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 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 CONCERNING SELECTIVE SERVICE LAW 
 
 Sacramento, California, July 2, 1918 
 
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Circular Letter No. 322. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. , ,>V'>', '>.' 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 5-20 June 15, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Classification of Recent Marriage Cases. 
 
 The following telegram received from the office of the 
 Provost Marshal General is published for the information and 
 guidance of all concerned : 
 
 Washington, D. C, June 13, 1918. 
 Adjutant General, 
 
 Sacramento, California. 
 
 Number B fourteen seventy-five. Please promulgate 
 at once to Local Boards the following important amend- 
 ments to the Selective Service Regulations: 
 
 Rule Five, Section Seventy-two, is amended to read as 
 follows : 
 
 ''Rule Five. The fact of dependency resulting 
 from the marriage of registrant who has become twenty- 
 one years of age since June 5, 1917, and who has married 
 since the date of the introduction of the joint resolution 
 in Congress requiring his registration, to-wit, January 15, 
 1918, will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classi- 
 fication. B. If a registrant w^ho has attained the age of 
 twenty-one since June 5, 1917, and who has contracted 
 marriage subsequent to the date of the enactment of the 
 Selective Service Law, to-wit, May 18, 1917, but on or 
 prior to January 15, 1918, claims deferred classification 
 on the ground of dependency resulting from his marriage, 
 the fact of dependency resulting from his marriage will 
 be disregarded as ground for deferred classification, unless 
 the dependency is a child of the marriage, born or unborn 
 on or prior to June 9, 1918, in which case such a regis- 
 trant upon satisfactory proof being made shall be 
 classified in Class Two. C. If a registrant, other than 
 one who has attained the age of twenty-one years since 
 June 5, 1917, who has contracted marriage since May 18, 
 
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 « '• .'If)??,'* eijfiittft/Tli'C/^rcd classification on the «iroimd of 
 depoiidcncy resulting from his marriage, the fact of 
 dependency resulting from his marriage will be disre- 
 garded as a ground for deferred classification, unless the 
 dependent is a child of the marriage, born or unborn on or 
 before June 9, 1918, in which case such a registrant upon 
 satisfactory proof being made shall be placed in Class 
 Two. D. Nothing contained in this amendment to Rule 
 Five shall be construed as requiring the transfer to Class 
 Two of any registrant who has been finally classified in 
 Class One on the affirmative finding that his marriage 
 since May 18, 1917, was made with the primary view of 
 evading military service." 
 
 Instruct all Local Boards forthwith to classify all cases 
 involving marriage since May 18, 1917, in accordance 
 with the above. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 J. J. BORREE, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 323. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 17, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 The following letter from the office of the Provost Marshal 
 General is published for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 From : Office of the Provost IMarshal General. 
 To: Draft Executives in All States. 
 
 Subject: INIeal Tickets'. 
 
 1. Numerous requests are being received from various 
 Department Quartermasters through the Quartermaster 
 
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 General for desig-nations of Local Boards that issue cer- 
 tain meal tickets. To overcome this difficulty to a large 
 extent, it is requested that you give directtions to Local 
 Boards to hereafter phice their Local Board stamp at the 
 bottom of the meal ticket, or if tlic blank space at the 
 bottom of the meal ticket is not large enough for this 
 stamp, it may be placed diagonally across the face of same. 
 This should also be put on the triplicate copy before 
 forwarding to the Department Quartermaster. 
 
 E. H. Crowder, 
 Provost Marshal General. 
 By WiNPiELD S Price, 
 Major, National Army, Chief Disbursing Officer. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 J. J. BORREE, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 324. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 17, 1918. 
 
 To all Local and District Boards: 
 
 The following letter from the office of the Provost Marshal 
 General is published for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 From : Office of the Provost Marshal General. 
 To: Draft Executives in All States. 
 
 Subject: Frx\udulent Communications. 
 
 1. Referring to our General Telegram No. B 1239 of 
 June 1st, and as an example of fraudulent methods which 
 are being resorted to, there is enclosed herewith a copy of 
 
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 a fraudulent form letter never authorized by the Navy 
 Department. Some of the eopies bear the signature 
 "L. W. Overstreet" in typewriting; othei-s bear no sig- 
 nature. Its evident purpose is to enable persons subject 
 to draft to escape military service by presenting what 
 purports to be an official determination of the fact that 
 the holder of the letter is outside of the draft age. Such 
 letters should not be accepted as evidence of age. 
 
