The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-12
PRESIDENT
EXPLAINS
THE DRAF
Executive Formally Puts Machin.
cry Of Draft Scheme Into
Execution.
100000 REGISTRANTs
TO PASS IN REVIEW
Routine Completed in 60 Days
Call for New Army in
February, 1918.

New York, N. Y, November 12.-
President Wilson formally put the new
machinery for carrying out the selec
tive draft bill into operation Satur
day with the publication of the fore
word he has written to the regula
lions under which the second call will
be made. The regulations themselves
and the questionaires, which more
than 100000 registrants will be re-
Quired to fill out, are being framed to
local. but have not yet been made
public.
War department officials estimate
that the whole procession be com.
pleted within 60 days. This means
that no second call will be made upon
the draft forces before the middle of
next February as the period of CLASH
fication will not begin until Dec. Is.
The president describes the new plan
Of dividing all registered men not al
ready modified, into five classes, sub
ject to military service by classes
as being intended to produce "a more
perfect organization Of our man
power
The Presidents Address.
The presidents foreword follows:
i5a"The task of selecting and m0biliz.
ing the first contingent of the national
army is nearing completion. The ex.
petition and accuracy of it's accomp.
lishment were a most gratifying dem.
Onstration of the efficiency of our
democratic institutions The swift.
ness with which the machinery for its
execution had to be assembled, how.
ever, left room for adjustment and
improvement. New regulations put
these improvements into effect are,
therefore, being published today.
There is no change in the essential
obligation Of men subject to selec-
ton. The first draft must stand un-
affected by the provisions of the new
regulations. They can be given no
retroactive effect j" rholslg
Inventory Of Man Power.
1.-THE time has come for more per-
feet organization of our man power.
The selective principle must be car
ried to it's logical conclusion. We
must make a complete inventory of
the qualifications of all registrants In
order to determine as to each man
not already selected for duty with
the colOrs, the place in the military,
industrial or agricultural ranks of the
nation in which his experience and
training can best be made to serve
the common good This project in
wolves an inquiry by the selection
boards into the domestic, industrial
and educational qualifications of near
~ 1O,000,000 men, F'p}'Gg ~ @@st@
Duties Vet Unperformed.
"Members of these boards have rem
dered a conspicuous service. The
work was done without regard to per-
sonal convenience and under pres.
sure of immediate necessity which
imposed great sacrifices. Yet the
services OF men trained by the ex.
perience of the first draft must OF
necessity be retained and the selec.
ton boards must provide the direct
ing mechanism for the new classified.
ton. The thing they have done is of
scarcely onetenth the magnitude of
the thing that remains to be done.
1t is of great importance. both to our
military and to our economic inter-
ests that the classification be carried
swiftly and accurately to conclu.
sion. An estimate of the time neces.
sary for the work leads to the con.
Clusion that 1t can be accomplished
in 60 days, but only if this great mar.
shalling of our resources of men is
regarded by all as national war un.
dertaking of such significance as to
challenge the attention and compel
the assistance OF every American.
Al Must Assist.
II call upon all citizens, therefore,
TO assist local and district boards by
proffcring such service and such ma.
terial conveniences as they can Of
fer and by appearing before the
boards, either upon summons or upon
their own initiative, to give such in
formation as will be useful in classify.
ing registrants. l urge men OF the
legal profession to offer themselves
as associate members of the legal adj
yisory boards to be provided in each
community for the purpose of advising
registrants of their rights and obliga.
tons and of assisting them in the
preparation of their answers to the
questions which all men subject to|
the draft are required to submit. 1
ask the doctors of the country to
identify themselves with the medical
advisory boards which are to be con-
stituted. in the various districts
throughout the United States for the
purpose of making a systematic ply
steal examination of the registrants.
Aid Of Peace Officers.
1t is important also that police Of
iicials of every grade and class should
be informed of their duty under the
selective service law and regulations,