The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-24
QUESI|0NNA|REIS IS
LONG BUT SIMPLER
THAN OLD FORMS
Details Of Classification and
Form Of ouestionnaire Ar
rive In Last Mail
DEFERRED CLASSES WILL
BE. DIFFICULT TO REACH
Claim Must Be Made By Citizen
Or Interested Person When
Blank Is Filled Out

Blank Is Filled out
Detailed Information relating to reg
iStIatIou and cIassificatrUns under
the " Eighteen to FOrty.Rve Man Pow
er Law - which has been euReiIS anaii
ed by large proportion Of the popul.t.
tiun Of Hawaii arrived by the last nIa IT,
the first to reach here since the pa ,me Q,
OF tn" amended IsN and since thP ,"gis
tratiom on the ma,ntand. As yet no
srlcctiNc draft board has not roreIv,'d
notice Of a registration day nor copies
OF the questiOnnaire but these recent ad
vices clarity number of points regard
ing exemption or deferred classified,
tl"n and make it plain that if Tho
plantation companies want to h0ld
their labOrers they must see that the
claim is made by tho tegistrant or by
employer when the questionable is
filled out, if he is citizen or If an
alien who is ready to waive exemption
himself 'N
This information clearly indirntes
the classification under which each
citizen will fan according to the eoU
ditions which sutround his case and
make 1t possible FOR each determine
thus early in advance his liability
for early or later Service IT. also con
tains some of the late rulings On the
law from the Office OF the provost mar
shnl general.
Difference Difficult
| Bankers, business men, and profes
sonal men, although entitled TO make
OccuPatlohal claims fot deferred claSsi
fication in the new eighteen to forty,
five draft under amended regulations
will be required not only to show that
they are connected with an industry
indispensable to the conduct Of the war
but that they are personally indispeu
sable to that industry.
General Crowder has laid down this
rule in constituting the regulations gov
erning Industrial or oecupational ex
emPtion, indicating that It will NOT
be easy, even for men in the advanced
dalt ayes, to obtain deferred classifi
cation on those grounds.
keystones In Arches
'Pcrsons, SUCH for example, aS
bankers, men in commercial enterprises
newspaper men, etc, who may contem
plate making claim fer deferred ,classi
tication on industrial occupational
ground' General Crowder said, "mUst
be prepared to convince their district
board $ officers that the particular en-
trrprse in which they are working Il
ncressary 20 the maintenance of the
military EST ablishment, or to- the effec
tive operation Of the military forces OF
the maintenance of national interest
during the emergency; and, second, that
they themselves are necessary to the
operation of that enterprise"
The questionnaire provides blanks
for deferred Classification on the
ground of being engaged in industries
which are broad enough TO make each
inIi, idual prove his indlspensability tt
Industry.
Workers Abroad May Enlist
! Americans of draft age, employed in
"iviIian capacities by the Red Cross
Y. NJ. e. A.. and other welfare organ
Iationr in France and England, are Ia
be given opportunity by their loca
boards to apply for volunteer enlist
mrnt with the American expeditionary
forces. in the event that they are called
upon by their local boards for Undue
ti"n INTO tn" military service.
General Crow der has also announced
that the draft regulations have been
amended to save the large number oil
war workers abroad from the necessity
| Of returning to the United States tG
answer military summons. If they are
given deferred Clas TficatiOn for Other
reasons by thei" local boards there
will be no need Of their enlisting. The
rule apphPs only to those actually call
ed for military duty. If these men Of
fer themselves for enlistment in France
or ENGLAND and are found physically
disqualified they will be placed in
class by their local board as unfit
for military service.
Blink Is Lengthy
The new form is found to be approx
matcly twice as long as the Question
nRire used in connection with the regis
tthtion of men between the ages OF
twCntV.Onc to thirtv,One, but iRsteGG 4
Of being twice as difficult to til out
those who bave examined both say
that the second interrogatory has beer
prepared in such a wav that the av
er""e citizen will have little difficulty
The greater length is duG almost
entirely to the demand for closer de
tail concerning grounds for exemption
or deferred classification either bee tSt
of the registrant's = part in the economic
life of the nation or because Of the
necessity of his financial support fol
denPndents
ever the President issues proclama