General Rules. to inspection by any person other than members of Local and District Boards, examining physicians, members of Medical Advisory Boards, Government Appeal Agents, and other persons connected with the administration of the Selective Service Law and these Rules and Regulations, and United States attorneys and their assistants, and officials of such bureaus or departments of the United States Government as may be designated by the Secretary of War. Penalty for diAny person connected with the administration of the vulging confidential information. Selective Service Law and these Rules and Regulations who shall divulge or impart to any person not entitled under the foregoing paragraph to receive the same, any information contained in a record as to a registrant's physical condition, or as to his answers concerning dependency, as above provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed one year. Use of confidential records in court. lic, see sec. 11. The portions of such records as are hereinbefore held to be confidential shall not, without the consent of the registrant, be produced and published in response to any subpoena or summons of any court, except that they may be so produced and published for the purpose of being used in the prosecution of the registrant, or of any person acting in collusion with such registrant, for perjury or for any violation of the provisions of the Selective Service Law or of these Rules and Regulations. Section 12. Manner in which public may inspect records. Whenever any registrant or other person (except one of the classes of persons named in the proviso of the foregoing Section 11 of these Rules and Regulations) Records, pub-applies to a Local or District Board to inspect any of the records of such boards, such registrant or other person shall not be permitted to search through such records, but it shall be the duty of members or clerks of Local and District Boards and other persons having the custody of such records, to discover, open, and point out to the registrant or other person, the portion of the record containing the information requested by such person so applying; subject to the limitations as to disclosures provided in the foregoing Section 11. Oath. Section 13. No substitution in favor of drafted men. The Selective Service Law strictly prohibits the acceptance of substitutes for men selected for military duty. The obligation to render military service is personal and can not be transferred. Section 14. Oaths of members of boards and other persons. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties all of the following-named persons charged with duties in the administration of the Selective Service Law and of these Rules and Regulations who have not heretofore General Rules. done so shall take the oath which is set out as Form 1033 in Part X hereof, namely: All members and clerks of Local and District Boards, Required of Disbursing Officers, Inspectors, additional examining physicians, members of Medical and Legal Advisory Boards and Government Appeal Agents. Taken before The oath hereby prescribed shall be taken before some whom, see sec. 10. officer mentined in section 10 hereof and shall be filed in the office of the Adjutant General of the State. Section 15. Signing of orders, reports, and certificates of boards. any member. All orders, summons, notices, reports, and certificates Signature issued by authority of any Local or District Board may be signed or certified by any member of such board. Section 16. Entries on forms and records. stamp. by All entries made by Local or District Boards on any of the forms, notices, and records provided for by these Rules and Regulations shall be made with pen and ink of Ink or rubber black color unless other color is prescribed by the regulations, except that rubber stamps may, and where they can be obtained, should be used in preference to pen and ink in entering dates, designations of Local or District Boards, and other entries which require repetition of the same date or word or phrase. Section 17. Minute Books of Local and District Minute Book. Each District and Local Board shall maintain a Minute Contents Book (Form 1004) which shall contain a brief record of the proceedings of all meetings of said Board. The minutes of said Board must contain, however, the following: (1) Date and hour of each meeting and hour of adjournment. (2) Names of members of Boards present at such meetings and period of time devoted to work of Local Board by each member. (3) The character of work performed by each Local Board at such meeting, whether classification or mobilization; if work of Local Board was of classification, the minutes shall state the number of cases classified or examined. (4) The number of hours devoted by examining physicians to the work of examining registrants during the day. of From the minutes of such Local or District Boards, the Chief Clerk of each of said Boards shall prepare the pay vouchers for each member and examining physician of Pay vouchers: such board and shall enter thereon the following certificate: "I hereby certify that the services herein stated see sec. 213. General Rules. were rendered to the Government of the United States, as shown in the Minute Book of Inspectors: see sec. 31. Local Boards. District Boards. boards disquali Board No voucher shall be paid by the Disbursing Officer of the State unless the requirements of this section are fully complied with. Every such Minute Book shall be open to the inspection of auditors or inspectors at all times. Section 18. Designation of Local and District State of When there is but one Local Board having jurisdiction in a county, or city of over thirty thousand