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Show order of priority for induction. Local boards in meeting their quotas first summon men who have been declared delinquent for failure to comply with the draft law. Next to be taken aremenwho volunteer for induction. Then the local boards complete their monthly quota by calling those Class I-A acceptable men between ages 19 and 26 who do not have children with whom they maintain main-tain a bona fide home. They are . called in the order of their dates of birth, oldest first. The present average age of call is justunder23. If this category were exhausted, local boards would next call fathers 19 to 26, by birth date, oldest first then men over 26, youngest first; and finally men 18-12 to 19, oldest first. Is Your Bov 18? This is the third in the series of Selective Service articles. There are five general classes with numerous subdivisions which local boards use to indicate whether a man is available, deferred, or exempt- and why. Every man is considered as available for induction, in Class ! I-A, until his eligibility for some other classification is established to the satisfaction of the local board. If a registrant does not establish his eligibility for deferment of exemption because of hardship, occupation study, Re serve or National Guard membership, member-ship, or other reason, he is placed in Class I-A. In the normal case, a registrant in Class I-A will be ordered for an Armed Forces examination shortly before his time to enter service, to determine whether he is acceptable physically, phy-sically, mentally, and morally. If he is rejected he is deferred in Class IV-F. If acceptable, he is kept in Class I-A until he is reached for induction. All registrants in Class I-A are divided into categories in an |