The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-11-23
Every Reeistrant Not Now in Service to Receive and Answer Question aire-Two or Three Words Suffi- cient in Most Cases-CarefuI Plans Made to Enable all to Re ceive Legal Advice.
(The Official Bulletin.)

(The Official Bulletin.)
 The new selective-service regula- tions have been made public by the Provost Marshal General. Supplies of them have been received by the governors of States, and they will be forwarded to local and district boards at once for study.
 Certain of the regulations go into, effect on November 20, while others. notably those which govern the pro- cess of selection and classification, will not go into effect until Decem- Der 15.
 Repeal All Preceding Regulations.
 The new regulations not only re- peal all preceding regulations, but cancel all exemptions and discharges which have been granted by local boards under the present. system. This will restore every man to his original status, and the local boards will send a questionnaire to every man who is not in the service.
 The completion by the registrant of this document is the first great stage of the new system and the diff faculties which will attend it are fully recognized by the Provost Marshal General, who has begun the mobili- zation of the legal talent of the country to enable everyone who seeks it to receive aid in the prepar- ation of his questionnaire.
 System of Distribution.
 Under the new regulations the To- cal boards will send out 5 per cent of their questionnaires each day for period covering 20 days. This method of distribution will allow the local boards, with the aid Of their legal advisory boards and other vol- unteers, to instruct, complete, and file each days .questionnaire without the confusion and congestion which would attend the effort to require larger number.
 The new regulations also contain complete set of the forms to be used by the local boards, every form be- ing printed in full, and many are com pleted to serve as models
 The board will actually use 19 of the proposed forms. Examination shows that most of these are postal card forms, and require but word or two to complete them, thus sim plifying to a large degree the work of the present system, which requires approXim ately 1S0 complicated forms { The conpleton of the question raire by the registrant will not re iquire as much work as did the . simple claim for dependency under ! the old system. In it the registrant must make a full statement of ali 1 the facts upon which he will rely to secure deferred classification and unen which the local board will be expected to fix his class.
 ! :: Answers Require Few Words 1 If the registrant is farmer or skilled in any enterprise which IS necessary to the public interest. he n@rst state the facts in minute de- tail; but so skillfully has the ques- tionnaire been designed that every answer is anticipated and requires only in rare instances more than two or three words.
 The new regulations are so arranG- ed that Information may be found almost at glance. 4 complete table of contents is provided, an eX- naustive index has been inserted, and each paragraph is brought out in bold-face. type making 1T most accesi- ble to. the seeker for information.
 Ore Of the noteworthy features. of the new regulate is the appoint rsent of an officer of the Reserve Corps of the United States Army as an assistant to the adiutant general of each state. This officer will also be the. disbursing officer. and the final affairs of the selective system will thus be brought into intimate Generals office in Washington. that of keeping all accounts closed hot hn a0T rf Washington may have at any time a statement of the obligations and esti- mate of future expenses for each state. Y. Reasons for Classification.
 ! Under part 1. which deals :; with classification rules and principles there are clearly laid down the various rules which will govern dis. trict and local boards in the classifi- cation of registrants. while the req sons for and effect of classification are clearly set out as follows: , Tho military needs of the Nation require that there be provided in every community a list of names 0; men who shall be ready to be called into service at- any tirce. The eco
 nc1nic needs of the Nation,. while
 deferring to the paramount military
 necessity. require that men whose
 removal would interfere with the
 civic. family, industrial. and agricui
 tural institutions of the Nstior
 shall be taken in the order in which they best can be spared. For this
 reason the names of ali men liable
 to selection shall be arranged in five
 classes in the. inverse. order of theil
 importance to the economic interests of the Nation, which include the
 maintenance of necessary industry and agriculture and the support o dependents.
 The group Of registrants withr
 the jurisdiction of each local board
 is taken as the unit to be classified
 Within each class the order of Ha
 bility' is determined by the drawing
 which has hitherto assigned to everH
 man an nrdar of aNaila hilitV fNl