' orvr AUG 13 COMPILED CIRCULARS, No. 12 AND SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX COVERING COMPILED CIRCULARS 401 TO 464, INCLUSIVE U B UC-HRLF CsMs THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONCERNING SELECTIVE SERVICE LAW Sacramento, California, September 17, 1918 CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE SACRAMENTO 1918 GIFT or /4n/;,.-7fz,-/ Ge^££0& Circular Letter No. 401. , STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO • 12 August 12, 1918. To all Local, I) is I rid, Legal Advisory and Medical Advisory Hoards and Appeal Agents: The following letter from the office of the Provost Marshal General is published for the information and guidance of all concerned : From : Provost Marshal General. To: Draft Executives of all States. Subject: Registration Upon Extension of Draft Ages. 1. General Statement. Legislation. 1. It is anticipated that legislation extending the present draft ages will soon be enacted by Congress. At this time, it can not be stated with exactness what ages will be subject to draft, but it is safe to assume that a very large number of men will be required to register, and that registration day will be early in September. Purpose of this Communication. 2. To conduct successfully a registration of the magnitude which the forthcoming registration is certain to attain, re- quires detailed and extensive preparation. There will not be time for such preparation after the passage of the legislation, and the purpose of this communication is twofold; namely. (1) To outline beforehand the plan which has been decided upon for the accomplishment of the registration, to the (^nd that all concerned may be advised in advance of the duties which will devolve upon them; and (2) To request that all preliminary arrangements be made ;it once in order that the entire plan may be com- pleted immediately upon the passage of the legislation and the receipt of the regulations promulgated there- under, p 402928 — 2 — In other words. 11 id desired thai the machinery for r tration be so perfected thai il will be ready to be pul into, operation. Importanci of Complete Readiness. 3. PREPARATION FOR THE ANTICIPATED REGIS TRATION IS BY FAB THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK NOW CONFRONTING THOSE CONNECTED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRAFT AND TIIK NECES SITY FOR COMPLETE READINESS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE CAN NOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED. 2. Organization For Registration. Governors. 4. The Governors of all States and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia will be called upon to supervise the execution of the registration in their respective States and the District of Columbia. 5. To eliminate repetition, hereafter the word "Governor" will be taken to include the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the word "State" will contemplate the inclu- sion of the District of Columbia. Adjutant General. 6. The Adjutant General or Draft Executive in cadi Stale. acting under the direction of the Governor, will, as hei fore, be the central administrative authority of the registra- tion system within the State. Local Boards. 7. The Local Boards will have immediate supervision and direction of the registration within their respective jurisdic- tions. 8. The actual registration will be made in the customary voting precincts in the jurisdiction of each Local Board, and generally speaking in the places and in the manner ordinarily employed in the registration of voters. In the Districl of Columbia the registration shall be made in the various police precincts or such other subdivisions as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 9. There must he at least one place Tor registration in each precinct. 10. The Adjutant General or the Draft Executive in each State is directed to at once request each Local Board to appoint a registrar or registrars for each voting precinct within its jurisdiction. Where there is more than one regis- trar, one of them will be designated by the Local Board as chief registrar, and where there is only one registrar, he will perform the duties of chief registrar hereinafter prescribed in addition to those of registrar. 11. The following rules will be observed in appointing reg- istrars : (a) For each probable eighty registrants in a precinct, one registrar shall be appointed. (6) Registrars should be competent to do the clerical work, must be citizens of the United States and reside within the jurisdiction of the Local Board by which they are appointed, and should be per- sons who have lived long enough in such jurisdic- diction to be well acquainted with the residents thereof. (c) All persons are expected to offer such services as they can afford in this patriotic duty without com- pensation, but when compensation is claimed by a registrar, <$-L00 may be paid for his services. Vol- unteer registrars who offer their services free of charge may be appointed and sworn in such num- ber as may be conveniently used in any precinct. (d) As California has on two previous occasions con- ducted draft registrations without cost to the Na- tional Government, it is Governor William D. Stephens' special pride in accomplishing the greater task of a third registration through the unselfish patriotic and voluntary service of all concerned. 3. Employment of Interpreters. 12. It was evident on the first registration day that adequate arrangements in some jurisdictions had not been made for interpreters. It will be necessary for Local Boards in juris- dictions where it is known from knowledge of local conditions that the services of such men will be required on registration day to appoint interpreters to act on that day. If volunteers for this service can not be obtained, persons may be employed — 4 — for this service and compensated as provided in Section 28 of Registration Regulations No. 2. but it is hoped that in this respect that California will make a similar record to the one of June 5, 1917, when not one cenl was paid for this service, all interpreters being volunteers. 4. Duties of Officers and Agencies Employed. Governors, Mayors and County Officers. 13. The Governors, Mayors and City Clerks of cities of 30,000 population or over, and the county authorities or officers performing duties similar to those of county authori- ties in States having no county organization (if not serving on the Local Boards) are called upon to assist Local Boards in providing suitable places for registration, and to obtain the co-operation of the proper election commissioners and cus- todians or officers in charge of election machinery and public buildings. All expenses incurred in connection with provid- ing such places for registration will be compensated for by the Federal Government. When voting booths are available. they should be used, together witli such equipment as is usually supplied for use in registering voters, and the same procedure should be followed in providing places for registra- tion as is followed in providing voting, or registration places for county or city elections. Where the customary voting places are in private buildings, proprietors should be requested to afford assistance to the local authorities by permitting the use of such places for the purpose of registration. Such public officers and agencies as are ordinarily employed in transport- ing or setting up portable voting booths and other voting and registration material will be requested to render their ass ance in transporting and setting up booths Cor the purpose of registration. Adjutant General or Draft Executive, 14. The President's Proclamation will tix the date for rej tration, and the Adjutant General or Draft Executive in each Slate will be required to notify all Local Boards of the date set, furnish blank forms and regulations to the Local Boards, consolidate returns of the registration and make a report of the same to this office, and generally superintend the registration in the state. H will be his task to ascertain from — 5 — each Local Board in his State that registrars as directed have been appointed and all arrangements completed in ample time for registration. Aid. 15. Local Boards should be directed to obtain the co-opera- tion of political organizations, County and City Councils of National Defense, committees of public safety and similar agencies within their respective jurisdictions to assist in bring- ing about wide publicity in connection with the registration and in the end a complete registration of all persons liable to be registered. Local Boards. 16. The responsibility for providing suitable places for registration will resl upon the Local Boards, assisted, as pro- vided in the foregoing, by the Governor, the Mayor and County Clerk in cities of 30,000 population or over, the authorities of the county or similar subdivision (if they are not already serving on the Local Board), and the Central Registration Committee in those jurisdictions where such a committee has been appointed. 17. Local Boards will be required to furnish cards to the sick and to the nonresident registrants within their respective jurisdictions and to certify to those of the latter. 18. Local Boards will receive registration cards, certificates, and other forms from the Adjutant General and will distribute them among the chief registrars who will be responsible - for them. The Boards will be required to prepare returns of the registration, and will make lists of the persons registered for posting, publication and mailing to this office and to the Adju- tant General. Registrars. 19. Registrars will be charged in the first instance with mak- ing places ready for registration. This duty is to be per- formed under the direction of the Local Board. They will also be charged with the duty of making the actual registra- tion of persons within the voting precincts to which they are appointed. The chief registrar, when not otherwise engaged, will likewise make out registration cards, and will hold every — 6 — person acting as registrar under him strictly accountable for the cards and certificates supplied to him. At the close of the day, the chief registrar will be required to make out a report of the registration at the place of which he has been in charge, and will deliver the same to the Chairman of the Local Board, together with the registration cards (used and unused) and remaining certificate 5. Estimates. 20. In order to appoint the necessary number of registrars and to make adequate preparations for registration, it is necessary to estimate the number of persons to be registered. Without information as to the age limits, there is no exact basis for such an estimate. However, an estimate may be made and preparations consummated on the basis of one-third greater registration than on June 5, 1917. It may be assumed that one and one-third times as many persons will be liable to registration as were registered in 1917. This assumption is from a National standpoint and may not bo applicable to an individual State or a Local Board within the State, but. as it is the best basis that can at this time be offered, it is suggested that each Adjutant General and each Local Board make a careful survey and estimate on such a basis of the probable number of persons to be registered within the jurisdiction of the respective Local Boards. 21. Preparation for the registration of the probable number of registrants under such an estimate will be sufficient to meel almost any eventuality, inasmuch as the plan contemplates the maximum number of persons likely to he registered. 22. Appendix Table 45, "Report of the Provosj Marshal General to the Secretary of War on the First Draft," should be consulted in ascertaining the number of persons registered in 1917. 6. Auxiliary Organizations. 23. County and city attorneys will co-operate with mem bers of the Legal Advisory Board; marshals, deputy marshals and police officers will render every assistance in the execu lion of the law; news agencies and newspapers will be called upon to lend their assistance in giving wide publicity to the date and places of registration, and the postmasters will he — 7 — directed to post copies of the proclamation in every post office of the United States. 7. Special Cases of Registration. 24. The sick will be registered by persons deputized to make their registration. Felons will be registered by the warden of the penitentiaries, and persons awaiting trial and misde- meanants will be treated as absentees except that their regis- tration cards will be obtained and filled in by the jailers. 25. Indians will be registered under the supervision of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and persons residing in Yel- lowstone, Glacier and Mt. Rainier National Parks will be regis- tered under the direction of the Director of National Park Service. 26. All registrants will be made subject to the provisions of the Selective Service Regulations unless the latter would obvi- ously be inapplicable or subsequent regulations otherwise pre- scribe. 27. Please acknowledge receipt of this communication by telegraph, bulletin its contents in full to all Local and District Boards, and proceed to have all arrangements herein outlined promptly completed. 28. Telegraphic instructions No. B-2461 having preceded this letter of instructions, this work should already be well under way. E. IT. