The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-06-21
OFFICIALS COMPLETING PLANS
FOR DRAWING OF BIG ARMY


Washington. - Especial Correspond
ence. IF am called as u member q
the conscripted army, when will have
to report?"
by large majority of the 100000
men who registered on Tuesday, JuIl'
5. AS yet 1t has not been otiiciall
stated, and 1t may be week or tw,
before the officials here complete til,
plans 1t can be stated with practical
certainty, however, that the men who
are chosen will not be required to leave
their present positions be.ore Aug. l.
or Sept. l, although In all probabilit!
the process of selecting those who AZ,
to serve will be completed before that
date.
The government will give the men six
weeks or two months to get their bust
ness affairs in shape before answering
the call to arms and assist III bringing
victorious peace to demos racy.
many 6OaroS OF E<efnpSioUs
The number of exemption boards will
be almost as numerous as were the
registration boards. The government
has pledged itself that every man who
registered will be afforded absolute
fairness and Justice if lie cares to enter
1 plea for exemption. The district ex-
emption boards, which will be made up
Of neighbors of the applicants, are not
the final authority. Boards Of review
will sit in each federal court district
to hear aud judge the cases of those
who believe that they have not been
Justly used by the local exemption
boards.
Another task rests upon the shout
ders of the country in general-the
tracking down Of the slaclSers who have
lodged registration. The government
will depend largely upon the people for
information. 1t believes that men and
the relatives of men who have faced
the issue with courage will be only too
eager to report the others.
This principle began to work out OF
its own accord in New York city. Au
ters and telephone calls from neighbors
Of "quitters" All of these cases will
be investigated, and in addition a house
to house canvass has been begun by
federal agents and police.
Arrests for evading the draft have so
far been few and scattered Except for
the Ute and Navajo Indians and Il Rus
sian colony In Arizona, there has been
no organized attempt to resist registra
ton. In the above cases the hostility
seems to have been born of ignorance
Outline of Regulations.
The regulations, when finally draft
ed, will be carefully examined by Pres
ident Wilson himself and will not b,
promulgated until he has approve
them in detail. The general principle
which will govern them follow:
First-The individual will not be re
quired to make plea for exemption
his name Is drawn in the drafting proc
ess. If an employer considers tina
the services of ali employee are indiS
pensable to the successful conduct o.
his business he will be given an Oppor-
tunity to say so under oath. But the
point of view will not be the advan-
tage or disadvantage to private bust
ness, but TO the government and the
national defense. Enterprises in no
way related to the national defense
and the war will find it more difficult
to get their men exempt than those I'M
mediately connected with the manu-.
facture Of supplies or agriculture.
Second.-The local exemption boards
will not be permitted to pass on indus
trial or agricultural exemptions, but
upon the question of dependent rela-
tives and whether the individual is or
is not an official of the executive, legis-
lative or judicial branches of the state
or national governments. They will ex-
anime for serious physical disabilities.
but second examination will be given
on entrance to the army itself.
Third.-The federal review boards,
about fifty in all, will travel through
the several judicial districts of the
United States and hear and examine
applicants for exemptions. The compo-
sition of the federal review board is
one of the most important things OH
which the special committee in the pro-
vost marshal's office is now working
The hope Is to select a leading engi-
neer or technical man, leading bust.
ness man and lawyer and possibly |
a labor representative, all to be men o.
the highest repute, indorsed, doubtless |
Dis to character and integrity by th,
federal Judges