Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-11

washington sept lO,--N OuthS or
10 and 20 years and men between the
ages of 80 and So. inclusive. who reg
lister Thursday viii first be called to
the colors. Provost Marshal General
Crowder announced today and until
the supply of available fighting ma
terial in their ranks has been ex-
hausted older men will not be in.
Quoted into service Questionnaires
will go to these registrants first and
boards have been ordered to proceed
so that some may be called in Octo.
ber
General Crowder, in a statement to
all employers and Industrial repre-.
sentatiyes, asked their aid in apply
ing the plans OF industrial defermenti
so that "the maintenance of the mill
tary establishment or of the national
interest during the emergency" may
not be interfered with.
General Crowder had said the war
department could expect to draw
from the classes above 81 only 601,O00
men physioahys for service and
not entitled to deferred classification
He also said men of 10 and 20 called
were entitled to admission to the
students training corps at the 400
secondary schools with which the war
department has made contracts, but
added that this corps would number
10000 men. while over 100000
youths below 81 will register Thurs
day.
Methods of Selecting.
Methods OF selecting those to be In
Quoted into military service and edu-
eational training corps. he said. We're
the concern Of other branches of the
administration.
"Some one must indicate that the
case is one which should
arrest the special attention of the
boards in respect to the registrants
status" said General
Crowder in his statement The boards
do not possess a superhuman omni-
science. Nor are they permitted by
to devote unlimited
time to the search of questionnaires
for possible grounds of claim. In
1917 out of more than 100000 regis
lrants called, only 100000 filed oc-
claims. or Al per cent?
thus 95 per cent of all registrants
raised no question of such deferment.
"The boards will do all that they
nossiblv can. on their own Initiative,
10 reach a Just decision by a oom-
plete examination of the question
naires. even where no claim is eX'
pressly made
seNevertheless, the boards will wei
come and will need all the aid that
can be furnished by the indication Oh
l claim made for deferment.
"But who is to make that claim
Ordinarily the registrant himself VIII
indicate the claim on his question
naire But If through mistaken chlV-
alry he should fail to do so. another
NAV make it for him. In Industry,
! priculture or other occupations TINS
oerson will naturally be his employer
mr. some other representative of ms
associated group.
",The employer in this system rep
the nation because In statu-
torv phrase the maintenance OF the
niiitary establishment or of the ma,
tional interest during the emergency,
ranIires that some well advised third
nerson should look after that nauohai
interest which the registrant hlmseil
NAV not have sufficiently considered
EmnloyePs Have Duty to Perform
General Crowder then asks en-
,tovers To study their plants and m
sustry, to single out really indispenS'
, HE individuals and to study the con-
5itions of deferment as provided IN
he regulations, mentioning the pos
sibilitv of training substitutes ana
he availability of women workers,
He discussed the figures Of the last
draft and said that the number OF
lass one registrants under 1t amount
ID to only per cent of the indus
rial population.
'sThese Influences are, therefore,
% be kept in mind by employers and
,thers In weighing the question,
whether the best solution in the ma
.ional interest is to ask for the defer
nent of individuals or groups of
men," ~ continued. tSuch defer
nents may assist the immediate sit
yation in the particular establish
nent but they merely force the army
md navy to seek elsewhere for the
ame number of men thus deferred
rhe needs Of the military forces are
snown and imperative; and any given
Iusntity of deferments will ultimately
AVE to be made up by the depletion
If some other occupation. Thus it
becomes the employers duty to con-
ider the larger aspects of deferment,
n seeking that solution of his own
problem which best complies with
he nations interests
Cessation Of enlistments, General