Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. DRAFT QUIZ IS MADE PUBLIC Men Must Make Replies or Face One Year in Jail. Washington, D. C;, November 14. —The 148 questions for the remaining 9,000,000 draft registrants to answer, beginning December 15, were made public today. They constitute a searching inquiry into each man’s life and fitness and determine to the action of local draft boards the order of his call to military service. The questionnaire automatically revoke® all exemptions and discharges under the first draft. Failure to return answer in seven days after receipt of the questions makes the registrant liable to a year in prison. Such men may be certified in the first class call. Mailing of the lists by the local boards constitutes legal notice to the registrant. /His failure to receive it does not excuse the registrant. If a man’s status changes and he does not report it within five days to his board, he is subject to a year in prison. The minimum number of questions each man must answer is about twenty-six and the maximum about 1.00. All previous records are wiped out by the questionnaire.