Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-11-30
THE new DRAFT rule {.
ALL REoI8TERED lGEN NOT N
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ing to the new plan Of selection for
army service has been received by
the local draft board. The question:
naire viii be mailed to all registrants,
whe are not in the service, which in.
scludes also those wno-have been. ex-
empted. Numbers in, the original
drawing will be null under the new.
rules.
OF the changes in the rules Of the
draft President Wilson says:
''There is no change in the essen
tial obligation of men subject to Sc
lection. The first draft must stand
unaffected by the provisions of the
new regulations. They can. be given
no retroactive effect. -
fThe time has come for a more per.
feet organization of our man power.
The selective principle must be car
ried to its logical conclusion. We must
mako complete inventory of the
qualifications of ell registrants in or
der to determine, as to each man not
already selected for duty with the
colors, the place the military, indus.
trial or agricultural ranks Of. the ma.
tion in which experience and trimming
can best be made to serve the COM
mon good. This project involves IN
inquiry by the selective boards into
tho domestic, industrial and educa-
tional qualifications Of nearly ten mil,
lion men, ~.
He pays q high tribute and gives
warm thanks to tho members Of the
selection boards In the following
((Hrn~aAn~o~nE kh>n> Aoo~Sa
rendered . conspicuous service. The
work was done without regard to per-
sonal convenience and under . pres
sure Of immediate necessity which i'm.
posed great sacrifices. Yet the seq
vice Of men trained by the experiences
Of the first draft must of necessity
be retained. and the selecaon boards
must provide the directing mechanism
for the new classification.
t'The thing they have done Is ::of
scarcely one-tenth the magnitude of
the things that remain to be done.
It is Of great importance botn to our
military and to our economic inter
ests that the classification be carried
swiftly and accurately to a conelu-
sion An estimate of the time neces-
sary for the work leads to the con.
clusion that it can be accomplished in
60 days; but only If this great mar
shaling Of our resources Of men is re.
garded by all as a national war nm.
dertaking Of such significance az TO
challenge the attention ana compel the
assistance of every Amerioan.''
The presidents call closes with an
appeal to all citizens to assist local
and district boards, to give them in
kfe<n1& han Aaa helps "a the attolAlB
to offer themselves es members Of IL
legal advisory broads which will be
provided in each community; % the
physicians to identify themselyos with
tho similar advisory boards Ior ply
sical examination Of tho registered
mon; to police officers of all grades tc
assist in the search for those who fail
to respond to the summons for ex
animation, and to the newspapers fo1
all possible publicity. :
All remaining registrants are divid
ed into five classes as follows:
Caass /
Single man without dependent rela
tives.
Married man, with or without chill
dren, or father Of motherless children
who has habitually failed to suppor,
his family.
Married man dependent on wife 70,
support.
| Married man, with or without chill
dren, or father of motherless children
man not usefully engaged, family
supported by income independent Of
his labor.
Unskilled farm laporer.
| Unskilled industrial lab0rer.
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