The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-12-12
Legal Advisory
Council

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has been received by me from
the Central Legal Advisory
Council, viz:
Mr.. Rufus A. Ayers,
Local Legal Advisory Council,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
Dear Sir:
His excellency, Governor
Henry G. Stuart, has advised
you of his act in nominating
you TO the President as Chair
man of the Legal Advisory
Council of your district and of
the important public service
you are called upon to perform
the Selective Service Regula !.
tons, q copy of which will pres
emily be sent you by General
Crowder. His IIxceIlcncy also
constituted Il Central Legal
Advisory Council composed of
the undersigned, the object Of
which is to relieve the Govern
or of the details Of organization
and operation. The liberty is
taken of suggesting the follow
ing program substantially TO be
followed:
Q) Send to the Governor and
the Provost Marshal General at
Washington an acceptance of
the appointment.
GU Organize your Legal Adj
yienry InInn;I
(3) Interview all lawyers, OBJ
tain their agreement TO become
Associate Members
(4) Make up aud seed to the
Chairman of the Central Legal
Advisory Council at Norfolk,
Virginia, three complete alpha.
betically arranged lists of all
lawyers who have so volunteer
ed
(5) Take charge of the work
expected of your Council aud
undertake the responsibility of
seeing to it that there shall al
ways be a competant force of
lawyers or laymen available to
the registrants at any time dur
ing which the Local or District
Selective Boards within your
district is open for business. 1t
ia suggested that this may be
done by always having n capa.
BILE lawyer present at the head
quarters OF the Local Selective
Boards, each lawyer perform.
ing a tour of duty of so many
hours, or by designating law
yers to whom registrants may
apply at some other place or
places.
(6) The President, in h IS
"Forewood" in the new Regu
lations, advised that the daily
press be freely used in keeping
before the registrauts the ma
ture of the patriotic service be-
ing performed blythe Legal
Advisory Councils and Of It's
inestinable aid to them. This
is of first Importance.
(O 1t ls suggested that the
Board Immediately upon it's or
ganization will come into per
sonal communication with the
Local Selective Board. 1t is
provided in the Regulations that
leach Local and District Selec-
tive Board and the Legal Advis.
DRY Councils connected with
each Local Board are the cen
tiers of information for the com
munity over which the Local
or District Board has jurisdic-
ton" This sentence tends to
illustrate the almost unlimited
manner in which every lawyer
can aid in the Selective Draft.
(S) 1t is believed that Local
Bar Associations should be in.
terested, that public endorse.
ment and official sympathy may
be given to the movement. 1t
will serve a useful purpose for
the pnblic to know of the part
taken by it's lawyers and the
assurance of Il scientific admin
istration of the new Regulations
for the Selective Draft eftecting
many millions of citizens.
(9) Each Chairman would
greatly faciiitats the work of
his Board by instructing other
lawyers in class or Individually
after thoroughly familiarizing
himself with the Regulations
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