Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-11-15
RE0RGAN|ZE DRAFT
IS WILSON'S PLAN
EVERY MAN WILL BE SUBJECT
TO SERVICE, EVEN If NOT
IN FIGHTING FORCE.
President Makes Stirring Appeal to
All Citizens to Aid in the Work.
Next Army Call viii Not Be
Made Before January IS.

hington.-President Wilson on
November 10 ordered the complete re-
organization of the draft machinery
war duty, If not in France, at least
in the fields and factories.
In a foreword to the new regula-
lions under which the Reconsideration
Of the 100000 men not called in the
first draft will be made, the president
makes a stirring appeal to all citizens,
especially lawyers and physicians, to
aid in the work.
In his forewOrd, the president, over
his signature, says
"The task of selecting and mobiliz-
ing the first contingent of the national
army is nearing completion. The ex-
petition and accuracy of its accom-
plishment were most gratifying DEM
onstration of the efficiency of our
democratic institutions. The suffer-
ings with which the machinery for its
execution had to be assembled, how
ever, left room for adjustment and i'm
provement.
feet organization of our man power.
The selective principle must be carried
to its logical conclusion. We must
make a complete inventory Of the
qualifications Of all registrants in order
to determine as to each man not al
ready selected for duty with the serv-
ice, the place in the military, indus
of
ton in which his experience and train
ing can best be made to serve the COM
mon good. This project involves an
inquiry by the selection boards into
the domestic, industrial and educa-
tional qualifications of nearly ten mil
| lion men.
II call upon all citizens, therefore,
| to assist local and district boards by
proffering such service and such mate
rial conveniences as they can offer and
| by appearing before the boards, either
upon summons or upon their own in
itiative, to give such information as
will be useful in classifying regis
| trants.
81 urge men of the legal profession
| to offer themselves as associate men,
bers of the legal advisory boards. to
be provided in each community for the
purpose of advising registrants of their
rights and obligations, and of assist
ing them in the preparation of their
answers to the questions which all
men subject to the draft are required
to submit.
II 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 physi-
cal examination of the registrants. 1t
is important also that police officials
of every grade and class should be
informed of their duty under the selec-
tive service law and regulations, to
search for persons who do not respond
promptly and to serve the summons of
local and district boards.
Newspapers can be of very great
assistance in giving wide publicity to
the requirements of the law and regu-
lations, and to the numbers and names
of those who are called to present
themselves to their local boards from
day to day. Finally, ask that during
the time hereafter to be specified as
marking the sixty-day period of classi-
fication, all citizens give attention to
the task in hand in order that the
process may proceed to conclusion
with swiftness, and yet with even and
considerate justice to ALL"
One thing certain as a result of the
announcement is that there will be
no second draft until after the middle
of January. The sixty-day period of
reorganization will not have expired
until then.