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IVIES ID INSTRUCTIONS TO GOIIEON
PERSONS SUBJECT TO DRAFT ACT
How, When And Where Men Will Be
Drawn And Steps To Be Taken
To Claim Exemption.
Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash,
who has charge of the registration and
draft machinery in Georgia, has made
public the rules and instructions
which will govern men who have reg
istered when they are called for ser
vice under the selective draft act.
The following is a summary of these
rules and instructions:
Bulletin of Information for Persons
Registered.
1. LOCAL BOARDS —In every coun
ty in the United States and for every
city of over 30,000 there are one or
more local exemption hoards. Each of
, such boards is in charge of the regis
tration cards of persons registered in
the area over which the board has
jurisdiction, and has jurisdiction of all
c’aims for exemption, except those
bused on industrial grounds. Find out
what board has your card and where
the office of that board is.
2. DISTRICT BOARDS—In every
federal judicial district there are one
or more district boards having appel
late jurisdiction over a number of local
boards and having original jurisdic
tion of claims for exemption on indus
trial grounds. If you intend to make a
claim on industrial grounds, including
agriculture, learn what district board
to apply to.
3. RED INK SERIAL NTMHKRS-
Every board has numbered the cards
in its jurisdiction with red ink in a
series running from 1 to the number
representing the total number of cards
in its jurisdiction. Lists showing the
names of persons in the jurisdiction of
each board and the red ink number of
each card are open to inspection at
the office of each board. Inspect the
list and inform yourself of your red
ink serial number.
4. ORDER OP’ LIABILITY —These
red ink numbers are to be drawn by
tot to determine tbe order in which
'egistered persons are to be called by
he various local iwards. As soon as I
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the drawing is complete, lists showing
the order in which these red ink num
bers are drawn will be published in
the press and will be posted at the of
fice of each local board. Go to your
local board and find out the order in
which you stand for call.
5. CALL FOR EXAMINATION—As
scon as quotas are assigned to each
state and each board, each board will
i call nj)on persons whose cards are in
its jurisdiction, instructing them to
present themselves for examination.
This call will be posted at the office
of the local board and the papers will
be requested to print it. A notice will
also be mailed to you, but the posting
of the list at the office of the board
will be deemed sufficient notice to
I charge you with the duty of presenting
■ yourself. The law, therefore, makes it
;
your duty to inform yourself when you
are called. The mailing is for your con
venience, but if the letter never reach
es you you cannot make that excuse.
Watch the lists at the office of your
board and see when you are called for
examination.
C. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION—
You must rei>ort for physical examin
ation on the day named in -your call.
(a) if you are found physically dis
qualified the board will give you a cer
tificate which will explain to you what
! your further duties are.
(b) If you are found physically qual
ified and file a claim for exemption
within seven days after filing your call
you will be given ten days after tiling
your claim of exemption to file prooi
In support of your claim of exemption.
See paragraph 7, below.
fc) if you are found physically un
qualified and file no claim for exemp
tion, cr if you do not appear for physi
cal examination, your name 'will be
posted to the district board as one who
was called for military service and
was not exempted or discharged. On
the eighth day after call, or within two
days thereafter, copies of the list of
persons so posted to the district
boards will be given to the press with
a request for publication, will he post
ed in a place at the office of the local
hoard accessible to the public view,
and notice will be mailed to you at
the address on ycur registration card.
Therefore watch the notices posted in
the offices of the board about ten days
after the day you were called and
make arrangements for the prompt re
ceipt of mail.
7. SEVEN DAYS TO FILE CLAIMS
OF EXEMPTION OR DISCHARGE
(except for industrial or agricultural
reasons!. Note:
(at No claim of discharge on ac
count of the industry in which you are
engaged can he decided by a local
board. (See paragraph 15 below).
(b) Whether you file a claim of ex
emption cr not, you must present vour
self for physical examination on the
day named in the notice.
From the day notice that you are
called is mailed and posted you have
seven days in which you may file a
I claim of exemption or discharge. The
form of filing this Maim is simple. If
you wish to file such a claim (a) go to
the board and get form 110 for exemp
tion or form 121 for discharge. If the
beard lias not the printed fvrms, ask
to consult the form pamphlet and copy
the form shown there.
(b) Fill out the proper form and file
it with the board.
(cl Do this within seven days of the
posting and mailing of notice to you
to present yourself.
The following are the only grounds
for exemption:
1. That yon are an officer, legisla
tive. executive or judicial of the Unit
-1 ed Stale-', a state or territory, or ;he
j District cf Columbia.
