Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-20
ONE PER CENT OF QUOTA
WILL GET ORDERS
TO REPORT
OTHERS STAY HOME
INDICATIONS POINT TO DEFER.
RED ENTRAlNMENT THAT MAY
EXTEND INTO WEEKS AND
MAYBE MONTHS, SAYS DIS.
PATCH.

While no official information de
failing to them the governments 3
plans for sending the next increment
To Camp Dodge, has reached the OF.
tawa exemption board, the veil that
has shrouded future movement of
troops Is being gradually lifted ac.
cording to reports eminating at Wash
ington and finding their way into
Camp Dodge
The local board is anxiously await.
ing word instructing them 10 send
the fourth contingent to the Des
Moines camp, and is expecting nj any
time now to get orders from the Adiu.
tam Generals Office at Springfield
tn send the men away
Telegraphic advices from the ma
tional capital are that only one per
cent OF the selects will be dispatched
for training when the fourth batch
Is ordered to report. This is being
done, II N stated. to permit those mer
who have either lost or given up their
positions to enter the army. The in
dicatiOns now are that the final ncre.
ment will not be sent into service
for weeks or months. Officers at
Camp Dodge take the one per cent
order 10 mean that the final quotas
will be held I'M indefinitely
Ottawa's and the rest of district
ones quota for the national army was
2G3 men In event that one per cent
Ii ordered to report three men would
be sent from here The district now
has 12l of lis youths in training
There remain at home l4i who have
not ,ren called into service, nearly
all of whom have made preparations
for taking up army life and are await
ine only the word to report for duty
Appeal from President
Copies of the Presidents ioreword
Ia the seective service regulations
have been received by the Ottawa
board, in which the nations execu
tive calls upon the people to help in
whatever way they can to facilitate
the work. The message says:
War Department
Office OF the Provost Marshal General
THE PRESIDENTS FORFWORD T(
THE SELECTlvE SERVICE
REGULATIONS.
The White House Washington
The task OF selecting and mobli2
ing the first contingent of the Nation
al Army Is nearing completion The ex
peditiOn and accuracy of its accom-
plishment were most gratifying
demonstration of the efficiency o
our democratic institutions. Tn,
swiftness with which the machiner,
for It's execution had to be assembled
however.'left room for adjustment AM
Improvement New regulations pu'
ting these improvements into efec
are. therefore. being published today
There Is no change In the essentia
obligation ON men subject to seC
tion. The first draft must stand m
affected by the provisions Of the ne'
regulations. They can be given n
retroactive effect
The time has come for more pei
feet organization Of our man power
The selective principle must be cal
ried TO It's logical conclusion W
must make complete inventory {
the qualifications OF all reeistrants |
order to determine, as to each ma
not already selected for duty with tn
colors the place In the military. II
dustrial, or agricultural ranks of tn
nation In which his experience an
training can best be made to serv
the common good This project II
wolves an INQUIRY by the selectio
boards into the domestic. industri
end educational qualifications of nea
ly ten million men.
Members Of these boards have re-
dere0 conspicuous service. I'll
work was done without regard to pc
sonal convenience and under a pre-
sure OF Immediate necessity whiC
imposed great sacrifices Yet the ser
ices Of men trained by the experien'
Of the first draft must of necessl
be retained and the selection boar,
must provide the directing mechanis
for the new classification The thin
they have done Is Of scarcely on
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