States, upon presentation to such local board, at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of exemption by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit1 signed by such person setting forth the following information:

1. Date and place of birth.

2. Date of immigration into the United States.

3. Whether he has taken out his first papers-that is, declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States.

4. Present address; and upon presentation by affidavits of such other evidence as may be required, in the opinion of the board, to substantiate the claim.

No subject of Germany residing in the United States, whether he has taken out his first papers or not, will be accepted for service. When, in the opinion of a local board, any person called for service is a subject of Germany, whether he has or has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, or whether he, or some other person in respect of him, has or has not filed a claim of exemption, he shall be exempted and a certificate of complete exemption issued to him.

(f) All other resident aliens who have not taken out their first papers. Any person who is a resident alien-that is, a citizen or subject of any foreign State or nation other than Germany-who shall not have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, upon presentation to such local board, at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of exemption by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit signed by such person setting forth the following information:

1. Date and place of birth.

2. Date of immigration into the United States.

3. Whether he has taken out his first papers-that is, declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States.

4. Present address; and upon presentation by affidavits of such other evidence as may be required in the opinion of the board to substantiate the claim.

SEC. 19. Local boards to issue certificates of exemption.-Each local board shall issue a certificate of exemption to each person by or in respect of whom a claim for exemption has been filed in accordance with these rules and regulations if, in the opinion of the local board, such claim has been substantiated as required by these rules and regulations and the right to a certificate of exemption established.

Each such certificate of exemption shall be on a form 3 provided by the Provost Marshal General, shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the board, and shall set forth the grounds and conditions

1 Use Form No. 118.

2 Use Form No. 119.

Use Form No. 120.

of the exemption and the duration thereof. Such certificate may be absolute, conditional, or temporary, as the case may require.

No exemption shall continue when a cause therefor no longer exists. Whenever a local board shall determine that the cause for the issuance by such local board of a certificate of exemption no longer exists, such local board shall at once revoke such certificate of exemption1 and restore the name of the person to whom it was issued to the list of those called for service. Such board shall thereupon notify such person of its action by mail directed to the address given on his registration card and require the surrender of the certificate of exemption issued to such person.

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It shall thereupon be the duty of such person to surrender forthwith to such local board the certificate of exemption previously issued to him.

Any certificate of exemption may be withdrawn, modified, or renewed by the local board if, in the opinion of such local board, the circumstances of the case require that the certificate of exemption should be withdrawn, modified, or renewed.

Certificates of exemption shall require by their terms any person exempted conditionally or for a limited time to report, and it shall be the duty of such person to report, to the local board issuing the certificate immediately upon the expiration of the time specified, or whenever the conditions entitling such person to a certificate of exemption cease to exist.

Each certificate of exemption shall contain reference .o the penalty clause of said act of Congress and also to the appropriate provisions of the Criminal Code of the United States setting forth the penalty incurred for failure to obey any provision of said act of Congress.

SEC. 20. Persons or classes of persons to be discharged by a local board. The following persons or classes of persons shall, if called for service by any local board and not discharged as physically deficient or exempted in accordance with the regulations hereinbefore prescribed, be discharged by such local board upon a claim for discharge being made and filed by or in respect of any such person, and substantiated in the opinion of the local board, and a certificate of absolute, conditional or temporary discharge, as the case may require. issued to any such person.

The claim to be discharged must be made by such person, or by some other person in respect of such person, on a form prepared by the Provost Marshal General and furnished by the local boards for that purpose. Such claim must be filed with the local board on or before the seventh day after the mailing by the local board of the notice

1 Use Form No. 165.

2 Use Form No. 166.

3 Use Form No. 121 or 122.

required to be given such person of his having been called for service.

The statement on the registration card of any person that discharge is claimed shall not be construed or considered as the presentation of a claim for discharge.

(a) County and municipal officers.-Any county or municipal officer, including therein officers of counties, townships, cities, boroughs, parishes, towns, and villages, who has been elected to his office by popular vote and whose office may not be filled by appointment for an unexpired term, upon presentation to such local board at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim for discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit1 made by the county clerk or like officer of the county, township, city, borough, parish, town, or village of which such person is an officer, stating the office held by such person and the date of his election, when his term of office expires, and that the unexpired term of such office may not be filled by appointment; and upon presentation by affidavits of such other evidence as may be required, in the opinion of the local board, to substantiate the claim.