2. That-you were on May IS, 1917.
a dalned minister of religion.
3. That you were on May 1S 1917. a
I student preparing for the ministry in
any recognized theological or divinity
school.
4. That you are in the military or
naval service of the United States.
5. That you are a subject of Ger
many, whether you have taken out pa
pers or not.
6. That you are a resident alien who
has not taken out first ]>apers.
In addition to claims for exemp
tion. claims for discharge may be
made on any of the following
grounds for discharge by a local
board:
I—That you are a county or mu
nicipal officer.
- That you arc a custom
j house clerk.
3—That you are employed by
the United States in the transmis
sion of mails.
4 That you are an artificer o r
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workman employed in an armory,
arsenal or navy yard of the United
States.
s—That you are employed in the
service of the United States (un
der certain conditions). See para
graph (e) of section 20, regu'a
t'ons.
G—That you are a licensed pilot
regularly employed in the pursuit
of your vocation.
7 That you are a mariner ac
tively employed in the sea ser
vice of any citizen or merchant
within the United States.
8— That you are a married man
with a wife or child dependent on
you for support.
9 That you have a widowed
mother dependent on your labor
for support.
10— That you have aged or in
firm parents dependent upon your
labor for support.
11— That you are the father of
a motherless chi and under sixteen
dependent U|>on your labor for
support.
12— That you are a brother >f
an orphan child or children under
sixteen dependent on your labor
for support.
13 — That you are a member of
any well-recognized religious see
ci organization organized and e.
istent May 16. 1917, and whose
then existing creed or principle
forbade its members to participate
in war in any form and whose
religious convictions are agains*
war or participation therein in ac
cordance with the creed or prinei
pies of said religious organization.
These are the only grounds for ex
emption or discharge by a local board
Another person can file a claim in
your behalf, hut must use dilfereut
foims in filing the claim.
1 TEX DAYS AFTER FILING
( ! AIM TO FILE IT;OOP Your claim
of exempt ion n discharge must he
fled within seven days of the day on
which notice to you that you are cab. \
was posted and mailed. But after you
have filed your claim for exemmi n
or discharge you have ten days within
which to file proof
The method of proving claims ;s
very simple, but it is rather exact. If
you follow the rums given below you
will have done what is required of jou.
First—Go to the local board and
consult the regulations to find out the
form number of the affidavits tha* \ in
ii st submit for your particular dale
Second—Ask the board for the
1 lank affidavits tfat are necessary in
presenting your proof; if the board has
no, the forms ask to consult the ->
phlet of forms.
Third—-Have the affidavits proptrly
accomplished am. return them to the
hoard within the lime limit assigned
you ten days from the filing of you;
claim.
Remember.
(at You must submit your proof in
i
the prescribed form and the board Iris
ao authority to exempt or discharge
you unless you submit all the affidav
i' required by regulations.
(b) There will be no argument be
fore the board and'no proof other than
the prescribed affidavits unless the
h.vard calls for oilier proof which it
will do in only a limited number of
cases '
!). WHEN CLAIMS ARE DECIDED
- -Every claim for discharge or •■ve rp
*'cr. will he (iocidfd by the local bos : 1
within Ihrei days after yotir affidavits
have been filed.
10. CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION
OR DISCHARGE —If your claim is al
lowed, a certificate of exemption or
discharge will be issued to you.
Remember:
(a) If it is tern orary or conditional
if becomes of no effect when the time
or tlie condition named is fulfilled.
(ci You have been drawn for mili
tary service, and when the condition
that has postponed your posting to the
colors ceases voa may be recalled at
any time.
(and) Remember that your case may
still be appealed to the district hoard
by the government, and on this -pet-int
appeal your certificate may be with
drawn at once. When so withdrawn
yon htand precisely as though you had
l-een selected for military service by
the local board.
11. ADVERSE DECISION’S O.V
CHAIM -If your claim is disallowed
by the local board, your name will be
certified and sent by the local board to
the district board as one who has been
called for military service and not ex
empted or discharged. Within two days
| thereafter, if practicable, a list of
j those so certified to the district board
| will lie given to the press, with a re-
I nue&t for publication; will he posted
j in the offices of the local board aece
j sible to the public view, ami notice
will be mailed to the address or. your
registration card.
Therefore, if you have filed a claim
for exemption and proof in supjtort
thereof, watch the notices in the office
of the local board beginning about five
days after you have filed your proof
to see what disposition was made of
your case, and make arrangements
for the prompt receipt of mail.
