Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-11
o,,est;onnaires to More Than 9,0O0,000 Regist-
 rants to be Forwarded.
rAN,s EXPERIENCE
 FIXES HIS STATUS
r.., profession Called on Individu. ..,,r snd Collectively Challenges
 Attention and COmpels : Assistance.

washington, Nov. 1O.-President wilson formally put the new machin- ery for the carrying. out of the select i've draft bill into operation tonight, with the publication of the foreword, ,e has written to the regulations un- der which the second call twill be made,
 Regulations themselves and the ouestionaires, which more than 9,000,- 100 registrants will be required to fll out, are being forwarded to local bosrds but have not been made Dub |lc. War department officials esti- mate that the whole process can be completed within 60 oays.
 This means that no second call will be made upon the draft forces be- | fore the middle of next February, as the period of classification will not begin until Dec. 15.
 The president describes the new plAh of dividing all registered men, mot already mobilized. into five class es, subject to military servide by classes, as being intended to produce l Ai more perfect organization of our Inn, ,power."
 l. 'aThe selective principle must be |tafried to it's logical conclusion" the ENwident said, and he added that
 as must be made complete inven- fy of the qualification of each reg tHsnt, in order to determine the 2lAce in the military, industrial or nricultural ranks of the nation in which the mans experience and train ing can. best be made to serve the cdmmon good.
 Whole Hearted Support.
 The inquiry projected into the ques- |tionaire will go deep into the quail fcations of each man. Success of the plan. and its completion within the |estimated time, rests absolutely upon whole-hearted support by the people, especially by doctors and lawyers of each community, and the president calls upon them for unstinted aid.
 Supplementing the presidents call 70 the nation, Provost Marshal Gen enl Crowder issued the following ltatement:
 Ine questiOnaire, which will be ne basis of the new system is a col ection of questions bringing out es- eatlal facts upon which ali classifi- atlons are made. It is the only printed form which any registrant needs to use, either in making claims ' nling proof. At first sight it may eem formidable, but a reading of the a9estons shows that they are sim le enough for any person who can eaa and write understandingly to lnswer.
 Lesal Profession Lined Up.
 VAe presidents message lines up se .JsISle NsnIS9le legal profession as assets
 1e Selective service system, and
 impartial advisers to registrants. 'lssT s|., ,Ine new regulations place is
 pe Rsoy1ded convenient to every To- a neafd where registrants may go
 aA6s 4dvice and assistance in mak- E Sat documents.
 t county judge or other judi
 4licer is placed at the head of
 .matoee of lawyers in each vii
 and this committee is charg- saa the duty of seeing that there ss. N aNays plenty 'os lawyers and ". voiunteers present to help reg Nn,,..I.
 sIestonaires are to be mailed by se,a x aocai board to 5 per cent of the nS.s'rants e. each day. The principal ,x N, ot the legal advisory boards im. m 'als be over in 20 days, by which nrs mug su questionaires should be re- evss eu ,o the board. Every man nas no.a, sa uays in which to return his scss;a scssss;,.onaire. fully made out. Classi-
 ua VIII begin about December Ias,n Aisnt days later, the boards will ,hich & ne process of classification, ai;na a oscomes a national war under ensae e .. such significance as to chal- no attention and compel assist
 v ', every American.
 ~rh everyone In the Ranks.
 FIN. presidents foreword gives
 .s ,alle place for doctors to worL in or sS. me physical examinations.
 vysr " nrst time it assigns every IS s rs.. " acIlve duty in building up isorv, ,sonai n army. In the legal ad- esnc,t uosrd it gives every one who lice in :. to the presidents call a
 V armv n ,ne ,. ranks of the army behind
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