The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-24

lieved that under the new system s,
per cent Of the work will be eliminat
ed while the forms to be used will no
exceed 20 in number, as compare
with $50 which the present svster-
requires.
Along with the reduction of la.
Dor there will be provided a systeu
which will classify each one of tho
9'oOO,0OO men who have not yet beer
lnducted into military service and
each man will have been given his
place in the national scheme of de-
fense.
TO do this it has been determined
70 obtain from each man complete
information Of character which will
oehhltely fix his economic worth a.
compared with his fellow registrant
ana from the information thus OBJ
talned to place him in one of five
classes each to be called in turn as
the need arises.
1.-THE method of obtaining this in
formation is through a questionnaire.
series Of questions calculated 10
produce the information required
rhis VIII be mailed to every regis
trant not yet in service, on a day to
be fixed. seven days being given t.
each registrant to complete and re
turn the same. Every opportunity
Will be offered to each man 10 com.
plete his QUESTIONABLE fully and
without error.
THE local boards will then exam
me each questionnaire and assign
each registrant to one of five classes
These classes will be based uDon
every conceivable condition: from the
family or occupation standpoint. that
should properly be advanced bv a
man desiring to be excused from mill
tary duty. Class one will be ex-
hausted, if the nations needs are
two will follow and thus each man
registered will ultimately take his
place if needed.
Every opportunity for appeal
from such classification by the local
board has been retained and perfect
cd. but proceedings have been greatly
simplifed.
The tedious work of the local
boards has been practically eliminat-
ed by the production of form to nc
known as No. 1000 which will be the
,oundation stone of the new system
Through its use all the laborous work
)f making and posting lists had hern
eliminated. All of the old docket
sheets and records will be made un-
necessary and by the arrangements o,
It's columns the work Of the local
board will be reduced to a minimum
"On this new form the complete
history of each mans case will ap-
pear at glance. beginning with his
order number and ending with his i'm
Iuction into military camp, while At
the close Of each days work the 10
,al board is enabled to complet, in
Z few minutes with a rubber stamp
what has hitherto taken hours to
complete. The system is such that il
VIII present each case almost auto
matically to the local board
The completion Of the new sys-
:em will solve problems which have
confronted the provost marshal gem
eral and caused him much concern
One Of the most serious Of these
has been keeping together the great
organization of the local and distric:
boards which from a numerical view
point is Of the strength of any army
division. Many Of these officials nave
been clamoring for relief on account
Va eiic OH tIlelT time ana the
new system will make it easily pos
sible for them to continue their du-
les for which they have proven them
selves eminently fitted
Another problem solved was the
question of eXpediency Of continuing g
the examination of the entire regis
try. thus fixing each mans status
This would have involved a medical
examination of each man, whose ply
sical condition night change from
day to day thus making this great
undertaking valueless.
Again under the old system of eX-
emptiOn and discharge it would have
been necessary if national need re-
quired it to send for the exempted