Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-18
such SEEMS INTENTION OF GOV.
EMINENT ACCORDING TO
NEW ORDER ISSUED.
ALL TO be CLASSIFIED
EXCEPT THOSE DRAFTED
Men Who Have Been Ex-
an,ined, Passed, Not Exempted and
Certified For Service to BE Included
in Classification stionnairss now
Being Sent to Thorn.

1t now seems quite probable that the
government intends to make up the UNI
filled portion of the first quota Of each
county in the draft from men of class
one as established by the missionaries
now being sent out This conclusion
is reached because additional instruc-
tons from the provost marshal gener-
ais department order the local exemp-
ton board to send QUESTIONABLE to
every registered man except those who
were drawn in the draft and sent to
service in the national army with the
first two allotments Of the county's
quota.
This additional order changes the
earlier instructions. The original order
was that the QUESTIONABLE was not to
be sent to men already drafted and in
service, or to those who had been ex-
amined and not exempted and certified
for service and who were holding them
selves in readiness to be called for duty.
Would Relieve Married Men.
Conforming to the original order the
local board began sending question
naires to registered men. beginning
with order number 703, the lowest num-
Der, the holder Of which had not been
drafted into service already, examined
and certified for service or exempted.
But when the amended order was re-
ceived the board started back with or
der number 1 and Is now sending a
copy of the QUESTIONABLE to every man
who registered excepting those sent to
the national army in the first two al
lotments of the county's quota. Those
who are being sent questionnaires in
clude even those who are now known
to have enlisted.
If it proves true that the remaining
untitled portion Of the county's quota
of the first draft Is to be filled from
men Of Class / as fixed by the classi-
fication of the QUESTIONABLE practically
no, or very few married men, will be
in the remaining IS per cent Of the
county's first quota.
Mostly Single Men.
Glass 1 men, according to the ques-
tionnaire classification, will naturally
| include mostly unmarried men, altho
some married men are included in this
class. The Glass 1 men will be made
up Of the following divisions under that
class: Single men without dependent
relatives come first. then follow the
others in this order: Married man
with or without children. or father of
motherless children, who has habitu-
ally failed to support his family; mar
rfed man dpendent on his wife for sup
port; married man, with or without
| children. or father of motherless chill
dren, man not usefully engaged whose
family is supported by income inde-
pendent of his labor; unskilled farm
| laborer; unskilled industrial laborer;
registrant by or in respect of whom no
deferred classification is claimed OF
made: registrant who fails to submit
QUESTIONABLE in respect of whom no
deferred classification is claimed or
made: all registrants not included in
any other division in this schedule.
Would Change Order Numbers.
If 1t is the intention Of the govern
ment to draft men from now on as
they are classified the order numbers
Of registered men would no longer APP
ply. The local board has believed that
men not already in the service who held
order numbers below 703 would be SUI
fcient in number to fill the remaining