The Pulaskian., 1917-07-06
WILSON GIVES OUT
 RULES F0R DRAFT
President Insists on Equality in
 the New Army.
BE FEARLESS AND IMPARTIAL
Admonition to Exemption Boards Asks Greatest lmpartiality and Least Personal Hardship
 Each Case on Its Merits.


 Washington, D. C.-Regulations to govern the next step toward selecting national war army from the mil lions registered for service on June ,, were issued at the direction of Presi- dent Wilson. They leave to be pre- seribed later the manner of determin- ing the order of liability of the men registered, but set forth in great de tail the method of arriving at exemp- tions and the work generally Of the local and district boards already named to carry out the task.
 Exemption regulations add little to the terms of the draft law, the ques- ton of whether a man between the ages of twenty-one and thirty is en- titled to exemption because of depend ents. the nature of his occupation or physical unfitness being for the boards to decide after proper investigation. Ii Is made clear. however, that there are to be no class exemptions and that each individual case must be decided upon it's merits. The local boards one for each county of less than 45, 000 population or city of 30o00 with additional boards where necessary for each additional 30.o00 population-will pass upon claims for exemption, ex- eept those based upon industrial or agricultural occupation, subject to ap- peals to the district boards. All cases involving agricultural or indus trial exemptions will he passed upon by the district boardS-one for each federal judicial district-which also will decide appeals from decisions of the local boards
 To Fix Date for Board Meetings.
 In the near future date will be set by Brig Gen. Growder, provost mar shai- general. for the meeting and or ganization of the boards At the same time it is expected that the selection regulations will be promulgated so that fhe process may be put under way without delay. The present intention Is to call the men selected to the col ors about September l.
 Tn statement accompanying the an- nouncement of the regulations. the president called upon the boards to do their work fearlessly and impartially and to remember that "our armies at the front will be strengthened and sus- tained if they be composed of men free from any sense of injustice in their mode of selection"
 All Forces on Equal Footing.
 The statement follows:
 "T'he regulations which am today causing to be promulgated. pursuant to the direction of the seleetive service law. cover Che remaining steps of the plan for calling Into the service of the United States qualified men from those who have registered; those se- lected as the result of this process to constitute. with the regular army, the National guard and the navy, the fight ing forces of the nation, all of which forces are under the terms of the law placed in position of equal right, dignity and responsibility with the members of all other military forces.
 '"rhe regulations have been drawn with view to the needs and circum- stances of the whole country and pro
 
 work with the least inequality and per sonal hardship. Any system of select ing men of military service, whether voluntary or involuntary in its opera ton. necessarily selects some men to bear the burden of danger and sacri- fee for the whole nation. The system here provided places all men of mili- tary age upon an even plane. and then, ny q selection which neither favors the one nor penalizes the other, calls upon the requisite number for service.
 Urges Boards to Act lmpartialy.
 "The successful operation of this law and of these regulations depends necessarily upon the loyalty, patriotism and justice of the members of the boards to whom it's operation is com mitted. and I admonish every member of every local board and of every dis trict board of review that their duty to their country requires an impartial and fearless performance of the deli cate and difficult duties intrusted to them. They should remember as to each individual case presented to them that they are called upon to adjudicate the most sacred rights of the individ- aal and to preserve untarnished the honor of the nation
 "Our armies at the front will be strengthened and sustained if they be composed of men free from any sense of injustice in the mode of selection, and they will be inspired to loftier ef- forts in behalf of country in which the citizens called upon to perform high public functions perform them with justice, fearlessness and impar- tiality.n
 Methods of Making the Draft.
 Upon organizing the local boards will take over from the registration boards all registration cards. which they will number serially and list for posting to public view Then, after having been advised of the method b, which the order of liability for service shall be determined and of tha nuota