Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1917-11-22
THE NEW DRAFT REGULATIONS
Cancel All Exemptions and Restore
Each Man to Aiis Original Status

The new selective service regula
tions have been made public by the
the provost marshal general Sun
plies of them have been received by
the governors of states, and they will
be forwarded to local and district
boards at once for study.
Certain of the regulations go into
effect on November 20, while others.
notably those which govern the pro
cess of selection and classification
will moi go into effect until Decem
Der IL.
Repeal All Preceding Regulations
| The new regulations not only re-
peal all preceding regulations. but
cancel all exemptions and discharges
which have been granted by local
boards under the present system.
This will restore every man to his
original status, and the local boards
| will send QUESTIONABLE to every
man VINO is not in the service.
The completion by the registrant
| of this document is the first great
stage Of the new system, and the diff
fculties which will attend it are fully
recognized by the provost marshal
general, who has begun the mobiliza.
tion of the legal talent of the country
| to enable everyone who seeks it IL
receive aid in the preparation of his
questionnaire.
System Of Distribution
Under the new regulations the To-
cal boards will send out per cent of
their questiOnnaires each day for a
period covering 20 days. This meth
cd of distribution will allow the local
boards, with the aid of their legal ad-
visory boards and other volunteers,
to instruct, complete, and file each
days QUESTIONABLE without the con-
fusion and congestion which would
attend the effort to require larger
number.
The new regulations also contain a
complete set of the forms to be used
by the local boards, every form being
printed in full. and many are COM
pleted to serve as models.
A local board will actually use 19
of the proposed forms. Examination
shows that most of these are postal
card forms, and require but a word
or two to complete them, thus sim
plifying to large degree the work of
the present system, which requires
approximately 1S0 complicated forms.
The completion of the question
naire by the registrant will not re-
quire as much work as did the sim
pie claim for dependency under the
old system. In it the registrant must
make full statement of all the facts
upon which he will rely to secure de-
ferred classification and upon which
the local board will be expected to
fix his class.
Answers Require Few Words
If the registrant is a farmer or is
skilled in any enterprise which is nee
essary to the public interest, he must
state the facts in minute detail; but
SO skillfully has the QUESTIONABLE
been designed that every answer is
anticipated and requires only in rare
instances more than two or three
words. [
The new regulations are so arrane.
ed that information may be found al.
most at glance. A complete table
of contents is provided, an exhaust
i've index has been inserted, and each
is brought out in bold-facs
type making ii most accessible to the
seeker for information
OHc Vi tDc nOtCWOIIls IcbtuIc6 VI
the new regulations is the appoint
ment of an officer of the Reserve
Corps of the United States army as
an assistant to the adjutant general
Of each state. This officer will also
be the disbursing officer, and the final
affairs Of the selective service system
will thus be brought into intimate
touch with the provost marshal gen.
erals office in Washington. Among
his other duties will be that Of keep
ng all accounts closed in order that
he department at Washington may
nave at any time statement Of tha
allegations and estimate of future ex-
,enses for each state.
Reasons for Classification
Under part 4, which deals with clas
rules and principles, there
ire clearly laid down the various
'ules which will govern district AMI
ocal boards in the classification OF
'egistrants, while the reasons for AMI
fleet OF classification are clearly set
,ut as follows:
The military needs of the nation
'equire that there b provided in every
community a list Of names of men
Who shall be ready to be called into
'ervice at any time. The economic
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