Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
BOARD CLASSIFYING
MEN N THE DRAFT
Local Exemption Beard Busy With
Men Who Are in Gail for Seound
National Array Here
CASES PENDING APPEAL
FuT Classification Is Shown. 50 Yeu
Can Tell Just Where Each Man
Passed on Stands

IaSSed On STANDS
The Loeal Exemption Board, which
is busy Classifying men for the second
National Army, is about the busiest
place in the city nowadays. Their
room and tha; Of the legal advisory
board in the Federal building are
jsmmed throughout the day.
Below We publish fall list Of the
men passed on by the board. At the
head Of the list IS a full elassifica-
ton of the various heads under which
they viii be placed. BY referring to
this list and the figures and letters
urder which the local board has plac-
ed the men PASSED on you can easily
find just where they stand.
CLASS l.
Division A-Singie men without de-
4 pendent relatives.
B-Married man, with or without
/ children or father Of motherless chill
dren, who has habitualy failed to sup
/ port his family.
C-Married man, with or without
children, or father Of motherless chill
drsn; man not usefully engaged, fam
lily supported by income independent
Of his labor.
E-UnskiIed laborer.
E-UnshIlei industrial laborer.
Class IL
Division A-Married man with chill
dren or father Of motherless children,
where such wife or children or such
motherless children are not mainly
dependent upon his labor for support
for the reason that there are other
reasonably certain sources of ade-
quste support Excluding earnings or
possible earnings from the labor Of
the wife), available, and that the
removal of the registrant will not de-
prive such dependents Of support.
B-Marrie9 man. without children,
whose wife, although the registrant
is engaged in a useful occupation, is
not mainly dependent upon his laocr
for support, for the reason that the
wife is skilled in some special class Of
work which she is physically able to
perform and in which she is employed,
or in which there is an immediate
opening for her under conditions that
viii enable her to support herself de-
Gently and without suffering or hard
ship.
C--Necessary skilled farm laborer
in necessary agricultural enterprise.
CLASS H.
Division A-Man with dependent
children (not his own,l but toward
whom he stands in relation of parent.
B-Man with dependent aged or in
firm parents.
C-Man with dependent helpless
brothers or sisters.
D-County or municipal officer.
E-Highly trained fireman or po-
liceman, at least 3 years in service Of
municipality.
F-Necessary custom-house clerk.
G-Necessary employee of United
States in transmission of the mails.
Unnecessary artificer workman in
U. S. armory or arsenal.
Necessary employee in service Of
United States.
Necessary assistant, associate or
hired manager of necessary agricul-
tural enterprise.
K-Necessary highly specialized
technical or mechanical expert of nes-
essary industrial enterprise.
Necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary industrial en-
terprise.
CLASS "
Division A-Man whose wife or
children are mainly dependent on his
labor for support.
B-Mariner actually employed in
sea service of citizen or merchant in
the United States.
Unnecessary sole managing, con-
trolling, or directing head of necessary
agricultural enterprise.
D-Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling, or directing head of necessa-
ry industrial enterprise.
CLASS v
Division A-0fficers, Legislative,
executive, or judicial of the United
States or of State, Territory or Dis
trict of Columbia.
Irregular or duly ordained min
lister Of religion.
C-Student who on May 18, 1917, |
was preparing for minestry in recog-
nized school.
D-Persons in military or naval |
service Of United States.
E-Alien enemy.
President alien mot an enemy) |
who claims exemption.
G-Person totally and permanently
or mentally unfit for mill
tary service.
H-Person morally unfit to be
soldier Of the United States.
I-Licensed pilot actually employ
ed in the pursuit of his vocation.
Member of well-recognized sect or
organization, organized and existing
on May 1S, 1917, whose then existing
creed or principles forbid its members
TO participate in war in any form, and
whose religious convictions are against
war or participation therein.
Appeals Pending
Gordon Clark, South Trinity, "a.