12. HOW TO CLAIM APPEALS TO
DISTICT BOARDS —'Claims of appeal
nay be made by a person within ter,
days after the day when notice ha
been posted and mailed that such per
son's name has been certified to the
district hoard as one who has bee:
called for service and not exempted,
or discharged. Therefore, if you de
sire to appeal—
I Go to the local board and get o
copy form 153 or 154 for fiiling ym
claim of appeal.
2. Get or copy also form 1->1 or 152
for notifying the district board of ap
peal.
3. File your claim of appeal (153 or
154) with the local board.
4. Send your notice of appeal (form
1M or 152) to the district board.
5. Do this within ten days from the
day when notice that your name was
certified to this district board was
posted and mailed.
13. PROVING YOUR APPEAL —
You have five days after the district
hoard receives your notice that you
have filed a claim of appeal in which
to file evidence additional to that filed
by you in the local board, but all such
evidence must consist of affidavits.
11. DECISIONS ON APPEAL—The
decision on your appeal must be made
within five days of the closing of proof
and you will be notified by mail of the
action of the board on your appeal.
15. CLAIM FOR DISCHAGE ON
INDUSTRIAL GROUNDS—OnIy dis
trict board can receive claims for dis
charge on tlie ground that you .are en
gaged in industry, including agricul
tural found to be necessary to the
maintenance of the military establish
ment, the effective operation of the
military forces, or the maintenance of
rational interest during the . emer
gency.
Such claims must be filed with the
district board on or before the fifth
day after the mailing and trusting of
notice that you have been certified by
the local board as one who has been
called for service and not Exempted or
discharged.
If you desire to file such a claim:
I—Get1 —Get a ccpv of the local or dis
trict board from 161 to ItilA.
2 Fill the form out properly.
3 File it with the district board
within five days after the mailing
and posting of such notice that
your name has been certified from
the local board to the district
board.
•See section 44, regulations.
16. PROOF IN SUPPORT OF IN
DUSTRIAL CLAIM—OnIy affidavits
can be used in filing proof before the
district board of a claim of exemption
on industrial grounds. All such affi
davits must be filed within five days
after the filing of the claim.
17. DECISION OF DISTRICT
BOARD ON INDUSTRIAL CLAIMS—
Within five days after the closing of
proof in any industrial claim the dis
trict board must decide the claim.
If the decision of the district board
is in favor of the claim, the board will
issue a certificate of discharge, if
the decision is against the claim the
district boards will so notify you.
Remember, that you have been call
ed for military service and ihat the
certificate of the district board is only
conditional -on your remaining in the
kind of industrial service on account
o! which you were discharged. No
such exemption shall continue when
a cause therefor no longer exists and
your certificate of discharge may be
withdrawn or modified by the district
board at any time that the district
board shall determine that the circum
stances require it.
APPEALS OF IXRCSTRIAL
CLAIMS TO THE PRESIDENT -Only
decision of district boards on indus
t-; ;al claims for discharge can be ap
pealed.
if you desire to appeal the decision
of the district boards to the president
you may do- so within seven days of
the date of mailing to you of the de
cision of the district board. To i>et feet
your appeal:
1. Get or copy from the district or
local board form 163.
2. Fill out the form and file it with
the district hoard.
3. l)o this within seven days after
the mailing of notice to you of the de
cision of the district board in your
case.
f}). HOW YOU WILT. BE NOTfFIL’D
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SELECT
ED FOR MILITARY SERVICE As
soon as your case is finally dfspo-ed
of. the adjutant general of your state
will notify you by mail that \u have
Teen selected for military service.
Your local boards will post a list of
all persons selected for military er
vice in a place at the office of the lon
hoards accessible to public view. The
local board will also give fists of per
sens selected for military service tc
the press' with requests for publica
tion.
20. NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN SELECTED FOR MILITARY
SERVICE WILL NOT NECESSARILY
ORDER YOU INTO SERVICE The
notice to report for military service
will come when the government is
ready to receive you.
(Signed) E. H. CROWDER,
TYovost Marshal (jeneial
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All parties holding Bartow
County, (Ga.) Warrants issue of
191 6, including all months to
Nov. I, 191 6pi ease furnish me
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date, number, amount and upon
what fund. We want to see if
we can’t pay them all off and
fast as we can do so. This is
the only method by which we
can locate them and hope your
reply will be prompt.
Q. H. Qilreath,
Clerk of Board.
July 10th, 1917.
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