The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-16
CROWDER PICKS
 CAP ABLE MEN AS
 HIS ASSISTANTS One of the Reasons Why the Draft Mechanism of Coun-
 try Has Worked Well. MANY DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS ON STAFF Put Into Uniform and Garry
 on Work of Department l With Good Results.

Washington, Oct. 16 - One great | factor in Provost Marshal General Crowder's success in administering the | draft has been the type of men he se- lected to assist him. General Crowder | has "a weakness for lawyers, es- l pecially distinguished lawyers, and he | has them in quantities now. They are | not advisers or consultants, but have l been taken away from lucrative prt- vate practices, thrust into uniform, and set to work actually as aides and staff members, to help run the ma chine. Some of the legal luminaries so captured are men of more than na- tional note in their profession.
 The first man whom General Crow der called in from civil life was Charles B. Warren of Detroit, now colonel and senior officer on his staff. Colonel Warren has written most of the selective service regulations, and was primarily responsible for the formulation of the regulations for the first draft. Incidentally Colonel War ren has written many of the Congress sional statutes which have been en- acted into law in connection with the draft. Colonel Warren was on two occasions before becoming an aide to General Crowder attorney for the United States in international arbitra
 tions Once, during the fisheries dis pute with Canada, he held the atten- , ton of the Hague tribunal with an ar- gument six days long. At an earlier
 date he was one of the lawyers ap- pointed by the President to argue. the
 case of the United States before the Joint High Tribunal created to adju- dicate claims of Great Britain against the United States arising out of the Boring Sea seal fisheries controversy. Robert Lansing, now Secretary, of State, was also of counsel in that l matter. In addition to his career In | the field of international law, Colonel Warren has developed a financial ca-
 reer. He is heavily interested in large | industrial enterprises and banks in | Detroit, his home city, and has found
 time to be president of the Detroit | Chamber of Commerce before he dropped his private activities to join
 General Crowders machine for down. | ing the Hun. His varied experience
 in law, business, and finance, has nat
 urally been an invaluable asset in lay
 ing out and administering the draft. | Colonel J. H. Wigmore-most law yers will instantly think of Wig
 more on Evidence" in this connection was dean of Northwestern Univer-
 sity law school and author of several | recognized volumes on legal lore
 when the draft organization took him. Colonel J. S.. EasbySmith, a Wash ington attorney with a supreme court practice, came to the staff because of his successful work at the head of the District of Columbia draft board. He
 exemplifies another practice General Crowder has developed, that of pick
 ing up an executive who has been particularly successful with the draft
 in his own locality, and bringing him in to headquarters.
 Major J. R. Clark, also of Wash
 ington, D. C., formerly solicitor for
 the State Department, has been newly
 added to the department, as office ad-
 jutant. The exhaustive medical pro-
 visions of the draft are now under
 the direction of Colonel F. R. Keefer,
 regular army officer, who heads the
 medical division.
 Lieutenant Colonel Grant Trent, who sat on the Philippine Islands su-
 preme bench several years, and Lieu
 tenant-ColoneI Joseph F. Fairbanks. New England attorney, give special
 attention to the digest of draft cases
 appealed to the President. Lieuten-
 ant-Colonel Roscoe s. Conklin, rela-
 tive of the famed New York senator
 and political leader, is now particu- larly charged with classification ques- tions for the whole of the draft with l in the United States because he prov
 ed particularly successful in getting through emergency organization in
 New York City, Colonel H.
 c. Kramer, now heading an inspec-
 tion division, came in after making ) a success in New Jersey, as agent for , the adjutant- general of that state, in similar duty.
 Endless tables of figures and statis- tics have to be marshalled to keep : the stream of men flowing into can comments, and for this work General Crowder imported Major H. E. Ste phenson, late efficiency expert with the ; Pennsylvania Railroad. For his per ! sonal military aide, General Crowder has Major J. Barry King of Okla Il homa.