Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1917 — MARRIED MEN NOT EXEMPT [ARTICLE]

MARRIED MEN NOT EXEMPT

Where W ife’s Parents Are Able to • Care for Her. Jesse Eschbach, state conscription agent, has announced that the fact that a drafted man is married is no cause for exemption, and that each case will be decided upon its individual merits. In the case of a man with a wife whose parents are able to care for her, the man can not claim exemption on that ground. This point has been made clear by Mr. Eschbach, who wired the department at Washington as follows: "Married registrant claims exenfption as sole support wife. Wife’s relatives wealthy, can and will support her. Is local board justified refusing exemption?" Provost Marshal-General Crowder answered: , "Under regulation number 20. paragraph 1. page 32, the wife in the class of cases stated by you can not properly be said to be dependent upon the husband’s labor for her support."