population, or other subdivision in a State, it shall be designated and known as the Local Board for (Here insert name of subdivision) of Should there be more than one Local Board having jurisdiction in any county, city of over thirty thousand, or other subdivision within a State, the several Local Boards therein shall be designated and known as the Local Board for division No. division) of (etc.) for the (name of subIn the case of a State, such as Massachusetts, which is divided into divisions, such divisions shall be designated and known as Division No. 1, No. 2, and so on, and the Local Board in each of such divisions shall be designated and known as the Local Board for division No. 1 or No. 2 and so on, State of Where there is but one District Board in a State it shall be designated as the District Board for the State of In any State where there is more than one district and but one District Board is established in each district, the several District Boards shall be designated and known as the District Board for the District of the State of Where there is more than one District Board in a Federal judicial district, the respective divisions of such district shall be designated and known as Division No. 1, Division No. 2, and so on, and the several District Boards therein shall be designated and known as District Board for Division No. 1, No. 2, and so on, of the District of the State of The District Board for the city of New York shall be designated and known as the District Board for the City of New York, State of New York. Section 19. Members of Local and District Boards disqualified to act on certain claims. Members of No member of a Local or District Board shall particified when related pate in the hearing or decision of any claim for exemption to registrant. or deferred classification, or as to physical qualification, of any registrant who is related to him either by blood or marriage nearer than a second cousin. President; see sec. Section 4 of the Selective Service Law provides: "The decision of * * * District Boards shall be Appeals to final, except that, in accordance with such rules and iii. regulations as the President may prescribe, he may affirm, modify, or reverse any such decision." Accordingly, the President will consider appeals from the final decisions of District Boards in accordance with the provisions of section 111 hereof. Section 21. Appeals to the President to be considered when preferred as required by these Regulations and not otherwise. appeal to Presi Section 111 of these Regulations prescribes a method Procedure on for appeal to the President of certain classes of cases dent; see sec. 112. finally decided by District Boards. Every practicable safeguard against unusual hardship has been provided. Appeals made direct to Washington on ex parte statements would have to be investigated locally before action. Due to the unavoidable congestion that must necessarily follow this irregular method, such direct appeals can only result in confusion and delay. Therefore appeals to the President when not preferred in the manner prescribed in sections 111 and 112 of these Regulations, must be returned for compliance with those sections. B. THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL. Section 22.-Office of the Provost Marshal General. Under the Secretary of War the Office of the Provost draft. Marshal General is charged with the supervision of all matters relating to the selective draft. Supervision of shal General. Provost Mar- Section 23. No communications concerning pending appeals to the President to be received by administrative officials in Washington. appeals forbidden. Discussion of All administrative officials of the War Department engaged in the execution of the Selective Service Law are hereby directed to decline to discuss cases in respect of which an appeal to the President is pending, or to entertain any communications, suggestions, or additional evidence or statements concerning them. Discussion claims forbidden. Section 24. No communication concerning particular cases pending before District or Local Boards to be received by administrative officials in Washington. So of The law and regulations place the matter of deferred to be with Adju sec. 31. Correspondence Rule A. Except as specifically provided in these Regutants General; see lations, all communications intended for the Provost Marshal General concerning the execution of the Selective Service Law within a State emanating from individuals within the State or from Local and District Boards or other officials engaged within any State in the execution of the Selective Service Law must be directed to the Adjutant General of the State for reference to the Provost Marshal General. Correspondence sent in violation of this rule to the Office of the Provost Marshal General will be returned to the writer. Authorized centers of information. Requests re ferred to Adjutant Rule B. The Office of the Provost Marshal General can give no opinion direct to individuals concerning the circumstances of an individual case nor can it make rulings at the instance of an individual writing to the Office of the Provost Marshal General direct on any phase of the Selective Service Law. Each Local and District Board and the Legal Advisory Boards connected with each Local Board are the centers of information for the community over which the Local or District Board has jurisdiction. Individuals must be remitted for information to local authorities, who, if they can not answer the question asked, will promptly proceed as required by Rule C. Rule C. Local and District Boards will honor proper General of State. requests for information from individuals. Whenever |