The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17
why MARRIED men ARE
NOT PLACED IN GLASS a
FROM THE LOCAL
EXEMPTION BOARD
Answer to PuzzliRg Questions Among
Married Registrars of This COun-
ty-PositiOn of Local Board Frank
ly Given.


AS there has been a good deal of
puzzling questioning among the mar
ried registrants of the county as to
why the local board of this county
does not classify them in class A, we
interviewed the members of the local
board to find on what ground they
were not placing married men in
Class A. The board very frankly
stated its position in the matter, as
follows:
The act of Congress provides that
when a married man is sert to war
he shall receive salary &C $50 per
month, and that out of this h. shall
be compelled to allot at least SIS per
month to the support q his wife
or wife and children. In addition to
this, the government allows and pays
to the wife or wife and children
such additional amounts that if man
has no children, his wife out of the
SIS from his pay and the allowance
from the government, gets $50 per
month; if he has one child, she gets
$40; if he has two, she gets S47.50;
| if he has three, she gets $3.50 per
month, and so on, the amount in
creasing with the number of chill
dren
The regulations require that when
this allowance from the mans pay
and from the government is adequate
for the support of the wife, or wife
and child or children the local board
shall place the man in Class if he
is a married man and has no children,
and in Glass if he is a married
man and has children. On December
30 this local board, in order to make
sure about the matter, wrote to head
quarters at Nashville, as follows:
Under construction of the regula-
tons by this board, when married
man has children, and is at present
supporting his wife and child has no
income outside Of his labor, and his
wife has none, kat in our opinion
the alletment from pay and the al
lowance by the government is ade-
quate support for wife and children,
we are classifying in Division A Of
Glass g."
We are just in receipt Of an an
swer from the Nashville headquarters
to this letter, which states as fol-
lows:
"Your construction of the regula-
tons relative to classification of
married men as indicated in your
letter of December 30, is proper, and
is in accord with my general letter
under date of December 3d."
The general letter referred to was
one sent out by the national head
quarters on December 80, under or
ders from the provost marshal gen
erals office at Washington, and rat
ities the provisions of the regulations
that a married man without children
is to be placed in Class / and a mar
ried man with children is to be
placed in Class 2, provided the allow
-ance from pay and by the govern
ment, as spoken of above, is adequate
for support of wife or wife and chill
dre11, as the case may be.
We did not make the rules and
regulations, and have nothing to do
with the wisdom or unwisdom of
them. We are directed to administer
them, and to classify people just as
they provide, and it is our sworn
duty to do So
We might add that where the claim
is for support of father, mother,
brother, sister, or by man not mar
ried, the regulations require us to
place such man in Division A Of
Glass l, if the amount he can rea-
sonably be expected to contribute from
his pay, together with what the gov
eminent pays such dependents while
the soldier is in the army, is sufficient
| for their SunnOrt.