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C., The Adjutant General. _ 8 — Circular Letter No. 402. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 12 August 13, L918. To 'ill Local and District Boards: Subject: Fundamentals of the "Work ob Fight" Obdeb. The following Circular was issued by District Board for Division \'<>. 1. Northern District of California, and is so clear on the subject concerned that it is republished for the informa- tion and guidance of all Local and District Boards in the state : "The District Board for Division 1. Northern District of California, takes the liberty of calling the attention of the Local Boards within its jurisdiction to the following points which it believes are fundamental to a correct understanding of the 'Work or Fight' Order, and to its proper enforcement. First: The primary purpose of the order is not to force men with dependents, i. < ., actual bona fide dependents, into the Army. If any registrant has been granted deferred cl iication for dependency and such dependency is not actual and bona fide, his deferred classification should be revoked on that ground and the 'Work or Fight' Order has no appli- cation to him. The primary purpose of the order is to :'■ men who are properly allowed to remain at home becaufl dependents to go to work if they are idle, or if they are at work but in occupations which are classified as nonproductive, to force them to leave these occupations for others where their services are more necessary. The Government does not wish men with real dependents who will suffer if they go into the Army, to go into the Army nevertheless, hut prefers, for the present at least, that they remain at home to support their dependents, hut in occupations where they are useful. Second: The order is to he enforced always with refen to its primary purpose just stated. This means, as the \i lations themselves provide, that reasonable opportunity shall he given registrants affected by the order to find other Lini employment. It also means that it shall not he enforces — 9 — summarily as to disrupt and disorganize industrial conditions or the particular businesses which may be affected, unless such businesses are in themselves of a detrimental or purely useless character; for example, the manager of a store employing largely men of draft age as counter salesmen should be allowed reasonable time to adjust his business by substituting women or older men. Such substitution should be firmly insisted upon, but time to make it should be allowed. Third: The 'Work or Fight' Order is a requirement en- tirely new to our people and until they become accustomed to it and understand it, and the necessary adjustments to meet it are made, it should be enforced with great care and conserv- atism. This, however, does not mean that it should not be actually enforced. It means that final compliance with the order should be insisted upon, but with time and opportunity lor adjustment allowed, and that at first much more time will be required than later on. Fox r(li : No Local or District Board has the right or power to determine what occupations are nonproductive in its judg- ment and to enforce the order according to such determina- tion. The Eegulations specifically enumerate the occupations which are to be considered as nonproductive (see Section 121-K) and the power to extend or limit this enumeration is expressly reserved to the Provost Marshal General (see Sec- tion 121-L). This means, first, that no Board has the power to treat as a productive occupation one that is enumerated as nonproductive, and second, it has not the power to consider any occupation as nonproductive which is not so enumerated, no matter how contrary this may be to its own judgment. The Regulations are, furthermore, specific to the point that in case there is doubt as to whether or not a particular occupa- tion comes within one of the enumerated nonproductive classes, it shall be considered that it does not come within such class until a ruling has been had from the Provost Marshal General upon application to him in the usual manner (see Section 121-L). Fifth : In order that a registrant employed in a nonproduc- tive occupation comply with the order, it is not necessary that he go to work at farming or in a shipyard, or in any other line which would be considered as a * necessary' occupation within the meaning of the Regulations pertaining to deferred — 10 — classification on industrial or agricultural grounds. The non- productive employments in which a man with dependents can not remain are not Bel over against the 'necessary' employ- ments by reason of which a man without dependents can remain and not be drafted into the Army. A man employed in a non-productive employment can comply with the 'Work or Fight' Order by going to work in any occupation except those that are specifically enumerated as nonproductive. With this limitation only, the whole industrial field is open to him. As an extreme example, a waiter in a hotel could go to work- making beds in the same hotel and in so doing would comply with the order. This will hold true so long as serving as a chambermaid in a hotel is not classed as a nonproductive em- ployment, and it is not so classed at the present time. This does not mean that registrants should not be encouraged to go to work in 'necessary' industries where, of course, their services will contribute in a greater degree to the National need. The point is that no man is required to go into a 'necessary' industry. Sixth : The excuses for being engaged in a nonproductive employment should not be overlooked. It is hardly necessa ry 1 1 > speak of those excuses which are purely temporary in nature, such as sickness, vacations, and failing to find suitable employ- ment when it is diligently sought after. But something should be said as to.the more permanent excuse of compelling domes! ic circumstances which clo not permit of a change of employment without disproportionate hardship (see par. (e) of Section 121-L). (Vises are certain to be round, and perhaps no! a few of them, where a man's family necessities are such that lie can not change his employment without real suffering or pri- vation on the part of his family. A man so situated is not 1<> be compelled to change as long as such situation exists, which may be practically permanently. At this time of National need, some sacrifice of comfort and particularly of Luxury may well be demanded, but it is not contemplated that the order shall be enforced in those cases where it would require more than this and cause real hardship or suffering. Seventh-, The only eases <»f deferred classification t<> which the order applies, i.e., in which deferred classification can be canceled because of failure to conform to the order, are those wherein deferred classification was granted on the ground of — 11 — dependents. By the terms of the order it applies only to men put in classes 2, 3 and 4. (See Sec. 121-K). It does not apply to any one placed in Class V. In particular it does not apply to those exempted because they are aliens, much, perhaps, as some of us would like to see it so applied. The only grounds for placing a man in classes 2, 3 or 4 are either vocational or the existence of dependents. The very fact of deferred classification being granted on vocational grounds means that the man is not engaged in a nonproductive employ- ment. The order is therefore limited strictly to those cases where deferred classification is granted because of dependents. Eighth : All cases under the order that are passed upon by a Local Board, whether the registrant's deferred classification is canceled or not, come automatically without appeal to the District Board. No appeal is necessary, whether by the Gov- ernment or the registrant. As soon as the case is finally de- cided, the record should be transmitted to the District Board. Of course, if the Local Board is giving the man time to find other employment, there is no final decision until such time comes to an end and the Board either cancels his deferred classification or allows it finally to go uncanceled." By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C., The Adjutant General. — 12 — Circular Letter No. 403. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 12 August 14, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Subjects of Neutral Countrik>. The following telegram received from the Provost Marshal General is published for the information and guidance of all concerned : Washington, D. C., Angus* 13, 1018. Adjutant General, Sacramento, Calif or it in. Number B twenty-six naught three. Complaints we being made to the State Department by diplomatic repre- sentatives of Neutral Countries that Subjects of such countries are being involuntarily inducted into the Army contrary to telegram number B nineteen seventy-one. Please advise all Local Boards thai such persons must not be involuntarily inducted into Army pending receip regulations and instructions as to how to proceed in such cases which will be issued within few da; ( 'KOWDER. Telegram number B nineteen seventy-one was quoted in our Circular Letter No. 358. BY DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR. J. J. BORREE, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 13 — Circular Letter No. 404. STATE OF CALIFORNIA .THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 12. August 14, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Classification Railroad Employees. The following telegram is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Washington, D. C, August 13, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number B twenty-five ninety-five. The United States Railroad Administration protests that cases of its em- ployees are not being properly disposed of by Selective Service Boards, and has presented eight thousand one hundred and seventy-seven instances where employees whom it considers necessary and entitled to deferred classi- fication have been placed in Class 1. These cases include machinists, blacksmiths, boilermakers, tin and copper- smiths, pipe fitters, helpers and apprentices of foregoing, hostlers and enginehouse men, train dispatchers and direc- tors, telegraphers, telephone and block operators, telegraph clerks, yardmasters and assistants, locomotive engineers and motormen, locomotive firemen and helpers, conductors, yard foremen, brakemen and section foremen. It is re- ported that seven hundred forty-nine machinists who are necessary to the operation of railroads have been placed in Class 1. The President has said that railroads are to be considered as industries under the Selective Service Regulations and no argument is required to show that rail- roads are necessary industries. Further complaint is made that District Boards do not consider the ever-changing and restricted conditions which are constantly enlarging the class of skilled labor, and that certain classes of workmen regarded as unskilled a few years ago are well within the — 14 — skilled class when regarded in the light of the difficulty of operating railroads in the present emergency; that many District Boards in dealing with the cases of railroad operators and workmen are far from liberal and indeed extremely severe in their interpretations, contractions and findings. It appears that some of the instances cited are meritorious, and since it rests largely with the District Boards to adjust the military needs with the indtu requirements in order that there may be effective co- operation between men in the battle lines and their sup- porters at home, I urgently recommend that all Class 1 cases of railroad employees, not already inducted, be carefully scrutinized in the light of the foregoing and that deferred classifications be granted in accordance with the spirit of the Selective Service Law and Regulations. Please advise all Local and District Boards as follows: Applications for reconsideration of cases of railroad employees on industrial grounds, when presented to Local Boards, should be received up to the day and hour of induction into military service and promptly forwarded, together with the Local Board's recommendation, to the District Board having jurisdiction; District Boards may directly receive applications for reconsideration in cases over which they have original jurisdiction, and imme- diately request from the proper Local Board the entire record of the case, and these applications may be received up to the day and hour of induction into military service ; even though a registrant employed in railroad work has not claimed deferment on industrial grounds his employers may make that claim either through the Local Board or direct to the District Board at any time up to the day and hour of induction, and the District Board may grant the deferred classification. This is not to be interpreted as requiring Boards to reopen and reconsider cases cither on original or new evidence, hut authorizing them to \\ DIB. I'.\ DIRECTION OF THE Qo\ BRNOB. J. J, BOBBl Brigadier General, X. ( I The Adjutant General. — 19 — Circular Letter No. 409. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO fl-20. August 15, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject : Instructions to Registrants. 