 2, The Navy Department is endeavoring to discover 
 the guilty party or parties and it is requested that you 
 ascertain whether or not any such letters have been sub- 
 mitted to any boards in your State and instruct boards to 
 take prompt measures to apprehend persons who present 
 such letters and secure all possible proof in connection 
 w^ith the same. 
 
 3. At the same time it might be well to advise boards 
 to be upon the alert to discover similar fraudulent prac- 
 tices. It is suggested that your communication of the 
 foregoing be made to the Local and District Boards in the 
 strictest confidential manner in order that the informa- 
 tion may not be publicly disseminated. 
 
 E. H. Crowder, 
 Provost Marshal General. 
 
 Navy Department 
 
 Bureau of Navigation 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Sir: The Bureau acknowledges receipt of your offer to 
 reenlist in the Navy and regrets that as you are over the 
 maximum age limit j^our reenlistment at this time can not 
 be authorized. 
 
 The Bureau wishes to thank you for the offer of your 
 services. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 Division of Enlisted Personnel, 
 Bureau of Navigation, Navy 
 Department. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. Q. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 325. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 17, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 The following letter from the office of the Provost Marshal 
 General is published for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 From : Office of the Provost Marshal General. 
 To : Draft Executives in All States. 
 
 Subject : Amendment to Section 151, S. S. R. 
 
 1. Section 151, S. S. R., is hereby amended by the 
 addition of the following: 
 
 ''(h) Except in the following cases, no person regis- 
 tered or subject to registration under the Selective Service 
 Act may enlist or be recruited in the military forces of 
 co-belligerents of the United States : 
 
 (1) Upon presentation by a registrant to a recruiting 
 officer of a co-belligerent of the United States, of a certifi- 
 cate of final classification of his Local Board (Form 1007, 
 P. M. G. 0.) showing that he has been placed in Class 
 V (e) on the ground that he is an alien enemy or in 
 Class V (f ) on the ground that he is a resident alien who 
 has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the 
 United States, he may enlist in the military forces of a 
 co-belligerent of the United States. 
 
 (2) Upon presentation by a registrant to a recruiting 
 officer of a co-belligerent of the United States, of a certifi- 
 cate of his Local Board that he has been found by the 
 Local Board not to be a citizen of the United States and 
 not to have declared his intention to become a citizen of 
 the United States, that he has expressly waived classi- 
 fication in Class V on the ground of alienage, and that the 
 Local Board has placed him in Class II, III or IV, he may 
 enlist in the Military forces of a co-belligerent of the 
 United States; Form 1007, P. M. G. 0., may not be used 
 in this case, but the Local Board shall prepare a special 
 certificate. 
 
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 (3) Immediately upon the enlistment of a registrant 
 under the exceptions above noted, the recruiting officer 
 shall forward to the local board a certificate that the 
 registrant has enlisted in the military service of the 
 country which the recruiting officer represents. The 
 local board shall, upon receipt of such certificate of the 
 recruiting officer, place in Class (5f) any registrant who 
 has enlisted under the provisions of the sub-paragraph 
 immediately preceding." 
 
 2. If Local Boards or State Headquarters learn that 
 recruiting officers, of foreign countries have enlisted 
 registrants in violation of the above regulation, it is 
 requested that they immediately forward to this office 
 affidavits showing the fact and circumstances of the 
 enlistment and citizenship and classification of the regis- 
 trant, in order that steps may be taken to obtain his 
 discharge from such military service and return to the 
 place of enlistment. 
 
 E. H. Crow^der, 
 Provost Marshal General. 
 By C. A. Hope, 
 Capt. National Army ; Acting Chief 
 Administrative Division. 
 
 By direction op the Governor. 
 
 j. j. borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 326. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 5_12 June 18, 1918. 
 
