The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-19
'ALLAPPEA[SOF
DRAFTED DMENTO.
Be CANCELLED.
New Ruling by Provost
General CroWder
BOARDS WILL CLASSIFY
Department Plans to Secure Men for
Service Who Are Not Fit For
Trenches.
BOARDS WILL CLASSIFY

Washington, Nov 1S.-Drafted
men who have appeals from the deci-
sion of the local board pending will
have their cases automatically
thrown off the boards by new rul-
ing Of Provost Marshal General Grow
der in connection with the complete
revision of the draft regulations.
Major Easby-Smith legal expert of
General Crowder's staff, who, with
Colonel Hugh Johnson. did most of
the work in revising and reorganizing
the draft system, today explained
that all such appeals will cease auto
matcally to exist, as the man will be
returned to his original status, that is
to the position he was in before be-
ing called before the draft board
He will be sent QUESTIONABLE. If
his replies to the queries In the book
let Indicate that he should be grant
ed the deferred classifcation- for
which his present appeal IS made
he will be so classified by the board.
Should the board decide, however.
that he belongs in class j, subject to
immediate call. he will be SO notified
and will have the right OF appealing
to the district board for such defer
red classification,
The text OF the new rule whereby
the secretary of war is authorized to
draft into immediate service for spec
ial duty any man believed from the
record to be qualified for such duty,
no matter what his classification or
his order number In the draft, is
couched in the widest terms As Civ
en- out by the provost marshal gener-
al. it follows: ,,
iT 'The deferred classification of
experts and men highly skilled in
y industry or agriculture Is intend
ed to prevent the, waste incident
to- induction into military service
of men whose special quallca-
tions render, them more valuable
TO the national interest in some
other capacity.
There are, however, circum-
stances In which the need of the
military establishment for men
= expert or highly skilled, is such
that the national interest is bet
ter served by Inducing such men
into military service than by
leaving them engaged in industry
or agriculture. N such circum-
stances, neither deferred classi-
flcation on the ground OF engage
ment in industry or agriculture.
nor the order number heretofore
assigned by lot can be permitted
to defer the call of such men
into military service"
The provost marshal general made
clear today that, because the new
regulations provide that men not com
pletely crippled may be held subject
for special army service and will not
be exempted this does not mean that
the army. proposes to fill UP its ranks
behind the lines and on routes of com
munication with semi-disquaiified
men. Such men win be put practi-
cally in a special class and can be
called only under special and speci-
fic summons for men disqualified for
general military service but qualified
for special service
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men suffering from fiat feet and
similar minor deformities which
would disqualify them from field SER
vice, but which would not interfere
with their operating army motor cars
and other such work, or on line of
communication duty. 1t also applies
to men under weight beyond the
possible entrance allowance, or whose
state of health. as verified by physi-
clans, would make them unavailable
for service in hard weather
To eliminate all waste of time in
handling the draft, physical examina-
tions will be the last work to be tax
EN- up under the new system. Each
man will be card-indexed and cIassi-
fed, regardless of his physical con
dition, in accordance with his answ-
-ers as to his economic status,