The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-26

GENERAL GROWER OUTLINES
OPERATION OF SERVICE LAW
Makes Public the Full Details Of
Arrangements For Bringing
Great Armed Force Into Being
Early This Coming September


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XT7ASHINGTON, June 70
Nv The work OF selecting the
men for the draft will begin
throughout the country about the
first Of July, according to state
ments issued last night by Secre-
tary Of War Baker Mr.. Baker
also announced that the work of
the sixteen environments which
will be constructed for the recep-
ton Of the National Army and
the national guard, is going for
ward without serious delay, des-
pite reports to the contrary, and
that all Of them probably would
be ready by September |, at the
latest.
Progress has been made in the
task Of selecting the men for the
draft, and it is believed now that
about o50.OOo will be called to the
colors early in the coming
month.
The War Department. authorizes the
followingi Islf bHs
The stops in the operation Of the
selective-service law, which follow the
registration and precedc the actual de-
Dartnre OF selected men for military or
industrial service have been officially
explained for the first time in state
ment by Brig. Gen. Enoch II. Crowder,
provost marshal general, who has had
supervision Of the forming, instructihg
and equipping Of the countrywide reg
igtration machinery. which has regis
tered about l0,000,O00 men for war
service
q Registration marks the completion
Of the first well-defned step in the exc
cution Of the selective-service law,D
said General Crowder. "The actual rec
ording has been practically finished in
single day, but. the arrangement and
copying Of the cards, their segregation
Into appropriate groups, the publica-
lion Of lists, and the garnering in of
delayed registrations viii consume a
week OF ten days. In the meantime
the machinery Of the registration is
being readiusted to serve as machinery
for the further cxecution Of the law.
| This work is proceeding rapidly and
should be completed coincidently with
the tying UP Of the loose ends Of reg
DEFINITE Can for Men
When this is all done regulations
governing the jurisdiction Of the local
boards viii be issped and the maehin-
| cry win then be ready to proceed to
| the drawing, which will result in
determination of the order in which
Registered men will be examined for
| the purpose of their selection for mill
! tary or Industrial service. When this
! list OF order is determined II is ex,
pceted that the War Department will
be able to make a definite call for men
and as soon as this data is available
1.-The quotas necessary 10 I'll the first
cali win be assigned to the several
| States
ssTbe policy Of decentralization, the
application of which has so successfully
lconsummated the registration, will be
adhered to throughout The various
States, knowing the number OF men
which they must call and the order in
which each particular man is to be ex-
lamined, can then assign 10 the various
local boards tho task Of selecting the
lndmber OF mon necessary to complete
fthe quota for the locality under the
| Jurisdiction of each board.
| can Not Set Precise Limits
Precise time limits can not be set
lat present for the reason that 1t is de.
sifed to have uniformity of operation of
| the machines throughout the United
States and TO have each step taken
simultaneously throughout the nation.
Mountainous. heavily wooded and
sparsely settled States can not move
with the expedition Of compact and
densely populated States While dates
are not to be named precisely, these
steps win follow each other promptly
with fixed purpose of giving as much
thine as possible 70 men who are select
1 ed 10 adjust their affairs, to make their
farcwcll, aud TO avoid the inconven-
fence and suffering shat would result
from hasty change from civil 70 mill
tarv status.
The statement was made by General
Crowder in response 20 numerous que
fies from public and private sources
and because of the tendency OF the
press 10 discuss the method 20 be used