New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29
Cow Federal Employees
Will Escape Draft
wilson Directs Only De-
.,rment Heads Can Claim
immunity From Service

-unication sent broadcast by the
~ D.partment and made public to-
"A. by Provost Marshal General
,oEder. y.,
TN. selected man offers his life"
General Crowder. at will
.'.,rthen you to remember that for
exemption or discharge that is
"a. for individual convenience or TO
-. nersonsl loss Of money or prop
- Ar favor or affection, some other
:" whose time would not otherwise
=. come must incur the risk OF los
4 his life"
r;,.on Orders Careful Examination
p,..ident Wilson tonight issued an
,.,u.iye order directing government
s,.,s TO exercise "the greatest care
;,.uipg exemption afidavits to en-
l.r.. in the civil executive depart
.,,.. emphasizing the high national
,,ortanee Of carrying out "the spir''
, a.. .sIective service act and OF Sc
,dug its fullest effectiveness by hold
!, 70 military service all drafted men
/ =. are not absolutely indispensable"
1.n.rtment work. He says dis
.,r.s should be reduced to mini
80 numbers consistent with the
.,,,spance of vital national interests
s,rr the emergency of war"
IT is earnestly hoped. moreover
4. order concludes. that, acting III
4. same spirit as the Federal depart
-,r,al officials, all citizens who may
|. called upon. as employers. under
,,,ion a. of the regulations, to make
/ ,rdayits for securing the discharge
persons deemed to DE indispensable
4 nnional industrial interests during
1 4, emergency will exercise the same
4 -,.eisntious and scrupulous caution,
he end that there will appear TO
s,o favored or exempted class among
4 1, citizens called by law TO the ma
! ss,L defence"
General Crowder's communication,
-il,d 10 all boards, reads as follows:
You are entering on a dificuit
\ ask. the gravity Of which Is beyond
mything that can be said IN the way
IL discussion. You realize the sig,
iifcance of what you are to do, and
r,u know that a responsibility heavier
xrhaps than any you have ever faced
/ upon you.
war demands individual sacrifice TO
he common cause. No people ever APP
reached war with a calmer apprecla-
aon Of that sacrifice, or firmer re-
plvs TO bear it and to present them
.lves to be classified for service IN
| .. place to which it shall best serve
he common good TO call them This
ain determination could not exist
Ure il not for the confidence of the
s;ion in its institutions. In this
Hblic confidence is found the very
sri. Of the selective service law.
The most sacred rights of country,
enc and family are intrusted for ad-
slistion 10 local citizens and Off
sls, nominated by state Governors
4 rd appointed by the President. The
\ -sti equitable rules that could be de-
4 yivi have been prescribed for guld-
4 s,u and the administration of these
4 rla and the sacrifice that is offered
4 By yHr neighbors intrusted to your
ards
Sympathy Must Be Dropped"
From every one is demanded sac
See. But there is one thought to be
gt always in your mind. The Sc
s,sd man offers his life. There is no
rate. giving than this, and that
s5ght should guide you always.
ssrs may be few who will urge upon
"a claims for exemption or discharge
at whatever may be your inclina-
s.s Of sympathy or affection, you VIII
cev orrht not 70 be granted. 1t Will
Sstythen you TO remember that Tor
sY exemption or discharge that 10
aae for individual convenience, or 70
szpe personal loss of money or prop
", or for favor or affection, some
Ser man whose time would not other.
" have come must incur the RISK OF
arg his life.
H There can be no room for hesitation
tsen a case.
Il mother fundamental thought is
10:
Il 'fou are not a court for the adjust
NJ Of differences between two per-
70 in controversy. You are agents OF
government, engaged in selecting
- for the government, and there is
controversy. You, acting for the
Wtrnment, are 70 investigate each
as IN the interests of the nation and
,'r In the interests Of an individual.
'sfs Is not one exemption or dis
n a'ge in the law or regulations that is
- here for the benefit Of any indi-
4 sasL All are there for the benefit OF
nation, and 20 the end that the
Sis nation may be a team in which
man shall play the part for which
Ss best fitted
Personal Element Excluded
iesrefore, no one has a vested right,
antef or by attorney, TO urge, by
ssssnt or pleading, his individual
Upon you. You should rigidly ex-
his. Ordinarily you should act
~ shdavits. II you desire more
Tfhatlon you may proceed 70 get IL.
wv doubt the afdsvits you may in
s.sste other persons. II you desire
/ ~, proof you may get IT, But no
r,ht hsS a right 20 submit other
~ han that called for by regula-
~ =. Or than that you may call for.
mere should be no rules like those
nsr Procedure, no technical rules
.,.e.nee. You should proceed 70 In
~ ats eases about which you are not
800 sSsetly a. you a. an individual
49,. proceed 70 inform yourself Of
kset about which you are in doubt
s.H OF all, II is important 20 cay a
-. about your own sacrifice The
y. y which you have been called Is
IL .nIeh no man would seek save In
n .w,normsncs u one Of the highest
M'rietie duties.
"s'ien Appreciates Sacrifice"
trsst u not, In any real sense, any
et,afstion. Because Thousands Of
h.sy,.' urged that members Of local
. ~ saonld not be placed in a posi-
fr performing their grave duties