Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-04
MARRIED MEN ANp DRAFT
Local Boards Must bs Governed b
Common Sense.

MARRIED. MEN NNO Ohhf
Local Boards Must bs Governed by
Common Sense.
Columbia. December 3l.-Where
the induction Of registrants under the
sclective draft regulations into the
military service of the nation will not
deprive their wives or children Of
adequate support common
sense and sympathy should govern the
local exemption boards in such reg
:s,rants' classification in the question
naire. says q telegram from Provost
Marshal General Crowdcr. received
by Governor Manning today. for
transmission TO the local and district
exemption boards OF tie state
through Capt Richard E. Carwile's
office.
Not by Rule Of Thumb.
Reasonably adequate support"
says the wire. cannot be determined
by rule OF thumb. but must be de-
termined with common sense and
sympathy In the facts OF each indi-
vidual case What would be rca-
sonably adequate support in one
case would not rule in another. says
the ruling. which states that the
present classification Is for the pur-
pose of raising our armies with
minimum OF hardship and suffering
to those who are to be left at home.
Dead Limo Set.
Some Of the local boards OF the
state are alleged to be using the
rule Of thumb" in regard to regis
trants married since the registration.
Instead OF using common sense and
going according to the plain intent OF
the regulations. they have set dead
line for matrimony. and, after that
period, all registrGnts are classified
as unmarried. whether their wives
are mainly dependent upon them for
support or not. This sort OF pro-
cedure. says those thoroughly famili-
ar with the draft regulations, Is con-
trary to the spirit. II not the intent. OF
the new rules. These boards per-
emptorily decide that any young
man married after May Is, 1917. Is to
be considered as unmarried and so
classified.
crowdsr's Telegram.
Gen. Crowder's telegram Of today
follows:
Sub division A Of class in the
class for registrants whose
les or children ore mainly depend
plies to a widower whose children
are mainly dependent upon him for
support.
IF a registrant has both a wife and
child, but there are such other COM
mon sources Of support available that
the removal Of the registrant will not
deprive the dependents Of reasonable
adequate support, he Is to be placed
in sub division A OF class 2.
IF q registrant has q wife but no
children and there are such other
sources OF support available that the
removal of the registrant will not de-
prive the wife Of reasonably adequate
support he goes in class 1 as not be-
ing included In any other division in
the schedule.
To Clear up Doubt.
Many boards seem to be In doubt
as to what to do when II appears that
the soldiers pay and war risk allow
anccs will provide an adequate sup
port. See rule /. page "a. and the
last paragraph Of section II. Reason
able adequate support cannot be de-
termined by rule OF thumb but must
be determined with common sense
and sympathy in the facts OF each In
diyidual case. What would be ade-
auate support In one locality or In
one set of circumstances might not
be adequate support In another. the
question OF adequate support must be
by the boards, after care
full consideration OF the interests OF
the dependents on. the one hand and
of the government on the other and
with the thought always in mind that
the present classification scheme 10
designed to raise our armies with a
minimum Of hardship and suffering
to those who are to be left at home
carvviIs TO Attsnd.
There will be a conference OF state
officers under the selective
draft at Washington next Thursday.
which Capt. Richard E. Carwile, In
charge Of the state headquarters here.
will attend, was announced at the gov
ernor's ONCE today. The purpose OF the
is to explain and stand
ardize the intricacies Of the disburse-
ment regulations and laws through
out the country.