Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
TO RE-ExAMlNE CASES OF DE
FERRED CLASSIFICATION IN
CERTAIN CLASSES.
ORDERED TO APPEAL ALL
INCORRECT ClASSlFicATlONs
Board Ordered to Fix Week in June as
'Class Week" and to Draft Into
Service Members Of Legal Advisory
Board to Procure Evidence and Ex-
anime Witnesses.

A re-examination of questionnairss
and especially those in certain classes
to determine what registered mer
should be reclassified in Glass for the
purpose of increasing the number in
that class, has been ordered by Adju-
tant General Logan, acting on orders
from Provost Marshal General Crowder
In orders received this forenoon the
local board was directed to proceed
with this work at once and to draft into
the service members of the legal ad-
visory board and the government APP
peal agent, the latter of whom is Coun-
ty Attorney Ray P. Scott,
The adjutant general orders that a
week in June be fixed as Glass week
and that the work of re-examining and
appealing the cases of deferred CLASH
fication that should be appealed be done
in that week. The local board probably
will fix next week as the week when
it will investigate deferred classified
lons. The adjutant general has
warned the board that where industry
is not shown in the investigation, and
where early reports are not made, the
adjutant general will send into the
county an agent to act as appeal agent
for the government in these cases.
Investigate Special Glasses.
The classes to be especially investi-
gated are Class ?, A and B, Glass g.
A, B and c. and Glass 4. A. All OF
these are classes in which the regis
trants have dependents or are mar
ried. Any other deferred classifications
that are unjust also are ordered in
vestigated and every classification that
sis not convincingly correct" is ordered
appealed to the district board.
The order means that the local ex-
ernption board is to investigate every
case of classification in the specific
classes named. and all other cases of
deferred classification regarding which
there may be any doubt
1t is not known how many OF the
Glasses 2, and cases there are. but
members of the board estimate that
there must be several hundred. The
local exemption board is ordered to
summon to their aid members of the
legal advisory board to examine wit
nesses and procure evidence in all
cases. This evidence must be turned
in to the local exemption board. and
each case must be appealed by the gov
eminent appeal agent The board is
considering appointing several commit
tees of lawyers and turning over to
each committee certain number of
questionnaires with instructions to pro-
cure evidence examine witnesses, and
report on a certain date. The exemp-
ton board will handle a certain num-
Der of cases. but there are so many
that it will be physically impossible for
the board members alone to investigate
all of them.
The object of the order is to re-
classify into Glass l a great many who
are in deferred classes because the
number of men in Glass is made the
basis for draft quotas.
Now Registered 1873.
One hundred eighty-three boys Of the
county who became Fl between June
5. 1917, and June 6. 1918. have now reg
istered. One hundred forty -four were
registered June and thirty nine have
registered since then. Practically all
of the latter were unable to get to the
city on registration day because of high
water. It is expected that the number
may be Increased to 200 by the time all
have registered.