1. This Office is happy to announce that all schools of in- struction to be held by Local Boards hereafter will have at their disposal experts who will discuss for the benefit of regis- trants matters of personal hygiene and kindred topics. 2. These men are thoroughly trained and are placed at the disposal of the Local Boards by the University of California, and if the Local Boards" will advise this Office when they desire the assistance of such men, arrangements will be made to have them on hand. 3. This appears to be an excellent opportunity and one that the Local Boards should not overlook, as all of the University of California men have practical training along the lines covered by their lectures. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 20 — Cicular Letter No. 409. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-16 August 16, 1918. To all Local and District Boards: Subject: Classification of Shipbuilders. The following telegram received from the Provost Marshal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned : Washington, D. C, August 15, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number B twenty-six twenty-two. Reported to this Office that some Local and District Boards are construing Section 152 as preventing registrants, engaged in the building of ships or manufacturing of fittings therefor under employment by the Navy or the Emergency Fleet Corporation or by companies under their supervision, from claiming or being granted deferred classification on indus- trial grounds or as necessary government employees. Such construction is erroneous. Registrants so employed may be given deferred classification on industrial grounds or as necessary Government employees, as the case may be, if claim is properly presented, and at same time may be placed on Emergency Fleet classification list if so en- titled. Issue instructions to all Local and District Boards to correct any misunderstanding. Crowder. By DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR. J. J. BORREE, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 21 — Circular Letter No. 410. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-16. August 19, 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 : Prom: Office of the Provost Marshal General. To: Draft Executives in all States. Subject: Filing Cases. 1. Orders have been placed from Washington with various filing case manufacturers throughout the country for the necessary cases for the registration cards and questionnaires. 2. The questionnaire cases will be of steel and will take several months to obtain. Local Boards, if given to understand that every possible effort is being made con- sistent with the ability of the manufacturers to produce the necessary filing space, will not register complaints. The cases will be shipped as rapidly as it is possible for them to be made. 3. On the other hand, it will be necessary to provide temporary filing space for the cards and questionnaires as they are received. Having this warning in mind, Boards should improvise such cases and be prepared to handle the problem. 4. Correspondence concerning these matters should not be sent to Washington, and it will save Draft Executives a great deal of labor if they will approach the problem . in ample time to warn Local Boards of ensuing delays. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General*. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 22 — Circular Letter No. 411. * STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-16. August r.>. 1918. To all Local and District Boards: The following letter from th<' 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 of all States. Subject: Changes Sections 78 and 79 7 S. S. R. 1. Section 78, Rule XI (5), S. S. R., has been amended to read as follows: Section 78. Class IV (continued)— Miscellaneous. Rule XI. In Class IV shall be placed: (6) Any registrant found to be a mariner actually em- ployed in the sea service (including service on the (Jreal Lakes) of any citizen or merchant within the United States. The Local Hoard shall proceed to the considera- tion of a claim for such classification in respect of any registrant when made in the usual manner in the ques- tionnaire, and shall grant such classification it' satisfied from the evidence submitted that the registrant is entitled thereto. A registrant whose regular vocation is that of a mariner in the sea service (including service on the Great Lakes of a citizen or merchant within the United States. hut who is temporarily unemployed by reason of his dis- charge From one voyage and his necessary delay in signing for another voyage shall he entitled to classification • mariner actually employed; provided, however, any regis- trant who is so classified and remains unemployed tor more than twenty consecutive days shall show cause to the Local Hoard having jurisdiction why his classification as a mariner should not he changed. — 23 — Note 1. — In the case of a mariner on the Great Lakes, the fact that his employment is interrupted by the closing of navigation owing to climatic conditions does not pre- vent his deferred classification on the ground of being a mariner actually employed in the sea service of a citizen or merchant within the United States ; provided, however, the registrant files with the Local Board having jurisdic- tion an affidavit of his employer or of an officer of the company or corporation by which he is employed, con- taining in substance the statement that he is a mariner who was actually employed during the past season and whose employment is contemplated during the succeeding season. 2. In view of the foregoing amendment to Section 78, S. S. R., a registrant who claims deferred classification as a mariner is not required to obtain and file the affidavits pre- scribed by the instructions for answering Series VIII (Part B)' of the questionnaire, and the last sentence of such instructions is hereby rescinded. 3. Section 79, S. S. R., has been amended by the addition of the following footnote : Note 7. — In the case of a pilot on the Great Lakes, the fact that his employment is interrupted by the closing of navigation owing to climatic conditions does not prevent iiis deferred classification on the ground of being a licensed pilot actually employed in the pursuit of his vocation; provided, however, the registrant files with the Local Board having jurisdiction an affidavit of his employer or of an officer of the company or corporation by which he is employed, containing in substance the statement that he is a licensed pilot and was regularly employed during the past season and that his employment is contemplated for the succeeding season. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C., The Adjutant General. — 24 — Circular Letter No. 412. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 18. ' , August 1!). 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Emergency Fleet. The following communication is indicative of the co-opera- tion that the Emergency Fleet Corporation extends to Local Boards. All Boards are earnestly requested to comply with the requests, as it is believed that this will net many men to your Class 1 list and eventually solve all questions concerning the slacker who is hiding behind the Emergency Fleet Corpo- ration bulwark. August 15, 1918. To all Local Boards: The Branch Office of Deferments and Transfers for California has been trying to release from the shipyards as many as possible of the Class 1 men who are physically qualified for general military service. I have repeatedly urged the shipyards to notify me as to all men whom they could release, and this office has conducted invest mat ions on its own part. It seems, however, that this work can not be done adequately without the co-operation of the Local Boards; therefore, I request the assistance of the boards so that we may have a complete housecleaning of the Emergency Fleet List, particularly in so far as it affects Class 1 men. I trust that the Local Boards will feel that I am bound by obligation of duty as well as by personal desire to enforce the Selective Service Regula- tions as vigorously as the Local Boards themselves, and 1 desire to have not one man upon the Fleet List who is not of more value to the Government in the shipyards than he would be in the Army. The policy of this office is as follows : All men who loaf on their work or who are absent from their work more than — 25 — two and a half days per month, exclusive of Sundays and holidays — except for bona fide illness — are to be removed immediately from Hie Fleet List. Only those men who are working heart and soul in the construction of ships can be retained upon the Fleet List. Notorious slackers, i.e., men who have gone into the yards to avoid military service and who are boasting about it, should be taken off the List as soon as possible. Men who have gone into the yards to avoid military duty, but who are keeping their mouths shut, will also be removed from the List unless their services at the present time are obviously of more value in the shipyards than in the Army. All men in Class 1, who entered the yards as unskilled workers, will also be removed from the List unless within the course of the last four or six months they have advanced rapidly in their work and have become semi-skilled or skilled work- ers so that their places can not be filled by new men who are in deferred classes because of dependency claims. In order to obtain the full co-operation of the Local Boards I would request that each Board send to me (325 Exchange Block, San Francisco), a list of all the Class 1 men on their Fleet List. It is necessary that this list should contain the men's order and serial numbers, and should also give, without fail, the name of the shipyard in which the man is employed, as all the records in this office are kept according to the company and it is impossi- ble for us to look up any name unless we know for which company he is working. It is not the mere list I want; that I, myself, have. I particularly urge the Boards to < .r/>ress their views as to the propriety of a man's name being upon the Fleet List. I appreciate that the Boards know more about each man than does this office because they have the Questionnaire at hand, and in each case I hope the Board will look over the Questionnaire and will add a statement of any facts appearing thereon which will indicate the propriety of leaving the registrant's name upon the List or of taking it off. As soon as these lists are received the cases will be investigated immediately, and every man whom we can possibly release to the Local Boards will promptly be so released by having the proper Cancellation Card mailed to the Local Board. — 26 — One of the dangerous phases of the work of this Office is the removing of names from the List aa booh aa men cease working in a shipyard. The shipyards are under the most stringent orders to notify us as soon as a man leaves their employ. If a Local Board should hear of any man who is no longer in a shipyard, but for whom no Cancellation Card lias been received, I urgently request that the Board notify tliis office at once. In such cases, a Cancellation Card will be sent out forthwith and a vigorous invest illa- tion begun to see why the shipyard did not notify us aa to the termination of the man's employment. I would request, also, that the Local Boards notify me of all cases where they understand a man on the Fleet List is loafing or who is absent more than two and a half days per month, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, or who is taking an unpatriotic attitude toward the war. The Department of Justice holds, and properly so, that alien enemies should not be employed in a shipyard. Some of the yards, in rare instances, do employ such men. and this Office would greatly appreciate information from the Boards as to such cases. I appreciate that the request which I have made entails further work for the already hard-pressed, overworked Local Boards. Nevertheless, I am sure that the Local Boards are anxious to co-operate with me in properly en- forcing the Emergency Fleet List. 1 appreciate, too. that there has been some just criticism of this List in the past, but I hope that I can so co-operate with the Local Boards that there will be no room for criticism in the future. Very truly yours, Samuel Spring, SS-JL. Branch Officer, Deferments and Transfers. By direction of the Governor. J. J. BORKl Brigadier General, \\ <■ The Adjutant General. — 27 — Circular Letter No. 413. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-16 August 19, 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 of all States. Subject: Amended Section 140, S. S. R. — Procedure in Respect of Deserters. 1. Section 51 now appearing in the Selective Service Regu- lations is rescinded and the subject of desertion is handled under amended Section 140, enclosed herewith. 2. In this section there has been grouped all procedure in respect of deserters, beginning with the definition of the vari- ous kinds of draft deserters and outlining all necessary pro- cedure from the time of arrest or voluntary appearance before a Local Board. 