(b) Customhouse clerks.-Any clerk employed in a customhouse of the United States upon presentation to such local board, at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit 2 signed by the collector or deputy collector having charge of the customhouse in which he is employed stating that he is a clerk in a customhouse of the United States and is, in his opinion, necessary to the effective operation or administration of such customhouse, and that he can not be replaced by another person without substantial material loss of efficiency in such operation or administration.

(c) Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mails. Any person employed by the United States in the transmission of the mails, upon presentation to such local board, at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit signed by the postmaster, or some appointee of the President or Postmaster General having direct supervision of such employee, stating that such employee is, in his opinion, necessary to the effective and adequate transmission of the mails and can not be replaced by another person without substantial material loss of efficiency in the effective and adequate transmission of the mails.

(d) Artificers and workmen employed in the armories, arsenals, and navy yards of the United States.-Any artificer or workman em ployed in any armory, arsenal, or navy yard of the United States, upon presentation to such local board, at any time within 10 days

1 Use Form No. 123.

2 Use Form No. 124.

Use Form No. 125.

after the filing of a claim of discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit1 signed by the commandant or officer having command of the armory, arsenal, or navy yard of the United States in which such person is employed, stating that such person is, in his opinion, necessary to the efficient and adequate operation of such armory, arsenal, or navy yard of the United States and can not be replaced by another person without substantial material loss of efficiency in the effective and adequate operation of such armory, arsenal, or navy yard of the United States.

(e) Persons employed in the service of the United States designated by the President to be exempted.-Any person employed in the service of the United States, upon presentation to such local board at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit 2 signed by the official of the Government of the United States having direct supervision and control of the department, commission, board, bureau, division, or branch of the Government of the United States in which such person is employed stating that such person is, in his opinion, necessary to the adequate and effective operation of such department, commission, board, bureau, division, or branch in the service of the United States and can not be replaced by another person without substantial material loss in the adequate and effective operation of said department, commission, board, bureau, division, or branch in the service of the United States.

In the case of a person employed in the legislative or judicial branch of the Government the affidavit may be signed by the official under whom such person serves.

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(f) Pilots.-Any licensed pilot regularly employed in the pursuit of his vocation, upon presentation to such local board at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit signed by the collector or deputy collector of the port from which such pilot regularly sails, stating that such person is a licensed pilot regularly employed in the pursuit of his vocation.

(g) Mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States.-Any mariner actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States, upon presentation to such local board at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim of discharge by or in respect of such person, of an affidavit signed by his employer stating that such person is, in his opinion, necessary to the adequate and effective operation of the sea service in which the person is employed describing the particular sea service operated and can not be replaced by another

1 Use Form No. 126. 2 Use Form No. 127. * Use Form No. 128. 4 Use Form No. 129.

person without substantia. material loss of efficiency in the adequate and effective operation of such sea service.

The term " sea service" shall be construed for the purpose of said act of Congress, and of these rules and regulations to include the service of mariners actually employed in the marine service of any citizen or merchant within the United States on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters.

(h) Those in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for support which renders their exclusion or discharge desirable.

(1) Any married man whose wife or child is dependent upon his labor for support, upon presentation to such local board, at any time within 10 days after the filing of a claim for his discharge by such married man, of an affidavit signed by him giving his name, age, and place of residence; the name and place of residence of his wife; the name(s), age (s), and place of residence of his child or children (if any); and stating that he is a married man, the husband of said wife, the father of her child or children; that such wife, child, or children is (are) dependent upon his labor for support as the term "labor" is used in these rules and regulations; that his income from which such wife and child or children received such support was mainly the fruit of his mental or physical labor, and was not mainly derived from property or other sources, independent of his mental or physical labor.1

And upon presentation, within the time aforesaid, to such local board of a supporting affidavit signed by such wife giving her husband's name, age, and place of residence; her own name and place of residence; the name (s), age (s), and residence of their child or children (if any); and stating that she is the wife of such person, the mother of such child or children, and that he is the father of her child or children; the approximate amount of her separate income and the independent income of such child or children during the last preceding year, exclusive of any sums received from her husband, and exclusive of any gifts to her or her child or children, the same being merely the income derived from the separate or independent property of, or property held in trust for her, the child or children; that she or her child or children is (are) dependent upon her husband's labor for support, as the term "labor" is used in these rules and regulations; and that her husband's income from which she, her child or children received such support was mainly the fruit of his mental or physical labor, and was not income mainly derived from property or other sources, independent of his mental or physical labor.2

And upon presentation, within the time aforesaid, to such local board of a supporting affidavit signed by a head of a family residing