Show XE IF f IS URD BY c incurring With Wilson I Marshal Says I I to Families t ifould Be xe Avoided A voicie 11 I International terna ional News Service r WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Aug 25 25 ii Tied d 1 men drawn for the na na- f are entitled to if their labor has supported r. r 5 wives President Wilson Vilson s 3 i. i it was announced d by Pro Pro- Marshal General Crowder this afternoon It had been ri held that married l urn e i who were capable of earn- earn their own living should do so soI I release elease their husbands for ary ary service The president ru rules iI s that the families of marmen mariE mar- mar iE men 1 need not support their heir heirY Y lies so the husband could goar go so ar V 1 By United Press Aug 25 25 1 K I men with actually n a cut wives or 01 children will willI willbe I be drafted into info the new V nay nail na- na il y arm army Provost Marshal alj i Crowder ruled tonight upon n of for or amelioration the lot families Crowder held that to be e exempted d In iii C case II fand f nd children were really denSon de- de oh his labor in other words word ought not to force a wife vork for herself and children Ulie he j ol ier's pay or his pay payl E l' l contributions did not meet the family needs nt Wilson wrote that such should be avoided as far R a ns JI ley Crowder concurred but re- re hat there thele ought not to be ex- ex n nirL Jn cases for tor Instance where If IfS Is wealthy or where her iier reI rela- rela ap a- a p willing to take over the task porting p her opinion on the presidents president's follows ha has been expressed that jg g on claims for discharge on of dependents local boards no case to refuse a a. discharge n a led ri-led man or to the head of oC a a. aB B I- I Ino The law under which local I 4 act ct requires that before such 1 Kuge 1 go ge can enn be granted dependency IIa as relationship must be es- es led The The- matter having been el to the tho p president therefore therefore- toro it ered d that I HARDSHIPS ought as far as practicable to tot tos t s new national army without I ithe the e hard hardships necessarily enn en- en w V n the head of a 1 family I l an I hoped that for tor the most h Kose he se accepted in the first call bj Ii found to be men who had not nots not's s 's med such relations l seleCtiVe service law mal makes eR eRt t f dependents rather rathor than the marriage arriage the basis for mV nt there are undoubtedly many thin the ape age limits fixed by en en who are ale married and yet yeti i j or other are such that no dethe de- de of j the wife exists in fact it o law don does not contemplate l firOf for this class of men regulations promulgated on n should be regarded as asIn I. I In iii these cases and the orId orI orf or- or jd I under that regulation dl dl- dl f boards to establish Id f dependents in addition to marriage ought not to be l he attention of this office has hasted hasted ted ed to the fact that in a few local boards have certified to bards as held for military men m whose families are actu- actu p. p pendent upon them theta for fer support theory that the wife is able kand and should be pushed tO the thet t UJ of p f going to work to support grid nd children This situation essed In the following opinion I r ct board of New York City ch opinion this office concurs unde understanding that the phrase t available from relatives' relatives Is p or oi totally previously L' L to the applicant himself Ho 0 l t concur COncul in the view sun sug- sug n 11 some Rome quarters that in cae CRe and ud actually depend- depend J Continued on p page e- e 2 EXEMPT MARRIED MEN Continued from page 1 I. ent eat on applicants applicant's labor for support and where there are no other means of support the wife should be put to the necessity of going to work to support herself and children Bona fide tide dependency dependency de de- dependency de- de of wife trite and children on la labor la- la bor her of applicant where in his absence they will be left without reasonably adequate support after duly taking In in to consideration sold soldiers soldiers' wage and support available from relatives as al' stated In the rulings of or the provost marshal general g Is ground tot for discharge dis dis- dis- dis charge x XA This opinion clearly nn and ly expresses the intent of t law uw In lii this tibia regard 3 Paragraph 3 B B. B complied compiled r ug o of oC thU thie office No 6 addressed a lute te of affairs where the p parent rent or othe othe- Jela tires tives of the wife or husband ar are I able ready and willing to support th the wife and children If tr any y during the absence ab- ab b sence of the husband T This ls ruling was responsible for a class of case cases that has been brought to the attention of this office where claims of discharge had been made oz on the tho ground of de de on a husband who as a mat maU te ter of fr fact was WS not dePendent on him him- self The ruling directed the of local boards to the fact that attention scrutiny tiny of cases casca of this kind kipi might disclose dis dis- close that t no discharge was available It was w not Intended that B D. of the compiled rUlings ruling should paragraph a applY ap ap- pl plY to the case of the head of a family whose family at the time of his sum sum sum- mont mon and prior thereto has been bee main main- main mainly ly dependent upon his port labor for s sun sun- M V. V f 4 4 Instances Instances In which local have been In n error boards I of these two classes of ca cases es s ar are rare It l to h be exp expected that with from I local boards there would be som soPie some Un- Un uniformity of decision ele In ip this I To provide n against this thU for section the 27 n automatic of ot th the r p provide rr I appeal p of pt an all ii lC- lC i I cases to the district fj J district boards boards should scan decisions I of local and boards on op qUe questions of rt dependency dependency de- de wherever It appears s such ch decision decisions are illegal as aft In that the th t two cases cares just mentioned or other wife wise by or where these decisions j seem eem eem to be bo so far as na to result i in an opera operation lon of ot the law Jaw th the district boards should reverse revers or modi modi- modi fy 3 the decision of ot the local board The grou group gropp of ot men actually sent flent to training c camps Sept 5 will be five fU-e per cent of the quota instead o of I per cent It war wac officially announced I I toda today The second lecon group of ot 40 per tier I cent will go Sept 19 Forty per cent I leav lear Oct OcL 3 3 and the rest as soon goon as J I possible |