The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-10-25
ALL Registered
men ARE DIVIDED
IN five CLASSES
PRESIDENT WILSON APPROVES
NEW PLAN TO SIMPLIFY THE
WORK OF BOARDS.
SECOND CALL ABOUT JAN. |
PREVIOUSLY EXEMPTED MEN
WILL BE DEFINITELY ASSIGN
ED IN NEW ORDER.

Washington, Oct. pa sweeping
change in the machinery of the selec-
tive draft, based on division
of the 100000 remaining regis
trants into five classes in order of
their eligibility for military service,
was announced yesterday by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. Details of
the plan, which has been approved
by President Wilson, are not dis
closed. 1t is calculated, however, to
DO away with virtually all the COM
plicated machinery of the first draft
and to make the operations of the
local boards hereafter little more than
rutber stamp proceedings.
The plans chief features are that
every registered man will KIN w his
exact position and be able to arrange
his affairs accordingly and that no
mar deemed necessary III any i!npof-
tant industry or needed at home to
support his family will be called to
the colors unless the military situation
is desperate.
Regulations Available Soon.
Detailed regulations to govern the
new system are now being made ready
for distribution to local and district
board members. General Crowder in
a formal statement assures them that
they will be given ample opportunity
to familiarize themselves with these
regulations before the machinery pro-
vided is called into use. AS the next
call to the colors is to be made under
the new plan, this assurance is taken
to indicate that the second call is not
to be expected before the first of the
year, although no authoritative state
men on this point was available last
night.
Text of Announcement.
Following is the text of the an
nouncement:
with the completion of the draft
of the first army of $4,000 men a
new system will be installed for the
creation of succeeding armies, which
will greatly lessen the work of local
and district boards. So far has this
been accomplished that it is believed
that under the new system 80 per cent
of the work will be eliminated while
the forms to be used will not exceed
20 in number as compared with ap-
proximately 1872 forms which the
present system requires.
Complete Classification.
1nncr with Tho roJ,,of;o,, ~ 1ol Nv.
there will be provided system which
will classify each one of the nine mil,
lions of men who have not been in.
Quoted into military service, and each
man will have been given his place in
the national scheme of defense.
"To do this it has been detA,",irof
to obtain from each man complete in.
formation of character which vii
definitely fix his economic worth as
compared with his fellow rn~istrant
and from the information thus OBJ
tanned to place him in one of the five
classes to be called in turn as the neet
arises.
Series of Questions for Answer.
"The method Of obtaining this in
formation is through questionable
a series of questions calculated to pro
duce the information required. Thi
document will be mailed to every reg
istrant not yet in service, on a day tt
be fixed, seven days being given t.
each registrant to complete and return
Inc same. Every opportunity will b
offered to each man to complete hi
questionable fully and without error
The local boards will then examin
each questionable and assign regis
trant to one of the five classes.
"These classes will be based upol
every conceivable condition, from tn
family or occupational standpoint
= that should properly be advanced b,
man desiring to be excused from
military duty. Class will be tn
first called for physically examination
an dservice and when it is exh1uste
if the nations needs are such as t
make it necessary, Class 2 will FOLLOW
and thus each man registered vii
ultimately take his place if needed.
Proceedings Simplifed.
"Every opportunity for appeal fror
such classification by the local boar
has been retained and perfected, bu
proceedings have been greatly slmpll
fed.
"The tedious work of the loca
boards has been practically eliminate
bv the, production of a form to b.
known as No. 1000, which will be tn
foundation stone Of the new system
Through it's use all the laborious worl
of making and posting lists, has bee
eliminated. All of the docket sheet
and records will be made unnecessar!
and, by the arrangements of its col
umns, the work of the local board VII
be reduced to minimum.
Each Mans History at Glance.
son this new form the complete his
tory of each mans case will appear
at glance, beginning with his orde
Humber and ending with his induction
into a military camp, while at tn
close of each days work the loca
board is enabled to complete in few
. minutes with rubber stamp what ha'
hitherto taken hours to complete. The