Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-25

lists who will conduct an exhaustive re-
examination, of the results OF which
there need be little doubt. There is
also to be established in each locality,
a legal advisory board comprising
practically all the lawyers in the
community. and this society IL to fur
nish without compensation all infor-
nation and advice that registrants may
require. Local boards should refer all
requests for information and for as
sistance in preparing questionnaires
to these associations. This. hope. will
relieve one of the most tedious func-
tions of the members Of the boards.
Il have consulted a considerable
number of members OF selection boards
who advised me in the preparation of
the new regulations. 1t Is the esti-
mate of all of them that the present
method will reduce the work of mem
bers Of boards by 70 per cent. In this
state Of affairs. 1t is hoped that mem
bers of boards can attend to this most
important duty without making too
great an inroad upon the time neces-
sary for them to attend their respective
callings.
BECOMING GREAT SYSTEM.
"As l have said, the selective service
system Is an integral and necessary
part OF this government, and you, as
members of 1t, are as essential in the
places to which it has best served the
common good to call upon you as are
the soldiers whom you have sent to
camp. You are, in effect, part of the
army OF the United States in that you
are the sources of it's supply. The ma
ton is rapidly becoming a great sys-
tenn, and If this part of it were dis
turbed now II is not too much to say
that that system would be shattered so
effectively that it would take weeks,
if not months, to repair the damage.
That, l think, is too clear to require
further exposition. But there is a
further thought that has not yet been
emphasiZe
STANDING ON THRESHOLD.
I'VE, as a nation, have learned much
in the last few months. We have. in
the words of the president drawn
close in one compact front against q
common foe" and we have found our
selves. We have learned the sacri.
flee that must be made to make our
nation safe from aggression. The duty
Of citizenship has taken on a new light
for all of us and there has been no hes
itation among our people in perform
Ing that duty. Whether Germany has
taught us or whether we have learned
1t ourselves we know one thing so
clearly and So well that we will new
er again have doubt of it. The vol
unteer method of raising an army for
war is gone. 1t will never return. The
principle Of selection has been tried
and proved by our people. I am led to
believe that they approve it with sub
stantial unanimity. If 1t is good for
this time of eril, it is good for all flu
ture emergencies. The wonder is that
a people so devoted to business eff
cheney should have hesitated to adopt
and national effectiveness. The pre-
sent method for it's expression int Z.
CRATES with our political system so
perfectly, responds so smoothly and
so well to our dual for moi state and
national control that it would be cal
amitous to have 1t impaired. The
principal OF selection is established.
The system for selection improved as
we can improve it must become and
remain a permanent part Of our gov
ernmental system for war. 1t is a link
and our resulting general government.
1t Is for this reason that | say that
we are standing not at the portals OF
a past but rather at the threshold of
future