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Show Family Men Exempted In Wilson 's Orde r Washington, Aug. 2C. President Wilson today declared that tho first draft of C87.000 citizen soldiers should bo mado up of men who are not heads of families. In a letter to Secretary of War Daker, he said that only excepting to this rulo should bo In the caso of a man seeking exemption, or his do-pendents, do-pendents, having sufficient iucomo to supply tho needs of thoso dependent. Washington, Aug. 25. President Wilson has written Socrotary Bakor expressing a view that tho drafting of married men who aro hend3 of families should bo carefully examined to avoid, If possible, nnd expressing the vlow that slnglo men should be taken where it Is possible As tho presldont Is empowered by tho draft law to make tho regulations regula-tions under which It will bo carried out,, tho effect of his letter to Secretary Secre-tary Baker Is to throw his Influence toward a moro liberal policy for exemption ex-emption of married men that horo-toforo horo-toforo ha3 been pursued by tho provost pro-vost marshall genornl's offlco. It Is no secret that tho president's vlow Is In open conflict with tho interpretation in-terpretation placed at present upon tho law by tho army officers who aro administering It. They contend that as tho history of tho law shows that congress voted down amendments to exempt married men, they have no legal authority to exempt them except ex-cept on tho grounds of dependency alone. President Wilson's view ns forecast in his recent letter to Senator Weeks Is that tho taking of married men and heads of families should be avoided at least In tho first draft. |