The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-23

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would be ready to receive. arm, and
feqazD the first draft. It was very
lapparent that under no new. and I'M
tried system could 100000 men be
examined in such a short time. In
this state of affairs there was but
lone thing to do and that thing we
did We established rules for ex-
/ emUt1Dn restrictive enough to permit
fus 90 produce 6S7.444 se1ectives in 1c
weezns' time and yet liberal enough to
lprotect industries. farms. govern
tmenta1 ORGANIZATIONS. and families
from any very great hardship.
Moving breathlessly, supported by
tthe governors OF the states and by
kthe members of our selection boards
with a patriotism. devotion. and I'M
selfish zeal that remains an inspira-
ation to the nation we have accom-
,pTlsfed our purpose within the time
limits at our disposal.
4 We are in this war to attain VIC
story. We. have taken one great step,
but II is only one step. AS our mill
ftary need for men grows so win our
industrial need for labor grow We
fhave hacked the first Increment Of
hour armfes out with a broadaxe be
fcause- there was time for no greater
f<ednement- We must pare future in
icrements away with greater discrimi-
huafion- The selective principle must
Ebe caIried to Its LOGICAL conclusion
fand we must meet Prussian efficiency
with a greater American effective
mess We must consider the circum-
Instances of all registrants. We must
}arTange them In the order in which
%+fn~w 1,a Toll +Tn,
@fuxDance and thus place behind our
kbattie lines sources OF recruitment
Afhat wiz furnish men as they are
fneeded This means a, segregation Of
frerfsfraHts In classes arranged In the
border Of their availability for mill
btary service
I Scientifically the greater the num-
Eber OF classes the less would be the
F<1fstumsbance to our economic life.
'tPr1ceEcal1y and after an exhaustive
tstudy of our~eEperience, we find
ithat the circumstances OF registrants
cause them to fall quite naturally
Into five classes.
BY the great drawing in Washing
{fon the order of availabilify for al.
a1eu whose circumstances were equal
4 was determined. We shall not dis
furb this order unless some great
sneed of the nation requires it. We
fspau make four classes or temporary
land contingent discharges. but with
kzn each class Gncluding the class OF
fHhose Immediately availaOre) men
kehaal stand in the order determined
fby the drawing.
The unit for classification is the
idurtsdict1on of local board. The frs.
Eclass In anw Jurisdiction WIZ meet al
II calls until Ii is exhausted. whereupor
ffhe second class becomes available.
You have before you a sheet show.
t1ng the classification that must bt
taccomplished. Without permitting
{yDursefves. for the moment. to bt
appalled, by the magnitude OF the
pta9k- ask vou to suppose that the
10. Ou0.0o0 registrants in the United
fgtates have been segregated int
CHEESE five classes In Glass we shall
tfhen have. in every community, i'm
Immediately available for military ser
svice single men and q few married
smen whose removal will not disturb
the reasonably adequate support o
their dependents. In the industrial
land AGRICULTURAL aspect. we shall
have segregated into this class, mel
who have not especially fitted them
selves for industrial or agriculture
'pursuits so that our only incursiol
Unto the labor supply win affect but {
small percentage of unskilled labor
X, In Glass; II we find men who cal
be taken without disturbing the sup
port of any dependent and. as shall
presently show. YOU. if the necessit!
of drawing on Class II arrives, WI
must demand even from agriculture
land industry an adjustment to re
place a small percentage of skilled
labor affected fyv the draft-men VIII,
iw1ile occupying no pivotal or i'm
lpprtant position. can serve industr,
or agriculture better than unskilIet
men.
Should the pinch of military neces
sity increase beyond Glass II,
fWou1d mean that the nation woul'
have to begin to commit itself t.
hardship and to an adjustment in ag
iriculture and industry to meet tn
Iparamount necessity. We take il
Class III a very small class of per
SONS upon whom others are depend