The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-15
SECOND ARMY WILL BE CALLED
7, NEXT FEBRUARY.
classification Under New Rule VIII
4 start December 18th.

PRESIDENT w llSOn slOIlndlly Iut eiiS
new machinery for the carrying out
of the selective draft bill into OPP
1 Grafton tonight with the publication
= Of the foreword he has written to
the regulations under which the sec
ond call will be made.
The regulations themselves lLs! a' ,i anu
than 100000 .registrants will !. be
required to fill out are being for.
warded I'd local boards, but have not
yet been made public:
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can pc com
that no second call will be made on
the draft forces before the middle OF
next February, as the period for
classification will not begin until De-
cember 18th.
The president describes the new
plan of dividing all Registered u, men zen
es, subject to mintary services by
classes, as being intended to produce
Ia more perfect organization or our
The selective principle must be ,s
carried to it's logical CONCLUSION,
that there must be made a complete
/, inventory of the qualifications OF
y zach registrant in order to deter
nine .'the place in the military, in
dustrial or agricultural ranks or the
nation in which his experience ana
training can best be made TO serve
the common good.
ques Ai MARE will go deep into the
Qualifications of each of nearly TO-
100000 men. The success OF the
plan and its completion within the
estimated time rests on the whole
hearted support given by the PEG,
Mo ocnocia11v nv the doctors ana
lawyers of each community, and
the president calls upon them for
that unstinted aid. -.
The presidents foreword fol-
lows: ,o,;,a
izing the first contingent Of the ma
4 tional army is nearing completion.
The expedition and accuracy Of Its
accomplishment were. most graft
flying demonstration OF the efficiency,
i Of our democratic Institutions. The
swiftness with whiclIithe machinery
folkits execution had to be assembled
left. room for adjustment and i'm
provement. New regulations. putting
these improvements into effect are,
therefore, being published today.
There is no change in the essen
tial obligation Of men subject to Sc,
unaffected by the provisions OF the
NO retroactive effect.
THE time has come for more
perfect organization of our man
power. The selective principle must
be carried to it's logical conclusion
We must make complete Inventory
Of the qualifications of all regis
trants, in order to determine. as to
each man not already selected for
duty with the colors, the place in
the military. industrial or. agricul-
!. tural ranks of the nation in which
{ his experience and training can best
This project involves an inquiry
by the selection boards into the do
nestle, industrial and educational
qualifications of nearly 10,0O0,v0O
Members of these boards have ".
The work was done without regard
to personal convenience and under a
( pressure of Immediate necessity,
z which imposed great sacrifices. Yet
the services of men trained by the
experience Qf>the first draft must of
necessity be retained, and the selec-
ton boards must provide the direct
ing mechanism for the new classifi-
cations.
"The thing they have done is of
scarcely one-tenth of the magnitude
Of the thing that remains to be done.
1t is of great Importance, both to
our military and to our economic in
ried swiftly and accurately to CON
illusion. l An estimate of the time
necessary forthe work leads to the
conclusion that it can be accom-
plished in sixty days, but only if
this great marshaling OF our re,
as national war undertaking of
such significance as to challenge the
attention and compel the assistance
OF every American
II call upon all citizens. there
fore to assist local and district
boards by proferring such service
and such material eonyenlenees "a; as
fore the boards, either upon sum
mons or upon their own initiative,
to give such information as will be
useful In classifying .registrants.
a.I urge men OF the legal profess
sion to offer themselves ss associate
boards to be provided in each com
munity for the purpose OF advising
registrants of their rights and obli-
cations, and of assisting them in
!. the preparation Of their answers to
i the questions which all men subject
Task the doctors of the country
to identity themselves with the
medical advisory boards which are
to be constituted in the various dis
\ tricts throughout the United States
for the nnYaca1 OF a. s fhe
registrants.
SIt is important also that police
officials of every. grade and class
should be informed of their duty
under the selective service law and
regulations, to search for persons
who. do not respond promptly and
to serve the summons of local and
district boards.
Newspapers can be OF very
great assistance in giving wide
publicity to the requirements OF
the law and regulations and to the
numbers and names of those who
are called to present themselves To
their local boards from day to
HFinally, ask that during the
time hereafter to be specified Is