Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
DRAFT HEAD PICKS
LAWYERS AS AIDS
Fills Ali Posts in Office With Men
Who Have Won Success
in Their Work.

Washington. Oct 16-one great factor
in Provost Marshal General Crowder
success in administering the draft mas
bcen the tvpe of men he selected to assist
him General Crowdcr has n weakness
for LAWYERS. especially distinguished law
yers. and he has them IN quantities now
They are not advisers or conSultahtS, ndV
have been taken away from lucrative
private practices. thrust into uniform, and
set to work actually rs aides and staii
members 10 help run the machine. Some
of tho legal luninarics 50 captured arc
men of more than national note III their
profession.
WARREN WORKER AND TALkER.
Tho first man whom General Crowder
called in from civil life was Charles B
Warren of Detroit, now colonel anu senior
officer on his staff Colonel Warren has
written most uf the srlcrtlvc service
regulations. and WAS primarily rcspons-
ihle for the formulation nt the regulations
for the first draft Incidentally Colonel
Warren has written many of the Congrcs-
sional statutes which have been enacted
into law III connection with the draft
Colonel Warren was on two occasions
before becoming an aide to Cen raj
Crowdcr attorney for the nltCd states
in Internal ional arhitratlons.
Once, during the fisheries dispute with
Canada, lc held the attention OF the hague
tribunal with an argument Sly days long
At an earlier date he was one of the law
vcrs appointed by the President 70 argue
the case of the United States before the
Joint High Tribunal created t. adIu,hcatc
claims of Great Britain against the nlted
St.tes. arising out Of the l}erlng Sea sCal
fisheries controversy Robert Lapelng,
now secretary of State was also OF counsel
In that matter
In addition to his career in the field
of international law Colonel Warren ha~
ticvelopcd a financial career lie IS heavily
interested in large industrial enterprises
and banks in Detroit, his home city. and
had found time 70 he president oi the
Detroit Chamber OF Commerce before he
dropped his private activities - Jolh
General Crowdcrs machine for downing
the Hun His varied experience III law.
business. and finance. has naturally been
an invaluable asset III laying out and ad-
ministeriug he draft
wIGMoRE IN EVIDENCE.
Colonel ] II Wigrnore most lawycrs
will instantly think OF WIgmorc on
Evidence in this connection was dean
OF Northwestern University law school
ANA author Of several recognized volumes
on legal lore when the draft organization
took him. Colonel ] : Eashy-Smth
Washington attorney with supreme
court practice, came 10 the staff because ~
his successful work II tho head Of the |
DiStrn1 Of Columbia irltt board llr |
cxempliticS another practice General Crow
der has developed, that Of picking up an |
executive who has hcCn particularly >ur- |
c,ssful with the draft IN his own locality
and bringing hun IN to headquarters.
Najor J r. Clark, also Of Washington. !
u. G., formerly solicitor for the State |
Depar,ment. has been newly added to the |
department, as office adlutant The cX- |
haustive medical provisions Of the draft |
are Low under TIE direction Of Colonel |
T. Il. keefcr, regular army officer, who |
heads the medical division.
LONG LIST OF BIG UNs.
Lieutenant Colonel Grant Trent. who /
sat on the Philippine Islands supreme |
bench several years, and lieutenant |
Colonel Joseph F. Fairbanks. . New Eng |
land attorney, give special attention to |
the digest of draft cases appealed g the |
President. Lieutenant Colonel Roscoe |
:. Conkhn. a relative Of the famed New |
York senator and political leader, Is now /
particularly charged with classification /
questions for the whole Of the draft with
III the United States, because he proved |
particularly successful in getting through
emergency organization in New York |
CITY. Lieutenant Colonel II G. Kramer, /
now hsading an inspection division, came
in aftcr making success in New Jersey, /
rs agent for the adjutant general Of that
State: in similar duty
Endless tables and figures and stats
TICS have to bc marshallcd 10 keep the
,;ream Of men flowing into cantonments, /
and for this work General Crowder I'M
ported Major H. e. Stephenson, late
efficiency expert with the Pennsylvania
railroad For his personal military aide,
General Crowdcr has Major J Barry /
King, OF Oklahoma.