Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12
WILL RE.CLASSIfY
MANY REGISTRANTS
LOCAL BOARD RECEIVES ORDERS
TO EXAMINE ALL DOUBTFUL
CLASSIFICATIONS.
1,59a7Os MEN CALLED TO DATE
Seventeen Men to Leave Manchester
During Five.Day Period OF
June 24th.


day morning at the Local Boards Of
flee a re-classification of registrants
will be made in very short time Lo-
cal boards have been instructed to
set aside a certain week in June to be
called Glass One week." to conduct
an examination of all doubtful class1-
fications. Government appeal agents
and members of the legal advisory
board who rendered such able assist
ance to local boards, in the classifi-
cation last January, have been called
on again to aid in this task. The
of all registrants whose
appears to be doubtful
will be thoroughly Investigated and
report made to the adjutant general.
Be it said to the credit of the Local
Board of Delaware county that when
their work of classifying the large list
of registrants in this county was COM
pleted. their record showed that Della
ware county's list of Glass One men
came within one or two-tenths OF
per cent of the figures placed by the
Provost Marshal General. This SHOWS
that the work of the Local Board was
very thorough. 1t is claimed, now
ever, that there are some registrants
in deferred classilcations, who Will
likely be placed in Class One. Most
of these are among those who cialmeo
deferred classification on Industrial
or agricultural reasons. Over these
the Local Board had no
jurisdiction at the time they were
made.
It is claimed that thousands OF men
the country over have been placed III
deferred classification, when they
should be in Glass One. War depart
ment officials claim that probably
100000 in the United States will be
placed in Glass One from those who
are now in deferred classes.
A new standard Of physical exami-
nation is being issued and local boards
have been instructed to- re-examine
all doubtful cases which may have
fallen into group B, G, OF D. either
under the original examination by the
board or upon rejection at. camp, with
the particular purpose Of finding men
physically fit for general military SER
vice, who may have been placed in
limited, special or deferred class, ..4>s
Special Group Plan. .N'
Men who have heretofore been to-
tally rejected or placed in the defer
red remedial group will be re-examin-
ed and placed in special or limited
service group.
The re-classification will affect
large number of men who have been
placed in the limited or special groups
and probably those who were given de-
ferred classification on physical dis
ability. Many Of these men with
remedial defects will be placed in
limited service and others who have
been granted deferred classifications
for other reasons will come under the
eye of the advisory board and the gov
appeal agent. The result will
probably add a large number of men
to Glass One.
Since the beginning of the war, or
rather since the Selective Service
law has been in operation, 1,595,7OS
men have entered the military service
Of the government through this meth
cd of raising an army. These figures
show what an amount Of work has
been done by local and district boards
in aiding the government to raise an
army.
Next Contingent Leaves Soon.
Delaware county's quota for the
June Gath call means that seventeen
men will leave for Camp Dodge dur
ing the five-day period commencing
June Gath. The local board has not
IS yet selected the men from Class
One to 60 at that time. The names
If the boys who leave on the above
named date will no doubt be available
,or our next weeks issue.