 To all Lijcal (ukI Mfdical Adrisorii Hoanh: 
 
 Subject: New Physical Examination Manual. 
 Herewith Form 75 which is a new and complete manual for 
 standards of physical examinations. This will be used by all 
 
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 Arodical Examining Officers of Local Boards, Medical Examin- 
 ing Boards and at the mobilization camps. 
 
 Please distribute these to your examining ph^^sicians. If 
 you need additional copies order them immediately. 
 
 The Provost Marshal General instructs that ALL OF YOUR 
 FORMS 64 ARE TO BE IMMEDIATELY DESTROYED. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 327. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 5-12 June 18, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Transportation. 
 
 The attention of Local Boards is again called to the fact 
 that men who are to be sent to camp on tourist sleepers must 
 have transportation requests for excess fare. 
 
 The fare on regular day coaches is three cents a mile. When 
 a man travels on a tourist sleeper, an additional charge of one 
 quarter cent per mile is made for transportation. This is in 
 addition to the regular charge for a tourist berth. Therefore, 
 the Local Boards must furnish the man, 1st, with his regular 
 ticket, 2d, with liis ticket for a berth and, 3d, if the man pur- 
 chases his berth at a place other than the point of entraining, 
 the Local Board must give him a transportation request for 
 the excess fare. 
 
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 If you do not understand this system, call on the Local 
 Railroad Agent and get him to show you the little red slip that 
 he has to attach to the tickets for the excess fare and explain 
 the sy.stem to you. 
 
 During the last week, since the excess fare regulations went 
 into effect, this office has been called upon almost every day to 
 issue additional transportation requests to men from Local 
 Boards within this and adjacent states. In some cases as 
 many as six or eight contingents have been held up at Sacra- 
 mento for some hours because of lack of proper transportation 
 requests. 
 
 AVhile this office is always glad to help out men from con- 
 tingents in this way, it should be unnecessary and it frequently 
 causes the men inconvenience and delay en route. 
 
 By DIRECTION OP THE GOVERNOR. 
 
 J. J. BORREE, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 328. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1_12 June 18, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 The following letter from the office of the Provost Marshal 
 General is published for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 From: Office of the Provost Marshal General. 
 To: Draft Executives in All States. 
 
 Subject: Transportation. 
 
 1. The following letter from the Quartermaster at Fort 
 Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, has been received in this 
 
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 office through the Quartermaster General's Office, and is 
 quoted for your information, and with the request that it 
 be communicated to all Local Boards in your next bul- 
 letin : 
 
 ''Considerable confusion has arisen recently due to the 
 fact that enlisted men under orders to report at this 
 station have been furnished by Local Draft Boards trans- 
 portation reading- to Indianapolis onl.y. Inasmuch as 
 Fort Benjamin Harrison is located eleven miles east of 
 Indianapolis on the C.C.C. & St. L. Ry. and the Union 
 Traction Company of Indiana, the above arrangement 
 has resulted in a large number of men arriving at Indian- 
 apolis within the last few weeks without transportation 
 between Indianapolis and Fort Benjamin Harrison. 
 
 It is suggested that in order to insure transportation 
 being furnished to destination instructions be issued to 
 the various local draft boards that all transportation 
 requests covering travel to this station be issued through 
 to Fort Benjamin Harrison showing C.C.C. & St. L. Ry. 
 as the last carrier." 
 
 E. H. Crowder, 
 Provost Marshal General. 
 By WiNFiELD S. Price, 
 IMajor, N. A., Chief Disbursing Officer. 
 
 By direction op the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 329. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 18, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Reclassification of Recent Marriage Cases. 
 
 The following telegram received from the office of the 
 Provost Marshal General is published for the information and 
 guidance of all concerned: 
 
 Washington, D. C, June 17, 1918. 
 Governor of California, 
 Sacramento, California. 
 
 Number B fifteen thirty-eight. Our telegram No. four- 
 teen seventy-five amending Rule 5, Section 72, S. S. R., 
 provides that certain registrants married since May 18, 
 1917, shall be placed in Class 1 or 2. These registrants 
 shall be designated on questionnaire and cover sheet as 
 being in subdivision X, Class 1 or 2, as the case may be. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction op the Governor. 
 
 J. J. BORREE; 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 330. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 18, 1918. 
 
