Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-13
CITIZENS MUST HELP EXEMPTION
BOARD DO WORK REQUIRED
BY GOVERNMENT.
is RUSH JOB; OFFICE
TO BE OPEN NIGHTS
Provost Marshal General Crowder Calls
on Patriotic People to Help Local
Board-Work Required Is Compiling
Statistics Regarding Men Registered
For the Draft.

The local exemption board must
have at once the volunteer, free SER
vices of patriotic intelligent citizens.
For the information Of congress, which
meets in December, Provost Marshal
General Crowder has ordered every
exemption board In the country to DO
hurry-up statistical work. In this
county the work must be done in six
days, including Monday. There is not
help enough in the exemption boards
office, and the government will not en-
ploy help. the right kind of which can
not be had on so short notice.
Therefore it is up to intelligent men
and women who want to aid their
country at home, to volunteer. County
Auditor w. E. McLeland, clerk Of the
board, would prefer that the help VOL
unteer for work in the day time, but
in order that those who will volunteer
for a few nights can work, the office
Of the county auditor will be open for
workers from 1880 to 40 each night,
beginning this evening. Call up the
office, 220, ring one, and offer your
services.
crowder Calls For Help.
In the instructions ordering the work
done Provost Marshal General Crowder
makes this appeal to patriotic citizens:
1T is believed that patriotic men
and women of intelligence can be found
for the purpose Of every area. 1t is
suggested that principals and teachers
Of high schools will be available every
where, lawyers, clergymen. members OF
councils of defense and other capable
citizens can readily be drawn upon.
The work can be done eeVnings. Inc
number called upon should be, say,
from five to ten in all, for an area Oh
$500 registrants; more or fewer, &C
cording to the number of regtstrants.
AS many as ten. or perhaps more, can
be worked simultaneously
Work to be Done.
The work to be done is for the
purpose of furnishing the government
with the statistics Of the occupations
OF registered men, so that the govern
ment will not take into the army men
who have occupations whom the gov
eminent can draft for civil work on
government jobs where the men Will
be a greater use to the country than
in the army. 1t also wants to know
the number Of men left for the draft
among the registered men, also stat!s-
tics regarding their nationality and
race.
Most Of the information already is
on the registration cards. There are
more than $500 Of these cards. The
cards must each be examined to deter
mine first, whether the man registered
has been called to service and accepted
or rejected. All the cards must then
be sorted into thirty groups, accord
ing to occupations The summary of
these occupations must be made and
forwarded to the government.
In addition to this job the cards
must all be divided into twenty groups,
according to nationalities and races
and colors Of the registered men. These
statistics must also be compiled and
forwarded to the government. That is
the job. 1t must be finished by Sat
urday night and the summaries for
warded. Will you volunteer?