Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-23
EEGAEPROFESSION
OF NATION RALLIES
TOCOUNTRY'S CALL
Lawyers Everywhere Are Or
ganizing in Response to
President Wilson'S Urge,
N. US 1000 Heads List
By RALPH SMITH.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-For the
first time in the history of the country
the legal profession as a whole is called
TO the nations aid, and the generous re-
Spouse TO the presidents call is a splen-
did tribute to the profession. General
Crowder early recognized the necessity
for legal assistance in preparing the
QUESTIONABLE and the necessity for pro-
viding that assistance without cost to
registrants.
The call and the response of the legal
profession is one of the big things OF
a big war. The rallying of this profess
sion 10 the aid of the registrants will
take its place along the side of the Lib
,erty Loan drives. the fted Cross sub
scription, the Y. NJ g. a. work and 9TH
-cr big things which are taking place.
From all over the country General
Crowder is in receipt of kilograms from
governors assuring him of the bars ca
ger support of the legal advisory boards
Judges. high and low, have taken
over the work Of organizing their coun-
ties. and are calling upon every lawyer
in their districts to take up the work
OF instruction.
One OF the first organizations to be
formed for thisp urpose was at ia
maica, Long Island. with 800 lawyers,
under the leadership of it's county Judge
OF the Jamaica organization with a pre-.
liminary organization or 1000 lawyers,
and Boston was a close third with 500
lawyers a. the first meeting.
St Louis reported a first meeting OF
80 lawyers as a nucleus of an organi-
cation which would embrace the entire
profession in Missouri, and similar re-
ports came from the far west and SOUTH
As the president states il in the reg
rrna H.1,
E''The selection of men for military ser
vice is an undertaking that should be
regarded as a systematized effort of
the citizenry OF the. whole nation, or
ganized and compacted to meet the
present emergency. Every citizen has
duty to give his best endeavor to the
success OF this undertaking according to
his qualifications and talents
"An lawyers and physicians should
regard IL as their duty to identify them
selves with the advisory boards and
freely and without compensation to give
their best service to the nation. 1t is
inconsistent with this duty for lawyers
20 seek clients for the purpose of urg
ing and advocating individual cases in
any other way than as disinterested
and impartial assistants Of the selectlve
service system.
1T should be the pride of every law
yer that no registrant within his dis
trict is without comeptent legal advice
and assistance i'm preparing all papers
that such registrant is required to sub
NIT I'm the process of the selection of
citizens of this nation for duty in the
present emergency"
The officers of the American Bar as
aociatNI,. both the century, officers
and the local state officers. have not
only pledged themselves to carry out the
work of organizing the bar throughout
the country. but for several weeks past
fave worked tirelessly in this connec-
ton. Thousands of letters have been
sent broadcast to leaders Of the bar
everywhere. and their responses indi-
cate the complete success of the plan.