3. Attention is particularly invited to the following radical changes : First : All deserters (wilful and nonwilful) must be sub- jected to a physical examination upon their appearance before a Local Board, unless a recent record of such exam- ination is already in the possession of the Board. Second : Deserters are divided into eight classes or groups, with definite procedure for each class. (a) Wilful — physically qualified. Send to nearest Army post, camp or station. Form 1021 for police official. Reward payable for arrest and delivery of deserter; ex- penses, plus reasonable compensation, if -he voluntarily appeared. — 28 — (/>) Wilful Remediable Group B. Same procedure and reward as in {a). (c) Wilful -disqualified. Report- to Commanding Offi eer of mobilization camp. No reward, expenses only. (d) Nonwilful — physically qualified. Send to mobili- zation camp. No reward, expenses only. Nonwilful — Remediable Group 1>. Procedure same as in (d). (/) Nonwilful — qualified for special or limited military service. Forward to camp on next general call for men so qualified. No reward, expenses only. (g) Nonwilful — disqualified. Report case to mobiliza- tion camp. No reward, expenses only. (h) Enemy alien — (wilful or nonwilful). Report ease to mobilization camp and to District Attorney. No re- ward, expenses only. Third: Form 1021 is issued, only in case of wilful de- serters, physically qualified for general military service. or in Remediable Group B. Reward is payable only for wilful deserters, physically qualified, or in Remediable Group B, who are actually arrested. If such deserters voluntarily appear before a Board, the guard delivering them to camp shall receive expenses only, plus a reasonable compensation. A letter advising the circumstances of desertion and apprehension must be attached to Form 1021. Fourth: If expenses of the delivery of a wilful deserter amount to more than $50.00, a telegram must be sent to the Commanding Officer of the mobilization camp, request- ing instructions. Fifth: Upon disposition of the case of any kind of de- serter, the Local Board disposing of the case Bhall notify the Provost Marshal General and the State Adjutant General on Form lo-jl-A and 1*. These forma are now mi the press and will be mailed shortly. Sixth*. Form 1021 has been amended and amplified. — 29 — 4. Draft Executives, Local Board members and all others concerned in the apprehension and delivery of deserters should study this amended section with the utmost care. This amended section was* arranged with the idea of grouping all possible procedure with reference to all possible kinds of deserters under one head, and to explain in detail the necessary procedure for each class, so that no possible error can arise. 5. A study of this Regulation and careful compliance there- with, will not only eliminate the necessity for a great amount of correspondence on the subject of desertion, but will also tend to remove the friction which has arisen from time to time between camp authorities on the one hand, and Local Board members and local police officials on the other, which friction has arisen generally through a lack of proper under- standing of the necessary procedure. Local Boards should bear in mind that it has been held by the Judge Advocate General and by the Comptroller of the Treasury, that in the issuance of Form 1021, based upon findings of facts pursuant to investigation, the decision of the Local Board is final and not subject to review by camp authorities. Therefore, Boards must exercise the utmost care in arriving at a determination of wilful or nonwilful desertion. Once this decision has been reached and the registrant physically examined, no mistake should be made, if the procedure indicated be followed. Bulletinize this letter and the amended section, intact, to all Local Boards. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By Breckinridge Jones, Captain, Infantry, U. S. A., Chief, Delinquency Division. By direction of the Governor. j. j. borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 30 — Form 1021 PJK.G.O. (Sec. 140, B.S.B.) 191_. From: Local Board for To: Commanding Officer Subject: Arrest of Wilful Desebteb. Order No Serial No (Name of deserter) having been inducted into military service on By Local Board for by Adjutant General of and having (Strike out one) (") Failed to report in accordance with induction orders (Sec. ll<». Par. 1-a). (») Failed to entrain (Sec. 140, Par. 1-B). {(■) Absented liimself from party ennmte to camp (Sec. L40, Par. (Check one) has been apprehended by (Name of police official) lias voluntarily appeared. (strike out one) Upon investigation this Local Board finds thai the offense of said Was committed with an intent to (Name of deserter) evade military service, and that he is — Physically qualified for military service. Physically qualified (Bemediable Group B). (Strike out one) and hereby directs that deliver (Name of guard Of police ntlleial.) the to you for further action of the (.Name Of flOIBTtOl) military authorities. Recommend — Payment of $50.00 reward. Reimbursement for actual expenses and reasonable compensation bf total not to exceed 150.00. (In deserter voluntarily appeared.) (Stilk.- out Member of i.u, , tli< i duty of all police official! to Kneel such deserters and take them before a Local Board. 2. The fact of such desertion shall be reported by the Loral Board to the local police authorities on Form 1012, with a copy of the deserter's registration card. If such police authority is unable to produce the deserter within forty-eight hours, or in case he does not voluntarily appear before the Local Board within that time, such Board shall immediately report the deserter's name to the Adjutant General of the Army direel on Form 1018, enclosing a copy of the order of induction into military service (Form 1028), the registration card (Form 1), and the report of physical examination (Form 1010) in re- spect of such person, and shall enter the date of mailing of such report in Column 25 of the Classification List. 3. Upon the arrest of a deserter, the official or other person making the arrest shall take him before a nearby Local Board (preferably the Local Board which ordered him to report for military duty). 4. Upon the appearance of a deserter before a Local Board. WHETHER VOLUNTARY OR UNDER ARREST, the pro- cedure shall, in all cases, be as follows : 5. THE LOCAL BOARD SHALL FIRST INQUIRE WHETHER THE FAILURE TO REPORT, OK' OTHER- WISE PERFORM ANY DUTY DESCRIBKD IN PARA- GRAPH 1 ABOVE, WAS WITH OR WITHOUT INTENT TO EVADE .MILITARY SERVICE. IT SHALL THERE UPON CAUSE HUM TO BE PHYSICALLY EXAMINED, UNLESS A RECENT RECORD OF Ills physical L\ AMINATION is ALREADY IN THE POSSESSION OF His local BOARD. (a) Default wilful; registrant qualified for general mili- tary service, tf the Local Board finds that the registrant failed to report or otherwise perform any duty described — 35 — in paragraph 1 above, with intent to evade military serv- ice, and that he is physically qualified for general military service (Group A), it shall make and deliver to a police official or guard, a certificate (Form 1021) to the effect that the desertion was wilful, to which shall be attached a letter stating the facts of desertion and apprehension and shall direct such police official or guard to deliver the deserter to the nearest army camp, post or station. Reward: (1) If such deserter has voluntarily ap- peared before the Local Board, or has been brought before it by a person not entitled to collect a reward, the Local Board shall make proper arrangements for his delivery to the nearest Army camp, post, or station, as a deserter, HUT NO EEAVARD SHALL BE PAID. The person delivering such deserter shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses only, plus such reasonable compensa- tion as may be prescribed by the Local Board and ap- proved by the Commanding Officer of the camp to which the deserter is delivered, the total not to exceed $50 per man. (2) In all cases, the person delivering a wilful deserter is entitled to collect a reward of $50. In either case, Local Boards shall issue Form 1021, but shall recommend thereon whether the entire reward of $50, or reimburse- ment of expenses, should be paid. (b) Default wilful: Registrant qualified for general military service in deferred remediable group. If the Local Board finds that the registrant failed to report or otherwise perform any duty described in paragraph 1 above, with intent to evade military service, and that he is physically qualified for general military service, but has a remediable defect (Group B), action shall not be de- layed, but such case shall be disposed of in accordance with paragraph (a) above. Reward: See paragraph (a) above. (c) Default toilful: Registrant not qualified for general military service. If the Local Board finds that the regis- trant failed to report or otherwise perform any duty described in paragraph 1 above, with intent to evade mili- tary service, and that the deserter is physically qualified for special or limited military service only (Group C), — 36 — or is totally and permanently physically disqualified (Group D), it shal] not forward him to an Army camp, post or station. The Local Board shall, however, immedi- ately communicate by telegraph with the Commandinir Officer of the mobilization camp to which men are being sent on a pending general call, if any. or to which men were sent on the last preceding general call. Stating tin- facts in the case, that the desertion was wilful and the deserter physically disqualified, whether the desertion is admitted, and requesting immediate instructions. If the Commanding Officer directs that the deserter be forwarded to camp, he shall be delivered in the manner prescribed in paragraph (a) above. If the Commanding Officer directs his discharge (see Circular A. G. 0.-1/12/18), the Local Board shall forthwith reclassify the deserter in Class V, as being totally and permanently disqualified for military service, or in Class I, qualified for special or limited mili- tary service, as determined by the result of the physical examination, and shall forthwith refer the case to the United States District Attorney for violation of Section 6 of the Selective Service Law. Reward: No reward shall be payable for the apprehen- sion and delivery to a Local Board of a wilful deserter, found physically disqualified, or qualified for special or limited military service only. The person making the arrest and delivery, however, is entitled to reimbursement for the actual and necessary expense incurred, not to exceed $50 per man, in the apprehension and deli of a deserter to such Local Board. The account for reim- bursement of such necessary and reasonable expense will be stated on "War Depart men 1 Form 350-A, which may lie obtained by the Local Board upon application t<> State Headquarters, After certification by a member of the Local Board, this account shall be forwarded for payment to the Commanding Officer of the nearest Army ; cam]) or station. There should be attached to the claim for reimbursement, a receipt from the Local Board Cor the deserter. This account should he carefully prepared and sworn to l»y the Officer claiming the reimbursement (d) Default nonwilful: Registrant qualified for general military service, It' the Local Board finds that the n brant tailed to report or otherwise perform any duty — 37 — described in paragraph 1 above, but without intent to evade military service, and that he is physically qualified for general military service (Croup A), it shall send him to tile mobilization eamp, to which men are being sent on a pending general call, if any, or to which men were sent on the last general call. Reward: See paragraph (g) below. (e) Default nonwilful : Registrant qualified for general military service in deferred remediable group. If the Local Board finds that the registrant failed to report or otherwise perform any duty prescribed in paragraph 1 above, but without intent to evade military service, and that he is physically qualified for general military service, but has a remediable defect (Group B), he shall be sent to the mobilization camp, as described in paragraph (d) above. Reward: See paragraph (g) below. (/) Default nonwilful: Registrant qualified for special or limited service only. If the Local Board finds that the registrant failed to report or otherwise perform any duty described in paragraph 1 above, but without intent to evade military service, and that he is physically qualified for special or limited military service only (Group C), he shall be forwarded on the next general call for men quali- fied for such special or limited military service. Reward: See paragraph (g) below. (g) Default nonwilful: Registrant disqualified for gen- eral military service. If the Local Board finds that the registrant failed to report or otherwise perform any duty described in paragraph 1 above, but without intent to evade military service, and that he is totally and perma- nently physically disqualified (Group D), it shall report the case to the mobilization camp, as described in para- graph (d) above, with a request for instructions. Reward: No reward shall be payable for the apprehen- sion and delivery to a Local Board of a nonw T ilful deserter (Paragraphs d, e, f, g), or of a deserter found to be an enemy alien (Paragraph 10 below), but reimbursement may be obtained for the actual and necessary expense incurred, not to exceed $50 per man, in the apprehension — 38 — and delivery of a deserter to such Local Board. Accounts for reimbursement of such accessary and reasonable pense will be stated on War Department Form 350 A. which may be obtained by the Local Board on application to State Headquarters, and after certification by a mem- ber of the Local Board, will be forwarded for payment to the Commanding Officer of the mobilization camp to which men are being sent on a pending general call, if any, or to which men were sent on the lasi preceding call. There should be attached to this claim for reimbursement a re- ceipt from the Local Board for the deserter. This account should be carefully prepared and sworn to by the officer claiming reimbursement. In this connection attention is invited to General Orders No. 26, War Department. 