Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-26
B||R|IC'lN''AYER|lS
ARE FEW IN
G. |. COUNTY
There "A May Z. !, sB 4 ,s Only Five
Ay Y, for Imm re- ift )
Draft Service for q. S.

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The classification Of registrants in
reveals the fact that there are prob
ably not nor than five bricklayers
who would be available for service
with the American expeditionary in.
France.
This became clear today when the
military authorities at Washington
for the first time indicated that they
will make almost immediate use of
the classification system which Will
be based. upon the information fur,
ntshedg ny the questionnaires which
just now are being mailed to all. regr
istrants throughout the country. /.
One thousand bricklayers are want
ed by the government rs oon as pos
sible. and draft boards will he in
structed to that effect. Direct in.
'structions- had not been received at
noon. but while the classification is
not even half completed, the, cards
of registrants filled out in June have
enabled 1.-The board to form a pretty
exact view regarding the proportional
number of. skilled laborers among the
registrants. Based upon anSapproxi
mate estimate Of this kind. the board
inclines to the belief that it will be
unable to furnish more than five
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figure Is not final and can only DE de-
cisively determined when all Question:
ilafres have come in and when the
work Of classification has been COM
pleted. i So 80 z
1850 Have Questionnaircs.
The local board now has mailed
missionaries to registrants whose
numbers run from l to 1890. Alto
gether isis registrants will have re
Ooivod tho n1,nSfjnr~oir ~ hH. fho mid.
die of January, 40 being mailed each
day exclusive Of Sundays and hOli-
days.
The returning questionnaires are
coming in at a very satisfactory rate
it was said. at the Office of the local
board this morning. Very little trou-
BILE is expected and none has devel-
Eopend so FAR. It appears that all eg-
istrants have realized the urgent nec-
essity of complying very literally with
the instructions of the government.
In a few instances. registrants re
side so far away from Grand Forks
county that it will be impossible for
them to receive and return the ques
tionnaires within the seven day pc
Rod prescribed in the regulations. In
such cases. extension of time com
mensurate with the distance from
home is granted. Several Grand
Forks county registrants living in Gu
ba as we'll as on the Atlantic and Pa
cific coast are affected by this rule.
- Classification Started.
Several days & the local board be-
gan the immense work of grouping
he registrants according to the rules
Ter classification laid down, ipy, the var
department. Today it was. announced
that out Of th5 first one hundred reg
istrants classified. twentq-eight Ego
into the first, class. If this rate will
be mainta i1led throughout. it is ex-
pected that probably 25 per cent of
the total number of registrants will
be so classified. The effect of classif-
cation in the first class is to render
every mar so classified presently liza
BILE to military service in the order
determined by the national drawing.
Registrants without any dependent
family members go in the first class
support their families regardless. Of
supRert., %reeently rendsred99or tender
ed for the purpose Of eyading. milf
tary service. Registrants who are
partially supported by their wives.
and registrants whose incomes are not
the result. of their labors, also go in
the first class.
Enlistment Can Be Made.
Every Saturday the local board will
send men to one of the following sta
tions:>
Aviation section, signal corps. KEEL
lvfield, San Antonio. Tex; land divi-
sion. signal corps. Fort Leavenworth.
Kan: medical officers training camp,
Fort Riley. Kan; quartermastefs
ffR9rps: Camp Joseph Johnson. JACK l,
sonville. Fla; ordnance department.
Raritap. depot. Raritan, n. j.: or in:
fantry. Camp Green, Charlotte. NC,
The men who can be considered
sidered only when they are not re.
quired for the purpose of filling the
current quota.