Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-25
FARMERS AND THE DRAFT.
Special Care to BE Taken to Defer
Agricultural Workers. s:

Under rules Of the War Department
for executing the new draft law, spec
ial provision is made for Informing the
district boards il regard Is farm,lahor
requirements In order that necessary
f06d may be maintained.
says, "a statement issued by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture The statement
continues: ~. ss.s@: 80, y
In the new draft the district boards
are charged with the duty Of putting
into deferred classes those persons who
are more likely to further the war by
remaining in civilian occupations than
-. by. entering the Army. Accordingly,
three advisers are to be selected sfor
each district bOard-one for agricul-
, ture, one for labor, and one for other
occupations The agricultural adviser.
will be appointed by the board upon the
recommendation of the Secretary of
Agriculture. The advisers are not
members Of the board but may, when
invited, attend its meetings.
How Agricultural Adviser Will Aid
The duties of the agricultural adviser
will be to furnish to the board facts
related TO ffarmzla]jO requirements, not
only of his own district, but of the
whole country. He should be the
repository Of all facts having relation
to the deferment of agricultural work.
ers, whether these be necessary farm
1abOrerS, managers or operators. He
will be expected to advise the district
boards as to a shortage or surplus of
necessary farm workers for any given
district, as Wen as for the entire
Nation. Such information will be sup
piled to the advisers by the Department
of Agriculture. This will make it
possible to have necessary workers
transferred from districts in which
they may not be necessary to other
districts in which they are sorely need
cd.
The adviser may also concern himself
with individual cases that come before
the district board. He will have the
right, under certain conditions, to ex-
anime the missionaries and other re-
cords in the files of the local board for
the purpose Of ascertaining. whether
persons entitled to deferred classified
tion have actually claimed it. In case
he finds the names Of such registrants
he may file for them claim for de-
ferred classification with the district
board, which, in turn, may require the
local board to certify the QUESTIONABLE
and record any such registrants for
consideration Reasonable time will be
given for the purpose of obtaining in
formation and supplying the afidavits
required. If local board determines
to consider case for deferred classifi-
cation because registrant is engaged
in necessary occupation, notwith-
standing no claim for deferred classifi-
cation on that ground has been made,
it shall endorse the recommendation on
the QUESTIONABLE of the registrant and
forward it to the district board having
jurisdiction. The district board will
thereupon consider the case and pro-
eeed to classify the registrant, notwith-
standing the fact that no claim for de-
ferred classification by or in respect of
the registrant has been made. I.
Claims in Behalf Of Necessary
Employees. -,.---..-
A further duty with which the adj
wiser is charged is to confer with en-
ployers of necessary farm workers, and
to instruct them as to their right under
the regulations to file a claim for de-
ferred classification in respect of any
rngistrant who has failed or refused to
= file claim for. deferred classification
In his own behalf: This, in: the opinion
Of the War; Department, is@a very i'm
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