The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-11-15

advisory boards which are to be con-
stituted in the various districts
throughout the United States for the
purpose of making a systemic physi-
cal examination of the registrants.
"It is important also that police Of
ficials of every grade and class shoul'
be informed of their duty under the
selective service law and regulations,
to search for persons who do not re
spond promptly and to serve Tho
summons of local and district boards.
Points Out Duties of Press.
Newspapers can be of very great
assistance in giving wide publicity te
the requirements of the law and regu-
lations and to the numbers and names
of those who are called to present
themselves to their local board from
day to day. Finally, I ask that dur
ing the time hereafter to be specified
as marking the sixty-day period of the
classification, all citizens give atten-
ton to the task in hand in order that
the process may proceed to a con-
clusion with swiftness and yet with
even and considerate justice to all"
Supplementing the Presidents call
to the nation, Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder issued the following
statement:
"The QUESTIONABLE which is the
basis of the new system is col
lection of questions bringing out the
essential facts on which all classifica-
tions are made. It is the only printed
form which any registrant needs to
use either in making claims or filing
proof.
cat first sight, it may seem little
formidable, but a reading of the ques-
tions shows that they are simple
enough for any person who can read
and write understandingly +" answer
"The Presidents message lines up
the whole legal profession of the
United States as assistants of the Sc
lective service system and as impair
tial advisers to registrants in filling
out their questionnaires.
Places for Advice Provided.
"Under the new regulations place
is to be provided convenient to every
local board where registants may 20
for free advice and assistance in max
ing out this document.
"The county judge or other judicial
officer of similar court is placed at
the head of the committee of lawyers
in each vicinity and this committee is
charged with the duty of seeing that
there are always plenty of lawyers
and other volunteers present to help
registrants in filling out the ques-
tionnaire.
Five Per Cent Goes Out Daily.
"Questionnaires are to be mailed
by the local board to per cent of
the registrants each day. The prin-
cipal work of the legal advisory
boards thus will be over in twenty
days by which time all the question
aires should be returned to the boards.
Every man has seven days in which
to return his questionraire fully
made out.
classification Begins December Is.
"The process of classification will
begin about December Is. Eight days
later the boards will begin the great
process of classification which be-
'omes, in the words of the President,
rational war undertaking of such
significance as to challenge the at
.ention and compel the assistance Of
avery American.
Not since the war began has an
opportunity been offered for practical
ly every person to take an active and
vigorous part in so important war
measure as the actual raising of our
armies.
Doctors Given Definite Place.
sThe Presidents foreword offers
this opportunity. 1t gives definite
place for the doctors to work in MAX
ing the physical examination. For the
first time it assigns every lawyer to
active duty in building up the nation
al army.
"In the legal advisory board it gives
everyone who responds to the Presi-
dents call place in the ranks of the
trmy behind the army.
70 Classify 100000 Men.
"The nation already has remark,
able record of efficiency in adjusting
it's political machinery to the registra,
tion of 100000 men in eighteen
days after the enactment of the law
authorizing registration. 1t is now
proposed to better this record by
classifying 100000 men in a periof
of sixty days."