6. In respect to the foregoing rules for rewards and expenses see Act of Congress, March 2, 1913, and General Orders No. 26, March 21, 1918, the following <|ualifications apply: (a) A reward can not be paid to a Local Board member, or clerk, or to a Federal official, but such persons may obtain reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses as herein provided. (/;) Whenever it is found that the expenses of the delivery of a willful deserter to the nearest army post, camp or station will be in excess of $50, Local Boards should telegraph to the Commanding Officer of such camp, post or station and request authority for such delivery. indicating that the expenses in connection with such delivery will be in excess of the usual reward of $50.00. (c) If, upon delivery of an alleged deserter to the Local Board, it is found that he has not actually been inducted into service no reward shall be paid, but the officer who has apprehended and delivered the alleged deserter may obtain reimbursement for actual and neces- sary expenses incurred by submitting a claim to the nearest United States Marshal, together with a statement of the facts and a certificate from the Local Board con- cerned that the man apprehended and delivered has not been inducted into military service under the provisions of the Selective Service Regulations. The United states — 39 — Marshal will thereupon transmit the papers to the Depart- ment of Justice, with his approval or disapproval, and action upon the claim will be promptly taken. 7. Papers to he forwarded. If the Local Board forwarding the deserter is the one which originally ordered him to camp it shall forward a new set of the usual papers to the mobiliza- tion camp, together with a letter stating that such papers cover the person named therein and that he is being sent to camp as a deserter, and giving the facts of desertion and apprehension or voluntary appearance. 8. When the Local Board. sending the deserter to camp in accordance with this section is not the Board which originally ordered him to camp it shall inform the Local Board which ordered him to camp that the deserter is being sent to a camp, naming it, and shall enclose three copies of Form 1010, re- questing the other Board to send to such camp the following mobilization papers with a letter stating that the papers cover the person named therein and that he is being sent to camp by the Local Board, naming it, before which he appeared as a deserter: (1) One copy of Form 1029 (in duplicate) in respect of the deserter, filling in the date as of the date the Local Board was informed by the Local Board of transfer of the deserter's arrest. (2) One copy each of Forms 1029- A and 1029-B in re- spect of the deserter, dating same as in (1). (3) One copy of Form 1 (Registration Card) in respect of the deserter. (4) Two copies of Form 1010 in respect of the deserter. 1). The Local Board sending the deserter to camp shall in- form the Commanding Officer of the post, camp or station that it will entrain the deserter, naming him, and that it, or the Local Board of previous jurisdiction, naming it, will furnish the necessary mobilization papers. 10. Upon the appearance before a Local Board of a deserter, willful or nonwillful, who is found to be an enemy alien, such Board shall immediately telegraph to the Commanding Officer of the proper mobilization camp (see paragraph (d) above), a full statement of the case and request instructions. If the Camp Commander directs his discharge, the Local Board shall — 40 — thereupon report to the United Stales District Attorney, who will consider the question of internment. 11. In every instance in which ;i Local Board disposes of the ease of a deserter in accordance with the procedure outlined in paragraph 5 above, it shall forthwith notify the State Adjutant (o'lieral and the Provost Marshal General of the action taken. using Forms 1021-A and 1021-B. 12. In forwarding deserters to military control under para- graphs (a), (d) and (/) above, the following procedure will be adopted with reference to call numbers, as indicated on Forms 1029 and 1029-A and B. All willful deserters forwarded to a military post, camp or station shall be forwarded under call number "Des. " Non- willful deserters who are forwarded to a mobilization camp with a contingent of men under general call will be forwarded under the call number for that call. Nonwillful deserters for- warded to mobilization camp at a time when no general call is in effect will be forwarded under call number "N. W. D." 13. In cases of extreme and unusual hardship, the provisions of Section 139 may be invoked in the ease of a nonwillful deserter, physically qualified for general military service, or for special or limited military service, or placed in the deferred remediable Group B. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. lv To all Local and District Hoards: Subject: Civil Prosecution op Wilful Deserters, Physi- cally Disqualified. 1. The following letter received from the Office of The Provost Marshal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned: "1. It is the announced policy of the Department of Justice to prosecute vigorously, all obstinate wilful desert- ers, who can not be forwarded to mobilization camps under amended Section 140, S. S. R., by reason of physical dis- ability. "2. Where Local Boards are of the opinion that the offense of wilful deserters, who are physically disqualified, is so flagrant as to demand punishment, they will call the case to the attention of the nearest United States District Attorney. If such attorney refuses to prosecute this office should be advised, through the State Adjutant Gen- eral, in order that the matter may be taken up with l lie Department of Justice and the District Attorney properly instructed.'' By direction of the Governor, J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 53 — Circular Letter No. 427. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-18 August 22, 1918. To all Local and District Boards: Subject: Changes No. 6, S. S. R. 1. The following letter received from the Office of The Pro- vost Marshal General is quoted for the information and guid- ance of all concerned : "1. Pursuant to an Act of Congress, approved July 9, 1918, which relieves neutral declarants from liability to military service on certain conditions, Changes No. 6, S. S. R., have been promulgated today. "2. The suspension of involuntary induction of any registrant who is a neutral declarant, directed by tele- gram No. B 1971 of July 10th remains effective until the day specified in his notice on P. M. G-. 0. Form No. 1042, prescribed in Section No. 117-|, S. S. R., as contained in Changes No. 6, S. S. R., and in the case of any such regis- trant who files the affidavit prescribed in Section No. 117^, S. S. R., withdrawing his intention to become a citizen of the United States, such suspension of involun- tary induction remains effective until such affidavit has been considered according to the procedure directed in Section No. 117J and Rule XII (1) Section No. 79 as contained in Changes No. 6, S. S. R., and the registrant has been finally classified by the Local Board and by the District Board if the case is appealed. "3. Please transmit the above information to all Local and District Boards." 2. Changes No. 6, S. S. R., are in the mails from Washing- ton and will be distributed as soon as received. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 54 — Circular Letter No. 428. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-18 August 22, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Questionnaires to Registrants op August 24, 1918. 1. The following telegram received from the Provost Marshal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned : Washington, D. C, August 21, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number B 2735. Communicate following instructions to all Local Boards with reference to procedure following registration August 24th : 1. Beginning on Monday, August 26th, Questionnaires of second edition shall be sent to all registrants with the provisions of Section 92 and the last paragraph of Section !)!) as amended of Selective Service Regulations, except in mailing Questionnaires Local Boards shall defer making any entries of classification list until after registration n mnbers and order numbers have been assigned in accord- ance with paragraph three telegram B 2604 of August 13, 1918. The spaces for registration, serial and order numbers on the Questionnaires shall be left blank. Reg- istration and order numbers shall be filled in after they have been determined and the Questionnaires are returned. After order numbers have been determined the names shall be entered upon the classification list in the order of their liability for service and the date on which Ques- tionnaire was mailed to each registrant shall then be entered in Column Five of Classification List. For this purpose a tentative list of the dates on which Question- naires are mailed should be kept by each Board. In preparing Form ^^W Section 92, 8. S. R., the words in the beading " nnder jurisdiction of this Local Board whose — 55 — order numbers are between number blank and number blank inclusive," shall be stricken out and these words written in lieu thereof: "Important notice to registrants who registered August 24, 1918." Copies of Form 1002 should be furnished to Local Boards. 2. When the Adjutant General prepares the list show- ing the registration numbers assigned to cards forwarded by Local Boards, a duplicate of each list forwarded to the respective Local Boards shall be forwarded to the Provost Marshal General for the purpose of a record of the number of registrants. 3. It is necessary that greatest expedition be used in mailing out Questionnaires and in classifying registrants in order that Class One men for the September calls may be available. Crowder. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 429. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-18 August 26, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject : Improper Conduct on Trains. 1 . The following telegram received from the Provost Marshal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned : Washington, D. 0., August 24, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, Calif 'orn la . Number E 2278. Reports received from the United States Railroad Administration disclose grossly improper — 56 — conduct of inducted men enroute to camp. Instruei Local Boards at once to see that provisions of Change! Nfo. 7. Selective Service Regulations, arc fully complied with. If brassards mentioned therein have not been received and distributed to Local Boards, advise. Crowdkk. By direction oe the Governor. j. j. borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 430. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-13 August 26, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Meal Tickets. 1. The Quartermaster General lias authorized the incn of minimum allowances for meals purchased on Selective Ser- vice Meal Tickets to Seventy-five Cents (75^). 2. Wherever Local Boards issue Meal Tickets they will can- cel the figure "60" where it appears on the Meal Tickets and place above it the figure "75." For this purpose a robber stamp is enclosed. 3. This will make the Meal Tickel read. "Please furnish to and other selected men enroul one meal each not to exceed 75 cents per meal. By direction of the Governor. j. j. borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 57 — Circular Letter No. 431. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-13 August 28, 1918. To all Local Boards: • Subject: Industrial Index Cards. 1. The following telegram received from The Provost Mar- shal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned: Washington, D. C., August 28, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number E 2195. Though expressly requested not to do so in our telegram of July 9, 1918, Number E 1765, Local Boards continue to transcribe and forward Occupa- tional Cards for registrants of the 1918 Class. Please take such steps as will insure the discontinuance of this practice. Furthermore it would greatly facilitate our operations here if Local Boards in preparing Form 1029, 1029A, 1029B, 1029C and 1029E, would distinguish 1917 from 1918 registrants by entering "1917" or "1918" respectively opposite names thereon. Crowder. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 58 — Circular Letter No. 432. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-13 August 28, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Report on Boards of Instruction. 