Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-11
ALL REG|STRANTS
SUBJECT TO Cali
FOR WAR service
Place in Military, Industrial
Or Agricultural Ranks i:s &
to Be Determined.
COMPLETE INVENTORY or 81
QUALIFICATIONS CALLED FOR
Questionnaires for Nearly 10,s.
100000 Men Being Forwarded ss
to Local Boards. 81
PRESIDENT ISSUES FoREwoRDs
80 -, -
No Second Call Will BE Made Upon
Draft Forces Before Middle s.,
OF February. - -
COMPLETE INVENTORY or 1.
QUALIFICATIONS CALLED FOR,
PRESIDENT ISSUES FoREWoRD;
.tpy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON. November 1o.-Prests.
dent Wilson formally put the new MAJ
chinery for the carrying out Of the;
selective draft bill into operation tose
night with the publication OF the fore.
word he has written to regulations
under which the second call will be.
made. Tho regulations themselves and
the questionnaires which moro than
100000 registrants will be required
to I'LL out. are being forwarded to local
boards, but have not yet been made
public. @ }sl;l
War Department officials estimate
that the whole process can be ,com1
pleted within sixty days. This means
that no second call will be made upon.
the draft forces before the middle OF
next February, as tho period Of classIns
ication will not begin until Dece1I
Der 15. ~, 55sfs3
The President describes tho new pIan
of dividing all registered mon not atsS
ready mobilized into Ave classes, suh,s
iect to military service by elasses, xns
being intended to produce "a more persi
feet organization OF our man spower.ns
'The selective principle must be ycar-
ried to it's logical conclusion,"S the
President said, and he added that stheres
the qualifications of each resistrant{ IN
order to determine "the place inf the
military. Industrial or aKricuiturais
ranks. of the nation In which his 6xy {,
perience and training; can best bo made
to servo the Scommon good 2, I'D asss.s
Tho inquiry prot o3ected In thet aueSSs
tionnaire willNgo deep inte4thsa aTA8aSz zE;
cations Of each OF nearly 1900
men. The success OF the plan ana itAa Il
completion within the estimated time
rest absolutely upon tho whole-heRrtss
ed support given by the peoplcs seS-
peciaily by the doctors and lawyers sofy
each community. Il Z. ;,s q y !; az g.,
FIRST MOBILIZATION v sts.
NEAns COMPETITIONS
Tho Presidents for cword follows; ~
"The task OF selecting and mobilizinSS
the first contingent OF the Natlonats
Army is nearing completion. The exss
pcdition and accuracy of Its. accoHi.9
plishment were most gratifying sdehlt
onstration Of the efficiency. OF our ,denSt.
ocratic institutions. The swi ftnossk
with which the nachinery for it's sex~s.
ecution had to ba assembled,y however,
left room for adjustment and jmproyes.
ment. New regulations putting thea6
improvements into effect. are, th6raaSl
fore. being published to-day. Thesas
Is no change In the essential obliSfy
ton OF men subject to selection. The
first draft must stand unaffected 6yss
the provisions of tho new reeulatioHa,s
There can be givcn no retroactiyes
effect. = SOS 81:
THE time has como for. a more nersS
feet organization OF our man $poMers
The selective principle must% be- carr
ricd to It's logical conclusion. We lr4usts
ifcations OF all registrants, IN order
to determine, as to each man not 1afss.
ready selected for duty with the coIors.is.
the place in tho military, industriaLl or
agricultural ranks of the nation In
which his experience and training can
best be made to serve the ac0inm0nE
good. This project involves an inQuif$
by tho selection boards into the TdnAl
mestic, industrial and educationalS quail
ifications of nearly 10000, 900 men, 80 ~ Is
Members of these boards have reRSS
dercd a conspicuous service. TheswotAs
was done without regard tos pefsonair
convenience and under pressnres.of
immediate necessity which Imposed
great sacrifices. Yet the services 81
men trained by the experience sot tffns
FIRST draft must of necessity be Tfts-
taincd. and the selections board must
new classification. Tho thing they hays
done is scarcely one-tenth the maEfif-
tGdo of the thing that remains to fbosa
oone. An estimate of thes Tine
necessary for tho work leads to 4 Ates
conclusion that it can be Accomplishment
in sixty days; but only if this eEreSt
of our resources OF mex
is regarded by all as a gnatlonar VAC
undertaking of such Significance as sfa
tho attention and compel the
assistance OF cvcry American. M II
CALLS ON ALL CITIZENS
TO ASSIST IN, ,UNDERTAItiNSss
Il call upon all citizens. thereforesA
to assist local and district boards 10 8
prohoring such service and such ypAs
torial convenicnccs as they can fdffsss . .
and " appearing before the bpsrtfss sss
eithef upon summons or upon their
own initiative. TO give such in{orn,hs
ton as Will be useful In classifyfnSs
urge men OF iths 5lcxaIs
profession to offer themselves as! "a
soeiate members OF the legal adyisogr9
boards to be provided In each coyif a 4 q q
for the purposes OF adviaiaE
resistrants OF their rights and obi a5s
cations. andNof assisting them In Il tfiSf ss &
preparation OF their nDswcrs to ia I'D 81
questions which all men subjsct
draft are required to- suh,1it.
the doctors of tho country 10 identift@ y
themselves With the medical asdvfaS1S1 q
boards which arc, TO be Scohstitut eds + 1sS
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