Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-10-26
DRAFT MACHINERY
HAS BEEN CHANGED
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL AN.
NoUNcEs PLAN WHICH Is AP.
PROVED BY PRESIDENT.
LESS WORK FOR LOCAL BOARD
Complicated Machinery Of the First
Act viii Be Done Away With.-Rss-
istrants to be Chased According to
Liability.

the machinery or the Belective dra1t,
based on division Of the 100000 re-
naming registrants into FIVE classes
in order of their eligibility for mill
tary service. was announced by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder De-
tails OF the plan, which have been ap-
proved by President Wilson, are not
disclosed. II is calculated, however. TO
do away with virtually all the compli-
Gated machinery OF the first draft and
to make the operations Of the local
boards hereafter little more than rub.
Der stamp proceedings.
The plan was worked out at con-
ferences with local and district board
officials and approved by the various
state authorities. Its chief features
are that every registered man will
know his exact position and be able
to arrange his affairs accordingly,
and that no man deemed necessary in
any important industry or needed at
home to support his family will be
called to the colors unless the mill.
tary situation is desperate.
crowders Statement.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
issued this statement:
with the completion OF the draft
OF the first army Of $4,000 men q
new system will be installed for the
creation Of succeeding armies, which
will greatly Essen the labors Of the
local and district boards. So far has
this been accomplished that It is be-
lieved that under the new system 80
per cent OF the work will be eliminat-
ed while the forms to be used will not
exceed 20 In number as compared
with approximately 1872 forms which
the present system requires.
Along with the reduction Of labor
there will be provided system which
will classify each one OF the nine mil
lions OF men who have not yet been
indicted into military service, and
each man will have been given his
place in the national scheme OF de-
Tense.
ITO do this It has been determined
TO obtain from each man complete
information OF character which will
definitely fix his economic worth rs
compared with his fellow registrant,
and from the information thus OBJ
tanned to place him in one OF FIVE
classes each to be called In turn as
the need arises.
"The method of obtaining this In
formation is through a questionable
series OF questions calculated to pro-
duce the information required This
document will be mailed to every
reglstrant not yet In service. on day
to be fixed seven days being given
10 each registrant to complete and
register the same.
Assigned by Glasses.
1.-THE local boards will then examine
each questionable and assign each reg
istrant to one Of five classes.
These classes will be based upon
every conceivable condition, from the
family or occupational standpoint,
that should properly be advanced py
man desiring to be excused from
military duty. Glass one will be the
first called for physical examination
and service. and when 1t is exhausted,
class two will follow. and thus each
man registered will ultimately take
his place II needed.
Every opnortunity for appeal from
such classification by the local board
has been retained and perfected, but
proceedings have been greatly simpli.
fed.
1.-THE tedious work OF the local
boards has been practically eliminat-
ed by the production Of form to be
known as No. 1O00 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 arrangement Of
its columns the work OF the local
board will be reduced to a minimum.
"On this new form the complete
history OF each mans case will ap-
pear at glance, beginning with his
order number and ending with his
induction into a military camp, while
at the close Of each days work the
local board is enabled to complete
in few minutes with rubber stamp
what has hitherto taken hours TO
complete. The system Is such that
II will present each case almost auto
matically to the local board
1.-THE completion OF the new sys
TEN will solve problems which have
confronted the nrorost marshal gen
eral and caused him much concern.
zone OF the most serious Of these
has been keeping together the great
organization OF the local and district
boards which from numerical view
J>.,nt is of the strength Of an army
division; many OF these officials have
boon clamoring for relief on sccoun
OF the drain on their time, and tn,
new system will make 1t easily pos
sible for them to continue their dutie
for which they have proven them
selves eminently fitted.
Another problem solved was tn
question Of expediency Of continuin
+, the examination of the entire reglstr
Q thus fixing each mans status. Thi
: would have involved a medical exam
. nation of each man whose physica
, condition might change.
q again under the old system Of e,
. eraption and discharge II would hav
r been necessary il the national nee
D required 1t to send for the exempte'
' man to return for physical re-examir
/ alton. while in the rineaLtine his in