The Little River news., 1917-11-17
2 MILLION MEN SUBJECT
 ID CALL IN GLASS "l"| Believe Congress Will Extend Draft Law to Cover Men Who Be- came Fl Since It Was
 Enacted.

Washing on Nov 14.-Best available estimates indicate that the first of the five classes into which all draft regis,- trants are to be divided will contain more than 2,000000 men subject for duty with the colors before any man in any other class will be called up.
 It is regarded as practically certain that congress will take up the question of extending the draft law to cover men who have attained the age of 21 since it was enacted Should that be tHat or thereafter Of every man as he lreached tha age, it is probable that perhaps 600,000 would be added to ciass 1, automatically, by next March In that event no present pans for the army would reach the men in class l. Class 1. (a) Single men without dependent relatives.
 (b) Married man with or without children, or father of motherless child ren, who has habitually failed to sup port his family.
 Co Married men dependent on wife for supper.
 (d) Married man. with or without children. or father Of motherless chil- dren; man not uscfully engaged, fami- ly supported by income independent of his labrr
 (e) Unskilled farm labor
 f) Unskilled industrial labor.
 Registrant by or in response of whom no deferred claS Ss!fication is clsyimed or made.
 Registrant who fails to submit ques, .tionaire and in respect of whom no de- fcrred classification is claimed or made.
 Class ,.
 (a) Married men with children or father of motherlessi children, where such wife or children or such mother less children are not mainly dependent upon his labor for support for the reat son that there are no other reason ably certain sources of adequate sup rort (eXcluding earnings or possible earnings from the labor of the wife) available, and that the removal of the registrant will not deprive such de- pendents of support. (b) Married man without children whose wife, although the registrant is engaged in useful occupation, is not mainly dependent upon his labor for support. for the reason that the wife is skilled in some special class of work which she is physically able to per form and in which she is employed or in which there is an immediate open ing for her under conditions that will enable her to support herself decently and without suffering or hardship Co Necessary skilled farm laborer in necessary agricultural enterprise, (d) Necessary skilled industrial la borer in neces sary industrial enter prise.
 Class 5.
 (a) Man with dependent children (not his own) but toward whom he stands in relation of parent.
 (b) Man with dependent aged or irfrm parents.
 Co Man with dependent helpless brothers or sisters.
 (d) County or municipal officer.
 (e) Highly trained fireman or po- liceman at least three years in service of municipality.
 G) Necessary custom house clerk.
 (g) Necessary employe of United States in transmiss'o on of the mails.
 (h) Necessary artilcer or work al
 (D Necessary employe in service O., United States.
 G) Necessary assistant, associate or hired manager of necessary agricul ture enterprise.
 (lO Necessary highly specialized technical or mechanieal expert of ne cessary industrial enterprise.
 CD Necessary assistant or associ- ate manager of necessary industrial enterprise.
 Class 1.
 (a) Man whose wife or children are mainly dependent on his labor for sup port
 (b) Mariner actually employed in sea service of the merchant marine of the United States.
 (c) Necessary sole mana sing, con trolling or directing head of neces- sary agricultul enterprise.
 Cd Necessary sole managing, con trolling or directing head of necessary industrial enterprise.
 Class ,.
 (a) Officers--legislative, executive