The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-26
WILSON ADVISES
RELEASE Of ALL
NEEDED At HOME
Strict Adherence to, Rules Of
Dependency Is Urged
in Draft.
MOBILIZATION PLAN
CHANGED BY BAKER
Skilled Men to Lead March
to Cantonment Camps
Of New Army.

Washington. Aug. a5,a~At the direct
suggestion of President Wilson Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder toe-
sraphed to all governors tonight a
supplemental explanation OF resula
tons governing the status of married
men under the sclectivc servic" law
No change IN regulations is made and
the purpose Of the new statement is to
clear Up MISUNDERSTANDING which
have arisen In what General Crowdor
describes as "a few instances
In letter to Secretary Baker
quoted by General Cruwder. President
Wilson states his opinion that the
regulation directing local boards "to
establish the fact of dependents in ad
dition to the fact OF marriage ought
not to De abrogated" This leaves the
regulations as they arr. and the sup
Elementary statement is designed
merely to make the application of the
rules uniform among all boards.
Mobilization Changed.
While the statement regarding mar
ried men was In preparation new or
ders were issued, changing entirely
'i' dIiditCtlIltHIS pre-
Niously made. Congestion of rail traf-
! fic and the necessity of making better
provision for the reception of the men
| at the environments dictated the
! changes.
Under the new orders five per cent
Of the white men. preferably thos,
with military experience. from eaci
! local area will be started forward 10
the camps September 5. instead of 80
! per cent They will go In five daily
detachmcnts of equal size and form
skeleton company organizations and
| set no Il going concern into which the
remainder of the total quota can b.
| absorbed without confusion as they
| reach the Cantonmcnts.
New Dates Given.
The next 80 per cent of the quota
will go forward September la when
the second 80 per cent originally was
scheduled to go forward; IL second aC
per cent will 20 forward october 3 in
stead of the third 50 per cent ans
! the remaining II per cent will b,
called up as soon thereafter as prac.
ticable.
| Local boards are directed 10 diSrc.
gard order of liability numbers to son'
extent in selecting th" first fis" pei
cent as men of experience, such ai
cooks and former soldiers, arc dcsiret
at that time. Warning is given, how
ever, against getting into this levy b,
reason OF his experience any man wh'
might not otherwise have been in
cluded in the first increment of tn
district at all,
To Spare Dependents.
The message sent to goNcrnors to
day says:
Nv" do not concur in tn. view sug
Of wife aud children actually depend
cnt ON applicants labor for supper
and where there arc no other mean
of support the wife should be put I
the necessity of going to work to sup
port herself and children. Bona fd
hcpcnd"ncy Of wife and children %
labor Of applicant where in his alb
} ssnct they will be left without rea
sonable adequate support after dul
; taking into consideration soldier
wage and support available from rcla
tivcs, as stated in the rulings OF tn
prov ost marshal general. Is ground q
discharge.
This opinion clearly and adouuatcl
expresses the intent of tn. law In ihi
, regard