Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — QUESTIONAIRES GO OUT TODAY [ARTICLE]

QUESTIONAIRES GO OUT TODAY

FIRST 5 PER CENT OF DRAFTEES TO RECEIVE QUESTIONNAIRES TODAY. day time limit of filing his blank this Saturday noon to the first 5 per cent of the total men of the county subject to conscription. The second group will be mailed out Monday and 5 per cent will be mailed out each day excepting Sunday until the names of all men subject to draft are exhausted. Members of the local board have stated, the failure of any man to receive his blank will not be an excuse or exempt him from the service. The posting of a name will - be sufficient to bind a man to the seven day time limit of filling has blank and presenting it to the board of legal advisors for verification. None of the questionnaires filled out by the men to whom they are mailed will be accepted by the conscription board until they have first been passed on by* the board of legal advisors. ! , Warning is sounded to all persons making affidavits to any one of the statements made by the men who fill out the blank. Signing of affidavits on hearsay evidence is a violation and will result in prosecutions. Acting under federal orders the local board is compelled to be strict in this respect. With the assurance of the questionnaires exemptions will be a thing of the past. Every one will be held liable to service but will be placed in classes according to ~ their qualifications and rights; v The board requests that the men who phone or write for changes in addresses give their serial and draft numbers if possible. This wijl materially assist the board in disposing of the work that comes to it for final disposition.