The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-18
The Selective Service
Registration
Election officials Conduct
Work At Polling Places
In County


registration of all men between the
ages of 81 and So, under the Selec-
tive Training and Service Act, took
place. On that day, all males be-
tween the ages specified who are
citizens of the United States were
compelled to present themselves be-
fore their respective registration
boards to be listed for military
training. From five to ten days af-
ter that date lottery will be held
to determine the order in which reg
istrants will be classified.
The rules which guide local draft
boards in determining which men are
available for military training and
which ones are to be deferred be-
cause of dependents, occupational
status or other factors were issued
by the national headquarters of the
Selective Service System.
Since the two principal reasons
deferring classification are depend
ents or occupational status, atten-
ton was directed chiefly to the way
in which these points are handled
in the regulations.
While insisting that dependency
must be bona fide, the regulations
provide broad grounds for deferring
men with dependents, urging the
boards to keep in mind that the
maintenance of the family as a unit
is important to the nation.
The local boards were instructed,
in general, to defer registrant con-
sidered necessary man" in cases
where he cannot be replaced salts
factorily and where his removal
would cause material loss in effect
iveness, provided that the main
tenance of his occupation is. neces-
sary to national health, safety or
interest.
Four Main Glasses
Every registrant must be placed
in one of the four main classes,
which follows:
Glass Available for service.
Glass II-Deferred because of
occupational status.
Glass III--Deferred because of de-
pendentss Z s.s.-s
Glass Iv-Deferred specifically by
law or because unfit for military
service.
These four classes are further di-
vided into the following subclasses:
Glass I-A-Available; fit for gen.
eral military service.
Class I-B-Available; fit only for
limited military service.
Glass I-C-Member Of land or
naval forces of the United States.
Glass I-D-Student fit for general
military service; available not
later than July /, 1941.
Glass I-E-Student fit for limit
ed military service: available not
later than July /, 1941.
Glass II-A-Man necessary in his
civilian activity.
Glass III-A-Man with depen-
dents.
Glass Iv-A--Man who has COM
pleted service.
Glass Iv-B-Oficial deferred by
law.
Glass I-C-Non-declarant alien.
Glass IV-D-Minister or religion
or divinity student.
Glass INSTRUMENTATION objec-
tor available only for civilian work
of national Importance.
Glass IV-F-Physically. mentally
or morally unfit.
Given Right OF Appeal
Thus class Ia is the highest CLASH
fication, and IV-F the lowest.
It is provided that each registrant,
after being classified, has the priv
ilege Of being heard before one or
more members Of the local board.
II still dissatisfied, he may appeal
within a limited time to the appeal
board. Under very exceptional cir
cumstances. and only if his appeal
is based ON dependency" he may
take his case from the appeal board
to the President.
1t has been estimated that Of the
13,488 registered voters in Cecil
County, 80 per cent. will be males
within the age limit for registra-
ton. This would mean that approx
imately 4G50 men will be registered
in the county for selective training.
The chief registrars to oversee
the work in this county are as fol-
lows: 1st district. Edgar P. Bishop,
Warwick: End district. John M.
Reed, Chesapeake City: 3rd district,
Victor Davis, Elkton; 4th district,
Edward Mackenzie, Elkton, r. D.;
9Th district, w. e. Roney. North
East and William Henry, Charles
town: 9Th district. John c. Hind
man. Rising Sun: 7th district, j.
Walton Campbell, Port Deposit and
Eugene Alexander, Perryville; Sth
district. Paul Burkins, Rising Sun;
9th district. William Ramsey, Rising
Sun.
Registration was conducted at the