1. The following telegram received from The Provost Mar- shal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned: "Washington, D. C., August 28, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number E 2021. Bulletinize all Local Boards as fol- lows; Reference Boards of Instruction dealt with in Form 76 and letter of July 4th, from this office, each Local Board is directed to report immediately through the State Adjutant General as follows: First, NAMES, ADDRESSES, and OCCUPATIONS of persons appointed to Board of Instruction, and name of chairman ; secondly, NAME of board member if any especially in charge of the several branches of instruction. Boards which already have forwarded such report to this office need not again report; but hereafter all communications reporting or asking for information should be forwarded through State Adjutant General. Printed bulletins on above sub- jects will shortly issue from this office to each Hoard of [nstruction. In view of the expected Labors of Docal Board members in the work of classification of the new registrants, it is recommended thai the Boards of Instruc- tion be completely organized as soon as possible, so thai no personal labor at all in connection with that subject need be expected of the Local Board membera themselves. Crowder. By direction of the Governor. J. J. BORRKK. Brigadier General, N The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 433. — 59 — STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 13 August 29, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Facilities for September Registration. 1. The following telegram received from The Provost Mar- shal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned: Washington, D. C, August 28, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number D 296. Advise all Local Boards that special attention should be given to furnishing facilities for the September Registration in close proximity to their work of men residing in congested districts surrounding large industrial enterprises such as shipbuilding, munition plants, etc. Crowder. By direction op the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C., The Adjutant General. — 60 — Circular Letter No. 434. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-12 August 29, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Industrial Index Cards. 1. The following telegram received from The Provost Mar- shal Genera] is ((noted for the information and guidance of all concerned : Washington, 1). C., August 28, 1918, Adjutant General, Sacramento, Calif or v In. Number E 2302. Telegram E 2195 of August 26, 1918, is hereby canceled and reissued t<> read as follows: Though expressly requested not to do so in our telegram of -Inly 9, 1918, Number E 1765. Local Boards continue to transcribe and forward Occupational ('aids for regis- trants of the 1918 Class. Please take such steps as will insure the immediate discontinuance of this practice. Furthermore, it would greatly facilitate our operations Local Boards in preparing 1029, L029A and 1029B Forms, would distinguish 1917 from 1918 registrants by entering "1917" or "1918" respectively opposite names reported thereon. Since Occupational Cards for 1918 registrants are not desired Form 1029F for these registrants should not be used. Crowder. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 61 — Circular Letter No. 435. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-18 August 29, 1918. To all Local Boards: fl. Induction of British. Subject: -J2. Induction of Declarants. [3. Work or Fight Not Part of Classification. 1. The following telegram received from The Provost Mar- shal General is quoted for the information and guidance of all concerned: Washington, D. C, August 28, 1918. Adjutant General, Havramento, California. Number D 293. 1. Communicate the following instructions in full to all Local Boards in your State : Examine the registration cards of all persons who registered on August 24th, or since that date, in pursuance of the President's Proclama- tion of August 13th, and place in a separate file the cards of all British subjects, including Canadians, whether de- clarants or nondeclarants. Until further notice, make such cards available for inspection by properly accredited representatives of the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission. In order to comply with the terms of the con- ventions this Country has ratified with Great Britain and Canada, the involuntary induction of every such person shall be suspended until and including September 23, 1918. The statement of a registrant on his registration card that he is a .subject of Great Britain or a Canadian shall be sufficient evidence of his nationality, unless the Local Board is satisfied that such statement is untrue. In this connection attention is invited to my Telegram — 62 — B 1974 and the amendment to Paragraph "II."" Section 151, S. S. K., announced therein. 2. Attention is also invited to Section 117.1, S. S. R . embodied in printed Changes No. &, S. S. R., which directs the stay of involuntary induction of any registrant who is a subject of a Country neutral in the present War who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States. Form 1042 and two copied of blank Form 1041 shall be mailed to every such registrant who regis- tered on August 24th or since in pursuance to the Procla- mation of August 13th, and such other action shall be taken in respect of such registrant as is prescribed in Changes No. 6, S. S. R. 3. In the administration and enforcement of Sections 121A to 121L, S. S. R., which provide for the withdrawal of deferred classification and order number of registrants found to be idlers or engaged in nonproductive occupa- tions or employments, it should be borne in mind that these Sections do not constitute in any respect a part of the classification rules and procedure. Said Sections of the rules are not to be applied until after classification of a registrant and then only in respect to registrants who are engaged in occupations enumerated in Section 121K and are in deferred classification because of dependents or have late order numbers. Said Sections 121 A to 121L are not to be invoked until final action in respect of classi- fication of a registrant has been taken and a reasonable time has elapsed thereafter to permit a change of employ- ment. Crowder. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. The Adjutant General. — 63 — Circular Letter No. 436. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5D-17. To all Local Boards: Subject: Compensation of Local Board Members. The following telegram from the office of the Provost Mar- shal General is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Washington, D. C., August 28, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. 1. You may announce to all Local Boards that the following plan of compensation to Local Boards has been adopted and that Regulations and Instructions will be issued in the near future. 2. For all services over and above classification and registration between March first and June thirtieth, 1918, three dollars to each Local Board for each Registrant in- ducted into Service during said period and accepted in camp, which will be payable one dollar to each Board Member per each man so inducted, or otherwise distrib- uted among Board Members in accordance with detailed instructions to issue. 3. For services rendered between July first and August thirty-first, 1918, in addition to the existing allowance of thirty cents per questionnaire finally classified, and in addition to per diem for registration, the same compensa- tion as above stated, namely, three dollars to each Board for each Registrant inducted and accepted at camp be- tween July first and August thirty-first, under the same rules and conditions as expressed in foregoing. 4. On and after September first, 1918, all pre-existing regulations concerning compensation of Local Boards will — 64 — cease to be effective, and from and after September first, 1918, such Board Members will be paid a compensation of one dollar per hour, not to exceed ten ($10) dollars per day or two hundred ($200) dollars per month for any Member ; the maximum compensation allowable per Board to be graduated according; to the number of Registrants in the jurisdiction of the respective Boards, the scale beginning with small Boards of one thousand Registrants or under, which Boards may receive a maximum compensation of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month per Board, or fifty dollars ($50) per month per Member; the top of the scale being Boards with seven thousand Registrants and over, which may receive compensation of six hundred dollars ($600) per month per Board; such compensation to be divided equally, one-third of the same to go to each Member, or otherwise distributed among Board Members as set forth in paragraph one. 5. The foregoing is a mere outline and preliminary statement which will be followed by definite Regulations and Instructions, and no compensation is to be paid under the foregoing announcement nor until the Regulations are received and fully complied with. Crowder. In accordance with the above, we would advise all Boards having claims for services performed in the Registration and Selection dating from June fifth (present registration), to withhold same until the new Regulations and Instructions are received. By dikkction op the Govkunok. j. j. borree, Brigadier General, N. i: Draft Executives of all States, Subject : Loss of Medical Examiners of Draft Boards. The following is a copy of a letter addressed to the Surgeon General of the Army. The reply of that official is contained in the first indorsement. 1. The organization of the Provost Marshal General's Office for the physical examination of draft registrant! has been greatly disturbed recently, by the withdrawal of medical members of draft boards for other duti 2. The most serious drain of this nature has ensued by reason of the commissioning in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army, of many medical board members. During July, 1918, 106 physicians have been lost from boards in this way. 3. In view of the enormous labor involved in the antici- pated registration and examination of fourteen millions of men in the next few months, under anticipated Legis- lation, this office Peels very Btrongly thai its needs am paramount. 4. It is, therefore, requested that the commissioning of medical members of i\vn\'\ hoards he discontinued tor the present, except in instances where this office Consents r>. It is suggested that before commissioning medical men. inquiry he made by the Surgeon General as t<» whether or not the condidate is associated with the draft — 83 — If the reply is affirmative, the case should be referred to this office for remark. 6. The Provost Marshal General's Office does not wish to hinder the use of available medical material for general Army service, but must preserve its own organization. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. j. j. borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 451. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 12. September 10, 1918. To all Local and District Boards: The following circular letter from the Provost Marshal General is published for the information and guidance of all concerned : From : Office of the Provost Marshal General. To: Draft Executives of all States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. Subject: Final Classification Cards. 1. During the course of a campaign against draft evaders, recently held in one of the Eastern cities, a large number of men were detained by the police authorities for failure to present proper evidence of compliance with the Selective Service Law. In the examination of these men the following conditions were found: — 84 — 2. A number of men had been given proper deferred classification by their Local Boards, but had not received a classification notice of any description. 3. A considerable number of men had received pre- liminary notice of classification (Form 1005), but had never received Form 1007, final notice of Final Classi- fication. 4. A number of Final Classification Cards (Form 1007) were produced which were signed by a rubber stamp, in spite of the fact that this practice has been absolutely prohibited by orders from this office. 5. With the pending heavy registration, under the changed draft ages, it becomes vitally imperative that Local Boards exercise the most scrupulous care in the issuance of the Final Classification notice, as such notice will constitute the only direct evidence of a registrant's compliance with the Selective Service Act. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 452. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 12. September 10, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Form 101 Inserts. The following telegram from the Provost Marshal General is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: — 85 — Washington, D. C, September 4, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number B thirty sixty. Re tel. five seventy-five. In- struct Local Boards to make insert sheets for Form 101 large. See note at bottom of last page on this form. Crowder. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 453. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO H-20. September 11, 1918. To the Chairman of each Local Board: ''CONFIDENTIAL." Subject: Government Appeal Agents. 