The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-11-15

be provided in each community for
the purpose of advising regist rants
of their rights and obligations and
of assisting them in the prepare
ton Of their answers to the qles-
tions which all men subject to the
draft are required to submit. 1
ask the doctors Of the country to
identify themselves with the medi,
cal advisory boards which are to BE-
constituted i'll the various districts
thruout the United States for the
purpose of making a systematic
physical examination of the regis
trants.
1t is important also that police
officers of every grade and class
should be informed of their duty
under the select:vc 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 i'm CIV
ing wide publicity to the require
memts 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 day. Finally, l ask
that during the time hereafter to
be- specified as marking the G0-day
period of the classification, all cit
liens give attention to the task in
hand in order that the process may
proceed and yet =. = S90$. 80.
proceed to conclusion with swift
ness and yet with even and consi-
derate justice to all. )"
Supplementing the presidents
call, Provost Marshal General
Qrowler issued the following
statement:
"The QUESTIONABLE which is the
basis of the new system, is col
lection of questions bringing out
the essential facts, upon which all
clasifications are made. 1t is the
only printed form which any regis
trant needs to Use either in max
ing claims or filling proof. At
first sight, it may seem little form
idable, but reading Of the ques-
tions shows that they are simple
enough for any person who can
read and write Understandings to
answer.
"Thc president $ message lines
up the Whole leg. professo" OF
the United States as assiSantancc
in making out this document. The
county judge or other judicial Of
ticcr of similar court is placed at
the head of committee OF lawyers
in each vicinity and this commit
tee is charged, with the duty OF
seeing that here are always plenty
of lawyers and other volunteers
| present to help rrgistrants IN fill
ing in the questionable.
Qurst;onalicS are TO be- mailed
by the local board to five per cent
of the rcgistrantS each day. The
principal work Of the legal advis-
sorry boards will thus be over in 20
days by which time all the qucs-
tionarics should be returned to the
boards. Every man has seven
days in which to return lis q,lcs-
tionaric fully made out. The pro-
cess of classification will begln
about Dec. Is. Eight days later
boards will began the great pro-
cess of classification which becomes
in the words of the president S. s
national war undertaking of such
significance as to challenge the at
tention and compel the assistance
of every American"
"Not since the war began has
an opportunity been offered for
practically every person to take an
active and vigorous part in so I'M
portant a war measure as the act
ual raising of our armies. The pre-
sldcnt gives a definite place for
the doctors to work in making the
physical examination; for the first
time it assigns every lawyer to
active duty in building up the na-
tlonal army. In the legal advis-
ory boards it gives everyone who
responds to the president $ call {.
place in the ranks of the army be-
hind the army.
"The nation already has /; re-
markable record of efficiency in ad
justing it's political machinery to
the registration of 100000 men
within so days after the enact
ment of the law authorizing regis
tration. 1t is now proposed to
better this record by calssifivinc
100000 men in a period of SO
days"