Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-26
new PLAN FOR ALL
SUBJECT TO DRAFT
REMAINING 100000 TO BE
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO
CIRCUMSTANCES.

CIRCUMSTANCES.
The nine million men who are still
subject to army draft will be divided
into five classes and called according
to class.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced the change this week,
pointing out that economic consider
ations will govern the new system OF
selection and that those least avail
able, either for industrial or depend
ency reasons, will be the last called.
The plan was worked out at con-
ferences with local and district board
officials and approved by the various
state authorities and President Will
son. It's 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 sup
port his family will be called to the
colors unless the military situation Is
desperate.
Plan to BE Followed.
The official announcement says:
1.-THE method of obtaining this in
formation is through QUESTIONABLE
a series of questions calculated to pro-
duce the Information required. This
document will be mailed to every reg
istrant not yet in service, on a day to
be fixed, seven days being given to
each registrant to complete and re-
turn the same. Every opportunity
will be offered to each man to COM
plete his quesionnaire fully and with
out error.
1.-THE local boards will then exam
ine each Questionnaire and assign
each registrant to one Of fve classes.
"These classes will be based upon
every conceivable condition from the
family or occupational standpoint,
that should properly be advanced by
q man desiring to be excused from
military duty. Glass one will be the
first called for physical examination
and service and when It is exhausted,
II the nations needs are such as to
make 1t necessary, class two will fol.
low and thus each man registered will
ultimately take his place II needed.
Every opportunity for appeal
from such classification by the local
board has been retained and perfect
ed, but proceedings have been greatly
simplined.
Called When Needed.
"The new system fixes a mans
class and calls him in his proper turn
when he is needed. He will be exam
ined physically only when needed.
Thus labors of medical officers will
be called for only when required. II
the nation needs a half million men
they will respond each in his turn
fixed by his class.
1.-THE men who can be least spared
as either the head Of a family or the
head of business necessary to the
defense of the nation, will be the last
to co."
The classifications are as follows
and show every man registered to
which class he belongs and in what
order the different classifications will
ho co11oG IN aorvSro.
Glass Number One.
1. Single man without dependent
relatives.
2. Married man Cor widower with
children) who habitually fails to sup.
port his family.
8. Married man dependent on
wife for support.
4. Married man Tor widower with
children) not usefully engaged, fam
lily supported by income independent
of his labor.
s. Men not included in any other
description in this or other classes.
6. Unskilled laborer.
Glass Number Two.
/. Married man or father of moth
erless children. usefully engaged. but
family has sufficient income apar,
from his daily labor to afford reason.
ably adequate support during his alb
sence.
2. Married man, no children, wife
can support herself decently and
without hardship.
8. Skilled industrial laborer en-
gagged in necessary industrial enter
prise.
4. Skilled farm laborer engaged
in necessary agricultural enterprise
Glass Number Three.
I. Man with foster children de