Page images
PDF
EPUB

PART XIV.

CERTIFYING OFFICERS

By Executive order the President has directed that all affidavits of necessity required under Selective Service Regulations for securing deferred classification of Federal employees conform to the following rquirements:

"In the case of a person in the service of a department within the District of Columbia, who files with local board a claim of deferred classification from the selective draft, the affidavit of the departmental official having direct supervision and control of the branch of the service in which he is employed, as provided for in the abovementioned regulations, will be forwarded to the Secretary of that department, accompanied by a memorandum giving sufficient data to enable the Secretary to determine whether or not the case is a proper one for deferred classification. If, on the information furnished, he deems the case a proper one for deferred classification by the board, he will indorse the affidavit 'Approved '; if not,' Disapproved.' In either case the affidavit will be returned to the official making it, to be filed with the local board as required by the instructions on the back thereof. "In the case of a person in departmental service stationed outside of the District of Columbia, the affidavit of the official having direct supervision of the applicant will be forwarded for approval or disapproval to the official, to be designated by the Secretary of the department, who has jurisdiction or control of the area within which the applicant is stationed at the time, unless the affidavit is originally made by such official.

"In the case of a person in the service of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, or other commission or board or body not organized directly under one of the executive departments, the same general method will be followed so far as practicable, with a view to reducing the discharge of drafted men to the minimum number consistent with the maintenance of vital national interests during the emergency of war."

Pursuant to the above order, designations were made in the several departments as set out below.

In the case of a person employed in the legislative or judicial branch of the Government the affidavit may be signed and approved by the official under whom such person serves. Such affidavits and approvals are to be given the same force and effect as those issued under the executive department.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

The Assistant Secretary of State.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

The following officials are designated for the respective States and Territories:

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona_

Arkansas_.

California.

Colorado

Connecticut_.

Delaware_.

Florida.

Georgia.

Hawaii

Idaho__

Illinois_

[blocks in formation]

Collector of customs.

Collector of customs.

Indiana.

Iowa__

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana_

Maine_.

Maryland

MassachusettsMichigan Minnesota.

Mississippi_

Missouri

Montana_

Nebraska.

Nevada__

New Hampshire.
New Jersey.
New Mexico__
New York__

North Carolina_
North Dakota_
Ohio___.
Oklahoma_

Oregon__

Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina.

South Dakota_.

Tennessee_

Texas_

Utah.

Vermont.

Virginia___

Washington_

Wisconsin_. West Virginia.

Wyoming--‒‒.

__Chicago__
Indianapolis..
Des Moines.
Wichita
Louisville.

New Orleans_.
Portland
Baltimore_

Boston_

Detroit

St. Paul
Jackson.
.St. Louis..
Helena_.
Omaha.

Carson City.
Portsmouth_
Newark..
Albuquerque_
New York_
Raleigh.
Fargo

Cleveland_.

Oklahoma City. _Portland_. Philadelphia_ Providence_.

..Columbia..

Aberdeen_

[blocks in formation]

The district attorneys of the United States in the respective districts have been designated.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

The commanding generals of the several departments have been designated as follows:

Northeastern Department, Boston, Mass.

Eastern Department, Governors Island, N. Y.
Southeastern Department, Charleston, S. C.
Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Central Department, Chicago, Ill.

Western Department, San Francisco, Cal.

Messrs. M. F. Chase and Milo S. Ketcham have been designated as the officials to make supporting affidavits, and D. C. Jackling, director United States Government explosives plants, to act as approving official of such affidavits, in support of all claims for deferred classification of Federal employees in the United States Government explosives plants conducted under the supervision of the United States Government explosives plants. (Circular letter, Apr. 12, 1918.)

The Secretary of War has designated the Quartermaster General of the Army, or acting for him, the officer detailed in charge of the Personnel Division of the Quartermaster General's Office, to act in the capacity of such approving officials, on all claims for deferred classification of employees of the general depots of the Quartermaster Corps of the Army stationed outside of Washington.

