Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-01-11
Pointers On Qucstionnaires

| ""NNspi, -IlNN'' Jan, O.-I IUINtl
Governor Noel has issued a concise
statement and explanation of the
draft law and the Questionnaire,
and with which, because of his
services as chairman of the Holmes
county legal advisory board for
several days, be is thoroughly ia
miliar. In the following he gives
the young men of draft age several
pointers, saying;
"The booklet of 252 pages ought
to be carefully read by each mem
Der of the District and Local
Boards and of the Legal and Medi.
cal Advisory Boards as clearly ap.
pears from certain references there.
to here made. It's rules have The
effect and force Of law. Every
regiStrantand other person charged
with any duty it imposes, is con
cluSively presumed to know these
regulations (SectiOuS 6 y. Regis
rants and members Of Local and
District Boards are subject to Grim
inal prosecution for failure to Oh.
serve its requirements (Section 33)
and registrants lose rights to de
terred classilicatiOns by not claim.
ing them. Local and District
Boards are not restricted to eyi.
dence submitted with the ques.
tIonnaires, but should summon
witnesses wherever doubt arises
(SectiOn 81. Where the question.
n&ire does not contain the infurma-
tion required or contains substan.
tial Or material errors which indi-
cate ignorance or lack ofknOwledge
on the part Of the registraut. tie
Local Board should notify the reg
lstrant to appear and give him op.
portunlty to clear uD the situation
before classifying him (Section100)
"lf the registrant has submitted
no questionnaire or has asked for
no deferred classification, or only
on skilled, agricultural or indus
triaI grounds, 'he shall forthwith
be classified in Glass 1, unless he
IS an alien enemy, or unless the
LO3al Board determines to con.
slider the case for deferred classif
cation notwithstanding the regis
trlnt's failure to claim deferred
cNas iica ion (Section 1, Rule 20.'
"lhe manner in which the Local
Board should act and enter de
'eryed claims for classification is
clearly set forth in Rules 2S, 33,
and Section 102, p. 52-53.
"Only industrial and agricultu.
raj claims and appeals are to be
sent by the Local Boards to the
District Boards (Sec. 1O45 ;.
"What constitutes dependency
Or other ground for deferred classi
ficltion is clearly dealt with, un.
der different headings, in Part ",
pages 33-45, and cannot be too
we'll understood.
"Thosc who fail to return oucs.
tionnaires within the required
time, except under special circum
stances, waiye rights to deferred
classification. Their names are to.
be published and turned over to.
local police officers and sheriffs to
be brought before the Local
Boards. If not found in four days.
d report as to their whereabouts isl
submitted by the officers to the
Boards and by the Boards to the
General who win deal
with them as provided in those
regulations, pages G773).
"The territory, usually county,
of each Local Board, Constitutes
unit. The national government
calls on the state for its fixed
quota. The state calls on each
Local Board for it's proportion.
Each class, commencing with Class
|, is eXhuapsted before the next
order is taken up. Within each
class the master list regulates
priorities. While the Provost Mar
shal General has recommended
tlat quotas of each state and local
district are based on the returns
Of Glass |, this rule is not yet, and
may not become, the law, as it re-
luires congressional action. Class
| embraces all married and single
who are not skilled in
iustrial or agricultural workers, /
lor the main support of wife, chill I
ircn, helpless parents, glandpar. /
9nts, brothers or sisters, including
those who do not return question