Bisbee daily review., 1917-05-04
Plan Laid Before State Gov ernors Would Organize Ser vice Reserve of Women And Draft-Excused Men.
GOETHALS, STIMSON.
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Purpose Will Be To Aid In Re cruiting, Work On Farms Or Elsewhere And Aid In Home Defense.
(By Review Leased Wire)

WASHINGTON, May 3.Plans for a up of men not subject to draft into the army and of women, already ap- proved by the war department, were submitted to the council of national defense today at a conference of the council with state governors and rep resentatives of state defense councils. Members of the reserve would be available for any service they could perform for the government.
 The plans were presented by Geo. Whaton Pepper, a representative of the Pennsylvania state defense coun- cil and chairman of a national com mittee of patriotic and defense socie- ties.
 Nine Big Men at Head
 The reserve would be headed by a board of nine nationally known men, which would operate through a na- tional committee of members from all the states. Under the national com mittee there would be state and dis ! trict committees. and in Washington a permanent headquarters committee would sit to carry on administrative work
 Membership of the board of nine has been tentatively accept ed, if was stated, by former President Taft, Major General George w. Goethals and Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war.
 Purpose Most Worthy The purpose of the organization would be to furnish any military or civil service which could not be per formed by enlisted men, to aid in re- cruiting, to work under any private employer engaged on government con tracts, or on farms and to supply the army and navy.
 When not in active service. reserve members could aid in home defense. They would be given compensation for time spent in government ser vice
 Real Jobs For All
 The defense council today gave the governors and state repre- sentatives an outline for state service in the war. They were told that the state defense coun- ciIs could do these things:
 Promote patriotic spirit and cd
 %A EA tude of the task ahead; aid in recruiting the national guard; assist in carrying out enrollment for the new army and in deter mining exemptions from draft; maintain labor standards; estab- fish labor clearing house; assist in getting workers to use their "broken time" on the farms; as- sist in getting idle men and boys to the farms; afford facilities in aiding the government to collect revenues; help float the "Iiberty loan;" organize central food pro- duction committees to work with the state defense councils; sup ply their own food requirements wherever possible, and reduce waste in the household.
 What U. s. is Doing
 Members of the federal councils organization outlined at length to the governors steps the government is taking to put the country in a state of nreparedness.
 Daniel Willard, chairman of the council committee on transportation, described the work of the general railroad committee, which is now op- erating the country's railroad lines as one central system. Howard Coffin, chairman of the committee on muni- tions told of efforts to find facilities for an adequate supply of guns and ammunition.
 Women's Work in War
 Director Clifford of the council and George c. Porter. who heads the div ision on state organization, outlined the councils organization. pr. Anna