Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-26
UNMARRIED FIRST,
URGES PRESIDENT
Single Men Should Make Up
Greater Part of First Quota,
Wilson Declares.
DRAFT OPERATION MODIFIED
Wives Must Not Be Compelled
to Work to Support Self
and Children.

WASHINGTON, Aug 25.-At the
direct suggestion Of President Wilson
Provost Marshal General Grower
telegraphed to all governors tonight
n supplemental explanation OF regu-
lations governing the status or mar
ried men under the selective service
law. No change In regulations Is
made and the purpose of the Now
statement is to clear up misunder-
standings which have arisen In wha'
General Crowder describes as "a rev
instances"
In letter to Secretary Baker
quoted by General Crowder. President
Wilson states his opinion that the reg
ulation directing local boards :"
establish the fact of dependency IN
addition to the fact of marriage ought
not to be abrogated." This leaves the
regulations as they are and the sup
Elementary statement is designed
merely to make the application OF the
rules uniform among all boards
Mobilization Orders Changed.
While the statement regarding INA. =
ried men in preparation new orders
were issued changing entirely tnc
mobilization ARRANGEMENTS previousis
made. Congestion OF rail traffic ana
the necessity of making better pro
vision for the reception of men at the
cantonments dictated the change.
Under the new orders s per cent OF
the white men, preferably those with
military experience from each local
area will be started forward to tn-
camps September 5. instead of 80 per
cent. They will go in five daily ue'
tachments of equal size and form
| skeleton company organizations ana
set up n going concern into which the
remainder of the total quota can be
absorbed without confusion as they
reach the cOntonments.
Forty Per Cent September ~.
| The next 40 per cent Of the quota
will go forward september 10 wher
! the second 80 per cent originally was
I scheduled to go; second 40 per cen'
| will go forward october instead o
the third 80 per cent and the remain
ing IS per cent will be called up ~
soon thereafter as practicable
| Local boards are directed to disro'
| gard order of liability numbers tt
some extent In selecting the first five
Ter cent. AS men of experience such n.
cooks ard former soldiers are desire,
ut that time warniu6Is giSof4
ever, against getting I'M fhisN<syspJ
reason of his experiences 9Ay men wht
might not Otherwise have been in
, cluded in the first increment of thu
district at all
Following is the text OF the mes
sage sent to the governors dealinl
with the status of married men, pre-
pared at conference late today be
tween Secretary Baker and Genera
Crowder
"a feeling has been expressed tina
I'm passage on claims for discharge OF
the ground of dependents loca
boards ought in no case to refuse {
discharge to married man or to th'
head of family. The law undel
which local boards act requires tina
before such a discharge can be grant
ed, dependency as well as relationship
must be established. The matter hav
ing. been presented to the president th
following are his orders thereon:
Married Men First.
1--WE ought as far as practicable Il
raise this new national army withou
creating the hardships necessarily en-
tailed when the head OF family !
taken, and ] hope that for the mos
part those accepted In thf0first cal
| would he found to be men who ha'
not yet assumed such relations.
''The selective service law make
the fact of dependents, rather tha
the fact OF marriage the basis for ex
emption and there are undoubtedl
many cases within the age limits rixe
, lots of men who are married and ye
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