1. This Office has received a telegram from the Provost Mar- shal General, requesting a report on the activities of the various Government .Appeal Agents, with the idea of elimi- nating those who have not been performing their duty and providing assistance for those who have been overworked. 2. This report should be made to this Office direct and, if deemed advisable, should be confidential in character and will be so treated. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 86 — Circular Letter No. 454. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5D-17 September 11. 1918. To all Local Boards: The following letter from the Provost Marshal General con- stitutes the amended S. S. R., relating to compensation of Local Board members, and should be strictly adhered to in presenting vouchers : From: Office of the Provost Marshal General. To: Draft Executives of all States. Subject: Amending Section 195, S. S. K. Section 195, S. S. R., as amended, is hereby further amended as follows : SECTION 195. LOCAL BOARDS. COMPENSATION. A. For services rendered by members of Local Hoards on and after September 1, 1918, there may be paid to each mem- ber a compensation of $1 per hour for each hour that he is actually present at the office of the Board and wholly engaged in the duties prescribed by these regulations for members of Local Boards, in no case to exceed $10 for any single day or $200 for any single month (except as prescribed in paragraph I) of this Section). The maximum compensation to he paid the members of a Board for any month shall be determined by the following table : Total registration at beginning <>f month, less indnctions (including those of deserters), cancellations, transfers, classifications in (Mass 5, ami dcntlis previous months, and maximum compensation per month to be paid to Boards of three or more members. 1,000 or under .$150 00 1,000 to 1,250 175 00 1,250 to 1,500 200 00 1,500 to 2,000 250 00 2,000 to 3,000 300 00 3,000 to 4,000 375 00 4,000 to 5,000 450 00 r»,000 to 6,000 525 00 0,000 to 7,000 600 00 — 87 — B. For the services rendered by members of Local Boards in reclassifying* and inducting men (individually or collect- ively) and for other miscellaneous services from March 1 to June 30, 1918, each Board of three or more members may be paid, a compensation as payment in full for all services ren- dered by them to and including June 30, 1918, the sum of $3 for each man inducted into the service of the United States and accepted by the military authorities, from March 1 to June 30, 1918, both elates inclusive, by the Board of which they are members. If any changes have occurred in the per- sonnel of a Local Board during the period from March 1 to June 30, 1918, members will be paid for the number of men inducted during their membership on the Board. C. For services rendered by members of Local Boards dur- ing the period between July 1, 1918, and August 31, 1918, each Board of three or more members may be paid a compensation which shall not exceed the sum of $3 for each registrant inducted into the military service of the United States during such period and accepted by the military authorities, and in addition thereto, thirty cents as an aggregate compensation to the members of the Board for each registrant of the June 5 and August 24, 1918, classes, to whom a Questionnaire shall have been mailed, and who shall have been finally classified by the Board in accordance with these regulations during said period. If any changes have occurred in the personnel of a Local Board during the period from July 1 to August 31, 1918, members will be paid for the number of men inducted or classified during their membership on the Board. D. Money due for services shall be paid in proportionate amounts to each member of a Local Board claiming compensa- tion, unless it shall be requested by unanimous vote of the Local Board that the money due shall be paid in some other proportion. In such cases the amounts to be paid shall not exceed the following, under: Subdivision A. Supra. One member, 50 per cent of the maximum allowance to the Board; two members, 75 per cent of the maximum allowance to the Board, to be distributed between them. Subdivision B. Supra. One member, $1.50 for each man inducted; two members, $2.25 for each man inducted, to be distributed between them. — 88 — Subdivision C. Supra. One member, $1.50 for man inducted, and l.v- for each classification; two mem bers, $2.25 Tor each man inducted and 25^ for each classi- fication, to be distributed between them. E. No payments shall be made by disbursing officers for the work performed by the members of Local Boards excepl in accordance with these regulations, nor shall any payment be made to a member of a Local Board who shall not have rendered bona fide service to the Government during the period mentioned in Paragraphs "B" and "C." F. In lieu of the certificate concerning services rendered by the members of the Local Board to be made by the chief clerk as provided in Section 17 hereof, the chief clerk of each Local Board shall prepare the claims and vouchers for com- pensation of members of Local Boards under the various sub- divisions of this Section and shall enter thereon a certificate which shall be made on blank space on back of the voucher and memorandum voucher, Form 335, in the following form: Subdivision A. "I hereby certify on honor that the number of registrants of this Board for the first day of , , (month for which com- pensation for services is claimed), less those in Claa was , and that the following changes occurred during the month of _: (the month imme- diately preceding that for which compensation for sendees is claimed). GAINS: By registration By transfer Total LOSSES: By induction By transfer By death By classification in Class 5. By cancellation Tola I — 89 — I further certify that the services herein slated were rendered to the Government of the United States as shown in the minute (took of - Board. Date 191—. Chief Clerk." Subdivision B. "I hereby certify on honor that the total number of inductions within the jurisdiction of this Local Board during the period between the first day of March, 1918, and the thirtieth day of June, 1918, (or the period between these dates during which the member to be compensated rendered services on the Board) was ; that of such registrants have been accepted by the military authorities, and that during said period was a member (Name) of said Local Board and rendered services as such member. Date, 191__. Chief Clerk." Subdivision C. "I hereby certify that the number of inductions within the jurisdiction of this Local Board during the period between the first day of July, 1918, and the thirty-first day of August, (or the period between these dates during which the member to be compensated rendered services on the Board) was ; that __ of such registrants have been accepted by the military authorities; that the total number of registrants of the class of June, 1918, who have been finally classified in accordance with the Selective Service Regulations dur- ing the period between the first day of July, 1918, and the thirty-first day of August, 1918, (or the period be- tween these dates during which the member to be com- pensated rendered services to the Board) was I further certify that during said period was a member of said (Name) Local Board and rendered services as such member, and that he assisted in the classification of these registrants. Date, , 1918. Chief Clerk." — 90 — This regulation is not intended to, nor does it affect the compensation of clerks. <>r of examining physicians who are not members of the Boards, or of allowances for other w sary expenses as provided in these regulations, except as pro vided in Note 1, Section 190 of these regulations. E. H. CrowdkBj Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 455. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 12. September 12, 1918. To all Local and Legal Advisory Boards: The effective work done by the Lawyers in response to the President's request that the Bar of California assist the regis- trants in the execution of their Questionnaires was generally responded to, but, I regret to say, the actual work was done by a very few loyal men, who were responsible for the whole scheme not being a failure. The loyal and earnest Lawyer is again face to face with a task greater than faced before and one that demands time and attention from a great many more than heretofore rendered service. It is not fair that those members of the profession who are willing only to lend their names should reap the honor ami glory through the labors of the few, and to the end that this may not be, Legal Advisory Boards are enjoined to comb out — 91 — their list of Associate Members and drop all those who will not conform to the following scheme: 1. It is essential that a compact organization be at once formed for the purpose of instruction and discipline. 2. Schools of instruction should be at once started, and no man should be permitted to assist a registrant until the Legal Advisory Board is satisfied that he has familiarized himself with his duties. 3. Schools of instruction should also cover problems in classification, naturalization and any other subjects germane to the problems to be met. There is still another way that members of the Bar may be of enormous help to" the Local Boards and save many valuable days for our Government ; that is by digesting and abstracting the contents of the questionnaires so that it will not be neces- sary for the Local Board Members to scrutinize each page thereof except in close cases. For example, an abstract such as this "John Smith, aged 35 years, citizen, living with wife and two children, no property, family wholly dependent, no industrial claim, no agricultural claim, properly sup- ported by affidavits of self and wife" would enable the Board to dispose of his case at a glance. Fully 90 per cent of the Questionnaires can be handled in this way. It is self-evident the enormous labor that the Local Board can be relieved of by Legal Advisory Board Members adopting this scheme. Local Board Members and Legal Advisory Board Members should at once get together to carry out to the best advantage the above suggestions. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 92 — Circular Letter No. 456. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO C-26 September 14, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Insert in Third Edition Questionnaire. The Provost Marshal General has instructed the distribu- tion to all Local Boards of an explanatory memorandum which is to be inserted in the Questionnaires as they are mailed. This memorandum is now being mailed in quantities approxi- mating fifty per cent of your registration. Additional sup- plies of this form will be forwarded as soon as received from Washington without order from you. BY DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR. J. J. BORREE, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 457. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 11-20 September 13, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Official Copies of "Registration Rbqulattons No. 3." The following circular Letter has been received from the Provost Marshal General and is quoted for your information and guidance: — 93 — 1. There is being transmitted to you today for distribu- tion among the Local Boards in your State a limited sup- ply of official copies of "Registration Regulations No. 3." Except for the insertion of dates, the signature of the Secretary of War, and the changes indicated below, these Regulations are the same as the advance unofficial copies heretofore forwarded to you. 2. After the unofficial copies were printed and trans- mitted to you, Section 5 of the law was changed to read as it appears in Paragraph 3 of the official Regulations. This required a change in paragraphs 4 and 72 in respect of the persons who are exempted from registration. 3. Section 29, subparagraph (&), has been amended to permit the appointment of registrants residing outside the jurisdiction of a Local Board when it is impracticable to obtain the services of registrars residing within its jurisdiction. 4. Section 48 . has been amended to require the chief clerk of every Local Board to cause one set of exact copies of all registration cards to be made after the assignment of serial numbers instead of after the assignment of order numbers. This was thought desirable, inasmuch as Dis- trict Boards would otherwise be in possession of Question- naires on appeal before receiving copies of registration cards and, in some cases, have refused to consider Questionnaires until receipt of the copies of the regis- tration cards. E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 94 — Circular Letter No. 458. