Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-17
FILL DRAFT QUOTAS
AS WHOLE IS PLAN
Division of Cities Into Dis
tricts Causes Unfairness,
Declares Major Murdock

To prevent men In the divisions that
follow Class under the now select'vc
service regulations being called In ono
section before all Of the men In the first
class have been disposed Of IN other dis
tricts. Major w. q. Murdock in charge
of State draft headquarters in Harris
burg, has advocated the calling OF regis.
trants to fill quotas from cities as
whole.
Major Murdock in a letter to Adiu.
tant General Beary, of this State. says.
"In many districts which are purely
residential. such as Logan, In Philadel-
phia, practically every man needed to
MI the districts quota will have TO be 4
married man: in other districts having
a large alien population practically every
American in the district Will be required.
II seems 10 me that 1t would bc far more
equitable to consider cities as whole,
In order that uniformity viii exist in the
selection Of men from tho different
c'asscs.
1T certainly would be unfair for one
district TO fiji its quota from Class J.
while another would have TO fill It's quota
from class . or class 8. This would
simply mean that some married men are
being pcnaliacd for living IN certain
district. | do not know whether IN,
method prevailing IN the hrat dralt OF
having each local district I'LL its quota
can be changed or not but II is a mat
ter that should lie called to the atten-
ton of the Provost Marshal General
Departing from the prescribed metnou
Of mailing the qucstionnalres 10 fcgIa-
tered men. Local Board No. 6, whose
headquarters are at the station house az
Twelfth and Zine streets, instead IS
mailing Il doublc-lcaf notice TO the men
in its district. stating their duties undcr
the regulations and fixing a definite date
for them to appear and make cut tho
QUESTIONABLE under guidance OF the au-
Nsory board.
, The. order numbers arc divided into
groups, Coneocutivcly assigned to sue
ccsgiyc days with the exception of the
sunday. Monday and Tuesday preceding
and including Christmas pay. lhus |"
500 are attended TO tomorrow nlghl :
s0i-l30O. December 10; 1S0l-l600, the
goth; lG0t-i950. the 2ist: lS5l-230p
the 22d; 23ol-97o0. the 26th; 2i0l-32o0.
the 27th: 5000. the 2sth 36oi-iO00,
the 2gth; 40Ul-fi5O. the 3Qth, and 4i5l-
i9Ii the 3lst
Clinton Il. Woodruff, chairman Of the
board, said today that the questionnaire
was so heavy that considerable expense
in mailing would be saved by using the
folder and requiring the mcu to come
TO the headquarters to get the question
najrc when they could also make it out
and file it with the board, all in one oper-
alton All Of tho work will be done
under the observation of the advisory
board and will thus obviatc correspond.
ence between the board and tho regis
trart relative 70 correcting mistakes
In the notice the registraut Is advised
to bring an interpreter If he does not
speak the English language.
Tho list OF volunteers placed on the
advisory board by Mr.. Woodruff is AS
follows: Walter :. McInness. \. w.
Shields, L. Markoc Riyirus, Thomas
Reath W. Barclay Lex. Dr. Thomas :.
r. Morton. u. j. Rebman. Frank Mer-
genthalcr Hiubcrt J. Horan, Jr., Theo-
dore b. Reath, :. Boyer Davis, L. Hare
! Davis. Dr. Elliston ]. Norris. Norris w.
Gates, l.. Irving i;e!chner, John W,
Brock, charles T.. Bartlett and John &.
Bell. The last three are the appointecs
Of Governor Brumbaugh.
Some of these men will be on duty
from to 10 O'Clock in the atternoo.
and evening. sitting in relays. They
Sill answer the puzzllng questions that
are bound TO arise on the part Of the
registrant and which even an ordinarily
intelligent man would hesitate over, ac-
cordirg to Mr.. Woodruff.
To-day the first responses TO tho new
draft questionnaires. some of which We're
mailed to regstrants in all Of the fifty
one local draft districts on Saturday, arc
expected by the draft boards.