 To all Loc<il Boards: 
 
 Subject: Registration Cards. 
 Confirming telegram of even date. The following telegram 
 received from the office of the Provost Marshal General is pub- 
 lished for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 Number E fifteen seventy-five. Instruct all Local 
 Boards at once by wire that no registration cards of the 
 new registration received after June 18 will be assigned 
 registration numbers at the present time and no lists of 
 such registration cards received after date shall be pre- 
 pared as required by Section 47 of Registration Regula- 
 tions No. 2. Regulations to be issued in the future will 
 specify the manner of assigning registration numbers to 
 all such cards which, pending the issuance of such Regula- 
 tions should be held by each Local Board. All registration 
 cards received on or before June 18 shall immediately be 
 assigned registration numbers as prescribed in Sections 43 
 and 44 of Registration Regulations No. 2 and lists shall 
 be made and disposed of as prescribed in Section 47. It 
 is imperative that all cards received on or before June 18 
 be immediately numbered and lists prepared as required 
 by the Regulations. This office should be advised not later 
 than June 20 that all such cards have been numbered and 
 lists received in your office. Urge all Boards to promptly 
 forward all such lists and if any lists of registration con- 
 summated on June 5 are lacking all such lists should be 
 immediately forwarded as this class must be made avail- 
 able for call at the earliest possible moment. This is 
 
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 urgent, therefore please acknowledge and give personal 
 attention. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction op the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 331. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 18, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Emergency Fleet List. 
 Confirming telegram of even date. The following telegram 
 received from the office of the Provost Marshal General is 
 published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
 
 Number B fifteen thirty-five. Communicate following 
 to all Local Boards by wire : 
 
 ''Section 154 check of Emergency Fleet Classification 
 List prescribed in Paragraph C will be dispensed with for 
 month of June. It is hoped by July 1st to perfect new 
 plan and regulations covering Emergency Fleet Classifi- 
 cation. ' ' 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction op the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C. 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 332. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 22, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject : Questionnaires for New Registrants. 
 
 Following telegram quoted for your information and com- 
 pliance : 
 
 Number B sixteen hundred six. Beginning on June 
 25th and continuing for three days thereafter Question- 
 naires for second edition shall be sent each day to twenty- 
 five per cent of the registrants of the class of June, 1918, in 
 accordance with the provisions of Section 92 and the last 
 paragraph of Section 99, as amended. Selective Service 
 Regulations, except that in mailing Questionnaires Local 
 Boards shall proceed according to the registration num- 
 bers of registrants and shall defer making any entries on 
 the classification list until after the order numbers have 
 been assigned in accordance with Regulations subsequently 
 to be promulgated. The space for serial and order num- 
 bers on the Questionnaire shall be left blank, the order 
 numbers to be filled in after they have been determined 
 and the Questionnaires are returned. After these num- 
 bers have been determined, the name shall be entered upon 
 the classification list in the order of their liability for 
 service as will be prescribed in later Regulations, and the 
 date of which the Questionnaire was mailed to each regis- 
 trant shall then be entered in column five of the classifi- 
 cation list. For this purpose a tentative list of the dates 
 on which Questionnaires were mailed should be kept by 
 each board. In preparing Form 1002 under Section 92, 
 Selective Service Regulations, the word ''Order" appear- 
 ing in its title shall be changed to read "Registration" 
 inasmuch as Questionnaires are sent to registrants before 
 Order Numbers are assigned. 
 
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 If more convenient you may issue all Questionnaires at once. 
 Second edition Questionnaires in mail to you, use second edi- 
 tion only hereafter, return excess suj^ply of first edition. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 j. j. borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. O., 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 333. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 22, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 SuB.jECT: Nonproductive Occupations. 
 The following: telegram received from the office of the Pro- 
 vost ]\Iai*shal General is published for the information and 
 guidance of all concerned : 
 
 Washington, D. C, June 21, 1918. 
 Adjutant General, 
 
 Sacramento, California. 
 
 Number B sixteen fourteen. Communicate to all Local 
 Boards. 
 
