The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14
PRESIDENT CALLS OR
B GREAT RALLY OF llAN-POWER
sRegistrants Divided Into Five Glasses
hose nlobilized From First So
! 45 lection Not Affected.

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out Of the selective draft bill into
operation with the publication Of the
foreword he has written to the regu-
lations under which the second call
will be made (. rs. ss .sa. 5. >.>. z.>..
" The regulations, themselves, and
the questionnaires, which more than
100000 registrantss will be required
to fill out, are. being forwarded to
local boards, but have not been made
public. '=. .St .~ r.. q >.< E, r..
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted In sixty days. This means
that no second: call will be made on
the draft forces before the middle.
of next February, as the period Of
classification will not begin until De
cembers Is. -
The President describes the new
plan Of dividing. all registered men,.
not already modified, into five clas-
ses subject to military service by
classes, as being intended to pro-
duce "a more perfect organization of
our man power
The Presidents foreword follows:
*'The task of selecting and mobil-
izing the first contingent of the Ma
tional army is nearing completion.
The expedition and accuracy of it's
accomplishment were most crafty
ing demonstration of the efficiency
Of our democratic institutions.
| The swiftness with which the ma
chinery for it's execution had to be
assembled, however, left room for
adjustment and improvement. New
regulations putting these improve
ments into effect are, therefore, be-
ing published.
'There is no change in the essen
tial obligation of men subject to Sc
lection. The first draft must stand
unaffected by the provisions of the
new regulations. They can be given
no retroactive effect.
"The time has come for more per-
feet organization of our man power.
The selective principle must be car
ried to it's logical conclusion.
''We must make a complete in
ventory Of the qualifications of all
registrants in order to determine as
to each man not already selected for
duty with the colors, the place in
the military, industrial, or agricul-
tural ranks of the nation in which
his experience and training can best
be made to serve the common good.
''This project involves an iquiry by
the selection boards into the domes-
tic, industrial and educational quail
tications of nearly ten million men.
members of these boards have
rendered a conspicuous service. The
work was done without regard to
personal convenience and under a
pressure of immediate necessity
which imposed great sacrifices. Yet
the services of men trained by the
experience of the first draft must
of necessity be retained and the Sc
lection boards must provide the di-
recting mechanism for the new clas-
sification. The thing they have done
is of scarcely one-tenth the magni-
tude Of the thing that remains to be
done.
ut is of great Importance both to
our military and to our economic in
terests that the classification be car
ried swiftly and accurately to a con-
clusion. An estimate of the time ne
cessary for the work leads to the
conclusion that it can be accom-
plished in sixty days, but only if
this great marshaling of our resour-
ces of men is regarded by all as a
national war undertaking of such
significance as to challenge the at
tention and compel the. assistance of
every American.
II call upon all citizens, therefore,
to assist local and district boards by
proffering such service and such ma
terial conveniences as they can offer
and by appearing before the boards,
either upon summons or upon their
own initiative, to give such Informal
tion as will be useful in classifying
registrants.
Il urge men of the legal profession
to offer themselves as associate mem
bers of the legal advisory boards to
be provided in each community for
the purpose of advising registrants
of their rights and obligations and
of assisting them in the preparation
of their answers to the questions
which all men subject to the draft
are required to submit. .
f., II ask the doctors Of the country
to identify themselves with the med
ical advisory boards which are to- be
constituted in the various districts
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