The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-11

Wilson Issues FOrewOrd on
New Regulations Govern
ing Second Cali.
DETAILS NOT PUBLIC
Next Summons to ColOrs
Will Not Be Made Before
Middle of February.

Washington, Nov 10.--President
Wilson formally put the new ma
chinery for carrying out the selective
draft bill into operation tonight with
the publication of the foreword he has
written to the regulations under which
the second call will be made. The reg
nlations themselves and the question
aires, which more than 100000 regis
trants will be required to fill out, are
being forwarded to local boards. but
have not yet been made public.
War department. officials estimate
that the whole process can be conf
pleted within 60 days. This means that
no second call will he made upon the
draft forces before the middle of next
February, as the period of classified
ton will not begin until December -.
The president Describes the new plan
of dividing all registered men not al
ready mobiliZed into five classes. sub
iect to military service by classes as
being intended to produce "a more per-
feet organization of our man power
The presidents foreword follows:
45 Presidents Statement.
THE task of selecting and mobilizing
the first contingent OF the national
army is nearing completion. The eN-
pedition and accuracy of its accom-
pliShment We're a most gratifying DEM
onstration of the efficiency of our
democratic institutions. The swiftness
with which the machinery for it's exc
cution had 10 he assembled, however,
left room for adjustment and improve
ment. New regulations putin. these
imnrnVpmpntS into effect there
fore. being published to-day. There is
no change in the essential obligation hf
men subject to selection. The first
draft must stand unaffected by the
provisions Of the new regulations. They
calN be given no retroactive effect.
The time. has come for Il more per-
feet organization of our man power.
The sehctlvc principle must be car
ried to it's logical conclusion. We must
make IA complete inventory of the
qualifications of all registrants in order
10 determine as to each man not al
ready selected for duty with he colocs
the place in the military industrial on
agricultural ranks Of the nation IN
which his experience and training can
best lac made to serve the common
good. This project involves an inquiry
by the 0dlection boards into the do
nestle, Industrial ana educational
qualifications Of nearly 100000 men.
Assistance Needed.
Members of these boards have rem
dcred a conspicuous service. The work
was done without regard to personal
convenience and under Il pressure Of
immediate necessity. which imposed
great sacrifices. Yet the services of
men trained by the experience of the
first draft must of necessity be re-
tanned and selection boards must pro-
vide the directing mechanism for the
new classification. The thing they
have done is scarcely one-tenth the
magnitude of the thing that remains
TO be done. IT is of great importance,
both to our military and to our eco
nomic interests that the classificatio
be carried swiftly and accurately to "A
conclusion. An estimate of the time
necessary for the work leads to the
conclusion that it can be accomplished
in 50 days but only if this great mar
Shallins of our resources of men is re-
garded by all as IA national war under
taking of such significance as to chal-
1e9ee the attention and compel the as
Il call upon all citizens, therefore. to
assist local and district boards by prof
fering such service and such material
convenience as they can offer and by
appearing before the boards either upon
summons or upon their own initiative
To give such information as will be
useful in classifying registrants.
Asks Aid Of Lawyers and Doctors.
Il urge men of the legal profession to-
offer themselves, as associate members
of the legal advisory boards. t.. he pro-
Vided in each community for the pur-
pose of advising regiStrants of their
rights and obligations and of assisting
them in the preparation of their an
swers to the questions, which all men
subject to the draft are required to