The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-21
Plan Silnplifics Cumbersome
System Under Which
First Were Called.
DIVIDE REGISTRANTS
INTO FIVE CLASSES
Under Modified Form, Each
Individual Will Know
His Exact Status.

Washington. Oct. 2O.-A sweeping
change in the machinery Of the selec-
tive draft, based on division of the
100000 remaining registrants into
five classes in order of their eligibility
for military service. was announced
today by Irovos; Marshal General
CroMder. Details of the plan, which
has been approved by President Will
son. arc not disclosed. 1t is calculated,
however, to do away Wtta Virtually ~
the complicated machinery OF the Ilrst
draft and to make the operations OF the
local boards hereafter little more than
rubber stamp proceedings.
No New Call Before January I.
Detailed regulations to govern the
new system are now being made ready
for distribution to local and district
board members. General Crowder in
formal statement assures them that
they will be given ample opportunity
to familiarize Themselves with these
regulations before the machinery pro-
vided Is called into use. AS the next
call to the colors is to be made under
the new plan, this assurance Is taken
to indicate that the second call is not
10 be expected before the first Of the
year, although no authoritative state
ment on this point was available to-
night.
Following is the text of the an
nouncement:
The Announcement.
with the completion of the draft Of
| the first army of GS7,000 men, new
! system will be installed for the crca-
| ton of succeeding armies, which will
greatly lessen the labors of the local
| and district boards. So far has this
| been accomplished that it is believed
| that under the new system. so per cent
| of the work will be eliminated.
| along with the reduction Of labor
there will be provided system which
| will classify each one of the nine mil
lions of men, who have not yet been
lnducted into military service and each
man will have been given his place in
the national scheme Of defense.
Each Man Tabulated.
ITO do this it has been determined
TO obtain from each man complete in
formation of character which will
definitely fix his economic worth as
| compared With his fellow reyistrant
and from the information thus OBJ
tanned, to place him in one Of five
classes, each to be called in turn as
the need arises.
1.-THE method OF obtaining this in
formation is through 4 questionable
! series Of questions calculated to pro-
tiucc the information required. This
document will be mailed to every regis
trant not yet in service, on a day to be
fixed, seven days being given eacl
Jregistrant to complete and return the
same.
70 Be Five Glasses.
| THE local boards will then examine
each questionable and assign eacl
registrant to one of five classes.
"These classes will be based upon
every conceivable condition. from thu
family or occupatlonal standpoint tina
| should properly be advanced by a mar
| desiring to be excused from. military
| luty. Glass one will be the first called
for physical examination and seryic'
and when it is exhausted. if the ma
tion's needs are such as to make i
necessary. class two will follow.
Every opportunity for appeal from
such classification by the local boar'
,as been retained ami perfected. bu
proceedings have been greatly simpli
fled.
Much Less Labor.
'The tedious work of the local board
, has been practically eliminated by tn
production Of a form to be known "a
number one thousand. which will b
| the foundation stone of the new sys
e TEN. Through its uses all the labo
, rious work of making and posting list
e has been elinlinated. All OF the ol
3 docket sheets and records will be mad
unnecessary and by the arrangement
of it's columns the work of the loc;
board win be reduced to minimum
"On this new form the complete his
4 tory of each mans case will appear {
! a glance, while at the close OF eac
days work the local board is enable
to complete in a few minutes with
II rubber stamp. what has ltther'
. take1 hours to complete.
Il First Class men.
VI The result of the new plan undoub
: edly win be to place in the first ella