The Secretary of War has designated the division engineers of the Army to act in the capacity of such approving officials on all claims. of employees of the Engineering Department of the Army stationed outside of Washington. (C. S. S. R., No. 2, Jan. 25, 1918.)

The Secretary of War, pursuant to Executive order, has designated Col. J. W. Joyes, Ordnance Department, United States Army, to act as approving official of affidavits in support of claims for deferred classification of persons employed in the service of the United States in connection with the erection and operation of United States nitrate plants. This authority is limited to the approval of affidavits for deferred classification of Government employees and does not extend to employees of contractors. (Circular letter, May 11, 1918.)

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

The department will not file affidavits for any postmasters. (However, postmasters of the first, second, and third classes are exempted under the law.)

Postmasters at first and second class post offices are hereby authorized to file affidavits with local exemption boards for the purpose of securing deferred classification (Class III) for the following employees only: Supervisory officials in post offices; post-office clerks whose services can not be dispensed with without materially lowering the efficiency of the service; drivers of Government-owned automobiles; mechanics and skilled laborers whose services are absolutely necessary; clerks and substitute clerks employed at military branches. (Telegram B-2246, July 24, 1918.)

Division superintendents Railway Mail Service are hereby authorized to make affidavits for securing deferred classification of all employees of the Railway Mail Service who desire such deferred classification under the new Selective Service Regulations, effective December 15, 1917, provided that no affidavits for deferred classifications will be made for laborers, janitors, and elevator conductors.

Postmasters and division superintendents will make an indorsement as follows immediately after their signature to affidavits in support of requests of employees for deferred classification: "Authority to make the foregoing affidavit contained in Postmaster General's Order No. 949 of December 10, 1917."

When any employee, in whose behalf affidavits of deferred classification have been filed, becomes separated from the Post Office Service, or the Railway Mail Service, either by resignation, removal, or transfer, or ceases to perform duties entitling him to deferred classification as specified above, the postmaster or division superintendent shall immediately certify to the local board where such employee is registered the discontinuance of the existence of the status of the registrant which was made the basis of his former classification. (Postmaster General's Order No. 949.)

3. The officials authorized to make affidavits are also to be considered as the certifying and approving officers under Executive order, page 241. Where affidavits supporting claim for deferred classification are made by officials named in paragraph 2 and paragraph 4 of this page, no further approval is required by the regulations. The following list shows the different divisions of the Railway Mail Service and the States comprising them:

First division (comprising New England States).

Second division (comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Accomac and Northampton Counties, Va., and Porto Rico).

Third division (comprising Maryland, excluding the Eastern Shore), Virginia (excepting Accomac and Northampton Counties), West Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.

Fourth division (comprising South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee).

Fifth division (comprising Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky).
Sixth division (comprising Illinois and Iowa).

Seventh division (comprising Missouri and Kansas).

Eighth division (comprising California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Hawaii). Ninth division (comprising the main line of the New York Central Railroad between New York, N. Y., and Chicago, Ill., and the lower peninsula of 'Michigan). Tenth division (comprising Wisconsin, northern peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota).

Eleventh division (comprising Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico). Twelfth division (comprising Louisiana and Mississippi).

Thirteenth division (comprising Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska).

Fourteenth division (comprising Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming). Fifteenth division (comprising the main lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad system from New York, N. Y., via Pittsburgh, Pa., to Chicago, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo., and collateral lines that may be designated).

4. Affidavits for post-office inspectors who are drafted will be made by the inspector in charge of the division to which the inspector concerned is assigned. The following list shows the different divisions and the States comprising them: Atlanta division (comprising Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina). Austin division (comprising Louisiana and Texas).

Boston division (comprising Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).

Chattanooga division (comprising Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee). Chicago division (comprising Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin). Cincinnati division (comprising Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio). Denver division (comprising Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming). Kansas City division (comprising Kansas, the city of Kansas City, Mo., Nebraska and Oklahoma).

New York division (comprising New York). (C. S. S. R., No. 2, Jan. 25, 1918.)

« PreviousContinue »