The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-11-22
MACHINERY READY
FOR SECOND DRAFT

AACcioCll w iicQl lOkllaiil Cu0l tCkCo
the new machinery for carrying out the
selective draft bill into operation last
Saturday night with the publication of
the foreword he has written to the
regulations under which the second
cali will be made.
The regulations themselves and the
questionnaires which more than 9.000,-
600 registrants will be required to fill
out are being forwarded to local
boards, but have not yet been made
public.
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted within 60 days. This means
that no second call will be made on the
draft forces before the middle of next
February, as the period for classifica-
tion will not begin until December 15.
The President describes the new plan
of dividing all registered men not al
ready mobilized into five classes, SUBJ
ject to military service by classes, as
being intended to produce "a more per-
feet organization of our man power"
"The selective principle must be car
ried to its logical conclusion, the
President said, and headed that there
must be made a complete inventory Of
the qualifications of each registrant in
order to determine ''the place in the
military, industrial or agricultural
ranks of the nation in which his exper-
ience and training can best be made to
serve the common good.
The inquiry projected in the ques-
tionnaire will go deep into the qualifi-
IS af mn mn
men. The success of the plan and its
completion within the estimated time
rests on the whole hearted support
given by the people, especially by the
doctors and lawyers of each commun-
ity, and the President calls upon them
for that unstinted aid.
The Presidents foreword follows in
part:
"The time has come for more 1per-
feet organization Of our man power.
The selective principle must be car
ried to its logical conclusion. We must
make complete inventory Of the quail
ifications of all registrants, in order to
determine as to each man not already
selected for duty with the colors the
place in the military, industrial or ag-
ricultural ranks of the nation in which
his experience and training can best be
made to serve the common good. This
project involves an inquiry by the se-
lection boards into the industrial and
educational qualifications of nearly
10, 0000, 600 men.
members of these boards have rem
dered conspicuous service. The work
was done without regard to personal
convenience and under a pressure of
immediate necessity which imposed
great sacrifices. Yet the services Eof
men trained by the experience Of the
| first draft must of necessity be re-
tanned and the selection boards must
provide the directing mechanism for
the new classification. The thing they
have done is of scarcely one tenth the
magnitude of the thing that remains to
be done. 1t is of great Importance,
both to our military and to our eco.
nomic interests, that the classification
be carried swiftly and accurately to
conclusion. An estimate of the time
| necessary for the work leads to the
| conclusion that it can be accomplished
in 60 days, but only if this great mar
shaling of our resources of men is re-
garded by all as national war under
taking of such significance as to chal-
lenge the attention and compel the
assistance of every American.
81 call upon all citizens, therefore,
to assist local and district boards by
proffering such service and such ma
terial .conveniences as they can offer
and by appearing before the boards,
either upon summons or upon their
own initiative, to give such informa-
tion as will be useful in classifying
registrants. urge men of the legal
profession to offer themselves as as.
sociate members of theslegal advisory
boards to be provided in each commun-
ity for the purpose of advising regis
| trants of their rights and obligations
and of assisting them in the prepara-
tion of their answers to the questions
which all men subject to the draft are
required.to submit.
81 ask the doctors of the country to
identify themselves with the medical
advisory boards. which are to be con-
stituted in the various districts
throughout the United ::States for the
purpose of making systematic physi-
cal examination of the registrants.
'It is important also that police
officials OF, every grade and class
should be informed of their duty under
the selective service law and regula-
tions, to search persons who do not re-
spond promptly and to serve the sum.
mons of local and district boards.
Newspapers can be of very great
assistancesin giving wide publicity to
the requirements of the law and regu.
lations and to the numbers and names
of those who are called to present
themselves.to their local boards from
day to day.
''Finally, ask that during the time
hereafter to be specified as marking
the 6O-day period of the classification,
all citizens give.attention to the task
in hand, in order that the process may
proceed to conclusion with swiftness
and vet with even and considerate ius-