Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-21
IS NEW PLANFOR RAISING THE
 ARMY OF U. s.
Provost Marshal General l Crowder Indicates T h a t New System Will Eliminate Much Work and All Com plaint.
(By RevieM Leased wire.)

(By Review Leased Wire.)
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-A sweeping change in the machinery of the selec- tive draft, based on division of 9,000,- 900 remaining registrants into five 1 classes in order of their eligibility for military service, was announced today by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Details of the plan, which has been approved by President Wilson, are ] not disclosed. It is calculated, how ever. to do away with virtually all the complications of the first draft and to . make operations of the local boards hereafter little more than rubber stamp proceedings. I Chief Features.
 The plan was worked out at confer ences with local and district board of ficials and approved by the various state authorities. Its chief features are that every registered man will know his exact position and be able 1 to arrange his arraifs accordingly and that no man deemed necessary to in- dustry or needed at home to support his family will be called to the colors unless the military situation is des- perate.
 Provost Marshal General Crowder issued this statement: crowders Statement
 With the completion of the draft of the first army of 6S7,000 men, a new system will be installed for the crea- tion of succeeding armies, which will greatly lessen the labors of the local and district boards. So far has this been accomplished that it is believed that under the new system so per cent of the work will be eliminated while the forms to be used will not exceed 20 in number as compared with ap- proximately 1S2 which the present system requires.
 Each Man Classified.
 "Along with the reduction of labor there will be provided a system which will classify each of the nine million men who have not yeT been inducted into military service and each man will have been given his place in the national scheme of life.
 'To do this it has been determined to obtain from each man complete in | formation of a character which will 1 definitely fix his economic worth asI compared with his fellow registrant, and from the information thus ob- tained to place him in one of five classes, each to be called in turn as the need arise.
 The "Questionaire."
 "The method of obtaining this in- formation is through 'questionnaire.' a series of questions calculated to pro- duce the information required. This document will be mailed to every reg istrant not yet in service, on a day to be fixed. seven days being given to each registrant to complete and re- turn the same. Every opportunity will be offered to each man to com plete his questionnaire fully and with i out error
 ''The local boards will then examine each questionnaire and assign each registrant to one of five classes. ! Many Conditions Judged ] These classes will be based upon every conceivable condition, from the family or occupational standpoint, that should properly be advanced by man desiring to be excused from military duty. Class one will be the 1 first called for physical examination and service and when it is exhausted if the nations needs are such as to make 1t necessary, class two will fol low. and thus each man registered will ultimately take his place if needed.
 Every opportunity for appeal from such classification by the local board proceedings have been greatly simpli- 1 fed.
 Tedious Work Eliminated.
 "The tedious work of the local boards has been practically eliminated by the production of a form to be known as No. 1000, which will be the foundation stone of the new system Through its use. all the laborious work of making and posting lists has been eliminated. All of the old docket sheets and records will be made un- necessary and by the arrangements oi its columns, the work of the local board will be reduced to minimum.
 "On this new form the complete
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