Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
TO REGISTRANTS AND INTERES-
TED PERSONS.

Ou dCCOuIL Vi Widespread Ills
understanding and lack of informa-
ton as to the rights of registrants to
have their cases reconsidered and
released, if the facts variant
change in such classification, aid the
manner in which such cases should
be preseted, we are printing below
portion of telegraphic order recent
ly issued by the Provost Marshall
General to the Adjutant General and
by the latter officer transmitted to
all District and Local Boards and
Government Appeal Agents.
Reports from states and character
of papers accompanying appeals to
President indicate lack of complete
understanding concerning discretion
airy powers of boards to extend time
| limits, receive new evidences, reopen
cases, and reclassify registrants.
1.-The Adjutant General or Govern
ment Appeal Agent may at any time
before induction of registrart into
military service suggest to boards eX-
tension of time limits or reopening
of case or Redistribution of regis
traat on additional evidence or where
boards have clearly misunderstood
or misapplied rules and regulations.
Registrars or other interested per-
sons may also file with Local or Dis
trict Boards additional evidence or
other proof in support Of claim for
deferred classification at any time be-
fore induction of registrant. Such
suggestions of extension or reopenfng
and such filing of additional proof
are rot binding upon boards who are
to exercise wise discretion in all
cases in order to do complete Justice
No appeal lies from refusal of boards
to extend time or reopen or reclass-
ify.
IF such suggestions or additional
affidavits or proof are filed in sup
port of claim other than industrial or
| agricultural, the Local Board shall
consider such suggestions or ad-
ditional affidavits or proof as the case
may be, and may, in its discretion,
reopen, the case, AID upon the whole
record including the QUESTIONABLE
and original proof, reconsider such
case and reclassify the reg.straat.
IF such suggestions or additional
affidavits or proof are filed IL an in
dustrial or agricultural claim, the
Local Board shall in all such cases
consider such suggestions and ad-
ditional evidence or proof, and for
ward the case, with its recommen-
dation thereon to the District Board
transmitting the entire record, in
! cludirg the questionable, if the same
be in the possessions of the Local
Board. The District Board shai
thereupon consider such suggestios
or additional affidavits or proofas
the case may be and may, in its es-
erection, reopen the case, recorder
, the claim and reclassify the egis-
trant. If the questionable and hsin-
al evidence are rot in the poeessloa
; of the Local or District Boad but
have gone forward to the resident
on appeal, the District Bcrd snail
request of the Adjutant ereral OF
the State the return of he same.
After considering the ca the Dis
trict Board shall retur3the entire
record to the Local BARD with an
Endorsement indicatis its action
either IN refusing to sopem the case
or in reclassifying TT registrant.
IF the Local or Gstrict Board, as
the case may be. fuses to reopen
the case, the case iail thereupon re-
main 4, all respes in the same con-
] dition as before ie ming OF the sug-
gestion for reopllng or OF ADDITIONAL
affdayits or o,er proof; and if the
case was on apeal to the President,
and had not Oeen acted upon the
complete REID shall be returned to
him."
eff the aim for deferred CLASH
fication is'eopened and the regis
trant is ,eclassified by either the
Local oDistrict Boards, as the case
may bethe person making the claim
shall notified by the Local Board,
as prdded I'M the regulations, of
the cssification given after the re-
operg, and shall be entitled I'M all
resrets to the same rights as though
theiecision of the Local or District
Bed had been made ON the first
celebration of the claim or claims
oor on behalf of the registraat. and
!, case shall proceed in accordance
it'll the regulations as If it were one
original classification.
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