 In the administration and enforcement of the amend- 
 ments to Selective Service Regulations which become 
 effei^-tive July 1, 1918, and which provides for the with- 
 drawal of deferred classification and order number of 
 registrants found to l)e idlers or engaged in nonproduc- 
 tive occupations or employments. You are instructed as 
 follows : 
 
 1. Paragraph A of Section 121 K does not include man- 
 agers, clerks, cooks, or other employees unless they are 
 engaged in the serving of food and drink, or either. 
 
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 2. The words ''other attendants*' in Paragraph B of 
 Section 121 K include bell boys, and also include porters, 
 unless such porters are engaged in heavy work. 
 
 8. Paragraph C of Section 121 K includes, in addition 
 to ushers and their attendants, all persons engaged and 
 occupied in games, sports and amusements, except actual 
 performers in legitimate concerts, operas or theatrical 
 performances. 
 
 4. Paragraph D of Section 121 K does not include 
 public or private chauffeurs, unless they are also engaged 
 in other occupations or employments defined by these 
 Regulations as nonproductive. 
 
 5. Paragraph E of Section 121 K does not include store 
 executives, managers, superintendents, nor the heads of 
 such departments as accounting, financial, advertising, 
 credit, purchasing, delivery, receiving, shipping and their 
 departments ; does not include registered pharmacists 
 employed in wholesale and retail drug stores or establish- 
 ments; and does not includ'C traveling salesmen, buyers, 
 delivery drivers, electricians, engineers, carpet layers, 
 upholsterers, nor any employees doing heavy work out- 
 side the usual duties of clerks. 
 
 6. The words ' ' Sales Clerks and other Clerks ' ' in Para- 
 graph E of Section 121 K do include the clerical force in 
 the office, and in all department stores and mercantile 
 establishments. 
 
 7. The words ''stores and other mercantile establish- 
 ments" in Paragraph E of Section 121 K include both 
 wholesale and retail stores and mercantile establishments 
 engaged in selling goods and wares. 
 
 8. In addition to the cases where reasonable excuses 
 may be accepted for temporary idleness or for being 
 engaged in a nonproductive occupation or employment. 
 Local and District Boards have authority under the Regu- 
 lations to withhold or postpone action for a reasonable 
 time in cases where it appears that the registrant, in good 
 faith, is, or has been, seeking productive employment, 
 and that such reasonable postponement will enable him to 
 secure such employment. 
 
 9. Local Boards are instructed to cooperate with the 
 State Directors of the United States Employment Service, 
 or Local Agents of such service when advised of their 
 
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 appointment and location, in order that this Agency of 
 the Government may be enlisted to assist registrants 
 engaged in nonproductive occupations or employments to 
 obtain work of a productive character as soon as possible 
 and with the least hardship or inconvenience. To this 
 end Local Boards should furnish to such directors or 
 agents the names and addresses of registrants to whom 
 notice to appear has been given; should furnish such 
 directors or agents with the names and addresses of regis- 
 trants who may inquire for information in respect of a 
 chance of employment and refer all registrants requesting 
 such information to the directors or agents of the United 
 States employment service. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter No. 334. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 5-16 June 27,1918. 
 
 To all Local, Legal Advisory Boards 
 and Government Appeal Agents: 
 
 Subject: Legal Aid to Nineteen Eighteen Registrants. 
 
 Beginning June 25th and during the three successive days 
 Questionnairas are being mailed to all registrants of June 5, 
 1918. These registrants are entitled and should receive the 
 same legal aid as the registrants of June 5, 1917, received in 
 filling out their Questionnaires. 
 
 This Office is, therefore, calling upon the various Boards, 
 particularly the Members and Associate ^Members of the Legal 
 Advisory Boards to again render such aid to the registrants. 
 
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 The work of the various advisors during the latter part of 1917 
 and the early months of this year was so effectual and was so 
 patriotically and efficiently rendered that this Office has no 
 doubt that the 1918 registrants will receive equal aid in filling 
 out their Questionnaires and in receiving proper advice. 
 
 As the Members of all Boards and the Associate Members 
 of the Legal Advisory Boards are now familiar with their 
 duties this Office is issuing no specific and detail instructions 
 regarding such duties at this time as it is believed that such 
 are unnecessary. 
 
 By DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR. 
 
