Qucstionnaircs completed.
they will be able to focus their entire
attention on this one branch OF the
worn. heretofore, they were endeavor-
"'S 10 accomplish as much work as
possible in this respect under The
''ailuicap or having their attention con-
Stantly> distracted by other matters
often of little Importance.
me casual observer might he led to
ncheHe that the work of classification
very SIMPLE matter considering the
| t'c. tha' the reSistrant has been at
| iCrdcd every assistance i'll filing on,
the QUESTIONABLE, and has been advised
as 10 what classification he is entitled
10 uhuer the regulations Iiut the
ruin OF the matter is that The members
or the boards and those who have so
generously volunteered TO assist them
arc now facing the most difficult
problem Of the draft work. TO sclcc,
win the utmost fairness the men who
are to give up their business careers
and perhaps their lives in the service
or humanity In many cases il has been
wen nigh impossible to draw the line
between those who shall be placed IN
class one and those who shall he grant
ca deferred classification. II is neces-
sarE Tor the members of the boards TO
be able to read between the lines and
often to possess practically the powers
ofea clairvoyant.
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
OF CL\SSIFICATION
To illustrate the difficult problems
that are presented TO the members of
Inc boards for solution the following
VIII serve as an example. An aged
father with two sons has been forced
by reason of practically incurablc
disease to give over his business to the
management of his two sons. Both
boys came forward patriotically and
hilcd out their qucstionnaircs, putting
in no claim for exemption or deferred
classllication. The members OF the
board felt that in this instance the
government would not feel justified in
calling both boys in the frs: contingent.
and SO out of fairness they are en-
deavoring TO have ella i'm Of depend
cncy entered for one OF these young
mon. Had they given the case but n
cursory glance and entered both in
class IA. an injustice not intended bs.
the government would have been done.
due to the fact that these young mon
Ni'i ONb lHS'l pt,I lpNissiu d!u unSeliIStl-
ness were willing to have themselves
placed in tho first contingent wi;hou;
having entered any ella i'm for cXcmp-
ton. which in at least one of the two
cases would have secured a deferred
classification.
The members OF Local Board .. who
have been doing such splendid work
i'll the draft work now in progress,
were greatly annoyed that the letter
which each member had received from
Washington should have been made
pubic. feeling that some people in
reading ii might think that the other
boards had not shown as great an
amount Of patriotism in the work. for
the fact that they had accepted
negligible amount OF recompcnsc. In
fact, tho members OF the other boards
are fully as deserving OF the highest
praise. Although they may not have
been as we'll OFF as others or been able
to leave their business in the hands Of
competent people 10 manage for them.
they have volunteered their services.
as has been stated before, often at
great personal loss to themselves.
Board mailed tile following qucs-
tionnaires yesterday: 35S 10. 40 IL.
3010 II, 1895 IL and 3lS+. These
registrants had not registered until
after June D, and. therefore, their
copies were held up TIL those of all
other resistrants had been mailed.
Opportunity is offered TO retired staff
and reserve officers and former officers
in the National Guard to enter special
training camps. instituted by the Of
f!cials at Washington to afford such
men an opportunity to again enter
active service. They will be able to
attain posts not exceeding the rank OF
major after they shall have completed
the course OF instruction.
The list bclow contains the names Of
men whose present Whereabouts could
rot be learned By the authorities:
Excmption Board No. 1.
Miie ei; a'"s E Vest S!s sGn ana Second
Walter po"e,i, 1905 chsGin.
. ;5an Hsr,i E;f" iSa i.la ai Ne"pes
dp:4 IS c' ioMs 81 soah ESmDaray
S Saas s%," w 1oq Ify' %da,sen
l Willie W; M NJ, !5. 80 40 s lIS,y
i sennio iTS asN 81 East P' Fearsssnth.
J Iap EdWarG Green aOS Hull II'd so,,
sonne Zeal. Sl4 East Sixteenth.
IsIssH T. n@Tnss ZIG Ts Wet shT' Men,y
George v Ws.!sy Gslls 4: 1897 Perry,
Willie burnett Francis, 400 Jackson.
Mullen Higgins. 203 Mays.
Adam j. Zoiler. Jamaica. Lon: Island,
y. Y.
Fenton John I.easia, I.ewisburg, w. Va.
Dilnrd Walker. 800 East Fourth.
Fred I;eyis, loT East Fourteenth.
Leo Adams. iIG North Seventeenth.
Louis CARERS Washington. Foot Seventh
Street. Brown Island.
John Kusssii 5Va North Seventeenth.
Iunius Andeisoi.. 2l1 Midlothian Pike
Johnnie DIXON lis North Seventeenth
Lewis Taboo. Ia North Seventeenth.
Christian Darlington. COG Short Twelfth.
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