River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-11-15
PRESIDENT CALLS
FOR GREAT RALLY
SUMMONS MAN-PoWER OF coUN-
TRY FOR SECOND DRAFT TO
LEAVE IN FEBRUARY.
LAUDS FIRST DRAFTED MEN
Executive Describes New Plan of
Dividing All Registered Men
to Obtain More Complete
Organization.

Or9aniZdrion.
Washington, Nov. 12.-President
chinery for the carrying out of the
selective draft bill into operation
with the publication of the foreword
he has written to the regulations un-
der which the second call will be
made
The regulations themselves and the
QUESTIONABLE, which more than 9,000,-
100000 registrants will be required to
fill out, are being forwarded to local
boards, but have not yet been made
public.
This reorganization makes every
man subject to war duty, if not in
France, at least in the fields and fac
tories
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted within 60 days. This means
that no second call will be made
upon the draft forces before the mid
die Of next February, as the period
of classification will not begin until
December IS.
The President describes the new
plan of dividing all registered mer
not already modified into five class
es, subject to military service by
classes, as being intended to produce
"a more perfect organization of our
man-power.
Efficiency Is Gratifying.
The Presidents foreword follows:
"The task of selecting and mobiliz-
ing the first contingent of the Ma
tional army is nearing completion.
The expedition and accuracy of it's
accomplishment were a most crafty
ing demonstration Of the efficiency of
our democratic institutions. The
swiftness with which the machinery
for it's execution had to be assem-
bled, however, left room for adjust
ment and Improvement. New regu-
lations putting these improvements
into effect are, therefore, published.
There is no change in the essential
obligation of men subject to selection.
The first draft must stand unaffected
by the provisions of the new regula-
TONS They can be given no retro
active effect.
"The time has come for more
perfect organization of our man
power. The selective principle must
be carried to it's logical conclusion
We must make complete inventory
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 agricultural ranks OF
the nation in which his experience
and training can best be made to
serve the common good. This project
involves an inquiry by the selection
boards into the domestic, industrial
and educational qualifications Of
nearly 100000 men. Members of
these boards have rendered con-
spicuous service. The work was
done without regard to personal con-
venience and under a pressure OF i'm
mediate necessity which imposed
great sacrifices.
Not One-Tenth Done.
"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 direct
ing mechanism for the new classiti-
cation. The thing they Have done is
of scarcely one-tenth the magnitude
of the thing that remains to be done.
It is of great Importance both to- mill
tary and to our economic interests
that the classification be carried
swiftly and accurately to a conclu-
sion. An estimate of the time neces
sary for the work leads to the cOnclu-
sion that it can be accomplished in
so days, but only if this great mar
shalling of our resources of men is
regarded by all as national war UNI
dertaking of such significance as to
challenge the attention and compel
the assistance of every American.
"I 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 1nforma-
ton as will be useful in classifying
registrants. urge men of the legal
profession to offer themselves as as.
sociate members of the legal advisory
boards to be provided in each COM
munity for the purpose of advising
| regisfrants of their rights and obliga-
| tions and of assisting them in the
Mrs. Wilson adopts" Soldiers.
Washington, Nov. 12.-Mrs. Wood
| ,o,,, Wilson and Mrs Robert Lansing