 J. J. BORREE, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Circular Letter Na. 335. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 5-16 June 27, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 The following letter received from the Provost Marshal 
 General is quoted for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 From : Office of the Provost Marshal General. 
 To: Draft Executives in All States. 
 
 SuB-jECT: Change in Manner of Handling Individual 
 
 Inductions. 
 
 1. Effective July 1, 1918, competent orders (frequently 
 termed ''individual induction orders") will he issued by 
 the Provost MarsJiul General only. No other person is 
 vested with authority to issue these orders, and Local 
 
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 Boards will ignore all orders or requests for the individual 
 induction of registrants which are signed by any other 
 person and which are presented to them subsequent to 
 June 30. The following procedure will govern individual 
 induction under competent orders so far as the Selective 
 Sendee machinery is concerned. 
 
 2. Competent orders (original and duplicate Form 
 No. 2007) will be forwarded by the Provost Marshal 
 General to the Local Board direct. Upon the receipt of 
 these orders the Local Board will summon before it the 
 registrant named in the orders and offer him voluntary 
 induction thereunder. The registrant must, within 
 twenty-four hours, indicate his acceptance or rejection of 
 the offer by signing the statement at the bottom of Form 
 2007. If the offer is declined, both copies of Form 2007 
 will be filed with the Questionnaire of the registrant and 
 this office notified of the rejection of the offer on Form 
 2008 (the post card form accompanying the competent 
 orders). 
 
 3. Upon acceptance by a registrant of voluntary induc- 
 tion under a competent order the Local Board will proceed 
 to induct him in the usual manner by entering in column 
 24 of its classification list the date and hour on which he 
 is to report to the Board for military duty and entrain- 
 ment (which date shall not be later than seven days after 
 the date of his acceptance) and mailing to him Form 
 1028, the order to report for military duty. Upon report- 
 ing for military duty the Local Board wdll deliver the 
 following papers to the registrant, instructing him to 
 deliver them to the military authorities immediately upon 
 his arrival at his destination: One Form 1 (certified 
 copy of original registration card of registrant), one 
 Form 1029 A and B, one copy of Form 1010, and the 
 duplicate copy of Form 2007. The following papers will 
 be sent by registered mail to the Adjutant of the military 
 camp or station to whicli the registrant is sent: Form 
 1029 (original and duplicate), and one copy of Form 
 1010. The original copy of Form 2007 will be filed by 
 the Local Board with the Questionnaire of the registrant. 
 
 4. Local Boards must induct registrants under com- 
 petent orders unless at the time of the receipt of the 
 orders the Local Board has either entered in column 24 
 
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 of its classification list the date and hour on which he is 
 to report for military duty and entrainment or mailed to 
 him Form 1028, the order to report for military duty. 
 If, however, either of these steps have been taken by the 
 Board, the competent orders should not be honored. 
 Slackers (persons who have failed to register), delinquents 
 and deserters must not be inducted under competent 
 orders. If for any reason induction is refused by the 
 Local Board the reason for such refusal will be clearly 
 indicated on Form 2008. Once a registrant has signed 
 his acceptance on the competent order the Local Board 
 must complete the induction even through the registrant 
 subsequently changes his mind and attempts to withdraw 
 his acceptance. 
 
 5. A registrant must not be inducted under a competent 
 order unless he possesses the exact physical requirements 
 specified in the order. For instance, if the order states 
 that the registrant shall be inducted only in case he is 
 found physically qualified for special or limited service 
 only, the registrant may not be inducted if he is found 
 physically qualified for general military service, or remedi- 
 ably defective, or physically disqualified for military 
 service. 
 
 6. Registrants in a deferred classification must file with 
 their Local Board a waiver of such classification. If the 
 registrant is in Class IV on the ground of dependency, a 
 waiver must also be filed by the person or persons in whose 
 interest he was thus classified in Class IV. 
 