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO H-20 September 13, 1918. To nil Local Boards : Subject: Amendments to Sections 151 and 157, S. S. L\ The following circular letter has been received from the Provost Marshal General and is quoted for your information and guidance: 1. In order to relieve a registrant in 6rea1 Britain who has attempted to enlist in the Army of the United States and lias been rejected for military service on account of physical dis- qualifications from the necessity of physical examination pur- suant to Section 142, S. S. R., or from the obligation to return to the United States if an order for his induction lias already been issued by his Local Board, the following addition has been made to Section 151 (i) as contained in my letter of August 2 to all Draft Executives, and note to Section 157 promulgated at the same time has been amended to read as follows: 2. Section 151, S. S. R., is amended by the addition to Para- graph (i) of the following: "If a citizen of the United States in Great Britain, who has registered, applies for enlistment at a Recruiting tion in Great Britain and is rejected for military service on account of physical disqualification, thereafter upon presentation bv such registrant to his Local Board of a certificate by the Recruiting Officer stating that the i trant applied for enlistment and was found physically disqualified (as the case inay be) for military service. together with a copy of the report of the physician who examined the applicant for enlistment, such certificate and copy of examining physician's report shall be tiled with the Questionnaire and the registrant shall he placed in (Mass V on the ground that he is totally physically unlit for military service. " — 95 — 3. Note 1 to Section 157 amended to read as follows : "When a Local Board learns that one of its registrants is in Great Britain or France, it shall, when issuing his induction order (Form 1028) place the date of reporting so far ahead that the registrant will have time to apply for enlistment voluntarily with the American Expedi- tionary Forces. After a reasonable time, a Local Board should receive either a certificate indicating that the registrant has so enlisted or a certificate and report of physical examination showing that the registrant has been rejected by the recruiting officer as physically unfit for military service. If such certificate of enlistment or such certificate and report of physical disqualification is not received within a reasonable time, the Local Board shall report the registrant to The Adjutant General of the Army on Form 1018 in the usual manner. If such cer- tificate of enlistment or such certificate and report of physical disqualification is received, the registrant shall be classified in Class V whether or not the date specified in Form 1028 had passed at the time of the receipt of the certificate of enlistment or the certificate and report of physical disqualification. ' ' E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 459. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-25 September 14, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Serial Numbers and Duplicate Eegistration Cards. 1. Attention of Local Boards is directed to the fact that they should serially number their Registration cards at the — 96 — earliest possible moment. Note that the Serial Numbers are issued by the Local Boards for registrants of September 12, 1918. 2. Local Boards are also directed to forward the duplicate copies of Registration cards direct to the District Boards instead of forwarding them through this office. By direction op the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. The Adjutant General. (Circular Letters Nos 460 and 461 not issued.} Circular Letter No. 462. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5-25 September 14, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Separate File of British Subjects. 1. The following telegram from the Provost Marshal Gen- eral is published for your information and guidance: Examine the Registration Cards of all persons who registered on September 12, 1918, and place in a separate file the Cards of all British subjects, including Canadians, whether nondeclarants or declarants, who were on Sep- tember 12, 1918, between 20 and 44 years of age, both inclusive. In order to comply with Article 2 of the Treaties between this country and Greal Britain and Canada, the involuntary induction of any such p shall be suspended until and including October L2, L918. — 97 — The Registration Cards of all British subjects, including Canadians, between 20 and 44 years of age, both inclusive, at the time of Registration, who register after September 12, 19.18, in pursuance of the President's Proclamation of August 31, 1918, shall be placed in a separate file as received, and the involuntary induction of any persons shall be suspended in accordance with Article 2 of said Treaties for the period of 30 days after the respective dates of Registration, The statement of a Registrant on his Registration Card that he is a subject of Great Britain or a Canadian, shall be sufficient evidence of his nation- ality unless the Local Board is satisfied that such statement is untrue. In this connection attention is invited to my Telegram B 1974 and the Amendment, Paragraph H, Section 151, S. S. R., promulgated therein. When in- structions are given to mail Questionnaire, no Question- naires shall be mailed to British subjects, including Cana- dians, whose involuntary induction is suspended as above directed until the expiration of the time within which any such person may be involuntarily inducted into Military service. British subjects, including Cana- dians, who were 18 or 19 or who were 45 years of age on September 12, 1918, or at the time of Registration, if they register after September 12, 1918, are not covered by the terms of the Treaties between the United States and Great Britain and Canada. Such persons can only be involuntarily inducted into the Military service of the United States provided they are declarants, that is, have taken out their first papers in this country. If they are declarants they do not enjoy the privileges of enlisting or enrolling or leaving the United States for the purpose of enlisting or enrolling in the Military forces of their own country. By direction of the Governor. J. J. BORREE, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. — 98 — Circular Letter No. 463. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO H-25 September 16, 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Tourist Accommodations. The following Circular Letter from the Provost Marshal General is quoted for your information and guidance : 1. The following letter has just been received from the United States Railroad Administration and is published for yctir information, and with the request that it be bulletinized to all Local Boards affected thereby: "I am in receipt of information from the Southern Railway that they are experiencing some trouble on ac- count of the Local Boards in the East routing small detachments of drafted men from their Eastern home stations to P't. Oglethorpe, ('amp Forrest and Chattanooga via the following route south of Washington: Southern R\*. — Lynchburg. X. & \fr.— Bristol. Southern Ry. — Chattanooga, and it appears that they are also furnished with Govern- ment request for a tourist berth from Washington t;> Chattanooga via the Southern Ry. The only tourist car that is operated through the Southeast is via the Southern Ry. to San Francisco through Atlanta and New Orleans, and this tourist sleeper leaves Washington at '■) :4o P.M., on Southern Ry. Train No. 29, I would thank you to handle this matter with your representatives in the Fast, calling their attention to the fact that the Issuance of a Government order for a tourist section is of no value to the drafted men for the reason — 99 — stated above and that if it is desired that the man have a berth please issue the Government order for a berth in the standard sleeper. Your eo-cperation in this matter will be appreciated." E. H. Crowder, Provost Marshal General. By direction of the Governor. J. J. Borree, Brigadier General, N. G. C, The Adjutant General. Circular Letter No. 464. STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 5D-17 September 16. 1918. To all Local Boards: Subject: Basis of Allowance for Clerk Hire. The following telegram from the Provost Marshal General is published for the information and guidance of all eoncerned : Washington, D. C, September 13, 1918. Adjutant General, Sacramento, California. Number C four forty. Reference New Regulations concerning total Registrations. Each Local Board as it stands October first, nineteen eighteen, less all deductions including those of deserters, transfers, deaths, and classi- fications in Class Five, during previous months, will be used as basis for compensation of allowance for pay of Local Board members and clerks for the months of Sep- tember and October. Crowder. — 100 — This telegram has reference to our Circular Letter No. 447. forwarded to all Local Boards some d;iys ago, which Letter gave the basis of allowance for Clerk Hire. Under tne New Regulations a certain specific sum will be allowed for Clerk Hire, said sum to be on the basis of tin- registration as it stands from mouth to mouth. The amount allowed is: For a registration of 1400 and under, $100; rising gradually to 10,000 registrants, for which a total of $415 is allowed, and so on in proportion. Under the New Regulations it will not be possible to pay Clerks oftener than once a month, as the registration nrasl be furnished with the vouchers. The former Regulations in relation to Authorizations for Clerk Hire are abrogated. Please study Circular No. 447. and in presenting vouchers for clerks be guided thereby. By direction of the Governor. j. j. borree, Brigadier General. N. (i. ('.. The Adjutant General. • » a • * a •. • • • -• • SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX. APPEAL AGENTS. Circular number Capabilities 4.13 ADVISORY COUNCIL DISTRICT BOARDS. Formation 405 BOARDS. Legal Advisory 455 Local ,. 441£, 450 Members 430 Instruction 432 Advisory 405 Medical 44G, 448. 407 BRASSARDS. Supplied 425 BRITISH SUBJECTS. Instructions 402 BOARDS OE INSTRUCTION. Appointment 432 CROWDER (General). Letter declining- promotion 41S CLASSIFICATION. Railroad employees 404 Of shipbuilders 400 Erroneous of married men 414 Deferred (limited service) 480 Final cards 451 CLERICAL HIRE. Compensation .447, 470 Allowance basis 464 Amendment 475 Instructions 47S CORRESPONDENCE. Instructions 443 CLERICAL HELP. Preference to dependents of soldiers and sailors 416 Induction of 420 DEPENDENCY. Wife 423 DESERTERS. General provisions (amendment 140 S.S.R.) 413 Desertion described 417 Prosecution 426 DISCHARGE. Of enlisted students 405 — 102 — EMERGENCY FLEET, circular number Co-operation extended by corporation 412 ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS. Refusal of local hoards to recognise 406 EXTENSION OF DRAFT AGE. Genera] statement 401 ENLISTMENT. Discharge of enlisted students (05 Of citizens of F. S. abroad _' 4<>7 \aval releases 11 v FILING CASKS (Srr Fihmitke). FURNITURE. Filing cases 41<> FORMS. For registrants abroad 4(>7 For deserters 113, 417 KM inserts ' 452 1. 68 reserve supply ISO\ Klc duplicates 441 1011) instructions 44!> IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING COMMISSION. Co-operation : MB INDUCTED MEN, Conduct i 421) INSTRUCTIONS. To registrants (by F. C. men) 106 INDUCTIONS. Suspension 135 Navy and marine rorps 47(5 Instructions 479 Subjects neutral countries Clerical help ISO LEGAL ADVISORY HOARDS. Schools of instruction C>~> LOCAL FOARD. Loss of medical examiners do Compensation 4.'i<;. 441 ) MEDICAL Examiners i • I Volunteer medical service corps \t'>'-> Remediable defectives 4:i7. 444. 146, cv.J. Mental defectives «8 Advisory 446, lis. U>~ Examining physicians 142 Physicians class I. group C 474 Physical examinations 182 MEDICAL ADVISORY. Impending draft 140 Jurisdiction transfer 11 s Personnel of examiners 467 — 103 — MENTAL DEFECTIVES. circular i.unu,.w Information 439 MEDICAL EXAMINERS. Conference 471 MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE. Inelusiveness of term 4ir> MARRIED MEN. Erroneous classification of 414 MARINERS. Classification of 411 MEAL TICKETS. Allowance : 430 XEUTRAL COUNTRIES. Subjects of 403 Changes No. 8 427 NECTRAL DECLARANTS. Changes No. 6, S. S. R 427 NAVAL OFFICERS. Enlistment releases 418^ OCCUPATIONAL CARDS. Differentiation 431 Cancellation, reissuing 434 OCTOBER CALLS. Instructions 440 PHYSICIANS. Examining . 442 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. Instructions 482 PHYSICIANS IN CLASS 1. GROUP C. 1010 report 474 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. Amendment S. S. R 415 PILOT. Deferred elassification of — on Great Lakes 411 PASSPORT PERMITS. Instructions 468, 47.* 5 QUESTIONNAIRES. August 24. 1018 428 .'Jil addition insert 456 REMEDIABLE DEFECTIVES. Instructions 437 Supplementary 444. 445, 453^ RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. Classification of 404 REGISTRANTS. Instructions to 408 Intending to evade service 417 — 104 — REGISTRATION AND DRAFT. Circular number General statement on extension of ages #01 Cards (instructions) : 47l' Regulation No. 2 (changes) r.7 September, 11)18 SELECTED MEN. Expenses 421 SERIAL NUMBERS. Instructions 4.": S. S. R. Amendments to 151 and 157 Amendments to 78 and 70 411. 415 Amendments to 140. deserters 413 Amendments to 77 * . 42 1 Amendments to 105 •_. \:> i Amendments to 151 and 157 Rescinds section 51. substitutes 140 117 STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS. Instructions 174o. 177 Discharge of enlisted : * 405 TRANSPORTATION. Requests . 43S [rregular L22 TOURISTS car. Accommodations l r ' :, > VOLUNTEER MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS. Instruction WORK OR FIGHT. Fundamentals outlined 102 408G8 11 L500 VB 48C67 402928 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY