The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-23
GIVE DETAILS IN
new DRAFT PLAN
Five Grouping, Digided lntOSub'
Divisions, XII 10 EIigitIss'
FAIRNESS IS DEFENDED
The New Regulations Will Simplify
work of Selecting Men For Secone
National Army.

work of Selecting Men For Secone
National Army.
Washington, Oct. 23.-The five
military service are to be divided
under the proposed new regulations
for operating the selective draft, wert
made public by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder.
These five classes are themselves
divided into subdivisions so as t.
make clear just what group each mai
will belong to and in what order he
will be called for service. The pla1
is modelled on the one found highly
successful by the British war Office
Men from class one will be called Il
the colors first, from class two viii
go next and so on. The list of classe'
and subdivisions follows:
Class |.
Single man without dependen
relatives.
2-Married man Cor wild over witt
children) who habitually fails to sup
port his family.
3-Married man dependent on wifi,
for support.
4-Married man Tor widower witt
children) not usefully engaged, fami
~ supported by income Independent
Of his labor.
5-Men not included in any othe,
description in this or other classes
6-UnskilIed laborer.
Class II.
Married man or father of mother
less children, usefully engaged, bu
family has sufficient income apar
from his daily labor to afford reason
ably adequate support during his alb
sence.
married man, no children, wife
can support herself decently and with
out hardship.
3-Skilled farm laborer enaged II
necessary Industrial enterprise.
4-Skilled industrial laborer engag
ed in necessary agricultural enter
nrise.
Glass III.
MAN with foster children depend
IT on daily labor for support.
MAN with aged, infirm or invalid
arents or grandparents dependent OF
daily labor to support.
3-Man with brothers or sisters in
cmpetent to support themselves, de
endent on daily labor for support.
County or municipal officer
5-Firemen or policemen.
Unnecessary artificers or workmer
II arsenals, armories and navy yards
Necessary custom house clerks.
S-Persons necessary in transmits
ion of mails.
e-Necessary employees in service Of
United States.
10-Highly specialized administra.
I've experts.
11-Technical or mechanical expert.
n industrial enterprises.
12-Highly specialized agriculture
expert in agricultural bureau of state
or nation.
13-Assistant or associate manager
of necessary industrial enterprise.
14-Assistant or associate manager
of necessary agricultural enterprise
Class w.
Married man with wife (and) OF
children Tor widower with children)
dependent on daily labor for support
and no other reasonably adequate sup
port available.
2-Mariners in sea service of mer
chants or citizens in United States.
3-Heads of necessary industrial en-
terprises.
4-Heads of necessary agricultural
enterprises.
Glass v.
1-Oficers of states or of the Unit
ed States.
2-Regularly or duly ordained min
isters
3-Students of divinity.
4-Persons in military or nava
service
ALIENS.
6-Alien enemies.
Persons morally unfit.
S-Persons physically, permanently
or mentally unfit.
9-Licensed pilots.
The new regulations will simplify
the work of selecting men for the
second national army.
But the classifying Of all men eli
gible in groups, and the picking Of
hose in the first group ahead of the
others, struck many, at first glance, as
unfair. Single men whose names
we're drawn far down in the list fel!
they were to be showed into the
-ranches out of their turn.
Such is not the case, according tc
e chairman Of a local board. The
classification is only for convenience
and to facilitate clerical work.
The men in the lower groups would
not be accepted for service, anyhow
he explained, and the single mar
without dependents and in good physi
cal condition Will not have to GO to
q training camp one moment sooner
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