Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-23
CLASSIF|CATIONS
FOR Drafted MEf
Provost Marshal Tells How
Next Nationals Will
be Chosen
BRITISH HAVE
TRIED OUT PLAN

The Eve groups into which men
eligible for military service are to
be divided under the proposed new
regulations for operating the seiec-
tive draft. have been made public by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
These five classes are themselves d.
vided into subdivisions go as 70 make
clear to Just what group each man
will belong and In what order he Will
be called for service. The plan is
modelled on the one found highly sue
cessful by the British War once.
Men from class one will be called
to the colors first, from class two will
80 next and so on. The list OF classes
and subdivisions follow:
CLASS /.
1-slngle man without dependent
relatives
2-Married man Tor widower with
children) who habitually fails TO sup
port his family.
8--Married man dependent on wife
for support
Married man Tor widower with
children) not usefully engaged, fam
fly supported by income Independent
OF his labor.
6-Men not included in any other
description In this or other classes.
6--Unskilled laborer.
CLASS II.
married man or father OF
motherless children, usofilly en-
gagged. but family has sufficient In
come apart from his daily labor to
afford reasonably adequate support
during his absence.
married man. no children. wife
can support herself decently and
without hardship.
3-Skiiled farm Iaborer engaged In
necessary industrial enterprise.
4-skilled industrial laborer en-
gagged IN necessary agricultural
CLASS III.
IMAM with foster children de-
pendent on daily labor for support.
2--Man with aged, infrm or Invalid
parents or grandparents dependent on
daily labor for support.
3--Man with brothers or sisters In.
competent TO support themselves, de-
pendent on daily labor for support.
l-County or municipal officer.
b-Firemen or policemen.
6-Necessary artlflcers or workmen IN
arsenals, armorios and navy yards.
Necessary custom house clerk.
8-Persons necessary 10 transmission
OF malls.
Unnecessary employees in service O.
Tfrffad Ctafea
io-Hlshiy specialized administrative
experts.
ii-Technical or mechanical experts Il
Industrial enterprises.
f2-Hlghly specialized agricultural ex
pert In agricultural bureau OF State o.
nation.
i5-Assistant or associate manager o,
necessary Industrial enterprise.
ii-Assistant or associate manager OF
necessary agricultural enterprise.
GLASS ~.
married man with wife (and) or
children Cor widower with children) de-
pendent on daily labor for support and
no other reasonably adequate support
available.
2-Mariners IN sea service Of mer-
chants or citizens in United States.
3-Heads OF necessary industrial enter
prises.
4-Heads OF necessary agricultural en-
terprises.
CLASS v.
f-ofncers of States or the United
States,
2-Regularly or duly ordained mini
eters.
3-Students Of divinity.
4-Persons in military or naval ser
vice.
5-Aliens.
6-Alien enemies.
T-Persons morally unit.
e-Persons physically, permanently or
mentally unit.
q-Licensed pilots.
The new regulations will simplify the
work OF selecting men for the Second
National Army.
But the classifying Of all men eligible
81 groups, and the picking OF those In
the ilrst group ahead OF the. others,
struck may, at first glance. as unfair.
Single men whose names were drawn
Tar down In the list felt they were to