The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-11-23
new DRAFT LIZ:
IS EXPLAINEG
Re-classificatiOn of All Regis
tered Men to Start On
December Is.
men DIVIDED into five CLASSES
Order of Liability for Duty Will Be
Determined By Importance to
Nation. All Registrants Must
Fill Out QUESTIONABLE.

The new selective service regula-
tions have been made public by the
Provost Marshal General. Supplies of
them have been received by the gov
ernors of States, and they will be
forwarded to local and district boards
at once for study.
Certain of the regulations went into
effect on November 20, while others,
notably those which govern the pro-
cess of selection and classification,
will not go into effect until Dec. Is.
Repeal All Preceding Regulations.
The new regulations not only re-
peal all preceding regulations, but
cancel all exemptions and discharges
which have been granted by local
boards under the present system. This
will restore every man to his original
status, and the local boards will send
a QUESTIONABLE to every man who is
not in the service.
The completion by the registrant of
this document is the first great stage
of the new system, and the diff
cultics which will attend it are fully
recognized by the Provost Marshal
General, who has begun the mobiliza-
tion of the legal talent of the country
to enable everyone who seeks it to
receive aid in the preparation of his
questionable.
System of Distribution.
Under the new regulations the To-
cal boards will send out per cent of
period covering 20 days. This method
their questionnaires each day for a
of distribution will allow the local
boards, with the aid of their legal
advisory boards and other volunteers,
to instruct, complete, and file each
days questionable without the con-
fusion and congestion which would at
tend the effort to require a larger
number.
The new regulations also contain
complete set of the forms to be used
by the local boards, every form being
printed in full, and many are COM
pleted to serve as models.
A local board will actually use 10
of the proposed forms. Examination
shows that most of these are postal
card forms, and require but a word
or two to complete them, thus simpli-
flying to large degree the work of
the present system, which requires ap-
proximately 18O complicated forms.
The completion of the questionnaire
by the registrant will not require as
much work as did the simple claim
for dependency under the old system.
In it the registrant must make full
statement of all the facts upon which
he will rely to secure deferred classi-
fication and upon which the local
board will be expected to fix his class.
Answers Require Few Words.
If the registrant is a farmer or
skilled in any enterprise which is nee
essary to the public interest, he must
state the facts in minute detail; but
so skillfully has the QUESTIONABLE
been designed that every answer is
anticipated and requires only in rare
instances more than two or three
words.
The new regulations are so arranged
that information may be found almost
at glance. A complete table of con-
tents is provided, an exhaustive in
dex has been inserted, and each para.
graph is brought out in bold-face type
making it most accessible to the
seeker for information.
One of the noteworthy features of
the new regulations is the appoint
ment of an officer of the Reserve
Corps of United States Army as a.
assistant to the adjutant general OF
each state. This officer will also be
the disbursing officer, and the final
affairs of the selective service sys-
TEN will thus be brought into init
mate touch with the Provost Marshal
Generals office in Washington.
Among his other duties will be that
of keeping all accounts closed in order
that the department at Washington
may have at any time a statement
of the obligations and estimate of fu-
ture expenses for each state.
Reasons for Classification.
Under part 4, which deals with
classification rules and principles,
there are clearly laid down the vari-
Gus rules which will govern district
and local boards in the classification
of registrants, while the reasons for
and effect of classification are clearly
set out as follows:
"The military needs of the nation
require that there be provided in ev-
cry community a list Of names of men
who shall be ready to be called into
service at any time. The economic