Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-25

or me TASK winch remains Delore
county and district boards. This is
made plain in a communication from
Provost Marshal e. II. Crowder to Ad-
jutant General c. s. Moody received
Saturday. In it the provost marshal
discusses the selective service system,
it's aims and accomplishments and its
future.
WAS BIG PROBLEM.
The communication says in part:
Last July we We're confronted with
the necessity of placing $4,000 recruits
In mobilization camps Just as fast as
the factories of the country could fur
nsh uniforms and arms and the build
i, ing enterprises of the nation could erect
the 16 great environments to receive
them. The time limit was clearly de-
fined. The necessity was pressing. We
were committed to the principle of Sc
lection. The field of sel,ction COM
prised nearly 100000 men. Unques-
tionably of these 10,000,00 there were
some particular $4,000 of them whose
taking would least interfere with the
industrial and economic life of the ma
ton. But, in the very nature Of things
they could only have been searched out
TWO WAYS OPEN.
There were two ways to do this.
One was to make graduated CLASH
fication of men placing in the first
class those who, of the whole 10000
\ 600 could best be spared, in the second
class those who could next be spared,
and so forth through all the classes.
Another way was to make only two
1i.xo tnt nc
from the first class as to make 1t COM
prise only about $4,000 men. Both
methods required more time than we
had at our disposal for we were
warned at about this time of the year
the camps would be ready to receive
arm, and equip the first draft. 1t was
very apparent that under no new and
untried system could 100000 men be
examined in such a short time. In this
state of affairs there was but one thing
to do and that thing we did. We es-
tablished rules for exemption restric-
tive enough to permit us to produce
6ST, 900 selectives in 10 weeks time and
yet liberal enough to protect industries,
farms, governmental organizations. and
families from any very great hardship.
INRoADS INTO WAR POWER.
ITO raise an army comprising hun
dreds of thousands of men necessitates
an inroad into the man power of the
nation. We are committed TO this war
. and we ought to fight it in the most eff
fective fashion possible to us. The
necessity of raising an army is para
mount. The decrease in labor supply
must be adjusted in some way other
than by shutting off recruitment. That
II can be adjusted there is no question.
We see what England has done, what
France has done and most of all what
Germany has done. The problem is not
to maintain the labor supply of agrl-
culture and of every industry intact.
II is to make the withdrawal OF men in
the most scientific manner possible.
think we have done that, and that what
is Offered here is the basis for a nice
balance between our two necessities.
feel that we can go no further.
NEW PLAN READY.
"In the new plan 1872 forms which
served to bewilder both you and tn,
registrants and to increase your worl
have been abolished. Their place has
been taken by 10 which you will BIZ
called upon to use. Even this state.
ment gives no idea OF the reduction O.
clerical labor that has been accom-.
plished For the use of registrant.
there is single form, a QUESTIONABLE
The registrant is called upon to answer
q series of questions that searches hi.
entire industrial, economic and famil,
relation. Each set Of questions is In,
tegrated with the claim of classified
ton to which it pertains. On the fac,
of the QUESTIONABLE Is a summary o.
ats contents that almost compels tn,
conclusion to be drawn from it.
The scope of your labor will be re
duced to a decision of facts which wil
be presented for your consideration
without great searching Of papers
and sitting Of obscure and unsatisfac
tory affidavits. The questionnair,
practically classifies itself In m,
opinion your task was rendered burd
ensome and exhausting by vast ne.
cessity for doing purely mechanical
and clerical work. We have obviatet
this. The ,burdensome clerical part o
your task Is absolutely removed from
your shoulders.
BIG LABOR SAVER.
The new method of making physi
cal examinations Is another labor saw
er. Only those persons immediatel,
needed, classified in Class I, are to b,
physically examined now. Others ar,
to be physically examined only wher
sthe classes preceding the one in which
they have been placed is exhausted
There is no double physical examina
ton before the local board. II the ex
aiming physician rejects the regis
trant. or, IL the registrant is not salts
fled. or, II the examining physician |.
in doubt, the registrant is to be sen
before q medical advisory board rea