Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-12
100000 ARE TO BE

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changing situation causes changes IN
the number Of men who are to be call
ed to the eolors.
ut is unwise to attempt to make o
forecast of the number of men that
will be called for immediate military
service in advance of the development
,of the whole complex problem OF sup
ply and transportation. 1t is also UNI
wise to make public announcements OIL
specific figures which might serve the
enemy as a precise basis for determln-
ing military participation of the ma
,tion in this war. 1t is necessary, how
to compose the present unrest and
uncertainty by some public announce
ment and for this reason the following
is authoritatively stated:
To be Called as Needed
''The new national quota will be
announced and apportioned among the
several states as soon as pending legls-
lation authorizing a change in the ba
sis of computation is enacted by con
,gress. This legislation has been pass
ed by the senate and favorably report
ed by the house military committee.
The number that will be assumed as a
basis for computation will be 100000,
(which is well within the authorization
iof clause four, section one, of the Sc
~leetive service act of a second mere
mcnt of 100000 men, increased by the
recruit training units authorized by
cleanse five of section one and by the
special and technical troops authorlz-
ed by section two of the said act 1t
cannot now be announced what the TO-
tal number to he called to the colors
each month Will be, but it may be
that no more men will be called
than can be properly accommodated
and promptly assimilated.
''There are difficulties confronting
THE nation in the supply of labor APP
..purtenant to agriculture. CLASS one
from which new levies are to be drawn
will contain more men than are at pres
.ent required for the army. 1t would be
most unscientific and fatnous step
If the men in class one were called IN
discriminatory without regard to the
labor situation in agriculture. There,
fore, the local boards will be directed
to fill their quotas in the order of ma
thility of class one as determined by
the national drawing, except that
where it is shown that a registrant Is
completely and assiduously engaged IN
the planting, cultivation or reapng OF
"a crop. his call to the eolors shall DC
deferred to the foot of the quota OF
his board, as long as he continues to
DE so engaged.
Must Work or Serve
I whenever any registrant whose
paI to the colors has been deferred by
reason of his engagement in agricul-
tture enterprise is shown to have been
idle on the farm ON which he is en-
gagged, or to have trifled with the de-
lfe1ment that has been accorded hum,
she boards will forthwith induet HIM
military service if his order mum
Der had been reached in the meantime.
The effect Of this oxpedient is to grant
Burroughs from service prior to actual
lcall to the eolons to the men so greatly
in the production of this year ;
crop.
HIt must be emphasized that this is
war of mechanics. The need of sew
eral armed forces for men highly skill
ed in technical and mechanical pur-
suits is greater than in any former
war,
withdrawals of men from indus,
try must be made and these withdraw
must take men who might other
DO deferred on account of their
special qualifications and skill There
are numbers of skilled men which may
be obtained in three ways;
"First, men already in the military
who have such special skill VIII
be taken from the line regiments and
assigned to staff organizations and de
partments whore their skill is needed.
men classified by the selection
even though they may have
been placed in a deferred classified
ton, win be withdrawn with great
care and, particularly from the indus
tries of the nation of special service
in the staff corps and departments.
Third, young men of draft age with
certain educational qualifications will
be indicted into the service and sent
10 universities, colleges and technical
and secondary schools to De
instructed in technical arts until they
nave acquired such proficiency as VIII
their assignment to special units
hat are being organized in eonsid-
,rable numbers.
Sin accordance with this plan, the
marshal general has already
allied upon the states for some ten
.h0usand skilled artisans and viii short
v call upon the states for ten thOus
young men graduates of grammar
who win be sent before the end