Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-22
new DRAFT RTIE
WILLSAVE linn
Local and District Ro..,
Expecting Changed Roa'. oa'''
lations in a Few Dayss, y
MEN WILL BE CLAsSrprs,

Local district appeal ana dr,,,
sApecting to receive within ,ho VOards N
usys direct instructions fror, next Nv
IsIsUiye to the plan devised hv isrrtbms
sh General Crowder for the ts.t to.ost k,i.
''e uratt work in the future landing q
Draft officials in this c,tv a.. p.
terested In the new plan. !, ny NY. AeenB b.
y Internationally Will save 80. sald A,t
concerned ana be much Sa.n ume ir
lated men themselves in Rensra, IA
The same officials saId ho,.
'tions sbomid opinion that the present s..u. NY
Guys hrst quota Of 14,ee5 msr !. 20 until tAs
Camp Meade. i"eh Is sent On l.
according to all Indication. AZ .rr
.en, winch was Announced a., ',c w. new syL
ts tsoaN VIII not go into effac, "asnlnsti
sne nrst $4,000 men havo Lotll untll ail,l
tne nrst National Army enfeai
rat ofiicials said uno,,au,,- =.
psm had been devised after ftS,,onsoy sa..,ay Ia
systems had been not,csd q M
may follow. army and Others A.,
Inc new plan has the snrr.., I.
dent Wilson. Wv approval Of Pre-.
,ha me e. new system includes the nse.
through tba rs reslstrants in Ave s,,.'l ~ Y
wbIoh & ,ne use OF a detailed ous.,,. elas'a
eligible r,t,, properly filled out bv ~. sas
the nor." ' aSquaint the draft bosrS. I gsn i
eacb ,,,oS history and qualiAca,Ias.'N Na
sos. man and provide then, ,,,,.I a'iom ions Il
nolinatlon on which his classieoo..ln m,.n ful h
osseu. The plan also incInd~~ .s VIII v
.ne men In these classes a. IN. tns calling
anu II expected by the wa nlr ~ .nelr order
cut down the draft hoors- Oeparpneht IA
80 per cent. '0arus work by sbow
"e men who registered on r,
esg emo were not called for serv,o. 'une aa
cias0 i0oO are to be divided in tbs ~ ,oD ene hfH
w. l. men having no denena...
~ men with small families dan".si NJ
os vi those engaged in trades S.ss., q
bJ,hI, y skilled; No. 3, men ers.S.s ,v.,'.' q
nsniy skilled trades and those bo,sssw 4
paIehts dependent upon ther, n. asa
WIN ml.n large families; No. &. man ~ ~ nn
Heteo Tor active military duty ~ 10 WY
In the first four classes Ih,.,.., a
IL required, the men in the ias, S, -, lusa
9Iaelng the physically unfit to be SnosI ~,s y. I.
me most important feature Of m. "a.
system Is that all men in the Ave-, S. as.
VIII be called for service befors as A. ssA ~
second group are summoned befo,s a. ~ ~
exemption boards. '
This revision of the draft rules ann,,,,A.
the desires of the President, expresssS
his letter to Senator Weeks Of Msssss.s
setts. that "all married men might NJ \,
empted for time" and it follows N
almost general demand Of the entire malta
that the single men be called before othsr
The wishes of organized labor that M,
engaged in skilled trades, most Of wbIs
are held to be essential to a successiv
prosecution of the war, be exempted. n
met in a manner that is held to be accep,
able to the President, who is opposed
any class exemptions under the selectly
draft act.
The new system not only will economII
time and simplify every mans calcuiatlor
as to when he will be called, but will Cisr
eral Crowder declares, give the Unite
States a scientific system whereby men vi
be assigned by groups. giving every ma
subject to draft a Ta:ing. and at the san
time conserving the economic forces Of d
nation for prosecution of-the war. The me
with the heaviest domestic burdens and u
men needed most in war industries will
called last. .r,r-