The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1917-06-28
DRAFT 70 Be FAIR
METHODS OF SELECTING MEN
FOR NATIONAL ARMY WILL
BE ABOVE CRITICISM.
NO CHANCE OF FAVORlTIsM
Rules for Physical Examination of
Volunteer Recruits for REGULAR
Army viii Be Modified for the
Young Conscripts.
BY EDWARD B. CLARK.

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eOF'Hho 3. CLARK.
washington. = Washington knows
TINT theIe - anxiety throughout the
country lest III the drawings here and
t''eie tnere may De some trick of the
= due ny "hich certain men may be
'f""h ior tiit he" army and certain
'.iiei men NOT drawn by means Of
SUM uelt SielsHt71f-hahd performance.
me last registration day reports
nave come mo washington. There IS
MOI enough concern left in the results
on registration To shadow the rapidly
looming interest IN the methods which
VIII ne ADOPTED to choose the service
men by use OF the rule Of chance.
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10 sc. l'i Tor me regulars
! " men 1t was oectafea a DAY or Two
,'sos seeiiilnslA hN authority. that fege-
., 10y ''"ii'iaias Nouiu ne Ihalh=
ta''is" ioi lllAsieaf examination,
2@Ne' i"s'ai'tlA nes5ih 10 say ms
IN ''t ie"Ne one ffatt4 St'i"art young
=A='''i ie''" III tiie country.
Why So Few Are Accepted.
Il is pretty generally known that ont
of every five men who have applied
in the past ut regular recruiting offices.
only one man has been accepted. No
one has seemed to realize the real
reason for this condition of things. In
certain districts in the United States
fully so per cent of fhe volunteers of
the regular army have been accepted.
In some other districts only 10 per cent
Of the willing ones have been accented
II Is n matter easly explained.
IN the past notably in the city dis
triets. there have applied 10 the re-
eflfiting officers thousands of men of
whom by far the greater percentage
We're seeking enlistment because trey
I'D come to the conclusion that they
ceRld do nothing In civil life Army
officers, if they would talk, could tell
tates OF hundreds Of down ana cutters,
PiiFNical uecrePltS' VINO urea WIN the
struggle 10 yet ii ffNfflg' perhaps not by
ne iaeor route nave aRpled Tor per
mission 70 serve Uncle SAM with good
money gooa 5ea. good BOARD good
elotthe ana e9od care thrown IN. II
was the down ana cutters ana the men
Hf'o' hot Wiling 70 eotlsi'ief themselves
do#h ana out YET through adverse con-
euliois ii'id pecoiile run GOWN PhNSleai-
~ WHO apl'iiea III farseS' huil''erS 10
iile recruiting olilcefS LOT reS'iar SefN-
Zee
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lof', 'I'i' 'ie recruit "''''' re'o'u "
IN the great cltles sho'iid snow ohiN
about one enlistment Tor ihout Tour
or I'VE applicants. III the country us
tflcts the percentage OF acceptahces
MAS much higher because away from
me cites living cohdltlohS were hettet,
ma moreover many sturdy Young
: Americans were Wiling 10 enlist 10 GET
chance To see HE under new con
dlhohs.
To Keep Alive Service Spirit.
And still the wonder is growing here
at the results Of registration day.
There is an infiowng stream of tele-
grams and letters from the country,
most of which give in enthusiastic de-
Seriptio1 the marked service spirit and
service desire with which the young
men of 80 sections of The country went
To their h1ty.
hetief u strong Ill washington To-
day tina! the war department VIII take
advantage OF the pafflotle psychology
of the occasion To move quickly with
selections and exemptions aad mus TO
give the country its ne" NATIONAL army
III short "'der.
II Is kL"Wh that oiiiei''S 'e'ieNe ,'i-