Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-11
NOT TO BE allowed MORE THAN
80 CENTS FOR EACH REGIS.
TRANT CLASSIFIED.
WILL AMOUNT TO 10 CENTS
FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER
Crowder Says Extravasant Figures
Have Been Made by Some Boards as
to Cost Of Resistrations-Resula
Does Not Affect Compensation to Be
PAD Clerks Employed.
10 Times -Repu blican.

Special TO Times Repu blican.
Des Moines, Jan. 1l.-LoCal Gra:t
boards are TO be paid .--r~ cents 10:
each regstrant class!t~ .his IS tht
latest order OF General ccvder he.n-
forwarded by Adtutaot I1unnral Logar
to all draft boards r. sowa today.
AS there are three members on each
board It will amount to 10 cents each
unless the board members unanimously
agree on a different apportionment n
consideration for one member doing
more work than the others or two do
ing more than the third. In such cases
no member can receive more than -
cents per registrant classified and no
two more than twenty five.
General Crowder explains that his Of
flee has been urged repeatedly TO place
the salary and expense feature OF the
selective service law on a unit cost
basis and that Furthermore 1t has been
found necessary because a considerable
number OF boards have made their es-
Inmates Of the cost OF their services
on so extrava giant a scale that the to-
tai cost could not be paid out Of any
appropriation congress would be will
ing to make.
Crowder Makes Ruling.
General Crowder early this year ask
ed for estimates from draft boards on
the cost of making the next draft.
Many boards offered to do all of the
work free, others closely computed the
cost, while others submitted eXtrava-
giant figures. On these points General
Crowder says:
Many members Of local boards and
other persons have renewed their offers
and pledges of gratuitous service
Many others have made estimates
which indicate a careful investigation
of the work to be performed and the
reasonable cost thereof; but a cons!d-
cradle number. regardless of the size
of regis ration in their respective Jur!s-
diction have made thej. estimates on
so cXtravagant a scale that the total
cost could not be paid out OF any ap-
preparation which congress would pc
willing to make or which the people OF
the nation would approve,
1t is necessary not only that this
office but that every person connected
with the administration Of the selecUFe
service law shall be conservative in the
expenditure of public funds. The ma
ton is at war Personal sacrifices are
being made on every hand. The SOL
diers who are being selected by local
and district boards have given up
comfortable homes, have severed home
-t.es ard in many cases have been COM
pelled to sacrifice large incomes in or
der to work and fight for their couA-
try twenty-four hours day for $50 per
month.
Most Of these men are willing 20
serve for even less or for nothing. They
are now enduring or Will her" after e.
Cure suffering and hardsh!ps There
fore it IS not unreasonable TO request
the great army composed Of local board
members to meet the government and
cooperate with It II the matter o.
minimum cost.
This is their country, they are par!
of Its army ard T. IS confidently eX-
pected that they VIII give the govern