Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-10-21
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WASHINGTON Oct. 20.-A sweep
ing change in the machinery of the Sc
Ieetive draft, based on division of the
@,0UU,0n remaining registrants into five
classes in order of their eligibility for
military service. was announced today
by Provost Marshal GcHeral Crowder.
Details OF the plan, which has been
approved by President Wilson, are not
disclosed. Ii is calculated, however, to
sio away with virtually all the compli-
Gated machinery of the first draft and
to make operations of the local boards
Hereafter little more than rubber stamp
nroceedings.
The plan was worked out at confer
enees with local and district board Off
Cials and approved by the various state
authorities. Its chief features are that
every registered man will know his ex-
act position and be able to arrange his
affairs accordingly and that no man
deemed necessary in industry or needed
II home to support his family, will be
called to the colors unless the military
situation is desperate
Provost Marshal General Crowder is
sued this statement:
With the completion of the draft of
the first army of 6S7, 600 men, new
system viii be installed for the creation
Of succeeding armies which will great
ly 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
she work will he eliminated, while the
forms to be used will not exceed twenty
IN number. as compared 18th approx
mately 1S2 which the present system
requires.
Along With the reduction of labor,
shere wiz be provided a system which
viii Clarity each of the nine million
meD who have not yet been inducted
into military service and each man will
haze been given his place in the ma
Lional scheme of defense.
To do this, ii has been determined
10 obtain from each man complete in-
y. -mation of character which VIII
definitely fix his economic worth as
compared with his fellow resistrant,
and from the information thus OBJ
tained. to place him in one of five
classes, each TO be called III turn as
the need arises
The method of obtaining this IN
4 rmation is through 'questlonaIre,
a series of questions calculated to pro
duce the information required. This
document. which will be mailed to
every registrant not yet in service, on
a day to be fixed, seven days being
given to each registrant to c1mplete
and return the same. Every oppor-
funity will be offered to each man TO
complete his questionable fully and
without error.
The local boards will then examine
each QUESTIONABLE and and assign each
Iegistrant to one of five classes.
These classes will be based upon
every conceivable condition. from The
family or occupational standpoint, that
should properly be advanced by man
desiring to be excused from military
duty. Glass one will be the first called
for physical examination ana service
:,nd when it is exhausted if the nation
al needs are such as to make shrdlum
sary. class two will follow and thus
cacp man registered will ultimately
lar mis- place if needed.
Every opportunity for appeal from
sach classification by the local board
has been retained and perfected, but
proceedings have been greatly simpli-
ned
The tedious work of the local boards
has been practically eliminated by the
production Of form to be known as
number one thousand, which VIII De
the foundation stone OF the new sys-
TEN. Ihrough lts use all lHe ltooli Jus
work of making and posting lists mas
been eliminated. All of the old docket
sheets and records viii oe made un-
necessary and by the arrangement OF
ITS columns the work Of the local board
will be reduced to minimum.
"On this new form the complete his
tury of each mans case VIII appear
at a glance, beginning with his order
number and ending with the induction
into a military camp, While at the
close of each days work the local
hoard is enabled to complete in d few
minutes with a rubber stamp what has
hitherto taken hours to complete. The
system is such that it will present each
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