The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-24
Careful Selection to Mark
Second Call to COl0rs
Of Nation.
QUESTIONABLE OUT
All Eligible Men to Write
Fully About Selves in
New Blanks.

which future drafts for the national
army will be selected has been issued
by Provost Marshal General u. n,
Crowder. in whose hands adininistra-
ton Of the CONSUMPTION law rests
Classification Of all men liable to
service will be the first step. 1t IS to
he accomplished by means Of A COM
prchensive questionable. which is to be
sent to every man still eligible for
army service. Included are all those
who received exemptions or discharges
when called in the first draft.
Divided Into Five Glasses.
Under tho new system. the %o,lng
men of the country are to be placed by
tho QUESTIONABLE in five classes. based
upon their necessity to home industry
and to support dependents. The men
will be drawn by classes. as follows:
Class l. (aA Single men without
dependent relatives; 90 married men.
with or without family, or father Of
mOthcrlcss children. who has habitu-
ally failed to support his family: (cl
married men dependent upon wife for
support; (d) married men with or
without children, or father of mother
gagged. family supported by income
dependent of labor: te) unskilled farm
laborcr: 60 unskilled industrial la
borcr.
Married Men in Second.
Class 2 fa) Married man with
children or father OF mOthcrless chill
dren where wife or children are not
dependent mainly upon his labor for
support for the reason that there are
other reasonably certain sources of
adequate support. and that the re-
inoval of registrant will not deprive
dependents of such support; (bs mar
ried man. without children. whose wife.
although the registrant Is engaged In
useful occupation, Is not mainly de-
pendent upon his labor for support.
for the reason that the wife Is skilled
in some special class OF work which
she Is able to perform and in which
che Is employed or in which there is an
immediate opening for her: tc) neces-
+ sary skilled farm laborer in necessary
agricultural enterprise: (d) necessary
skilled industrial laborcr in necessary
Industrial enterprise.
=. Class, ta) Man with dependent
\ children. not his own. but toward
whom he stands in the relation Of par
ent: OBJ man with dependent. aged or
inftrm parents; tc) man with depend
ent helpless brothers or sisters: ID
county or municipal officer; te) high
ly-trained fireman or policeman at
least three years in service of munich
pality: fl necessary customhouse
clerk; tg) necessary employee of the
United states in the mail service; Gh
necessary workman in United States
armory or arsenal; ca necessary en-
ploye in the service of the United
States: u necessary assistant asso-
ciate or managers of necessary agricul-
tural enterprise; (k) necessary highly
specialized technical or mechanical ex
pert Of necessary industrial enterprise.
a. necessary assistant or associate
manager of necessary Industrial enter
prise.
Father With Dependents.
Glass l. ta) Man whose wife and
children are mainly dependent upon
his labor for support (bN mariner actu
ally employed IN sea service of citizen
or merchant In the United States. Tel
necessary sole managing. controlling OF
directing head Of necessary agricul-
tural enterprise: (d) necessary sole
managing. controlling or directing hean
Of necessary industrial enterprise.
Glass S. Ia Officers. legislative
executive or judicial. of the Unitet
States. or Of state. territory or Dis
trict of Columbia: tb) regular or duly
ordained minister Of religion: (c) stu
dent who on May IS, 1917. WAS ERE.
pairing for ministry in recognized
school: Id persons in military o.
naval service of the United States: te
alien enemy: CD resident alien tno
an enemy who claims exemption: fg
person totally and permanently men
tally or physically unfit for militar,
service: (h) person morally unfit to b.
a soldier of the United States: liz II
censed pilot employed in the pursuit 0
his vocation.