 7. Transferred cases will be handled as follows: Local 
 Board of transfer at the expense of the registrant will 
 request Local Board of origin to prepare the necessary 
 induction papers as prescribed in Section 148 of the 
 Selective Service Regulations (as amended by C.S.S.R. 
 No. 1, January 21, 1918), and advise the Board of transfer 
 as to the status of the registrant in respect to dependency. 
 If the registrant is not a slacker, a delinquent, or a 
 deserter, and has not been previously ordered to report 
 for military duty, the Board of origin will prepare the 
 necessary papers and forward them at once to the Board 
 of transfer. Upon receipt of the papers the Board of 
 transfer will add the name of the place of actual induction 
 at the bottom of the space for the stamp of the Local 
 
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 Board on all papers and will induct the registrant into 
 service. It will add to the induction papei^ which accom- 
 pany the registrant the duplicate copy of Form 2007. 
 The Local Board of transfer will also execute and mail 
 Form 2008. In transferred cases Local Boards of trans- 
 fer will accept necessary waivers in cases of dependency 
 but will transmit them to Board of origin. Local Board of 
 transfer will transmit original of Form 2007 to the Local 
 Board of origin immediately upon completing the induc- 
 tion. 
 
 8. Local Boards will report individual inductions to 
 State Headquarters as at present. State Headquarters 
 will discontinue the present practice of including these 
 inductions in their daily telegraphic reports of inductions 
 to this office. State Headquarters will, of course, include 
 in their telegraphic reports in July individual inductions 
 made by Local Boards up to and including June 30th. 
 They will not include in their telegraphic reports individ- 
 ual inductions made by Local Boards on July first and 
 thereafter. 
 
 9. A sufficient number of copies of this letter and 
 sample forms 2007 and 2008 are being forwarded to your 
 headquarters under separate cover to enable you to distri- 
 bute three to each Local Board within your jurisdiction. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C. 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 336. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 29, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Income of Dependents. 
 
 The following telegram received from the office of the 
 Provost Marshal General is published for the information and 
 guidance of all concerned : 
 
 Washington, D. C, June 26, 1918. 
 Adjutant General, 
 
 Sacramento, California. 
 
 Number B seventeen hundred eleven. Instruct Local 
 and District Boards that in considering claims for deferred 
 Classification on dependency grounds they will disregard 
 income provided by the State or ^lunicipalities for the 
 maintenance of dependents while the registrant upon 
 whose labors these persons are dependent for support are 
 in the military service of the United States. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 j. j. borree, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 337. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 June 29, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Street Car Tickets for Draft Boards. 
 
 The following letter quoted for the information and guid- 
 ance of all concerned: 
 
 1. Reference your letter May 18, 1918, authority has 
 been obtained from the Quartermaster General to furnish 
 street car transportation to Local Boards when such trans- 
 portation is necessar}^ in forwarding drafted men to rail- 
 road stations. Tickets have already been furnished to 
 various Local Draft Boards upon their request for same. 
 
 2. In connection with the furnishing of street car tickets 
 to Draft Boards in the city of Oakland, it is suggested 
 that when required requests be referred to the Recruiting 
 Officer of that city. By authority of Depot Quarter- 
 master. 
 
 By direction op the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G, C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 338. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 5-12 July 1, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Badges for Contingents. 
 
 There are now being shipped to all Local Boards badges to 
 be worn, in accordance with Section 164, Selective Service 
 Regulations, by the men called for service when entraining. 
 
 These badges are shield shape with a space for the Local 
 Board to put their stamp. It is recommended that the badge 
 be pinned to the left sleeve and worn by the men as a chevron. 
 This can be accomplished very nicely by pinning through the 
 badge and the sleeve at the sides of the badge. One pin on 
 each side will be sufficient. 
 
 Pins have been ordered by this office and will be supplied to 
 Local Boards as soon as received. 
 
 By DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR. 
 
 J. J. BORREE, 
 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 339. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 H-18 July 1, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Emergency Fleet List. 
 
 1. Until directed to the contrary, all Local Boards should 
 retain on their Emergency Fleet List the names of the men 
 heretofore listed to them. 
 
 2. There Ls now being arranged a system whereby a complete 
 check of all registrants working with the Emergency Fleet 
 Corporation will be checked up and, in order that no injustice 
 may be done and no inconvenience come to the Emergency 
 Fleet Corporation, all Local Boards are requested to refrain 
 from sending men who are actually employed in the Emergency 
 Fleet AVork whether properly listed or not. so long as notice is 
 received that such registrant is so employed. 
 
