The Holly chieftain., 1917-11-16
YID2uARY isfu EARIxHsf
DATE NEW CALL oAN BE MADE
Classification OF Men Still Subject
70 Service To Begin December


ton the first of the week with the
publicaion Of the forewOrd he has
written to the regulations under
which the second call will be made
The regulations themselves and the
questiOnaires which some 9 million
registrants will be required to fill
out are being forwarded to local
boards, bat have not yet BEEN made
public.
Wal. department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted in sixty days. This means
that no second call will be made
upon the draft forces before the
middle OF next February as the
period of classification will not be-
gin until December Is
The President describes the new
plan of dividing all registered men
not already mobiliaed into five
classes, as being intended to produce
"a more perfect organization Of our
man power"
The selective principle must be
carried to its logical conclusion
the President said. and he added
that there must be made a complete
inventory of the qualifications of
each registrant in order to deter:
, mine the place in the military, in
dustrial or agricultural ranks of
the Nation in which his experience
and training can best be made to
serve the common good"
The inquiry projected in the ques-
tionaire will go deep into the
qualifications Of each OF nearly g.
{ million men. The success OF the
plan and its completion within the
estimated time rests absolutely up
on wholshearted support given by
!, the people, especially by the doc
tors and lawyers of each community
and the President calls upon them
for that unstinted aid.
Supplementing the Presidents
call to the Nation. Provost Marshal
General Crowder issued the follow.
ing statement:
The QUESTIONABLE which is the
basis of the new system is a collec-
tion Of questions bringing out the
essential facts upon which all classi.
fications are made It Is the only
printed form which any registrant
needs to use In making claims or
filing proof. At first sight It may
seem little formidable, but a>read
ing of the questions shows that
they are simple enough for any
person who can read and write nm:
derstandingly to answer.
THE Presidents message lines up
the whole legal profession of the
United States as assistants of the
oselective service system and as i'm
partial advisers to registrants in
filling out their quetionafres. Un.
der the new regulations place is
to be provided convenient to every
local board where registrants may
go for free advice and assistance in
making out this document, - The
officer of similar courts is placed at
the head of committee of lawyers
in each vicinity and this committee
is charged with the duty of seeing
that there are always plenty of
lawyers and other volunteers pre-.
sent to help registrants in filling
out the q,lestionaircs.
"Questionaires are to he mailed
by the local board to S per cent of
the registrants each day. The prin
cipal work of the legal advisory
boards will thus be over in twenty
days. by which time all the ques-
; tionaitss should be returned to the
boards Every man has seven days
IN which to return his QUESTIONABLE
fully made out. The process of
classification will begin about De
. cember Is. Eight days later the
lizards will begin the great process
of classification which becomes, in
the words of the President, "A ma
tional war undertaking of such
significance as to challenge the at
tention and compel the assistance
OF every American