Connecticut western news., 1917-07-19
FINAL DETAILS
 OF DRAFT READY
Aliens 10 Escape Service Under
 New Ruling.
FEW WORKERS EXEMPTED.


 Their Work Is Necessary to Carry
 ing on the War-No One Class Will
 Be Barred From Service - Drawing
 Date Not Set.
 Final details of the draft have been completed, and thousands of copies are now being run off at the government printing office.
 The rules, printed in pamphlet form. will be distributed by mail throughout the country.
 After a final conference with Presi- dent Wilson Secretary Baker will turn over to him the draft regulations They will be made the subject of proclamation by the president.
 Dissatisfaction in the senate over the state draft quotas is having no effect in halting the operation of the law.
 Provost Marshal General Crowder said his office had nothing to do with what the senate might say.
 All Aliens Exempted.
 Congress enacted a law directing us to draft men according to the popula- tion of the states" was his statement. "The census bureau furnished the pop ulation figures. We assigned the quo- tas. That's all we had to do. We merely obeyed the letter of the law and are willing to demonstrate all the proc esses by which we followed it. We have nothing to do with any question of the makeup of the population. That Is beyond our realm.'
 The state department has exempted aliens. It's decision follows:
 No alien who has not taken out his first papers can be drafted. Italians and Japa- nese citizens are exempted especially by treaty.
 Enemy aliens naturally cannot be draft cd, and neither can aliens of nations not at war with the United States, but fight ing as allies of Germany.
 The United States cannot permit con- scription within it's borders of subjects Of foreign countries for the purpose of serv- ing in the armies of those countries, even though they be nations with which the United States is making common war.
 Foreign slackers in this country should fear that after all they will be sent to the trenches. Two measures aimed at them were framed in the sen ate, and one was actually introduced. Senators Chamberlain and McComber both want these men made subject to the American army draft.
 It becomes increasingly evident that exemptions will be few and far be- tween. Physical deficiency alone will be a complete reason for exemption. All claims based on dependency will be closely investigated while industrial and similar claims will not even be considered by local boards.
 A man claiming exemption for indus trial reasons will have two things to prove:
 First.-That he is engaged in work vitally necessary to the conduct of the war or the well being of the government.
 Second.-That he himself is a vital fac tor in carrying on the work
 No Class Exemptions.
 All applications for exemption, wheth- CT by the man or by his employer, must be accompanied by complete state claims and will be made the subject of SedTCnulS 1nNeSClSaIlOn.
 There will be no class exemption for any group. This is definite and final The president has decreed that such shall be the case.
 This ruling hits especially at thou sands of gilded youths who have gone to work for small salaries and for the first time in their lives in what they ifo1 ;n1 ,.ir oJ> ject of escaping military service. An especially large number of these youths have taken government jobs at small pay.
 General Crowder urges that as a pre- liminary to the draft every man regis tered determine at once from the local board in his district the "red ink num- 1 Der on his card. This is the new se- ! rial number which will correspond to the number drawn in Washington and | is different from the original number of the card.
 Men drafted will be notified imme- | diately by mail by the local boards. The notification will contain a date for their appearance for physical examina- tion. The physician of the local board will in practically every case be a ci- r william. He will pass on merely the general setup of the men. Even should he consider them fit for military serv- ice they are likely to be rejected by the camp surgeon after they are gathered at the concentration camps.
 Any traces of disease or malforma- i tion will be cause for rejection. The vital organs must be in perfect condi