Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1917 — Who Will Be Made Exempt From the Army Service. [ARTICLE]

Who Will Be Made Exempt From the Army Service.

Washington, June, 16. —Farmers are not exempt from military service. To dispel the widespread impression that agricultural pursuits are exempt from the .selective draft, Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder today reiterated that only “indispeitsible men” in any industry will be exempted. “Every man that can serve the nation better as a soldier than in the industry or occupation in which he happens to be, will be called to the colors unless it works actual hardship to his dependents. ’ The others—indispensibles—will be exempted. . In a proclamation of exemption regulations to be,issued within a few days by President Wilson, a provision made for determining who are and who are not the indispensable men. Such is the tremendous task con- • fronting the appellate exemption boards. The proclamation places the sole power to pass upon occupational claims for exemption into the hands of these boards. One is created for each federal judicial district in the country. President Wilson’s proclamation will furnish general rules for the guidance of the appellate boards but the power to exempt or refuse is left largely to their discretion.