The Wahpeton times., 1918-06-13
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= Provost Marshal General Crow
der has announced that the clas
Of 1918 registrants, will not b,
allowed to enlist in the navy ol
ma1i NE corps, and that no volun
tary instructions will be granted
until an order and a serial mum
ber have been assigned. After
numbers are assigned registrant.
may enlist if they. obtain certifi
Gates from their LOCAL boards stat
ing that they are not within tn.
boards current quota.
1t is expected that the rear
rangement will bring into class
one more than 500, 600 men.
Cases where registrants were
married after passage of the draf:
act viii be carefully considered
and if evidence warrants classifi
cation in class one, boards will
proceed to reclassify them.
Married men whose wives have
sustaining incomes probably will
be re-clasifed.
| "This office has reached thu
conclusion" said the Provost
Marshal General, "That correc.
tive procedure can be made most
effective by revision by the local
boards with the hearty and active
assistance Of government appeal
agents and members of legl advis.
ory boards.
"You will therefore issue in
structions that they shall immed-
lately proceed to q careful exami-
nation Of all the questionnaires
and records in the classes herein
after indicated and make such re-
concentrations to the local boards
as they may deem necessary. Lo-
cal boards, government appeal ag-
ents and members of the legal ad-
visory boards should direct spec
ial attention to the foreign classes
Of classes:
Class IA and B, Glass Three,
Class A B and G; and class four
A. Thousands of registrants are
now in class four who should be in
class 2 or class one. Government
appeal agents should be instruct.
ed to appeal every case where the
reclasi6cations is not convincingly
correct.
''The activities on local boards,
appeal agents and members of the
legal advisory boards is not limit
ed to the classes of cases above III
dicated, but the same corrective
measures should be applied to all
other cases of deferred classifca-
ton, when the same appears nec-
essary.
Local boards should set aside
a special week in June to be called
class one week to conduct exami-
nations of doubtful cases. CLASH
fications should be scientifically
adjusted now so as to avoid the
necessity Of proceeding to the de-
ferred class, the remedy is yours
to apply.
1T is important also that cor.
rective procedure should be. ap-
piled where necessary in case on
boards showing unusually. high
percentages of class one. Where
there are no apparent explana-
tions for such high percentages
you should make inquiry of the
proper boards withaview to as
certaining whether the boards
have correctly applied the regula-
ton.
Also instruct all local boards
to re-examine under the new stani
ards of physical examination non
being issued all doubtful cases
which may have fallen into group
B, group Y or c or group D with
the particular purpose Of finding
men physically fit for general
military service who may have
been placed in one Of the above
mentioned groups and of remov-
ing to group G as qualified for
special and limited military serv.
ice such men as may heretofore
have been totally rejected or plac-
ed in the deferred remedable
group.
Laibly, William Andrew, wah.
peton.
Leinen, Herbert, wshpeton.
Linde, August Carl Fred, Wah.