 By Direction of the Governor. 
 
 J. J. Borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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 Circular Letter No. 340. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 July 1, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject: Delinquents. ' 
 The following telegram from the office of the Provost 
 ^Marshal General is published for the information and guid- 
 ance of all concerned : 
 
 Washington, D. C, June 29, 1918. ^ 
 Adjutant General, 
 
 Sacramento, California. 
 
 Number B seventeen eighty-seven. The mailing of 
 Questionnaires to registrants Class, June, 1918, is now in 
 progress. Before any registrant of this class is reported 
 as delinquent, the necessary procedure by Local Boards 
 and State Adjutant General as to delinquency of the 
 Class, June, 1917, must be completed. Unless an imme- 
 diate and thorough clean up is made unnecessary confu- 
 sion will inevitably result. I can not over emphasize the 
 necessity of the immediate completion of this procedure 
 as outlined in Paragraphs 131 to 138 inclusive, Selective 
 Service Regulations, wdth reference to those registrants 
 of Class on June, 1917, who have failed to file a Question- 
 naire or failed to appear for physical examination. The 
 last Questionnaires have been mailed this class of regis- 
 trants months ago and if instructions from this office have 
 been followed physical examinations of Class 1 men have 
 been long completed. If the proper procedure has been 
 follow^ed all registrants of class on June, 1917, who have 
 failed to comply with the requirements of the Regulations 
 have been reported to the State Adjutants General and 
 proper action has been taken at State Headquarters wliich 
 has brought such delinquents into the service or into the 
 status of deserters. Reports reaching this office indicate 
 that many Local Boards and some State Adjutants 
 
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 General at this late date are still tardy in this respect 
 in spite of my telegram B twenty-four of ^March 6th and 
 my General Letter to all Governors of ^lay 11th. 
 
 "1. Direct all Local Boards in your State to report to 
 you by return mail on Form 1013 all registrants of Class 
 Jiuie, 1917. and who have not previously been reported 
 who have failed to file Questionnaires or who have failed 
 to appear for physical examination. 
 
 2. Direct the Boards to advise you definitely in the same 
 mail that they have or have not already completed 1013 
 reports of this class of registrants. 
 
 3. Follow up your instructions to Local Boards per- 
 sonally each day until you have received a report of this 
 character from each Local Board in your State," 
 
 If there are any remaining delinquents so reported by 
 Local Boards to whom 1014 and succeeding Induction 
 Orders have not as yet been issued complete this procedure 
 at once. Advise this office not later than July 10th the 
 number of Local Boards in your State who have filed com- 
 plete report on Form 1013, who have not as yet made com- 
 plete report and number of Local Boards, if any, from 
 whom you have been unable to get replies. Also advise if 
 Form 1014 has been mailed by your Office to all such 
 delinquents who have been reported to you on Form 1013 
 and if not when this procedure will be accomplished. 
 Urgent. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 j. j. borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
— 27 — 
 Circular Letter No. 341. 
 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 
 
 SACRAMENTO 
 
 1-12 July 1, 1918. 
 
 To all Local Boards: 
 
 Subject : Dependents. 
 The following telegram from the office of the Provost 
 Marshal General is published for the information and guid- 
 ance of all concerned : 
 
 Washington, D. C, June 26, 1918. 
 
 Adjutant General, 
 
 Sacramento, California. 
 
 Number B seventeen thirty-nine. It is reported to this 
 office that in the reclassification of registrants now in 
 progress, some Local Boards are basing the dependency 
 status of registrants on a finding of w^hether or not the 
 parents or relatives of the registrant or his dependents 
 are willing or able to provide for the dependents while the 
 registrant is in the military service. Please call attention 
 of all Boards to Paragraph F, Section 72, Selective Ser- 
 vice Regulations, which clearly means that the ability or 
 willingness of parents or parents in law of a registrant to 
 provide for his dependents must not be considered. 
 Please further instruct all Boards that this rule must be 
 adhered to. 
 
 Crowder. 
 
 By direction of the Governor. 
 
 j. j. borree, 
 Brigadier General, N. G. C, 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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